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

I am pretentious too!! parker is not his name btw, although my DH did want to call each of our children Parker., and I wante da little Posy.

Ooh, x-post... I was wondering Artemis variant or Apollo... Hmmm... lots more to consider (less now that Tiffany-SCUM is off the list).

Final offer: Dworkin Dungaree Dittany Tiffany-SCUM Inanna Adair

I like Apollo, but that's quite a name. What about Geronimo? Gallileao? can't spell....

Am surprised there are comments saying to give him a normal name.

I don't see any outlandish or unusual suggestions on this thread.

Andre rather than Andrea? Tenuous I admit, but just wanted to join in the hilarity that is this thread. Trying to explain to DH why I'm laughing so much, but he just doesn't get it. And they say feminists are humourless...purleese!

Hillary, after Hillary Clinton.

Or should that be Hilary?

Doesn't seem your style but a good, solid boy's name is Anthony.

As in Susan B.

if you want another playwright/spy, how about Marlowe?

And you could keep the other theme by using middle names such as Unity Freeman.

We named him Max.

imilian?
or just im?
or neither?

Has anyone suggested Maria yet?

Or Christie. After Agatha.
Or James. After PD.
Or Emile, after Pankhurst.

Or Eugene. I like Eugene.

Or Austen. After Jane.

Really, OP, there's a ton of possiblities out there.

Artemis.
After Artemisia Gentilesche (if that's what she was called... )

Or Harry. After Harriet Tubman. (Or Tubs/Tubby?)

Or Parker. After Rosa Parks. (Or Ross? - could also ref Rosa Luxemburg that way)

Ross would also ref Diana, of course.

Ah, Tei I get you now!
He is an im officially.
But really he is a Maxy...

Congratulations on your Max, Adair - one of my friends is Frederick Maximillian Lastname - he said that his mum must've had a thing for emperors... [hgrin]

I've been industriously taking notes from this thread for when DS2 is born in December.

DH and I actually discussed Aneurin for DS1. I still think "Nye" is a nice name. Ach well, Dworkin Tiffany-Scum Stuart Currants it is [hwink]

Yes, congratulations, OP!

blackcurrants, what about a nice unisexy name like Caryl (see Caryl Phillips, the rather dishy novelist) or go Shakesperian, with Corin or Arden.

I have a very fashionable and extremely clever friend called Corin, she's ace - but it does make it a girl's name, in my head. Even though, as she points out, it's a boy's name in Narnia...

No, it's a boy's name. Corinne and Corinna are the girl's versions (traditionally, anyway).

Start giving a boy's name to girls and it will become lost (to boys) forever. I haven't met many male Leslies, lately.

Artemis was a goddess (Greek equivalent of Diana, but the Roman name seems to get used more now) so if you made up a male version, you'd really be sending the wee lad out into new territory.

Artemis Fowl is a pretty well known male Artemis among children. The hero of a fantasy crime series who plots to steal magic from the faeries.