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Need 'cool' name inspiration

184 replies

Fetacinno81 · 12/11/2022 17:22

I know everyone definition of cool is completely different however I'm looking for some more baby boys names along the same lines as;

Cash
Ace
Maverick
Teddy
Archer

Thanks Star

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Strokethefurrywall · 13/11/2022 02:42

I know 3 Mavericks. So definitely not weird but definitely cool!!

Smallonesaremorejuicy · 13/11/2022 02:52

Love Atticus & Vincent

lennolin · 13/11/2022 03:07

I don't know any younger child who has bullied another kid for having a bad name. Kids can suit any name young or old and they all come back around. Can't say that for kids called Blue which is a colour or Asda which is a supermarket. That's a parent trying to be cool but setting the child up for a lifetime of embarrassment

HelpMeGetThrough · 13/11/2022 05:18

ShouldntHaveBeenSoHasty · 12/11/2022 18:30

You can’t call a baby Ace ffs. He’s not one of the Gladiators. Please, please let this be for a book your writing rather than an actual human child.

When I saw Ace, my first thought was, some nasty bastard at school is going to add Hole to that.

Perhaps I just went to school with nasty bastards.

swirlypinky · 13/11/2022 07:50

Archer makes me think of peach schnapps

user1492757084 · 13/11/2022 08:21

Tate
Tex
Rex
Becks
Lex
Pex
Wexford
Jex
Toby
Moby
Dick

NewJobGoingCrazy · 13/11/2022 08:27

@PortiasBiscuit @RandomMusings7 why can someone with a cool name not get a job/live with dignity? I have an incredibly unique name I believe - often on these lists as 'out there/too difficult to pronounce/weird'. I've never had an issue getting jobs in traditional industries.

Renter77 · 13/11/2022 09:14

NewJobGoingCrazy · 13/11/2022 08:27

@PortiasBiscuit @RandomMusings7 why can someone with a cool name not get a job/live with dignity? I have an incredibly unique name I believe - often on these lists as 'out there/too difficult to pronounce/weird'. I've never had an issue getting jobs in traditional industries.

Some people love the status quo and enjoy judging people’s baby name choices. I don’t mean employers, I mean posters like the ones above.

My MIL is like this. She likes being mean about people’s babies’ names. Rolls her eyes at everyone’s name choice unless they give their children a “George” or “Amelia” type name. One of her nieces named their daughter Ellie, not Ellen or Eleanor, just Ellie. MIL talked about how appalled she was by this for MONTHS.

Yawn.

Whiskeypowers · 13/11/2022 09:23

Hal
Jerome
Alec
Thibault
Brett
Joel
Nico
Sacha
Jens

Diverseopinions · 13/11/2022 09:33

Blaise - a French Saint name
Blaze - a modern version.

Diverseopinions · 13/11/2022 09:34

d'Artagnan - from The Three Musketeers.

Diverseopinions · 13/11/2022 09:35

Paris - from mythology and The Judgement of Paris

Diverseopinions · 13/11/2022 09:39

River

chevvyroo · 13/11/2022 11:17

Blythe
Lorcan

Got2besoon · 13/11/2022 11:20

Rocco
Nate
Tristan

FayCarew · 13/11/2022 11:27

Winston
Dennis
Patrick
Algernon

Hobbesmanc · 13/11/2022 11:59

It always baffles me why people come on a names forum to sneer at anyone who posts about names that don't conform to the top twenty. Not everyone wants a baby Oliver.

When I was at school in the seventies I really envied kids with cool names like Darren and Donna

I love Rafferty. Cole. Clay. Castor. Gabriel. Gideon. Rex.

JamSandle · 13/11/2022 15:32

Hobbesmanc · 13/11/2022 11:59

It always baffles me why people come on a names forum to sneer at anyone who posts about names that don't conform to the top twenty. Not everyone wants a baby Oliver.

When I was at school in the seventies I really envied kids with cool names like Darren and Donna

I love Rafferty. Cole. Clay. Castor. Gabriel. Gideon. Rex.

👏👏👏👏👏

Metabigot · 13/11/2022 15:34

Lullabies2Paralyze · 12/11/2022 18:28

A couple of people saying Ralph but all I can think of is Ralph Wiggum from the simpsons …..not my idea of a cool name haha

Showing my age here but all I can think.of is the boyfriends winky in Forever by Judy Blume

Christmasamtryigtogetexcited · 13/11/2022 15:39

Laurie
Rudy
June
Rafferty

Christmasamtryigtogetexcited · 13/11/2022 15:39

Jude!

MayISuggestSomeThickCutSteakChipsToGoWithThat · 13/11/2022 16:38

Balthazar
Chase
Avery
Quinn

RandomMusings7 · 13/11/2022 16:43

Beelzebub?

Caszekey · 13/11/2022 16:54

PortiasBiscuit · 12/11/2022 18:26

You don’t need a cool name, you need a name that encourages someone in charge of a job application to give him an interview.

Or companies just need to do more to ensure their EDI policies and training include not going through application forms and discarding based on name. Apart from anything else, it literally makes no sense to exclude Castiel or Lawrah-Maii from a job for a decision their parents made 30 years ago

Penguinsaregreat · 13/11/2022 16:59

Don’t employers disguard the personal details of job application?
Anyhow, interesting what some people think of as cool.

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