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Torn for baby boy

27 replies

c307 · 29/04/2021 23:34

Me and my husband are stuck for a boy name, we like these atm...

Bodhi
Rex
Otto
Zeke

Thoughts?

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 30/04/2021 00:00

I thought you were thinking of calling him Torn for a minute then.😂😂.
I like Rex.
Otto is okay.
I quite like Zeke if its pronounced Zeek.
I'm not too keen on Bodhi.

EvilOnion · 30/04/2021 00:06

Zeke and Rex are cool but sound "trendy" if that bothers you.

Not keen on Otto but that's because it makes me think of Anne Frank and Nazi Germany. Also dislike Bodhi because I went to school with a total dickhead one... Neither are real reasons not to use though so feel free to ignore me Grin

Edenember · 30/04/2021 00:06

Otto

Maggiesfarm · 30/04/2021 00:34

I also thought you were considering 'ToRn' for a name. Phew!

I don't particularly like any of the names on your list though Rex is probably the best of the bunch.

JemimaJoy · 30/04/2021 01:16

I also thought you were considering naming your son Torn Grin

I like Otto from your list. Zeke quite cool too.

MrsTerryPratchett · 30/04/2021 01:26

Zeke is OK, Otto at a push, Bodhi is so wannabe. You might be a free spirited hippy, and want to shout it from the rooftops, your son might be a banker, or Tory politician.

MrsTerryPratchett · 30/04/2021 01:27

Torn might be weird but Torrin is lovely just FYI.

Maggiesfarm · 30/04/2021 05:04

I know someone who named their baby, 'Torin' (one 'n'). I like that name, it's French I think. One of the grandmothers, who came from Guernsey, had the name as a surname which is how they came up with it.

EvilOnion · 30/04/2021 06:39

I know a Scottish Torrin/Torin (not sure on spelling), I thought it was Gaelic!

Hoplop · 30/04/2021 06:41

From your list I would choose Bodhi or Zeke Smile

CoalCraft · 30/04/2021 06:55

I'm so curious as to where Bodhi has come from. I'd never heard this time last year but since then it pops up everywhere.

Otto would be my pick from your list, Rex second :)

tigerbread20 · 30/04/2021 07:01

Otto is my favourite name, vetoed by DH for being too trendy. I think it's a great name

RuthW · 30/04/2021 07:26

Otto without a doubt.

SouthOfFrance · 30/04/2021 07:32

Love all those choices, much better than the name Torn which is also what I thought you were suggesting you call your child Grin

c307 · 30/04/2021 07:57

Hahaha definitely not Torn.

We also had these on the longer short list...

Jett
Cruz
Dax
Casper
Axel

It's such a hard decision, I think girls are a lot easier to name.

We love more unusual names but also don't want to go too mad for him.

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EvilOnion · 30/04/2021 08:15

I met a little boy called Colton last week, I really liked it. Unusual but easy to spell and pronounce!

MrsTerryPratchett · 30/04/2021 14:44

If you like those, we know a boy called Dashiel. DD hipster-coughs his name. Not outside the house.

Crankley · 30/04/2021 14:59

I also was going to protest that you can't call your child Torn Grin

I like Rex and Otto.

Cindie943811A · 30/04/2021 15:00

Colton is prob not a good choice in today’s climate

EvilOnion · 30/04/2021 15:04

Why not @Cindie943811A?

FizzyApricot · 30/04/2021 15:08

Zeke is nice!

Mason?

ode2me · 30/04/2021 15:08

They're all awful.
Sound very common.

He will grow up one day and be judged on his name- regardless of the virtue signallers on here who insist they'd never judge a person by their name.

Caspianberg · 30/04/2021 15:11

Otto would be my first choice. Have you considered Otis?

partyatthepalace · 01/05/2021 19:01

Other than Casper, which is fine, I think they are all absolutely awful - they all just sound like made up names of the minute, other than Otto which makes me think of Nazis and Axel which makes me think of dodgy bands.

Happenchance · 01/05/2021 21:58

I like Rex and Zeke.

Other suggestions:
Seth
Elias
Heath
Ezekiel nn Zeke
Cade
Saul
Jesse
Flynn
Isaac nn Zac
Alexi
Alec

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