Suggest a boy name based on my list

TrudyCampbell · July 2013

I have a looong list of boy names but I'm not in love with any of them. I have so many girl names that I just adore and I wish I could feel the same way about boy names. So if you have any slightly off beat names that I may not be thinking of, please suggest! I'm anti-nickname so I'd like to name my child the name we will call them.

DD is Violet Emmeline.

Top favorites are:

Leo (love it, but doesn't mesh with my last name very well)

Fletcher (not a fan favorite on this board but I really like it)

Theodore (afraid of nicknames and my H doesn't 100% love)

Felix (DH doesn't love but can potentially be convinced)

And my front runner when I had #1 was Henry but it's gotten farrrrr too popular in my circle, unfortunately.

And others on the list: Grant, Flynn or Finn, Elliot (don't love it with Violet), Benjamin (nickname-able), Arthur, Spencer, Samuel

Thanks in advance! I look forward to your ideas

Braveheart87 · July 2013

Loooove Flynn! Smile

SWA80 · July 2013

I think Arthur, Spencer and Samuel are out if you don't want people to shorten the name.

TrudyCampbell · July 2013

SWA80:
I think Arthur, Spencer and Samuel are out if you don't want people to shorten the name.

Yea, I agree. It's so hard to find a name with no obvious nicknames!

Barbercharm · July 2013

I am newly in love with Finn.

Karbird5 · July 2013

Clark

Everett

Vincent

Dell

Mochadoodle · July 2013

Jack, Peter, Quinn, Sawyer, Simon

Helenahhandbasket · July 2013

Oooh-- I like Fletcher.

What about Frasier/ Frazier

bobcee · July 2013

Love a lot on your list.

How about Silas, Simon, Oliver, August?

Publius · July 2013

I can see Fletcher being shortened to Fletch. Is it all nns you are hoping to avoid or just those for Theodore?

TrudyCampbell · July 2013

Publius:
I can see Fletcher being shortened to Fletch. Is it all nns you are hoping to avoid or just those for Theodore?

It's all nns, I can see Fletch too but I felt like I could hold out with Fletcher a bit longer because it doesn't have any true built in nns.

TrudyCampbell · July 2013

bobcee:
Love a lot on your list.
How about Silas, Simon, Oliver, August?

I loveee Silas and it should be on my list! But I feel like it's sort of rhymey with Violet, no?

Simon is another favorite but my last name is two syllables and ends in "in" and I feel like two syllable names like Simon don't work. Ugh, so difficult!

Publius · July 2013

I could be your nn foil if you want. The Simons and Silas' I know go by Si about 75% of the time. Non-nnable names are hard.

provwife · July 2013

Jack, Elias, Ross, Anton, Milo, Tanner

FakeFinn · July 2013

Love Theodore, Henry, Elliot, Grant and Samuel from your list.

Suggestions:

Hugo

George

Gideon

Reid

Dale

Isaac

James

Otis

Oscar

Linus

VTGal · July 2013

I love love love Fletcher.. and my son's name, Rhett

moonfaerie · July 2013

I love Fletcher, Finn, and Grant from your list. Love the previous suggestion of Everett. How about Giles, Marlowe, Kieran, Seth, Shane, or Hudson?

bluegreen91 · July 2013

I love Grant and Finn! Another suggestion, which is on my list, is Simeon. It's a family name, and much less common these days than Simon. And it doesn't have any obvious nicknames.