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Help! Need Boys Name

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Shared on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 13:01

We can't agree on a boys name at all... So I need help... just trying to garner ideas.

Do you love or hate your own (male) name or love/hate a (male) name of someone you know?  What do you think about the name as a boys name vs a man's name vs the nickname? In the comments.... please be nice BUT give your own impression of the name that the person picked above you... and then add your own pick... an so on .  So we will get two opinions of a name in the comments.

Sean is looking at uber traditional names... like "William" "Douglas" "David" 

I'm a bit odder...  My fave so far is Archer... but that's been vetoed. It's still a name... just not one that you find in the Queen's family tree...  I've also suggested stuff like Issac.

Really we are having trouble picking a traditional name. Sean thinks if we go "weird" for one name, we need a traditional backup (i.e. middle name)

Okay go! and thanks a ton!

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clobbersaurus67's picture
Submitted by clobbersaurus67 on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 16:16
I told Cerberus to name his son Max Power, but the bastard didn't listen.
Caesar's picture
Submitted by Caesar on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 13:31
william is my middle name so i approve lol
BlowMonkey's picture
Submitted by BlowMonkey on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 13:32
This is easy. MacGyver. Pay homage to a great Canadian actor and hockey player :) Our last baby turned out to be a girl so I didn't get to use MacGyver - my wife was very happy. We have a Maxwell and a Holden for boys. We have a Rowan and a Layla (one of them had to be a stripper) for girls. Rowan could be a boys name also. Maxwell wishes we had named him Mathias - which is maybe a little too ethnic (considering our extreme whiteness) but was a name we were considering lol
BlowMonkey's picture
Submitted by BlowMonkey on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 13:45
Run this by Sean....W E N D E L
J-Cat's picture
Submitted by J-Cat on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 14:42
@ blowmonkey... no. but clark and dougie are on the menu
Rask's picture
Submitted by Rask on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 05:48
One of my co-workers had a son recently. They named him Hunter. My 8-month old has a (much) more traditional name, chosen minutes after his first ultrasound by my 6yo daughter - Jacob
niteowl's picture
Submitted by niteowl on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 14:46
I think you're better off not getting too artsy or experimental for guys names..or at least they are. I think boys names are best when there are two versions of the same name that are both traditionally well-known. For example... Lucas........Luke David.........Dave Jacob........Jake The first ones being maybe a little more sensitive/sophisticated, then second more everyday regular guy. Then as they go through life they can choose how they like to be seen, kinda self-defining. Ok, so I'm supposed to critique the name given above my post, which is Wendel...Don't like it, but probably because it reminds me of a kid in school that nobody liked. The name I'll throw out there for critique is...hell, I'll just go with my own...Given name, Michael, but I've always gone by Mike.
BlowMonkey's picture
Submitted by BlowMonkey on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 14:48
Hey Luke works. Middle name Schennsational!
AlbionGal's picture
Submitted by AlbionGal on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 14:58
I gotta say... I'm not a huge fan of traditional names, I have nieces named Elizabeth, Emily and a nephew named Matthew. My kids names are not traditional but they're not 'celebrity-was-smoking-something- type of names ;) Conner Daniel and Dallas Benjamin. Feel free to steal (if you guys even like them, that is!)
FreynApThyr's picture
Submitted by FreynApThyr on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 15:18
List of boy's names we have proposed so far for friends that have been rejected... Sven Fromaggio Odin Rocco Saul Thor Nacho Pistachio Pinocchio Rajim Freyn Ap Thyr Take your pick and no need to thank me.
Blackblade's picture
Submitted by Blackblade on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 15:33
How about 'Roland' from Stephen King's epic Dark Tower novels?
millfire517's picture
Submitted by millfire517 on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 16:27
Logan Alexander
Imissthecommodore64's picture
Submitted by Imissthecommodore64 on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 16:33
"Henry" or "Mackenzie"
