A name for Flora's baby brother

Boy Names
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Dear all,

longtime lurker, first (?) time poster. Sorry this is long!

So I have a a sweet yet spunky daughter named [name_f]Flora[/name_f]. The name originally struck a chord with me because I’m a fan of 1890s novels. The meaning is also perfect for a spring baby, but not too frilly for a grown woman. All in all, I feel that it’s the perfect name, and perfect for her. But I get that some may think of bacteria. So be it. Overwhelmingly, the reaction has been positive - it helps that we live close to [name_f]Italy[/name_f]! :smiley:

While I’m super stoked about my daughter’s name, I’m really struggling to find a name for her baby brother, due in autumn. After all these years I seem to have developed a case of name fatigue!

For her brother’s name, I considered matching some of the characteristics of “[name_f]Flora[/name_f]”:

  • vintage (but not really classical?)
  • relatively rare
  • not gender-neutral, but rather masculine (as “[name_f]Flora[/name_f]” is very feminine (floral))
  • simple and short
  • easy to spell
  • perhaps [name_m]Roman[/name_m]/Italian, but needs to be somewhat ambiguous (“[name_f]Flora[/name_f]” works in many languages)
  • seems impossible, but I’ll add: meaningful in whatever direction (related to season, for instance?)

My husband’s all-time favorite boy’s name is [name_m]Oscar[/name_m]. It meets some of my criteria and I’d go with it in a heartbeat, except it’s super popular where we live.

Other names that got thrown around: [name_u]Dexter[/name_u] (got vetoed because of the tv series),
[name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Luis[/name_m], [name_m]Bennett[/name_m], [name_u]Elia/name_u (all fine, but far too popular),
[name_m]Otis[/name_m] (I find it cool, strong, and fun to say, and it repeats the “O” in [name_f]Flora[/name_f]'s name, but every other elevator here was manufactured by the [name_m]Otis[/name_m] Co.),
[name_m]Linus[/name_m], [name_m]Lennart[/name_m] (feel dated to me, as the kids I grew up with often had Scandinavian names such as these),
[name_m]Silas[/name_m] (would work well with sister’s name, but don’t love its sound),
Italian names such as [name_m]Matteo[/name_m], [name_m]Leandro[/name_m] (TOO Italian for our [name_m]German[/name_m] last name),
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m] (none of us has red hair),
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] (difficult to say?) and on and on.

Here it is, I still have some months to go, but I very much hope for your input. Thanks in advance!

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[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_m]Otto[/name_m], [name_m]Louis[/name_m], [name_m]Justus[/name_m], [name_m]Leon[/name_m] or [name_m]Leo[/name_m], [name_m]Victor[/name_m], [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], [name_u]Nico[/name_u] or [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m], [name_m]Adrian[/name_m] or [name_m]Hadrian[/name_m], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_u]Theo[/name_u], [name_m]Ivo[/name_m], [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_u]Max[/name_u] or [name_m]Maxim[/name_m], [name_m]Jasper[/name_m], [name_m]Bruno[/name_m], [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m] and [name_m]Franz[/name_m] (my favorite [name_m]German[/name_m] name).

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[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_u]Perry[/name_u]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Axel[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]

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I love [name_f]Flora[/name_f]! I don’t know if this is the direction you are going, but here are my suggestions:

[name_u]Ash[/name_u]-feels fall like to me
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]-vintage
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]-vintage
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]-vintage
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]-masculine yet elegant
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]-""
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]-""
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]-""
[name_u]James[/name_u]-classic and masculine

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The first name that immediately comes to mind is [name_m]Ivan[/name_m]. It’s short, strong, and relatively uncommon. I’m not sure how well [name_m]Ivan[/name_m] or any of the following suggestions translate in other languages though.

[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]/[name_m]Viktor[/name_m]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Clive[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]

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[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
[name_u]Grady[/name_u]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
Marten
[name_m]Martin[/name_m]
[name_m]Pascal[/name_m]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_u]Shane[/name_u]
[name_m]Cooper[/name_m]

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[name_m]Hi[/name_m] guys,

thanks for all of your suggestions. I like or even love many of them. Yet most still fall by the wayside, for various reasons. This is hard, and not as much fun as first time around :frowning:

One example: A name that starts with “A” would lead to the initials “A.A”. Alliteration aside: Alcoholics anonymous, right? Or does everyone NOT immediately think that?

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@linnea - I don’t really associate A.A. with Alcoholics Annonymous and alliteration never really bothers me with names.

Some of my suggestions (apologies for repeats):
[name_m]Gareth[/name_m]
[name_m]Damon[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] / [name_m]Alexandros[/name_m]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m] / [name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_m]Christian[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrett[/name_m] / [name_m]Jarrett[/name_m]
[name_m]Jared[/name_m]
[name_u]Drew[/name_u]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]
Nicander
[name_m]Ajax[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Demitrius[/name_m] / [name_m]Dimitri[/name_m]
[name_m]Zane[/name_m]
[name_m]Titus[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Theophilus[/name_m] / [name_m]Theophilos[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_m]Devlin[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
Sparling

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For some reason ‘[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]’ popped into my head!
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Matias[/name_m]

OH! how about ‘[name_u]Asa[/name_u]’ ! I think it fits many of your criteria; is strong and unique and has an awesome nickname - [name_m]Ace[/name_m]!
Best to you!

