We've had classic names, what about EXICITING or BEAUTIFUL boys names?

[IwantPeace]

The classic names were nice but seemed quite dull IMO, what boys names would do you like that could be described as exciting or beautiful?

Mind you, Onan has a strange appeal. Shadrach or Abednigo anyone? Both Biblical and VERY unusual......!

Do you think thats true Seeker, boysjust want simple names? What are your top boys names?

Vodoo...you got great taste if you like Flynn ...not that I am bias or anything

Dh was suggesting unusual names when I was pg, tese were his suggestions (but vetoed by me )

Merlin
Orion

How about:

Pasha
Leif
Soren
Malte
Marius
Dario

I'm quite extreme on this (as people may have noticed!) because my brother's step son had a beautiful and exciting name and became a school refuser because it made him unhappy and embarassed.

He only went to Secondary school after we had a renaming ceremony and allowed him to choose the name that he wanted to be called. Which turned out to be Tom! His brother and sister did the same.

Before this I was a fully paid up member of the Halcyon and Sequioa club!

His brother and sister didn't choose to be called Tom, too, obviously - that would have been very confusing.....

lol seeker...

Can you say what theirbeautiful names were seeker?

I can't really - they were very individual, particularly as a group of 3, and they would be easily indentifiable.

But they weren't of the 'easily changed to a rude word" or the "Ho ho you're the size of a bus but you're called Mousie - how hilarious is that" variety. I thought they were lovely and very meaningful (one of them has appeared on Mumsnet a couple of times)- until I got more involved in the children's lives and realized that they really did cause problems for them.

Sasha
Milo
Guy
Devon
Darius
Byron

I love Sasha but its thought of as a girls name around here.

Devon is lovely though I'm sure DH wont go for it.

It always amuses me that people put their fingers in their ears and go "lalalalalal I'm not listening" when I talk about my real life experience of the sadness that exciting and beautiful names CAN (notice I didn't say will) cause. Happens in real life too.

Its hard though Seeker, to find a name that is nice but isnt run of the mill dont you think?

That doesn't mean you have to go for Sequioa thought. And, actually, waht's wrong with run of the mill? My ds is Patrick. That's pretty run of the mill, but he's 8 and has never met another one, and it has lots of shortenings to choose from.

I guess I'm trying to find a name which is not different but once that stands out for me, like Patrick did for you.

DS#1 is Alexander. It's not all that freaky but I only know 1 other Alex of similar age. In fact of any age...

Devon is lovely.

HAve you looked for unusual baby names books? I had a great one that said the names of loads of actors, what they'd called their kids, and what all of their characters were called in the films. Now they were unusual.

Pop quiz if anyone knows what the director robert Rodruiguez's boys are called...

I always liked

Hugo, Asa, Dashiell, Hudson, Viggio

what did Mel sykes call her boys ( were they Valentino and Roman?)but she had Italian dp

sleb baby names

Rocket Rebel Rogue and Racer Rodriguez!

Decker or Ryker anyone?

Voodoo you wouldn't be a Star Trek fan by any chance

Piper
Cassius
Marcus
Valentino

Um, Devon is sandwich meat where I come from.

The nasty, processed kind

I actually really like Devon and do not normally like place names

It is beautiful

Devon is a county where I come from. And very nice it is too. I'm not sure I'd want my son to be associated with cream teas though.

I would have gone for Raphael if I didn't live in Glasgow. I think it's lovely. Also like Gabriel and Xavier.

Why did living in Glasgow put you off midnight express?