Rosen for a boy?

[mike1969]

Any thoughts on this name? I really like it but my husband thinks he might be called Rosie - not good for a boy!!

Also, can anyone think of any nice nature names for boys. I really like Forest and River but they wouldn't be right with our surname.

Thank you!

Sorry, I don't like Rosen. I wouldn't have thought of roses, so the nature element didn't work for me.

Basil
Rowan
Jasper
Orion
Dale
Glen
Oleander
Ilex
Arlo
Eilon
Egor
Euan
Ashton
Hollis
La wrence
Oliver
Sequoia
Larch

No, not Sequoia, sounds too close to coitus.

I think your husband is right.

It's awful.

As for nature names I'm not personally recommending any of these, I don't like all of them,they're just what comes to mind...

Rowan
Dale
Glen
Jay
Orion
Drake
Caspian(as in the Caspian sea)
Bran
Heath
Fox
August
Skyler
Timothy
Basil
Robin
Leaf/Leif
Hunter
Storm
Eden
Clay
Ash
Peregrine
Linden

Thorn/e

Like Michael Rosen??

Strange that your username is Mike??

Didn't you post recently and then ask for it to be removed - because felt people were taking the mickey?

I think many people suggested then that you weren't a serious poster.

You had suggested Ocean and another name I can't remember now?

Yes, you are quite right - I did ask for my last message to be withdrawn. My children do have unusual names which I, and many others, love.

Oh, for the other posters - thank you so much for your help - much appreciated : )

Rosen is not a "surname as first name" that appeals to me. Sorry.

Isn't it german for pink? I know a guy sur name rosenstock and it literally means pink stink which was a name given by nazis I think.

I think it sounds like a girls name to be honest

ok - enough bad feedback to decide it's a no-goer. Especially after the comment about German for pink/Nazi connotations. Thank you for your help. None of the above names really grab although I quite like Caspian. I also like Eden a lot and Lindon (actually I love Landon) but hubby doesn't like them. Oh well, twelve more weeks to decide : )

No, in German:

pink = rosarot or rosa

a rose = eine Rose

Stock = stick

Rosenstock would therefore translate into stick of roses. Nothing to do with Nazis imo.!!

agree with bigblue - the surname Rosenstock has nothing to do with nazis whatsoever. Don't know how anyone would come up with that one!

It was somebody whose sur name was Rosenstock who told me that!

Well that somebody clearly does not know German very well at all .

To the op: Rosen is the plural of rose in German, so Rosen = roses (not a good name for a boy ).

Thanks everyone. Rosen our baby will not be : )))