DrStrange's picture
Submitted by DrStrange on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 16:40
How about something sciencey like Darwin or Hawking?
LuxDraconis's picture
Submitted by LuxDraconis on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 17:05
A good Irish name Patrick Shawn John Donal Diarmuid David Sheamus Magnus My name "William"... I vote for that one myself
hilskie's picture
Submitted by hilskie on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 19:44
My nephew's name is "Marek Joseph." My sister in law is Czechoslovakian...not from there, but that's where her family tree comes from. Apparently, "Marek" is a traditional Czech name...at first I thought it was dorky...but now...It's cute!
J-Cat's picture
Submitted by J-Cat on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 20:20
@Freyn ODIN IT IS!
purdyluv's picture
Submitted by purdyluv on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 20:39
lol at frey! managed to get nacho in there huh!lol but no "Choncho"? My name is A.J. but my real name is Allen James. I dont know to many Allen's floating around but i really dont like being called Al either. We just had a girl 4 weeks ago but we had a few boys names incase the "balls" dropped.lol. Tyler Taylor Clinton Sylar
seanfletcher's picture
Submitted by seanfletcher on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 21:02
Was at Sea World today and heard a mom call her son "Raiden".
Hunturic's picture
Submitted by Hunturic on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 21:23
Here are some first & middle name combo's for manly men: William Wallace Stormin Norman Jack Diesel
doorgunnerjgs's picture
Submitted by doorgunnerjgs on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 22:29
I'm probably not the one to answer. We have 7 grandkids and most are not usual ones: Andrew Alena Garridan Kian Teanna Ian Brandon Our kids generation's names are Brad, Tom, Karen, Michelle, and John.
RyanFromVegas's picture
Submitted by RyanFromVegas on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 22:38
When I was a kid, Ryan hadnt caught on yet. I hated having to take 5 sentences to explain my name. Hi my names Ryan. Hi Brian. No thats Ryan. I said Brian. No Ryan (slowly) without the "b". How do you spell that? R Y A N. Like Ryan Oniel or Ryans Hope. Ohhh. I went through that countless times growing up. and still do sometimes... Oh how I wished to have an easy name like Joe or Steve.
meemoos's picture
Submitted by meemoos on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 23:14
Think of a name that works when he's all grown up. My 1st born is: Kaden Jonathan-Alan (both grandpas names for his middle) Kade if he becomes a line-backer (sounds BIG) #2 born: Colin---or as some NON readers pronounce it COLON as in COLON Powell (stupid people) random names: Lee Burke Nick (I like the non-traditional names. I told my father in law "the John name stops here---one 2 many in the world already" (he wanted a John II)
T3muJin's picture
Submitted by T3muJin on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 03:37
Seven or Freyn Ap Thyr would work if not, just go with Bubba
PapaSr's picture
Submitted by PapaSr on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 05:51
Muller Travis Zachary
OS1R1S's picture
Submitted by OS1R1S on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 06:28
Edward Chapman and call him Chap.
FadeIntoBlack's picture
Submitted by FadeIntoBlack on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 11:22
Just remember to put yourself into a 10 year old frame of mind when picking and sound out everything that rhymes with your top picks looking for those words that kids will inevitably use to degrade another child would be my advice. ;)
ATC_1982's picture
Submitted by ATC_1982 on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 16:44
Seth Logan Gabriel Doran Kendal
TheDastard's picture
Submitted by TheDastard on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 18:47
Eunice ;)
TimboJackson's picture
Submitted by TimboJackson on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 22:00
Jacob Michael would be cool.
CiaranORian's picture
Submitted by CiaranORian on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 08:52
@RyanFromVegas My surname is Ryan and that caused endless confusion when I lived in the states. People couldnt comprehend it wasnt my first name. Anyway if youre looking for Irish names what about (and these are spelt correctly): Conor, Ruaidhrí (Rory), Cian, Domhnaill (Donal)? There are some beautiful girls names like: Siobhán, Caoimhe, Caoilfhinn
CiaranORian's picture
Submitted by CiaranORian on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 08:52
Oh yeah, what about my name for a boy? Ciarán or Kieran in the anglicized version.

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