Thoughts on unique boy names

[Ellen123456]

Hello, just wanting to get some feedback on the following boy names for our second son. I love these names but they are pretty out there. What are your thoughts on:

Cub, Colt and Horizon (Rize nn)

Thank you!

I would also suggest River or Forest.

Cub is like a nickname & won't suit a grown man
Horizon will get people saying "oh look who's coming over the Horizon"
Colt makes me think of Cult

I think because I teach where there are unusual African and Asian names, so the culture is never to comment on them.

To those picking on the OP’s misuse of the word unique: why do you care? Surely you get the gist of what she’s saying? When I am in IRL company and someone uses a word incorrectly, I would never ever correct them, much less mock them. It’s bloody mean spirited and shows a lack of manners. (I actually remember the moment in my childhood when my mum explained that to me.) I’d rather be the person to misuse a word, than be known for such shitty manners.

Seashell
Seashore
Aqua
Cloud
Woodland
Island

Teachers definitely make fun of children's names (not in front of them) but they definitely do... You can also tell a lot about a child by what name they've been given even before you meet them..

Same as where I teach but we wouldn't comment on a name because it's not English!

I get the spirit but the names all land a bit flat for me, they feel quite try hard.

What about River, Fern, Atlas, Oakley, Ivar etc. a bit more earthy.

Sunny/Sonny is also lovely and not uncommon. I know a couple of baby Oceans.

Raine, Forrest, Heath and Huxley are also options. Maybe even Bryn if you want a more classic approach.

Poor kids

Maerias - Asian and African names aren't unusual. No one would laugh at an actual name. Nouns for names and pretentiousness is laughable.

Yeah we'd laugh at those.

Cub and Colt and Horizon aren’t really names though, you need to have a reason to choose a name. Otherwise you may as well just call him Mackerel, or Fog, or Equator.

Rize would make me worry about jokes about whether he can get it up.

@redbigbananafeet @Maireas - I’ve never worked in a school where those kinds of conversations didn’t happen behind the scenes. Teachers are humans. Your school sounds v straitlaced.

Exactly, teachers are people. Who wouldn't raise their eyebrows at someone introducing themselves as Seashell ffs?

Thank you, I really appreciate this ❤️

Orion
Beckett
Phoenix
Ash
Acer
Ivo
I think my favourite nature inspired name would be Silas.

Zeus

I like names that are different…I can remember DDs school had a Sunshine when she started. I have no idea why everyone has to be so conforming although my DH is very conventional so I never had the opportunity to unleash my choices. For boys I liked….
Locke
Gray / Grey
Kit
Flint (😂…. I’m just being honest)

I think Colt is ok and I don’t associate it with a gun. I don’t like Horizon and Cub is a nickname to me. I quite like the much maligned Fox over Wolf.

@Ellen123456 I like Colt, lovely unique but not too out there.

Imagine a grown man named Cub or Horizon.

Colt is slightly better as a nickname for Colton but only because it's an actual name. It's still not very nice.

I like Ocean, it's quite popular in the US but thought it was a girl's name? maybe unisex. A name with a similar vibe to Ocean would be River, Rowan, Robin.

Yep. Straightlaced. No mocking allowed. No comments on appearance, either! It's amazing.

Now that is a great name!

I quite like Fox.
As in Fox Mulder.....

Since you like colt , what about colton? You could use colt as a nn

I know a toddler called Flint and a grown man called Rise. Both names have grown on me.