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Boy name help!

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rosiehan94 · 13/08/2019 22:35

My husband and I love the name Maren for a girl (MAH-ren) as we have Danish, Norwegian, Welsh, and German heritage. We would like to find a boy name that isn't too common but isn't too crazy either! We have discussed names like Anders, Soren, Frederick, etc, but I am not sure about any of those. I would like something strong yet soft. Last name rhymes with Finn. Any thoughts welcome!

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susan82 · 14/08/2019 00:16

Thorsten
Mangus
Andreas

whensa · 14/08/2019 00:21

Stellan
Arno

OwlBeThere · 14/08/2019 00:25

Taran (TAH-ran) is the welsh for thunder, i have a friend with a son called this and i love it.
I also like Macsen, Macs (Max) works well as a short version.

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rosiehan94 · 14/08/2019 00:52

I like Andreas!

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rosiehan94 · 14/08/2019 00:53

Never heard of Taran before. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

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OwlBeThere · 14/08/2019 01:10

you're very welcome, if i had another boy thats what i'd call him! just don't butcher it as tah-run. its tah-ran with an a sound!

Ricekrispie22 · 14/08/2019 07:57

Tyrell
Boden
Astor
Erle
Denby
Rosco
Lief
Oswin

MrsBertBibby · 14/08/2019 08:50

My son's friend is a Iestyn. Love it.

Torin is also great, Taran is a bit too close to Tarzan to my ear.

Maren is beautiful, btw.

PreschoolPlease · 14/08/2019 08:51

Owain?

IckleBear · 14/08/2019 09:31

Love Maren.
Marlen
Hector
Nils
Lars
Artur
Tilo
Moritz
Ernst

daisypond · 14/08/2019 09:36

Erik

TheVanguardSix · 14/08/2019 09:39

Timo
Roland
Uli (Ulrich)
Torsten
Ingo
Morten
Yannick or Jannick
Viktor
Oleg
Karac

TheVanguardSix · 14/08/2019 09:40

By the way, Ingo is not pronounced Ing-Go, It's soft 'ing-o'.
Native German speaker. Wink

Oh another nice name: Maxim

BlueChampagne · 14/08/2019 12:38

Conrad or Konrad

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rosiehan94 · 14/08/2019 16:18

Good list! I like Lars and Nils, but am slightly nervous about starting a Scandinavian "theme" with my kids. Maybe others won't think that? Not sure @TheVanguardSix

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rosiehan94 · 14/08/2019 16:19

Oops, meant to tag @IckleBear too

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rosiehan94 · 14/08/2019 16:20

How is this pronounced @PreschoolPlease?

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Mayjane5 · 14/08/2019 16:26

I loved Skandar! shortened version of Alexandar my oh wasn’t keen though

TheVanguardSix · 14/08/2019 17:16

Aksel/Axel
Ansel
Anders
Sven
Harlan
Otto
Alaric
Jens (‘yens’)
Per
Jorg
Henrik

TheVanguardSix · 14/08/2019 17:22

Oh and Aslak
Roald
Linus
Arvo
Arno

IsobelRae23 · 14/08/2019 17:44

Soren is gorgeous. If I had another boy he would either be Soren, Elijah or Micah. Or Soren Micah Elijah! Lol

PreschoolPlease · 14/08/2019 19:01

It's O- Wine.

Sophronia · 15/08/2019 00:07

Magnus
Marius
Torben
Mathias
Jonas
Tobias
Henrik
Sander
Kasper
Jesper

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rosiehan94 · 15/08/2019 18:39

@IsobelRae23 I love Soren too! I noticed it's getting fairly popular. Though maybe I shouldn't worry about that!

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Lara53 · 15/08/2019 20:11

Caden/Cayden - Welsh