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

Teilo (Welsh)
Gethin
Arden
Petroc
Hayden (maybe too common?)
Any of those take your fancy?

I rather like Vivian and DH likes Evelyn and Jocelyn (for boys)

Ellbell rofl at 'spark pluggy'- my DH thinks like that too!

And thank you for the 'r's comment- DH will be mighty pleased! Especially as his first language is french,a nd he can barely pronounce, et alone roll 'r's poor thing.

CSWS -yes, probably will avoid 'A' names, but at the moment we are desperate to even have a shortlist
(do you know our surname?)

I understand the problem, I have a lisp and many names are out because of that (Cicely for instance). It was apparantly seen as sexy and endearing in the middle ages though

I like Columb for a boy (I'm Cornish) and dh said that was 'too architectural'. No good for you, anyway, as it's a saint's name.

Can you do French Rs? Like, say, Marcel or André or Laurent?

Arlo
Milo
Seth
Reggie
Frankie
Linus
Finn

ooh oooh what about this.........just popped into my head while washing up....

Austin

???

What about Etienne?

shirley that was THE only name we had for a boy last time- thankfully it was a girl.
blu I like Arlo and Milo....

Do people in UK pronounce Meelo or Mylo?

Torrin
Woody
Jaspar

Makemine -DH will definitely veto Austin I'm afraid...

Zak
Quinn
Nate
Nat
Dell
Mack
Lars

Zachary - sorry I think it's biblical!

'Mylo'

Inigo

Jago

Ivo

Morgan (too much r?)

Krishna

Jude - biblical, but oh-so-atheist too

Tobias
Joaquín
Elias
Jayden

Miles
Dominic
Hugo
Anthony
Victor
Michael
Stefan/Stephen
John (he'll be the only one in the school!)
Gilbert (LOVE this name - but you did say no Gs. Damn)
Ludovic/Ludo
Alistair
Marco
Felix

hmm greek
well, Christos fails on all counts sadly
Constantine? brilliant name.
Achilleos (I dare you)
Alkiviathis (OK now I'm getting silly, I'd better stop)...

Miles, Marco or Constantine get my vote. With Ludo as the outsider

Dexter
Quinn
Lewis
Oliver
Gianluca/Giacomo
Marco
Noah

Oliver, Thomas, Timothy, Owen, Lee, Neil, Charlie, Finlay, Flyn, Dyllan, Allister, Harvey, Max, Harlan, Zack, Dawson, Aaron, Corey, Rwyathlon (Welsh), Aiden, David, Aleck, Karl, Daryll, Paul, Dylan, Ethan, Iain, Jestin, Ieuean, Keir, Rhys, Rhodery, Kelvin, Rorry, Rufus, Kylen, Dennis, Shaun, Terrance, Mathais, Tristan, Declan, Alexandro, Rafael (reminds me of the turtle cartoon thing!), Duncan, Raphael, Jude, Bailey, Ruben, Chuck, Spencer, Zachery, Chandler, Andreas, Adrian, Dion, Ferdinand, Gregory, Hugh, Nathaniel/Nate.

All random names from people know/family/on TV; don't know if they are in top 50 though!

oh scratch Marco
I forgot about the "r"s for a moment. Poop.

Is R ok in the middle of a name?