Oh god. The shame of finding myself on this section but GIVE ME BOYS' NAMES PLEASE

[FrannyandZooey]

I am so stuck. I have girls' names galore, please give me nice slightly arty boys' names that won't get hugely popular in a year or two

clement makes me think of clement freud

tho if you are young then that wont be an unfortunate associtaion you have

Our puppy has a silly name. I wish I'd seen this list a week ago. I might have called him Clay or Clem or Inigo even.

your puppy has a lovely name 100

I'm thinking of Dante - although I do get strange looks whenever I mention it

How about Lucien while we're going Freudy.

My ds is called Dante as my family is Italian and I wanted a name that could be easily pronounced by everyone. He, however, is a Celtic-looking blonde and we definitely get strange looks when I call him out of the sandpit...

I really like Dante lalalonglegs, and I know what you mean about the pronounciation...I called my dd Ava and it took nonno and nonna ages to stop saying "Ahr-va". With an Italian surname it just seems to make sense to choose an Italian name (or one that ends in a vowel) so that it goes together. I also like Orlando but dh hates that.

Dante is coooooooool.

Nel mezzo del cammin.... [don't get me started!]

I like Dante, Blaise, Lucien and Wolfie, and Leander, and maybe Gil

I don't like Clem, or Clement (agree zippi, only Freud I like is Lucien) or Blaze, or Ned, or Stanley

Blaise and Leander are asking for it imho. Gil is nice, I agree. Wolfie is one of those 'we are setting you up' names.

Actually, you don't need to know my opinion do you? Ooh, but you have a shortlist Missus, that's something.

Gideon

asking for what?

I am not really going to do Wolfie, but it's amusing me like it is Boco

Gideon makes me think of the bible

I love Wolfgang, Wolf for short please don'e ust it its my next child's name

hooray for tinylady. It's a good name.

tiny I am sure there is room for two wolfgangs in the country

Wolfgang is okay. Wolfie is setting you up to be wolf-like I suppose, and what if you want to not be Wolf like, with a grin and a shabby coat, but actually want to be Beau Nash or someone.

ooh - Beau or Nash.

Nash is a good name.

Boco, we have exquisite taste
It IS a good name
Much better than Blaise, for example

Nash is setting him up for big jaw and large teeth. What if he wants a tiny mouth?

It is Lucian Freud

But you can spell it Lucien if you like

LOL at tiny mouth
unlikely in this family

sorry Tatties, you're right of course
I do prefer Lucien though, not sure why

I think Lucien looks nice. I often associate names/words with colours; and I see Lucien as fair-haired and Lucian as dark-haired for some reason

gosh what a long thread
will add mine anywya

monty
crawford
bobby
rewan
lorenzo
angus
artie

Ash

Leonard
Frederick

Hmm, old testament, now where did my religious upbringing go?

Solomon
Isaiah
Ezekiel
Joshua
Samson

Cain and Abel might be a bit too old testament, IYSWIM