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Looking for a slightly out there hippyish/ naturey/ boys name

137 replies

Csang · 28/07/2024 12:46

Hey, feel like I've completed the internet 10 times over and still can't find a boys name I like. I'm looking for something a bit out there but not totally rogue. Something potentially naturey, earthy/ hippyish/ dudeish and I like the sound of ie or y on the end. All the names I found so far seem to be nick names but the full version I really don't like. Suggestions welcome, thank you :)

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Terea · 28/07/2024 21:28

Roscoe. Listen to the lyrics in the song by Midlake, it might help you decide.

PinkyAndTheBarnacle · 28/07/2024 21:29

Oakley is a sunglasses/ski goggles brand. It’s like calling him RayBan

Grandmasswagbag · 28/07/2024 21:32

Soren? I loved the name and strongly considered if for ds..However didn't love the connotations in Norwegian as we have Norwegian heritage. But tbh tink I overthought it really.

minthybobs · 28/07/2024 21:39

August
Finn
Ashton
Kai
Brynn
Cedar
Clay
Cullen
Everly
Flynn
Lennox
Raven
Rocky
Marlow
Marley
Raife
Arlo
Dash
Avery
Milo
Cassius
Luka
Armand

wetpebbles · 28/07/2024 21:42

shay

Cherubs4 · 28/07/2024 21:50

Some lovely names on the thread. I'll add:

Lachlan "from the land of lakes"

Bobbie22 · 28/07/2024 21:51

Ezra
Jude

N3WN8ME · 28/07/2024 21:52

Brock

Greeneyegirl · 28/07/2024 21:54

Sawyer, Elwood, Finch

Sunshine9218 · 28/07/2024 21:54

Why can't a nickname be their full name?

newmomaboutthreads · 28/07/2024 21:55

What's your or your partners cultural heritage? Can you get something with meaning from that?

MrsCarson · 28/07/2024 22:12

Acer. Like the tree.
Although young people will see the computer, Maybe spell it Asa.

Dymaxion · 28/07/2024 22:19

Birch.
Hav which is ocean in Norwegian or Cefnfor which is ocean in Welsh. Or Traeth for beach in Welsh ? or Pren which is Welsh for wood ?
Wainwright.
Buck.
Munro.
Conic.

Alwaystimeforacupoftea · 28/07/2024 22:25

Lachlan is a great name for a boy. If I wasn't a decade too old, and done, I'd go for that one!

MitskiMoo · 28/07/2024 22:27

In my family there's a Bowen and Fox

ProvincialLady2024 · 28/07/2024 22:29

Vaughan

jputthekettleon · 28/07/2024 22:32

Indigo - Indy for short

SprigatitoYouAndIKnow · 28/07/2024 23:06

Cliff
Laurel
Yarrow
Talon
Hawk
Bay
Cedar
Oak

Csang · 29/07/2024 08:36

newmomaboutthreads · 28/07/2024 21:55

What's your or your partners cultural heritage? Can you get something with meaning from that?

We're both British and lots of the names I like have Mediterranean vibes. We'll likely have have a light skinned, freckly, ginger boy so not sure if he could pull it off! 😂

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Csang · 29/07/2024 08:37

jputthekettleon · 28/07/2024 22:32

Indigo - Indy for short

This was the girls name I had lined up! I guess it's gender neutral. Thanks

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Csang · 29/07/2024 08:40

Sunshine9218 · 28/07/2024 21:54

Why can't a nickname be their full name?

It can I guess, I just wanted to give them a choice if they wanted something a little more formal later in life. I like Rudy but Ruldoph, Ziggy but not sigfreud and Reggie but not Reginald!

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jputthekettleon · 29/07/2024 08:43

Csang · 29/07/2024 08:37

This was the girls name I had lined up! I guess it's gender neutral. Thanks

Oh what a coincidence - definitely neutral as you say - lovely for a girl though hadn’t thought of it that way round.

Csang · 29/07/2024 08:51

jputthekettleon · 29/07/2024 08:43

Oh what a coincidence - definitely neutral as you say - lovely for a girl though hadn’t thought of it that way round.

That's funny, I'd only known it as a girls name :) thank you 😊

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Evanna13 · 29/07/2024 09:19

Heath

MoominMumu · 29/07/2024 09:53

Storm
Ocean
Bay
Woody