Mission Impossible- find me a boy's name conforming to (my) strict criteria...

[CaptainNancy]

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find a name (or names) for my son (due January, plenty of time yet). This is no ordinary namequest- there are strict criteria to adhere to...

• no Top 50 names( I do not wish my child to be known as xxxx G. throughout his schooldays, I would prefer he was the only one in the school with his name)

• cannot begin with 'G' or 'J' (surname issues) or 'R' (DH pronunciation issues)

• no biblical names (I am a fervent atheist, DH is buddhist)

• Unusual, but not wacky

We are m/c academic types, I am not an earth mother, nor a lentil-weaver (sadly); we are also quite removed from popular culture. I am therefore never likely to name my child 'Celestin' or 'Zaphod'...

...or Guybrush.

Or Neo.

This thread will self destruct in 30 days (judging by the number of name threads at present),
TIA

When you say 'no biblical names', do you mean nothing that's in the bible at all, even if it's become mainstream like Paul, Matthew, Andrew, or just the OT -T- type names like Malachi and Ichabod.....

Marcus
Kingsley
Victor
Stewart
Alan/Aled

I love the name Hector- but not impressed with how he met his end

Umm- would prefer not in bible at all tbh

Wyatt

Columbus?

Hugh? (or Huw)

Oscar (have I already said that, can't remember)

Felix

Thinks literature:

Cedric
Brian
Maurice
Oswald
Lucas
Albert
and of course Ivan(hoe)

Is Cadell- cay-dell or cuh-dell please?

I also work in education, so many names have associations for me, which mean I couldn't use them... eg 'Marcus'

Lysander?

Lionel?

Lysander has a strange meaning.

Lionel makes me think Blair.

I would say Cay-dell (more Welsh)

Quite popular antipodean name and the pronunciation is then more Ka-dell

Ok, I think I know who you are , but your 'surname issues' comment has me a little confused.

Will give it more thought.

Can't guarantee to recognise every name that was ever mentioned in the bible though!

Are you not bothered about avoiding 'A' names for post issue btw?

Alexander

Gregory? (Assorted popes, though, and maybe too many Rs)

Lucas? (I am determined to get someone to call their ds this, since my dh rejected it as 'too spark-pluggy')

Corbin? (But it has an R in)

Surely, Benoit means 'blessed' and therefore fails on religious grounds.

Max?

I like Corrado, which I know has Rs in, but is shortened to Dino, which doesn't. And I'm told that in Italy not being able to say your Rs properly makes you sound posh rather than silly. (Think Fwancesco da Mosta...)

Ethan?

Ambrose
Jerome

(neither biblical but early church)

Aubrey

quite a lot of r's though

Leo?

Gregor I like a lot

Gustave (PLEASE someone call their child Gustave or Gustavus as I love it so much)

You've prob had most of these already but:
Fraser
Hector
Dominic
Hugh
Guy
Monty
Edward(surprisingly uncommon)

OK just read OP properly -scrub Guy

Toby
Patrick
Hugo

Is your surname not the same as your email surname? I'm now thinking not!

Felix
Malachi

Cuthbert
Martyn
Damien
Leonard
David
Stewart
Nigel
Andrew
Alexis

Luigi/Louis/Lewis?

Harvey and Vivian are family names in my family (but in danger of dying out through lack of use) and were the names of two of my mum's brothers who died in a fire when they were about 6 and 8 (before my mum was born). Vivian says 'Young Ones' to me, though!