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23 replies

Camia · 04/11/2022 17:05

I'll be 23 weeks tomorrow with my second baby boy and we have no ideas! Big brother is Westley. We like uncommon but not weird names. Literary or mythology ties are a plus but not necessary.

Phoenix, Caspian, Rhys, Lachlan, and Asher have all come up but just aren't the one. I also like Peregrine but my partner hates it. My first had a name for sure decided on by now but we haven't even had one stick for more than a day this time. Anyone have ideas?

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mdh2020 · 04/11/2022 17:37

Guy
sebastian

AmandaMirandaPanda · 04/11/2022 18:14

You have (some) time! It can just be a question of powering through and finding something you both love...

Angus
Apollo
Archer
Bran
Brendan
Cadfael
Casimir
Evander
Ferdinand
Finn
Fintan
Griffin
Idris
Jasper
Leander
Lysander
Magnus
Oisín
Orion
Osiris
Tristan

TheOtherWoman2 · 04/11/2022 18:19

shakespeare
sherlock
romeo
puck
tybalt
tirian
roald
vladimir
volodymyr
abraham
dami
herbert
winston
nelson

sopeas · 04/11/2022 20:45

Heathcliff
Sawyer
Artemis
Augustus
Dorian
Barnaby
Ernest
Finn
Gulliver
Ulysses

Luredbyapomegranate · 04/11/2022 21:08

Westerly makes me think of the Princess bride! I know that was Wesley but still..

Gawain
Digby
Diggory
Casper
Jasper
Ivor
Ivan
Corin
Clement
Ronan
Hector
Eric
Austin
Victor
Arnold
Ernest
Francis
Duncan
Douglas
Donald
Abraham (Bram)
Moses
Amos
Silas
Marcus
Magnus
Giles
Gideon
Lucian
Fabian
Cassian
Cedric
Alberic

HuntingoftheSnark · 04/11/2022 21:15

Conrad
Byron
Hector

Mumofgirls2017 · 04/11/2022 21:19

Fletcher
atticus
apollo
orson
keats
lennox
spencer
vincent
casper
beckett
rowan
river
dexter
lysander
felix
cassius
ashton

Beachloveramy · 04/11/2022 22:07

Westley and...

Logan
Luca/Lucas
Asher (worth a revisit, great name)
Jackson
Samuel

VenusClapTrap · 05/11/2022 08:49

Inigo

DuchessOfSausage · 05/11/2022 09:44

Eastley

Yika · 05/11/2022 10:46

Lovely evocative name list. I particularly love Asher.

Heath
Alban
Ashwin
Julius

Enko · 05/11/2022 10:48

Francis
Quinlan

Thefaceofboe · 05/11/2022 11:31

I think Atticus would be lovely with Westley.

Jamimas · 05/11/2022 12:13

Westley and

Atticus
Caspar
Quentin
Torin

Mugcake · 05/11/2022 12:54

I heard a name the other day that I'd never heard before but actually love. The little boy was called Finn short for Finnick.
Finn is also from Irish mythology :)

Theoldwoman · 05/11/2022 12:58

Westley and:

Ayrton
Fox
Wade
Uriah
Christian
Bentley
Jacques
Kurt
Jonah
Regan
Francis
Wyndham
Quade
Beauden
Griffith
Sampson
Lennox
Lennon
Seth
Tait
Arley
Kyden
Kalman

Sleepyquest · 05/11/2022 13:12

DuchessOfSausage · 05/11/2022 09:44

Eastley

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Camia · 05/11/2022 13:56

@Luredbyapomegranate The Princess Bride actually is Westley! That's where we got the name 😂I do kind of like Jasper but it's my mother's dog's name hahaha. Silas is nice, I'll add that to my list to get my partner's opinion on

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Legoninjago1 · 05/11/2022 14:05

Balthasar, Caspar, Merlin

Camia · 05/11/2022 14:12

@Mugcake I've actually thought about Finnick! I love the nickname Finn but none of the usual long forms, Finley, Finnegan, etc were really striking me until a friend mentioned Finnick and I like it. I haven't brought it up to my partner because the only time I've heard it used has been in the Hunger Games series and I don't have a problem using the same name as the character but I'm just not sure if it would open itself up to too many jokes or something. I don't have enough of a social life to tell if Hunger Games is still as popular as it used to be 😂

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Mugcake · 05/11/2022 15:04

@Camia I actually love it! I didn't even realise the hunger games association, but it's not something that would put me off to be honest, it's been a while since those films were popular! And definitely by the time he's old enough to care no-one will be talking about it haha

I also heard the name Fenn recently which I thought was cool, could be short for fennick/fennec (like the fox) similar vibes :)

ElizaSkye · 05/11/2022 15:05

Orlando

Thisisnotmyname2 · 05/11/2022 20:46

Chester was my immediate thought.

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