Boys names that are a bit different

[17caterpillars1mouse]

What are your opinions on the following boys names

Nickleby
Errol
Roosevelt
Lindsey
Willoughby
Dashiell
Clement
Walt
Laith
Jarrett
Abraham
Silas
Brett

[VenusClapTrap]

I like Silas. The others, not so much.

How about Darius or Cyrus?

[Drunkenmonkey]

A friend of mine has a Laith and at first I was like wha? But now I love it. Its a really cool sounding name. I also like Silas and Brett.

[elp30]

I can't say I love your choices but then, it wouldn't be for any of my sons.

I do like the name, Brett, but then I do like Brett Anderson, the singer from Suede, you know, the band from LONDON so it's not all American.

[Thedogscollar]

All awful

[CorianderBee]

@ghislaine

They have a rather US antebellum vibe with a dash of cowboy. Is that what you’re aiming for?

Exactly this, they're all very Old South

[Lostmyself86]

I'm assuming you're American based on these choices but here goes..from an English poster..

Nickleby- dreadful
Errol- Nooo
Roosevelt- goodness no
Lindsey- girl yes boy no
Willoughby- no
Dashiell- no
Clement- no
Walt- Walter yes but walt no
Laith- no
Jarrett- no
Abraham-no
Silas- best of a bad bunch
Brett-ok

[PenguinBarnotBird]

Love Jarrett & never met one before so scores points for uniqueness.

Clement is 🤮 unless you’re French

Lindsey is a girls name surely?!

What about Garrison like the American author keillor?

[Tatum1234]

Dashiell is my absolute favourite. I wanted it for my youngest but dh wouldn’t.

[IggyAce]

Nickleby -no
Errol - ok
Roosevelt-no
Lindsey- no, poor kid will get bullied.
Willoughby - no
Dashiell - love
Clement - ok
Walt - no
Laith -no
Jarrett - ok prefer Garrett
Abraham - ok
Silas - no
Brett - ok

Definitely an American vibe to those choices, I also suggest:
Archer
Arlington
Chase
Sullivan
Jameson
Reid

[IAmTheDuke]

LOVE Dashiell.
Used to have a friend called Laith, he had a brother named Casey.

[shipsandgiggles]

Dashiell, Clement and Silas are nice

[TheWaif]

Silas is the only passable one to me.

What about Seth?

[Enidblyton1]

I’m a huge fan of Clement - Clem.
The others are not my taste

[Rae34]

Tobias

[Onesnowynight]

Nickleby no
Errol no
Roosevelt no
Lindsey big no
Willoughby no
Dashiell no
Clement no
Walt no
Laith no
Jarrett ok ish
Abraham no
Silas ok
Brett ok

[MerryChristmasToYou]

Nickleby - Nicholas
Errol - Errol Brown
Roosevelt - yes, go for it, although Bush or Trump a bit more up-to-date
Lindsey - Lindsay
Willoughby - Wallaby
Dashiell - not my taste
Clement - Freud
Walt - Disney
Laith - Laid
Jarrett - Jared
Abraham - fine
Silas - Marner
Brett - fine

[MumofSpud]

Nickleby NO
Errol No
Roosevelt No
Lindsey NO
Willoughby NO
Dashiell No
Clement ok
Walt NO
Laith NO
Jarrett NO
Abraham ok - best of a bad bunch!
Silas ok
Brett NO

[Hufflepuffsunite]

I quite like Dashiell. I like Abraham too (favourite character on The Walking Dead). Really not keen on Lindsey! Errol makes me think of Harry Potter and Nickleby could work I guess, although to me it has Dickensian surname vibes.

[TatianaBis]

I have to say I don't like any of them, and I'm by no means anti Southern Gothic.

A friend of mine called her son Abraham and regretted it. She ended up changing it.

[TatianaBis]

@ghislaine

They have a rather US antebellum vibe with a dash of cowboy. Is that what you’re aiming for?

So true.

Sounds like a Faulkner novel.

[mamablondie33]

Clement is the best by a mile

[SmellsLikeWineIGuess]

My poor husband Brett is heartbroken to hear this 🤣 to be fair I did ask him if it was short for anything when we first met!

Sorry @sausageface!

Brett Kavanaugh has lowered its cachet even further in recent times.

[Yellowfish2020]

Love Clement, Laith is great. Silas is amazing - but it does make me think of Silas greenback. That might make me like it more though :)

[YoniAndGuy]

The trouble with these kinds of lists is that they look quite cool as a group of names when you list them all together, but individually, none is actually spot on (and on their own most just don't work for the vibe that the group all together gives).

Silas is good - cool - Si is a good short form.
Abraham nn Bram is good
Love Walter nn Walt, marmite though

All the others sound rubbish on their own, mostly just slightly odd, or in the case of Brett and Lindsey, dull!

Jonas?

[ladygindiva]

I like Errol, Silas and Brett. I think I'd use Brett. I like short names.