Boys names that are out of the ordinary, or related to 'nature'

[chaoskay]

We don't know if we are having a girl or a boy and if we have a boy I have no idea what we are going to call him!

Help!

Our first daughter is called Daisy Harriet, and I've decided that if we have a girl the next one will be called Clover (possibly second name, Amelie) - corny I know, but it's because Daisy and Clover grow together. (she says a bit sheepishly).

I love names rooted in nature, but boys names are very hard to come across. I like the name Cyrus (no nature link there at all by the way), but apart from that I'm drawing a blank. I briefly considered the name Leif (kind of norweigian name I think, but it's bordering on sounding too hippy). I don't mind the name Seth, but it reminds me of that old bloke with a flat cap who used to be on Emmerdale.

These are the other names I've considered, but they do have to go with a very boring English surname, so some of them would sound ridiculous.

Lorne
Cassius
Cyrus
Juno
Isaac (meaning laughter)
Oren (tree)
Roden (from the valley of the reeds)
Varden (meaning green)
Merle (meaning blackbird)

Does anyone have any bright ideas?

Ahh I see, you cant have a Daisy and a Poppy, but
Saffron is lovely and not at all posh!
Do you like Soraya? Sounds nice with Daisy
What about a colour? Sienna, Cobalt etc

Falcon
Fulk
Devon

How about Struan? Lovely place and name.

"Struan is the anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic word sruthan, meaning a small stream, or the flow at the point where a spring appears.

There are two rural communities in Scotland which are given the name Struan. One is in Perthshire, and the other in Skye. Strowan, also in Perthshire, west of Crieff, has the same origin.

Struan is also a traditional Scottish boys name, commonly given to the chief of the Robertson Clan or Duncan Clan. This comes from the related word sruthan (pl. of sruth 'stream') and can be translated as 'place of streams'."

Hayden

I think Flynn is lovely.xx

Tor is a common diminutive for Victoria so may confuse people.

Merle can be a boys name, well the only one Ive heard of is Merle Haggard

Sorry, haven't read whole thread so apologies if duplication...

Storm for a boy?

Sorry but Cyrus reminds me of that film Conair (John Cusack being only redemeeing feature). Wasn't there a character Cyrus the Virus?

okay I totally loved this name but dp wasnt convinced, what about Rayne. They could call him Ray for short when he is older.
I love it.

sorry didnt read thread first Rain, Rayne{already done] but i still love it

Juno is 100% a girl's name...she was Jupiter's wife! Merle can be either (Merle Haggard is a man!)

What about Linden or Avery...Dale?

Douglas

DS is Rowan so of course I love it.

there is a little boy in my family with the middle name Danger, believe it or not....

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what about Lorcan for a boy! i'm loving it! not really nature based though

Jasper? (semi precious stone)

Thanks for all your suggestions, my baby boy was eventually called Sol, after a week of deliberation. He's going to be our little ray of sunshine (I can hear you all vomiting in buckets from here...). He was born on 13th April and I've got my home birth story on a different thread on here, feel free to have a nosey - not for the squeamish!

I couldn't call him Jasper as our cat shares the same name, lol!

I'd still love to give him the middle name 'Danger' but I'm the only person who thinks that this would be a good idea in the entire family (it would be great for him when he's a teenager and trying to pull girls). Well done you MrsJohnCusack for actually managing it!

We've had a lot of jokes about Sol's middle name, ie 'Itude' 'Phadene' 'Um' etc etc. It will probably take us another 9 months to come up with this I think!

Oh, so you changed your mind about my mentioning Struan, then, makingdo.

Glad to hear it.

We'd chosen it as a boy's name back when I was pregnant with DD2.

I said you should call him Sol!
Congratulations.

mason's a great name.

it means tradesperson.

it's very strong.

it's also a brand of canning jar in N. America.

Dragonbutter, thank you!

You've made my day!

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I was tempted by Mushroom, but decided against it {wink}