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Good name for middle class hipster boy

318 replies

1Lara1 · 10/02/2018 00:38

I am looking for boy name suggestions. 😊Thank you for your help.

( I would not go for names like Daniel or Michael )

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FlipflopFifi · 10/02/2018 09:23

People I know who think they're hip (but obviously would never say that) call their sons Arlo, River and Fox. Arlo is top 50 now so clearly cannot be a hipster name.

I agree with pp, to be truly hipster you need to be ahead of naming trends. Ian, Brian, Mark, Dean would be good choices. Parents of Vincents and Raymond's are probably true hipsters, they started reviving that genre of names.

Years ago on Big Breakfast (I think) there was a blonde female news reader called Saxon. I always thought it was a rather fabulous name.

Middleoftheroad · 10/02/2018 09:26

Alpaca thanks for sharing the Balonz thread.

But it has to be this: Tarquin

Good name for middle class hipster boy
Middleoftheroad · 10/02/2018 09:30

Hope he likes a bit of smooth Jazz - nice!

Good name for middle class hipster boy
SleepDeprived4 · 10/02/2018 09:36

Bruce Wayne

Potteryprincess30 · 10/02/2018 09:36

Bruno, Frank, Nate (Nathaniel)

SmallBee · 10/02/2018 09:40

Bloff

Spoot

Harizzon

Plaid

Norman

Rog

Tamato

Gurff

Doof

Ase

Zoot

Paul

I don't really know what hipster is

user1485182339 · 10/02/2018 09:41

Lol at this thread.
Vinyl is ace, OP. Vinyl Ian Balonz. Vibby for short.

Roomba · 10/02/2018 09:42

Stu - everyone knows Stu is just the coolest guy ever. Everyone want to hang out with Stu.

Perhaps you need to think about what names are seen as old fashioned but will be due a revival soon, to be ahead of the curve. The names I saw as 'old man' names like Stanley, Archie and so on have had their day, so maybe move onto names like Darren, Kevin, Lee, Paul?

But Balonz is my personal recommendation Grin Or maybe Guinevere, like the Modern Parent's youngest son?

WazFlimFlam · 10/02/2018 09:43

Oh stop the wingeing, OP is just being honest!

itssquidstella · 10/02/2018 09:43

Harpoon

NapYearStudent · 10/02/2018 09:48

Tennison
Easton
Quinn
Wilhem (Wilkie)
Arlo
Aryo
Hugo
Keegan
Phinneus
Dashel
Cassius

SmallBee · 10/02/2018 09:49

Gruyere

Tuscan sunset

Eggshell

Elephants Breath

Harold

Tolpuddle

3luckystars · 10/02/2018 09:55

Ghoulbag

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 10/02/2018 09:58

Abarth

Honda

1982 (my favourite option)

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 10/02/2018 10:00

or..

Met-Office

Larry-Tate

Seagull

dangerrabbit · 10/02/2018 10:02

MDMA

PhuntSox · 10/02/2018 10:03

Hans
Beowulf

ShackUp · 10/02/2018 10:07

@Tartyflette I lived in Dalston 15 years ago before it was hip - I'm a hipster, aren't I? live in rural Oxfordshire now

MagnusMama · 10/02/2018 10:09

I feel short-changed!
Whenever my son's name is mentioned on MN, people say it's a hipster name... and it hasn't been mentioned once on this thread!

Though he's not at all cool, poor thing, more classic geek really.

NotAnotherEmma · 10/02/2018 10:13

How about the name Cringe, cuz that's what I did when I read the thread title and I have a feeling no matter what name you choose people will cringe when they hear it.

user764329056
"What a pretentious thread title"

inorite?

FlibbertyGiblets · 10/02/2018 10:18

Gnarls or Gnarly.

Meandmy4 · 10/02/2018 10:19

Really really lol at this ! Made my morning !!!
STU ...😂😂😂he is just the coolest guy BRILIANT !!!
Mdma😂
I have a Harrisson(9yrs) Chester(6yr) (no i didnt copy , was well before holly willoughby and davina🙄) and my Archie-Jay (A-Jay)
I have not a single clue what a hipster is ... (are u born a hipster ?... if not how do you know he will be one ?) please please enlighten me somebody ....
Cool ?... what if he doesnt want to be cool ?... like the pp said re the geek and chess 😂😆😂😆😂😆
I LOVE MUMSNET ! It gives me LIFE !!!!

SpoonfulOfJam · 10/02/2018 10:19

Haha. Both my kids names have been mentioned.

I suppose we could call ourselves middle class,because of our jobs. But I shop in top shop and matalan and drink coffee from Costa- about as far from hipster as you can get!

Which begs the question, "What on Earth is a hipster name?"

Meandmy4 · 10/02/2018 10:21

Bruce wayne 😂😂😂
I love it !!!

dotdotdotmustdash · 10/02/2018 10:25

1982 (my favourite option)

1969 was way cooler, what with Woodstock and all...