Middle name for Oak

[notjudging87]

Just had my 20wk scan and confirmed we are having a boy. We had loads of girls names, but no boys names. My DP is Lithuanian, so would like Azuolas which translates into Oak. I really like Oak, but not Azuloas. Name would be Oak, not Oakley.

Can you think of a middle name to go with Oak?

I realise the name Oak is a little unusual and not to most peoples taste. Ideas please?

@LoveInTokyo technically it's ąžuolas - see even i can't get it right!

@starkid Thanks! Arthur and Henry are on my list of names, but DP doesn't like them. I like the idea of Emerson possibly a bit American though?

Oak Arthur is lovely!
I think if the surname is Lithuanian having Oak as a first name might not seem so unusual as it will be obvious that it may be a translation of a Lithuanian name. That would be my first thought if I heard it anyway.
There were some children from Japan in my class at school and some of them had literally translated their names into English (one of them was called Apricot) and that did not seem strange even though the names would not be widely used in the UK.

@LoveinTokyo no other boys names we both like at the moment, loads for girls we liked! I love Rupert, Fraiser, Henry, George, etc but he doesn't. The boys names he likes i cannot stand apart from Oak, I could live with ąžuolas, but i keep having to correct people about my DM's and DP's name as they're not standard UK names.

I just Googled Lithuanian boys’ names (because I’m trying to put off doing the things I am supposed to be doing right now!) and there are a few that would work in English as well. Jonas, Lukas, Darius or Tomas, for example? I’m sure there must be more.

Forest? Tbh I like Tree and Furnitureland the best, amazing! I wouldn't though. Everyone will think it's funny when they see/hear his name and the joke will get very old very quickly for the poor sod. Azoulas would be an actual name, albeit he'll have to spell it all the time. I'd go with that.

@windchimesabotage thanks, i love Arthur. I work in HE so am used to alot of unusual names. I once had a Propella Mermaid and an Fu (first name). So Oak seems almost normal to me.

I really don’t get worked up about baby names, and never post on these threads, but honestly, with all the very best wishes in the world, you cannot name your son Oak. There are loads of interesting, nice, real underused names out there.

*@notjudging87 * - Yes I liked the sound of Oak and Emerson together, had a nice rhythm, but it is a bit surname-y if that isn't your thing

Fair enough if you don’t like a name, but coming up with little thymes to ridicule it is what school bullies do - and if they don’t do it to your name they find something else to do it about. Surely it’s this behaviour that should be frowned upon, not the name in itself.

I’m sure I typed rhymes not thymes

Sunshine, I think some names are more unfortunate than others. The whole point of this board is to test the water with various names. If lots of strangers on the internet have a negative reaction to the name then it’s likely that people you encounter in “real life” will too.

I used to know an Azuolas. I really like the name.

Oak Arthur is my favourite. People will get used to it! I can just imagine calling after a little lad called Oak. It'll just sound like a nickname of a longer name.

I agree that with a Lithuanian surname it probably won’t get ridiculed in the same way. I also think name ridiculing is less of a thing now as unusual names are much more common.

Really like Oak Arthur and Oak Henry but see your partner doesn’t. Alfred? Albert? Unless your surname starts with K!

Also like Charles, Steven, William.

I mean name ridiculing by children.

Clearly adults are still at it.

All this talk about kids teasing because a name is out there is just nonsense. When I was young children managed to turn perfectly ordinary names into something to tease about if they wanted to tease a person. Bullying happens to people irrespective of names.

I'd go for something very traditional. Robert
William
Daniel
Samuel

Rap?

Oakley? It's the name of a village near me.

I like just Oak I think it's a great cross cultural compromise. I think it works fine....oak Davies, oak Shepherd - I think it's such a strong name

I'm puzzled by all this, Rowan and Ash are accepted as names so I don't really see why Oak would be different.

@BlueChampagne I knew there was a reason I thought Gabriel sounded right!

I actually like Azoulas

I have a non English name and to be honest you only have to correct people once. I quite like it

U R J Oak in.

If you’re set on it I would go for Oakley.