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

Haven't read all the thread- 33 pages?????

Asher?

oh ok surname is not what I thought it was then

Cassian

oh I dunno

we did like asher but have gone off a bit
not sure on Cassian - sounds a bit like hessian

Caspar or Caspian then (I've heard of a Caspian)

this is going to be like one of those skirt threads isn't it?
56 pages of suggestions and you choose one for the third post
not suggesting new baby is like monsoon skirt, of course

Alexis
Aloysius
Barnaby/Barnabus
Benoit
Bruno (my cousin in Canada has just called her baby this, quite cool actually I think)
Felix
Gervaise
Isidore
Lazlo
Pascal
Titus
Xavier
Zachary

should I just shut up now?

no indeed
I am just browsing
avi said (about 10 pages ago) hurry up and CHOOSE
but I am just mulling it over
I will decide when it is born
[exasperating]

you are on the right track MrsC
but a lot of these are big old ponce names aren't they?

My vote would be for Rafferty. What a fantastic name! I couldn't use it as I have a slight lisp and deliberately avoided names where the r needed to be heard.

Wafferty is NOT good DG
very wise

It is not that bad a lisp!

So come on, what do you think of Rafferty?

good choice DG
my mother had plans to call me Rory
Wowy!
oh the horror

oh yes
I do specialise in poncey names

That would come out as War-wy. I hate that name.

Runs away quickly from the thousand mothers of Rorys here present.

I am not taken by Rafferty or Wafferty
sorry

and

Would it be too much to know what ds1 is called? It might help to choose a name that somehow matches. All my boys have Irish names.

I love Rory. but in the USA, they are using for girls. McIrish people. That annoys me so much. I've got into a few major rucks with Americans who want to name their daughters Finley and Rory 'because they are Scottish/Irish". I told them they were bastardising my Celtic culture, and that as American culture was so oppressive they should feel an obligation not to destroy other cultures. They said "yeah but it's so cute on a girl".

So, love Rory, but it's been Disneyed. It's 'gone to the girls'.

PS I love Rafferty but that is a tiny bit chav and Raphael is tiny bit poncey, so which to choose?! Have to nail your colours to the mast there. Raff full stop is lovely.

Hal
Jago
Robin
Morgan

sidge has already said this, but Rufus
Or what about Rudy? (a couple of people have already siad it)
and Jago is good

Have just wasted the last hour of ds2's nap reading this entire thread as I am always up for unusual boys names, even tho not yet pg with ds3. I am astounded at the positive votes for my dhs name - Dominic. When I met him, I almost didn't go out with him becasue I thought his name was so naff. You are all right though, it is about to get very popular I think. Just be aware, he says, that his nickname at school was condom and that if ever he posts on the internet with dom in his name he gets propositioned by people wanting him to whip him. My ds2's name was also mentioned near the beginning for the first time ever on a names thread. amazed!

I was going to say Ralf - its growing on me. Why do the yanks insist on girlying the good names?

Gulliver

Love it

Bernard.

Couldn't love a human Bernard.

But could love a baby Gilbert.