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

@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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Tobias

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

Silas is the only passable one to me.

What about Seth?

Dashiell, Clement and Silas are nice

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

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

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

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?

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

@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

All awful

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.

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.

I like Silas. The others, not so much.

How about Darius or Cyrus?