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

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CaptainNancy · 04/08/2008 13:54

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

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BuwchBywiog · 04/08/2008 16:54

Owain
Ynyr
Osian
Iddon
Medwyn
Iwan
Ieuan
Aled

Shall I shut up?

Pinkranger · 04/08/2008 17:00

Tate
Ben ( not as popular as some people think)
Dextor

CaptainNancy · 04/08/2008 17:03

Buwch- they are a little welsh for us! Like Osian though...
PirateCat what does Shadwell mean? DOn't think I've ever come across it before.

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TwoBigNorks · 04/08/2008 17:05

Mungo
Magnus
Murdo
Stroud

piratecat · 04/08/2008 17:49

well Shadwell seems to be very hard to find, it means , wait for it 'shed by a well' !!

There is also a place in east london called it.

I remembered it froma comedy series yrs back, and there was a welsh character called Shadwell.

In my book there is an equally exciting 'Sidwell' which means 'broad stream'!

Nevin (old english )means middle

Earthan, of the earth

Boyd --scottish name, means yellow

god there's loads

CaptainNancy · 04/08/2008 17:53

Pirate better not go for Nevin.... DH might think I want another one!

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Cucci · 04/08/2008 18:21

Some italian names from my family if it helps:

Peppe
Brando
Nello
Ugo
Aleandro
Massimo
Orlando
Ornello
Matteo
Vito
Teo

piratecat · 04/08/2008 18:28

I thought Nevin was sweet, as he is in the 'middle ' of you both.

gah, look at me geting all sentimental.

Cies · 04/08/2008 18:39

Ferdinand
Colin
Miles
Carl

ten10 · 04/08/2008 18:45

Marcus
Dominic
Edgar
Edmund
Corin

Reamhar · 04/08/2008 18:56

Ellis?

hatrick · 04/08/2008 19:06

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jeanjeannie · 04/08/2008 19:16

Alistair
Fraser
Torquil
Haymo
Ivan (would have used this but had DD!)
vaughn
Hugh
Konstantin

pointydog · 04/08/2008 19:19

Vincent

frazzledoldbag34 · 04/08/2008 21:23

Ok so here are some more from me....

Monty
Lindsay
Phillip
Ewan / Euan
Maximillian / Maxwell
Hugo
Jago
Seth

????

Hulababy · 04/08/2008 21:44

Unusual names for boys

MsDemeanor · 04/08/2008 21:48

Christopher to be known as Kit. Very romantic and dashing, I think.

Lio · 04/08/2008 22:00

Kester?

Roboshua · 04/08/2008 22:14

Dexter

indiemummy · 04/08/2008 22:25

i'm loving ludo and enzo and magnus.

and maybe milo...

cadel evans is an australian cyclist who does very well in the tour de france, it's pronounced 'cuh-DELL' (as in, emphasis on the second syllable)

Anna8888 · 04/08/2008 23:00

Arno
Euan
Bruno

Anna8888 · 04/08/2008 23:01

Augustin

brimfull · 04/08/2008 23:14

Lakis

Pierre

Hunter

Stafford

Crawford

Simeon

Collision · 04/08/2008 23:15

Caspian

Casper

Finlay

Finn

Luca

Lucas

Paolo

Marco

Flavio

Dario

Darius

Marius

Italo

Alfio

ratbunny · 04/08/2008 23:18

sorry, no help, but is guybrush actually a popular culture reference to a computer game?

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