Bring Out Your Quirky Traditional Boy Names!

plunderb · May 2011

Today is rough day at work: I have a stack of student papers a mile deep to grade. You can help provide me with a distraction by suggesting your favorite quirky/traditional boy names for my future hypothetical son! I have a girl name list that looks like a phone book, but I like very few boys' names and love none. I'm open to any and all suggestions.

Here are some names I like (along with the reasons keeping me from loving them):

Asa/Amos/Amasa: I love this short A names from the Bible, but they are too matchy w/ DD's name (Amalia).

Carlo: The name of a very close cousin. It would be weird in our family context to use this name.

Leo: probably my favorite at the moment, seems a bit incomplete

Walter: love nn Walt! DH not on board, but DH's mn is Walton, so I might be able to use that instead

Arthur: Consensus on this board was that siblings Arthur and Molly (in a red-headed family) was just too much Harry Potter

Conrad: DH's grandfather's name. Initially, I thought it was too harsh, but it's growing on me.

Phineas: Classical names appeal to me, I'm just not sure we're cool enough to pull them off.

Peter: Love! But it's DH's name, and we don't want a Jr.

Others on my radar: Julian, Frederick, Theodore, Barrett, Oliver, Charles, Saul, Matteo. I've played around on Nymbler, but need some suggestions from creative people here. I am not opposed to going more "out there" than these names ? Kepler, Octavian, Horatio, Benedict, etc. I just need an infusion of new ideas!

Ivana_Stolichnaya · May 2011

August

thatjessie · May 2011

Mathias?

BethPSU · May 2011

Theodore, Simon, Phillip...along the lines of Peter I think

I am really liking the name Brooks lately. I think it fits your criteria of quirky/traditional. The main complaint it gets on these boards is that it comes off as preppy (not necessarily a bad thing IMO).

I also love Leo and don't think it is incomplete. I have a nephew named Leo. I would have loved to use the name if my sister hadn't already (it was my grandfather's name).