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Boys names you loved but weren’t quite brave enough to use?

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Hellosinktap · 04/04/2023 08:56

There was a thread like this a few years ago - I looked for it and couldn’t find it - so I thought I’d start another!

Mine is Rafferty. Loved it. DH vetoed.

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iloveburmese3 · 04/04/2023 13:19

MuddledMindy · 04/04/2023 13:17

Balthazar
My H's choice so wasn't that we weren't brave enough to use it, it was a no chance are we calling our kid that
And Tallulah, I loved this.

I'm having a baby boy TOMORROW (so nervous) via C section and our name for him is Balthazar 😂😂😂 I know v everyone's reaction is... are you mad. But I think it's chic and interesting x

ElizaSkye · 04/04/2023 13:25

Another one for Horatio!

also like-

Moses
Lowen
Orlando

OliviaFlaversham · 04/04/2023 13:33

I know a couple of Balthazars and for such a long name, there are no natural shortenings of it. I like it too.

We used the names we love and ours have more unusual middle names but sometimes I wish we’d used their middle names as first names.

postwarbulge · 04/04/2023 13:34

Church weddings can be a hoot as you find out the bride's and the groom's full list of first names. A couple you know as Sue and Geof turns out to be Hemione Cathcart ffyges and Aloysius Singeon Codpiece

Anyfeckinusername · 04/04/2023 13:38

I liked but ruled out :

Rupert
Aubrey

But I LOVED

Aloysius. I still love it!

Pallisers · 04/04/2023 13:40

Lysander
Galen

Dh has a very unusual name and no way was he giving his son an equally unusual name.

iloveburmese3 · 04/04/2023 13:41

OliviaFlaversham · 04/04/2023 13:33

I know a couple of Balthazars and for such a long name, there are no natural shortenings of it. I like it too.

We used the names we love and ours have more unusual middle names but sometimes I wish we’d used their middle names as first names.

That's nice to know thank you 🙏🏻 we live in Europe and here it's very very rare to shorten even the longest of names so Balthazar will stay this name which is quite fab.. I just love how unusual it is, our daughter is Anoushka so think it fits x

incitethismeetingtorebellion · 04/04/2023 13:41

Not that I wasn't brave enough, partner vetoed it but I wanted Balthazar for our son. Wouldn't let me call our daughter Persephone either the miserable sod 😂

Aturnipforthebooks · 04/04/2023 13:42

NEC2678 · 04/04/2023 09:21

Mine is Francis, I love it but people saying it is wet and feminine is currently swaying my decision

For what it's worth, I love it!

Coffeeandcrocs · 04/04/2023 13:50

Woody
Abel ( awful with our surname )
Ambrose

BrutusMcDogface · 04/04/2023 13:53

Meandfour · 04/04/2023 09:30

Zephan. Absolutely love this name but didn’t fit with our other children’s names at all. Will always love it.

This, and also zephyr 😁

ChillinwiththeVillains · 04/04/2023 13:54

My kids’ and dog’s names all listed above. My name was very unusual so I thought I had dialled it down a bit. I loved Xanthe but felt I should either be Australian or aristocracy to pull it off properly. We are neither.

Natsku · 04/04/2023 13:55

Aslak
Edvard (with a v - I was watching a lot of moomins)

StrawberryQuartz · 04/04/2023 13:57

We loved
River
Forrest
Zephyr

IglesiasPiggl · 04/04/2023 13:59

Inigo
Montague
Silas

PrincessHoneysuckle · 04/04/2023 13:59

I was induced on Valentine Day and really wanted Romeo.Dh wasn't up for it though.

IForgotOurSong · 04/04/2023 13:59

Riyad and Axl

LikeAnOldFriend · 04/04/2023 14:04

Jess / Jesse ... always loved them but wasn't sure and didn't end up shortlisting.

MoltenLasagne · 04/04/2023 14:09

Another for Magnus and Thaddeus! I also love Scottish names but no proper link to the country so thought it would feel a bit odd.

MaisyMary77 · 04/04/2023 14:12

Storm. Changed our minds just after his birth. Still regret it!

NoraLuka · 04/04/2023 14:14

I don’t have a boy so didn’t think about boy’s names too much but Balthazar is lovely! I always liked Aragorn but wouldn’t use it.

ElfinsMum · 04/04/2023 14:29

Gabriel
...took us three days to decide we were wimping out of it!!

ElfinsMum · 04/04/2023 14:31

Oh and our three were known as Aloysius, Balthazar and Caspar to us when they were in the bump...but have normal names irl!

Shufflebumnessie · 04/04/2023 14:33

Both DH & I love the names Memphis (for a boy) & Nevada (for a girl) but couldn't pluck up the courage to go for it (we went for a traditional names that we both love too). Perhaps if we get more cats in the future we could use them?😉
I also like names that are quite 'American' i.e. Chase, Cash, Piper, Hunter.

ShandaLear · 04/04/2023 14:33

Cornelius
Alphonsis
Julius