Sigh. Boy names.

Welcome to the boyname battle. We are currently engaged ourselves, although we have 5 more months to sort it out. Anyway, the front runners are Shawn, Michael, James (but only as a middle name, apparently), Thomas, and Christopher.

Our last name is kinda odd, but if it were different I would like to name him David, Alexander, or maybe Joshua or Jeremy or Andrew.

For a real treat, check out the site "baby's called a bad bad thing." Highly addictive, insanely funny, and all utterly true. What's a real hoot are the parents (?) defending their right to call their child some horrible thing like "Bigger Dieks Johnson" or something. Seriously funny stuff.

Maryn said:

[*]Keenan
[*]Quinn[/list]

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Please separate those two. As soon as I read that, Keenan Wynn's face popped into my head along with the theme music for a Quinn Martin production (McMillan & Wife, I think).

Sam
Nathan
Nicholas
Sebastian (martial arts lessons required, perhaps, but that's fine)
Ryan
Alan

Whatever you do, don't include any apostraphes or hyphens. Scantron was not made for such things.

Rupert
Liam
Eric
Logan
Conner
Luke
Elijah
Chandler

Some of these have probably been mentioned in the posts above. But, if all else fails, you can always opt for Beetelgeuse.

Ezra
Thomas
Cole
Noel
Ian
Anthony
Nathaniel
Dennis
Carr

Maryn said:

If the last pregnancy scare had panned out, we could have had a James Donacade Lastname. (Whew!)

I'm partial to

• Daniel
• James (never "Jimmy")
• Benjamin
• Seth
• Schuyler/Skyler
• Luke
• Eric
• Timothy
• Keenan
• Quinn

Maryn, who likes naming things

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You named both of my boys there. I must have chosen well!

Maryn, whose real name is DA-da DA-da, which works okay

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Excellent point about the emPHAsis.

Since my and my daugher's names will be published in an upcoming article, I guess there's no harm in telling you her name to show how I know this. My husband wanted to name our first daughter Isabel. Unfortunately, our last name is Businelle (BOO-sin-ell). Say it with me, Class: Isabel Businelle. As in Thumbelina Ballerina. As in Dr. Seuss. As in Saturday morning cartoonish. Yet we ended up with Ariel Businelle. Same last syllable, totally different sound.

Hmm, Ariel's technically a Jewish boy's name, by the way. How 'bout that one?

PHENTERMINE!

Akuma.


Your kid would be so awesome.

Akuma Phentermine - could work as Akuma Phentermina for a girl...

I like:
William
James
Harold
Jackson
Alexander
Ozymandias
Calvin or Calvert - Old Calvert is especially smooth

Jonas is a cool name. Jonas DA-da-da. Haha.

Roger
Eric
Stefan
Mirko
Roywood
Louis

I'm just pickin' them out of the air.

illiterwrite said:

Thanks, everyone. As for emphasis, the last name is DA-da-da and begins with a hard C.

You've named a bunch that I like, but my husband pretty much shakes his head at everything. We've got a list of three possibilities, but I'm not sure if I love any of them:

Nathan (I love Nathaniel, and I love Nate, but Nathan is just meh)
Quentin
Jonas

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Those are some sweet names. Here's my serious suggestion:

What about Heath? It's a good strong name and a tip of the hat to literature is always appreciated.

My all-time favourite boys name in the world (and the name we were going to give our second if she had been a he) is Declan. It's beautiful.

I also like Jack (which was the name we were going to give our first if she had been a he)!

Asher
Gabriel
Seth
Liam
Thomas


I like non traditional names that would date my kids as far as eras go.

Damien
Seamus
Ciarin
Bogart (no, really! I like it.)
Jameson
That one's my favorite. Oh wait...boy's names. Got it - back on track.
Leonitus
Laurent
Felam
Hey You also works fine until he's ready for school...

I'm not one to be too helpful. Our daughter's name is Solas Nialidhe Tyr. Tyr is for the Norse god of athletes and underdogs. Solas was conceived the night the Sox won the World Series...I felt it was the least I could do for the deity. It may have been a mistake, though. I gave birth to a Norse god-ish little girl.

Our baby is set to arrive in six months, and if it turns out to be a boy, we have already come up with a name, which has been suggested here several times by the way.

Really great names for boys are sparse I think, especially since we want one that is pronounced the same in English and Danish. We have come up with four girl names but only one for a boy. It's a great one, though, we thinks.

Vincent, or Slobber. There are no better names than Vincent and Slobber.

Also Peter. But only if his middle name is Pecker. That's the only way it works out.

I love the names Maxwell and Samuel for a boy, and I really love their shortened versions. I always have to think about what nicknames will be, because I hate the nickname for my name. I'm Tamara, and everyone wants to call me Tammy. I put a stop to that one really quick.

Anyway, if Tessa had been a boy, she was going to be either Maxwell Thomas or Samuel Thomas.