I challenge you to suggest a name I've not already thought of...

[Namesetc]

I'm looking for a one-syllable name as the baby's second name will be long (double barrelled).

Boy's name.

Uncommon / not going to be too many of them either at school or in the media etc.

Names I've ruled out:

Things like:
John, Ben, Dan, Ed, etc (too boring, common amongst older people, 'around')

Things like:
Alfie, Albie, Ted, Wilf, Archie, (too popular)

Things like:
Bear, Fox, Snow, Thor (I kind of like them but they are a bit too much, iyswim)

Looking for a middle ground name. Uncommon, short, strong (not ending in "ie" sound) but not too wacky.

For example my favourite girl's name is Fern. (I quite like nature names).

The only boy's name I like is two syllables (Rohan- though could be shortened to Ro) but DH doesn't like it.

Any ideas for a name which fits the bill?

Rex

Keal

Guus
Bas
Sep
Boy
Mark
Ruud

Frank is a great name suggestion! Seth, Art, Val, Joel, Ken

Loving the suggestions here

@Namesetc if you ‘don’t want anything too popular’, then your DH is right, don’t pick Rohan. That type of name is everywhere now. Surrounded by Roman/Rowan/Ronan/Rohan round here. The Rowans I know are little girls if that bothers you

Al

Fox
Leo
Rex

Keir

Ok I’ll stop soon

Quinn
Flynn

Bram.

Beren

it's a Tolkien type name - earthy , can be shortened to Bear ?

Jax or Max!

I love Soren... what about other scandi names

Odin
Rasmus

Or Cohen seems similar to Rohan and Soren?

My ds is Søren and I love it...naturally I also love Roo which was short for Rooney (maybe a bit long?).

Garth
Lee
Bryn
Brock
Craig
Glen

Ross
Could be Ro for short too, is that a good thing?

Alban
Adair
Innes
Corin
Sylvan
Esben
Torin/Tor
Asa
Idris
Lev
Yann
Roux
Joss
Hart
Frey

I like Rohan. I don’t know that many Rowans, or Romans etc. But I have noticed that any thread with Rowan mentioned lately gets a barrage of near identical negative posts from the same few usernames

Joby - I do know 2 of these but it is pretty rare.

Bryce
Don
Zeb

Evan

Do you think “Keir” is a bit of a write-off now the name has got so many strong Labour Party connections? Do you think people will avoid something if it was considered an overtly political name, like Boris for example?

I like Max which I know will be too common for you @Namesetc but if the full name was Maxim maybe it could be a possibility? Or Gilber with nickname Gil?

@AnonymousP sorry if that’s me. I’m definitely a bit of a maths nerd and Roman was one of top fastest rising name in 2018 and statistics don’t lie but hopefully my message was polite with helpful suggestions 🤓

• Gilbert

Gray

I taught a boy called Slate once and always thought it sounded quite cool.

Also I know you’d probably find Benjamin/Ben too popular but how about Benedict with nickname Ben ?

Soren is lovely. Frank is also great.

Alternately:

Asa
Kit
Magnus
Dash