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Boy Names - 'laid back' name ideas please

38 replies

DiddlyDoris · 14/08/2022 11:00

Looking at name ideas please, expecting a little boy who was yawning when being scanned (hoping it's an indication he'll be a chill laid back boy).

Trying to think of names that aren't 'hard' hitting (ie buster, max etc) but have a more chill vibe.

I like Noah but OH thinks it's 'too' biblical.
Others currently on the list;

Milo
Rowan
Feivel
Zachary
Kai

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 14/08/2022 11:10

Tom. (They're always chilled out and laid back)
George
Elliott
Nathan

pinklavenders · 14/08/2022 11:42

I like Rowan

How about
Dominic
Quentin
Reuben
Marcus

I know pretty chilled out teens with those names!

HSKAT · 14/08/2022 11:43

I love Noah and Rowan.

Agree with pp that the Toms I know are so chilled

SheWoreYellow · 14/08/2022 11:45

Kai is a bit hyper I’d say.

We know an elder brother of one of the names above, who is Joel, which sounds chilled to me.

Norabuzz · 14/08/2022 11:46

Yes! All the Toms I know are so relaxed!!

Toby
Kit
Luke
Matthew
Zachary
Louis
Dominic

pinklavenders · 14/08/2022 11:51

Actually I know a very 'unchilled' and unkind Tom, so unfortunately not everyone Tom/Thomas is laid back.

Citylife · 14/08/2022 12:06

I don’t know any chilled Tom’s…

Nomorewaiting · 14/08/2022 12:08

Dylan
Gus
Milo
Monty
Fynn

Chelsea26 · 14/08/2022 12:09

Rory

Luredbyapomegranate · 14/08/2022 12:13

Zachary is great
Milo and Rowan grand but overused
Hard NO to Fievel (what?!), and Kai (a naughty boys name if ever there was one)

Joss
Silas
Seth
Jerome
Jethro
Nathan
Robert nn Bobby
Joel
Issac

Tom is too widely used to be anything, I know chilled Toms and hyper competitive Toms… although Jeremiah nn Jerry is quite chilled

Also Max and Noah but v overused

Hobbesmanc · 14/08/2022 12:13

I love Freddie. Deffo feels chilled. Also maybe Barney. Rory. Gabriel.

Or something a bit natural. River, Fox, Blue.

gemma1993 · 14/08/2022 13:20

Also considering Zachary, I really like both though.

you might also like Levi?

LocalHobo · 14/08/2022 13:22

I think Malachi's are chilled and very musical. (I have never actually met one though)

BoredOfGrey22 · 14/08/2022 13:24

Bodhi
Sonny

AmandaMirandaPanda · 14/08/2022 13:26

Angus (Gus)
August
Callum
Efraim
Eli
Elias
Elijah
Iain
Jonah/Jonas
Joshua
Jules
Julian
Keanu
Laurence/Laurie
Liam
Lionel
Mason
Miles
Noel
Rafael
Robin
Rollo
Sage
Sebastian
Timothy

Also if you like surname-as-firstname style names, lots like Avery, Bailey, Bowie, Emerson, Finlay, Walden, etc.

Cadot · 14/08/2022 13:35

Joe
David
Harry
Chesney
Ivo
Rocco
Tobias
Marcus
Levi
Caleb
Lucas
Nathan
Andrew
Solomon
Paul
Saul

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 14/08/2022 13:37

Nathaniel/Nate
Josh
Joel

toffeechai · 14/08/2022 14:45

Toby
Finn
Eddie

TheWayTheLightFalls · 14/08/2022 14:48

Yy to Bodhi, Sonny, Gus, River.

Rowan is a girl’s name for me.

For the love of all that’s holy not Kai.

FunkedUp · 14/08/2022 14:51

Caden
Joe
Jimmy
Billy
Reef
Lance
Tyler
Tayler
Richie
Brannon

CloudPop · 14/08/2022 14:51

Seth

Sandysandwich · 14/08/2022 14:52

Jesse
Joey
Seth
Byron
Samuel
Daniel

I love Noah too, it doesn't feel that biblical to me just because its been used widely, like Rachel, Peter and Mark also don't.

goldfinchonthelawn · 14/08/2022 14:53

I love Zach - Izaak/Isaac or Zachary/Zachariah

Lots of the others are also quite biblical but so lovely:

Joshua
Elijah
Ezra

Marmite name, but I think Wilfred is lovely and laid back. Same with some of the other 'old man' names like Stanley, Ernest, Alfred etc

Twizbe · 14/08/2022 14:54

I know loads of Toms including DH. The most chilled out guys ever.

I know a lot of chilled out James as well.

HorribleHerstory · 14/08/2022 14:54

Rufus came to mind.

Otis. Leif. Asher. Indigo. Otto. Dorian. Dylan.