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Please help me find boy's name!

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Nightwithhertrainofstars · 19/01/2023 07:15

Hi all. I'm 30 weeks and really struggling to settle on a boy's name (we don't know what we're having but have decided on a girl's name). Tbh we're really struggling to find pretty much any boy's name that doesn't repel at least one of us.. We're a British-Spanish family living in Spain so ideally it would be a name that isn't too difficult to pronounce in the two languages and ideally could be familiar to people in both countries but that's not essential. There are many names that fit the bill but what makes it tricky is that I only like really quite unusual names. Mateo, Mario, Lucas, names like that are far too common for me. I sometimes find (Spanish) names that I like but then DH says they are "old man names". 🙄I would also consider Scandinavian names and also like nature-themed names or names from Greek/Roman mythology. 2 or 3 syllables preferable. Names I've considered include Fabian, Cassian and Marcel, to give an idea. Any suggestions would be very welcome!

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KangarooKenny · 19/01/2023 07:17

Would Luca work ? I like that name.

Trez1510 · 19/01/2023 07:24

Sebastian
Isaac
Bruno
Marco

HuntingoftheSnark · 19/01/2023 07:28

Apollo?

ThomasinaLivesHere · 19/01/2023 07:32

Daniel is a name in both countries. How about that?

Pinkdafodils · 19/01/2023 08:20

Quentin
Marcus

goldenfoliage · 19/01/2023 08:26

maybe Dimitri? Comes from Greek goddess Demeter
I also like Fabian.

maybe
Florian
Lucian
Lucius
Emile or Emil
Gaspar
Valerian
Frederic
Hermes
Silvan or Sylvan
Marius
Amadeo
Ricardo
Orlando

goldenfoliage · 19/01/2023 08:26

also Nestor - man from Iliad

Nightwithhertrainofstars · 19/01/2023 10:13

Thank you everyone for your suggestions! We have a close family member Lucas so I think Luca is a bit too similar. Daniel too common and "normal" for me but definitely a good one in terms of familiarity in both countries! Having said that, Apollo might be slightly too far out there for me. 😅I think goldenfoliage has got closest in terms of the feel of the names I'm going for but none really grabbing me. Apart from maybe Valerian, I'll have to put it to DH!

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TealSteal · 19/01/2023 10:16

What about Heath, nature themed and not very common?

legalalien · 19/01/2023 10:18

How about Santiago? Or Joaquin (joe for short for the English fam?)

wineymummy · 19/01/2023 10:26

Salvedor, nn Salve

EarlyYearsMe · 19/01/2023 10:26

Myro
Max
Noah
Cass
Alonso
Rafael
Stefan

just thinking of the names from Spanish families I know!

piscosours · 19/01/2023 10:30

Ignatius (Roman)
Ignacio (Spanish)
Nn Iggy

Boom, sorted!

rainbowstardrops · 19/01/2023 10:37

How about

Apollo
Xavier
Xander

Thisismyfirstrodeo · 19/01/2023 11:02

We live in France and Raphael (Rafael) and Maël (think this also exists in Spain?) are common?

Nightwithhertrainofstars · 19/01/2023 17:06

Thanks for all the suggestions. It's interesting the names that would be quite unusual in the UK but in Spain are very common. So Joaquín, Xavier, Santiago, Ignacio, Rafael for example are very common particularly amongst blokes in their 40's and 50's.
Love Heath but it would get butchered by Spanish pronunciation!!
Valerian was ruthlessly rejected by DH 😢
Maël is very interesting! It seems to be a traditional Breton name, I had never heard it before.
DH was obsessed with Gael which is absolutely too similar to our DD's name to use so this could be a very good compromise!
We are really seriously considering it, so thanks so much!

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VenusClapTrap · 19/01/2023 19:52

Inigo!

Nightwithhertrainofstars · 19/01/2023 20:23

DH says Inigo is an old man name..

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SayMyNameProperly · 19/01/2023 20:36

Esteban
Magnus
???

piscosours · 19/01/2023 21:32

Old man names are in fashion though aren't they?

Notellinganyone · 19/01/2023 21:36

Fabio, Alessio.

DashingWhiteSergeant · 19/01/2023 21:38

Xander
Daniel
Max

NoraVanDoogle · 19/01/2023 21:40

I go to Spain quite often and there was a little local boy and I just loved the way they pronounced his name “Reuben” kind of like rollling the R. 🥰

I mean I’m biased as that was my chosen name for my littlest (he’s named something else as it goes) but it’s still high on my list.

Mumofgirls2017 · 19/01/2023 21:45

Caspian
leonardo
gabriel
zachary
casper
diego
santiago
nathaniel

apapuchi · 19/01/2023 22:01

I know you say you've already considered it so this probably isn't helpful, but I have a 1 year old Marcel (Marcel Fernando) and we are a British-Mexican family. Marcelo would be more commonly used in Mexico but we just loved Marcel, still do, and it gets a very positive reception. Of course people who don't like it probably don't say anything 😂

We also considered Fabio, Sergio and Javier but they might not be your thing or be too commonly used. Good luck with your name search and with baby when he comes ❤️