Feminist Boys names...? Er...

[Adair]

ok, so dc3 is going to be a boy... And we are a bit stuck for names. So thought might as well see if you have any ideas!

Dd is Aphra (fine, feminist name)

Ds is Sky/Skyler (er... maybe feminist in that we don't care if people think he is a girl... !)

So any ideas for cool men in history that could inspire a good name?

Ta

sazisi - it's a guy thing. no worries.

It's called a Bromance.

LOL @ the goings on on the Mumsnet feminist section. If you two would like to wrestle, feel free.

ha! I'll use that one again.

Herman-that's a good feminist name

Herman

seth, it would not be a pretty site.

Whoops - forgot where we were!

We'll sell tickets.

Adair - you could give him any old first name, and give him yourfirstname-son as a surname. so Carolson or Annieson or what have you :o

Haha herman is very good.

Ha, Herman wins the prize for best feminist boy's name I think!

Sadly, not a name I actually like. Which does need to be the over-riding factor. Sorry to disappoint those who thought otherwise .

Dd is named after a feminist icon/playwright/spy etc. It's obviously a name dh and I liked too. But she doesn't have to mention it if she doesn't want to. It's a bit of a non-issue to me, tbh.

I know an adult Garrett, never had any problems with bullying etc as far as I know - why should that particular name attract bullying?

I actually think that so many schools (and universities and workplaces) now are so international, with so many names coming from different languages and cultures, that it's unlikely anyone would stand out or be bullied for having an unusual name.

I think TLD said that Garrett wouldn't attract bullying.

Oh fgs, Shineoncrazydiamond. It was a jokey, light-hearted thread, hence the frigging hesitant title

Sorry , it was 7.30am and had been up for an hour and a half, and it was Another Post Which Didn't Seem to Get It. Plus did I mention it was 7.30am and I had been up for an hour and a half..?

Never been described as scary before!

Now, any suggestions?

Shiny, you do know that feminists with boys have to leave them out on the hillside for the wolves to eat, don't you? Or else we have to raise them as girls, make them wear dresses to school etc.

before you think of william wilberforce as some sort of hero for his stance, remember his attitude to Thomas Payne, violently against I seem to recall. Sorry off topic, but raises my hackles that he is always praised.

I still think Wilberforce was a hero. He doesn't have to have been right about everything (and I agree with anyone who thinks he got a disproportionate share of the credit for ending the slave trade in the British empire) but I really admire the way he kept on plugging away at the issue year after year.

(sorry for hijack!)

(could call a boy Clarkson or Equiano and then people would ask why and one would be able to tell them! )

(although a boy named Clarkson might be assumed to be named after Jeremy, which is... erm... not entirely the effect for which one would be aiming.)

LMAO ProfLayton! I bet there are quite a few little Clarksons toddling round or gazing beatifically out of their cots already.