I'm sorry, I am, but now that I've ditched Blanchard I am being drawn to the name Dragon

[hobbgoblin]

you're all going to give up on me as a lost cause aren't you?

Oh dear.

Aragorn?
Wolf?
Gandalf?!!

Rafferty is really quite sweet.

Rafferty Arthur (has the king and myths and stuff without the OTT-ness)
Rafferty Edmund (Edmund is a cool name and has the Narnia link)
Rafferty Leon (I don't like Leon much but it does sound quite strong)
Rafferty Duncan (sounds a bit like dragon, another king etc).

Then again, I can't mock you because had I got my hippydippyhormonal way dd1 could well have ended up as Melody!

I know children called Pod and Spike so Dragon's not that way-out.
I mean, 'Apple' 'Sunday' ...
Go for your life.

Pod? I thought of Bod when I read that. Anyone remember Bod?

la la la la la la la LA LA LAAAAAAAAAAAA

You could offer some help for names on the Mills & Boon thread

wtf!!! that's absolutely dreadful! please tell me you are joking?

no no no no no no

Please!!

Think some of the alternatives on this thread are good though.

Am liking:
Merlin
Cassian
Arthur
Finn

But liking Raffery Arthur the best...

oooooo hobgoblin - i've just realised it's you with these, errrm interesting names

Rafferty Arthur is cool

ShowOfHands - love the Fred in there with the others!

Dragon - no, even in my aerie faerie brain that's a Step Too Far. I ike Rafferty, like Cassian and Finn. Not so sure about Aslan and some of the others.

What about Elphinn? Finn for short?

And as someone else suggested, Draco is a good alternative to Dragon (have this pic in my head of a little boy with snuffly nose, glasses and a bit on the weedy side - "Hey Dragon, stop snivelling" - just doens't really work now does it... Not that I am suggesting for a SECOND that you would have a weedy DS, hobb)

www.20000-names.com/dragon_names.htm
Try looking at this - it's got lots of names which mean dragon or snake etc. What about Ryuu (Japanese meaning 'dragon spirit')? (Except I don't even know how to pronounce it!)
or
Tatsuo - dragon man
If you use another language then it mightlook exotic rather than odd

If you really need to give your ds the name Dragon just please please don't do Butter for a middle name!! >>>

I would ask the opinion of a 10 year old boy if I were you as they tend to be very very honest about theses things - in fact, i'll ask one later today and get back to you

Checked with the expert who pronounced that Dragon would 'get picked on like hell'. That's small boys for you.