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Boys name help!

10 replies

Windowboxer · 11/09/2023 21:49

We are not finding out the baby's sex and have a clear favourite for girls but really struggling with boys.

Key criteria are

  • Known but not too common
  • Works internationally
  • Not starting with A or S/Z
  • typically prefer German / Scandi type names (family heritage/surname)

Below are the ones on the shortlist but none feel quite right.

Finn
Frederik
Ivo
Jacob
Otto
Christian
Henry

Any help much appreciated!

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boysmuminherts · 11/09/2023 21:54

Jasper
Oscar
Dominic

LulooLemon · 11/09/2023 21:55

David
Charles
Thomas
Vincent

cherryassam · 11/09/2023 22:20

Some of these are the names of the DC of friends who are Scandi/German, so might not be traditionally from there but are associated in my mind with those places:

Casper / Kasper
Jenson
Nico / Niko
Mattias / Mathias / Matthias
Magnus
Benedikt
Karl / Carl
Leif
Mikel
Conrad / Konrad
Carsten
Maxim
Elias
Hugo
Leon
Otis
Rudy
Fabian
Gabriel
Adrian
Jonas
Linus
Tomas
Julius
Valentin

Mumofgirls2017 · 12/09/2023 05:39

Love Ivo, Otto, Frederick and henry

magnus
viggo
luca(s)
leo
theo
victor
loki
alexander
arthur
jacob
vincent
hugo
casper
flynn
oscar
max

user1492757084 · 12/09/2023 06:25

Known but not common ..
Ivor
John
Joseph
Peter
Lloyd
David
Raphael
Geoffrey
Willoughby
Fergus
Angus
Trevor
Russell
Kirk
Barry

Theoldwoman · 12/09/2023 14:01

Ayrton
Torin
Kurt
Jacques
Saul
Vance
Lincoln
Angus
Jonah

mumtotwox · 12/09/2023 17:30

Emil

RainbowFish4 · 12/09/2023 19:18

Love Erik and Magnus as Scandi-style names. Also Benjamin shortened to Benja.

KayEmAy · 12/09/2023 19:52

Really love Finn and Henry!

Dietrich nn Ric if he likes
Ren
Roan
Cole/Kol
Dario/Darius
Marcus/Markus
Penn
Emmett
Elio
Bellamy nn Bell
Matthias
Kaz (Cassian/Cassius)
AIden

SkaneTos · 13/09/2023 23:32

I like the names on your list!

I live in Scandinavia, and here are some boy names that are popular in my country right now:

(Works internationally)
Oskar/Oscar
Edvin
Emil
Ludvig
Isak

(Popular names here, but perhaps does not work as well internationally)
Hjalmar
Malte
Melker
Ludvig
Ture
Frans
Gustav

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