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Didn’t know your last name began with ‘A’, but i still love [name_u]Asa[/name_u]!

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I think [name_m]Otis[/name_m] would be very sweet. The vowel sound repetition doesn’t sound like a problem to me at all. It’s an interesting name, and nobody much cares about or pays attention to elevator brands.

I think [name_m]Matteo[/name_m] also is a wonderful name that goes very well with [name_f]Flora[/name_f].

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[name_u]Amory[/name_u]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthasar[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Caius[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]/[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Darian[/name_u]
[name_m]Darius[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]/[name_m]Edmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_u]Emory[/name_u]
[name_m]Fabian[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Helios[/name_m]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]
[name_m]Ilias[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]/[name_m]Isadore[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Jesper[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacoby[/name_m]
[name_m]Kasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]
[name_m]Lester[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
[name_m]Miles[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicolai[/name_m]
[name_m]Osiris[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Olivier[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]/[name_m]Pippin[/name_m]
[name_m]Quentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Raoul[/name_m]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]/[name_m]Sebastien[/name_m]
[name_m]Salvatore[/name_m]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Willem[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_m]Yves[/name_m]

I agree that [name_m]Otis[/name_m] is very sweet with [name_f]Flora[/name_f]

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I’m a [name_m]German[/name_m] speaker in an English speaking country so similar thought process when looking for my kids names…
We also liked your dismissed [name_m]Oskar[/name_m] and [name_u]Dexter[/name_u] and dismissed for the same reason as you did and also really like [name_m]Henry[/name_m]. Other names we debated and could fit your needs are:
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] / [name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_m]Constantin[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m] (but we don’t like the possible [name_u]Tony[/name_u] abbreviation)
[name_m]Miles[/name_m]

Good luck finding a great name!

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[name_m]Gustav[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Guy[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Eric[/name_m]/ [name_m]Erik[/name_m]
[name_m]Nikolas[/name_m]

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[name_m]Sven[/name_m]
[name_m]Oren[/name_m]
[name_m]Boden[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Kiro[/name_m]

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From the names already suggested, I like:
[name_m]Caius[/name_m]
[name_m]Eric[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
[name_u]Nico[/name_u]
[name_m]Zane[/name_m]

I would add:
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] (it may be a bit too out there for you, but it has a great history)
[name_u]Evan[/name_u] (might be too popular?)
[name_m]Harlan[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]

[name_m]Caius[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_m]Julius[/name_m], and [name_m]Marius[/name_m] all share [name_f]Flora[/name_f]'s [name_m]Roman[/name_m] roots; [name_m]Isidore[/name_m], [name_u]Nico[/name_u], and [name_m]Marius[/name_m] are connected to Mythology, and [name_m]Leon[/name_m] is slightly nature themed. Any of these would flow well with [name_f]Flora[/name_f].

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[name_f]Flora[/name_f] and

[name_m]Gregor[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_m]Clemens[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_u]Theo[/name_u]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Valentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Aaron[/name_m]
[name_u]Antoine[/name_u]
[name_m]Gustav[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelis[/name_m]
[name_m]Franz[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_m]Fred[/name_m]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
[name_m]Pius[/name_m]
[name_m]Johann[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
Vico
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]

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It’s a bit longer, but what about [name_m]Leopold[/name_m]? I don’t know how well it works in multiple languages or if it to close to your surname. [name_m]Just[/name_m] thought I’d suggest it.

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I’m guessing you live in [name_f]Austria[/name_f] or Switzerland if you’re close to [name_f]Italy[/name_f] and speak [name_m]German[/name_m] ([name_m]German[/name_m] last name and everything)?

Some names I really like with [name_f]Flora[/name_f] in [name_m]German[/name_m] (most, probably all, might have been mentioned, so take them as seconding the suggestions):
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] - might be popular but has a similar youthful-vintage charm as [name_f]Flora[/name_f] does
[name_u]August[/name_u] - unless dummer [name_u]August[/name_u] is still a thing where you live
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] - a bit more vintage but definitely ready for a comeback, also quite quirky
[name_m]Bennett[/name_m]/[name_m]Bennet[/name_m] - getting more popular (at least over here) but is very quirky and fun
[name_m]Carl[/name_m] - coming back in style, very European and works great in many languages
[name_m]Hector[/name_m] - quite bold but great if you want to make a statement
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m] - also very youthful and fun while having a lot of history
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] - simple but popular, maybe [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] as a longer form?
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u] - a bit more exotic but familiar enough to work
[name_m]Ruben[/name_m] - feels modern but has a long history
[name_m]Theodor[/name_m] - is coming back in style and would emphasise the vintageness of both names
[name_m]Victor[/name_m] - strong but very hansome, also very international
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] - would make a lovely match

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[name_m]Roman[/name_m]
[name_m]Jaxon[/name_m] or [name_m]Jackson[/name_m]
[name_u]Theo[/name_u]
[name_m]Myles[/name_m]
[name_u]Bentley[/name_u]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]
[name_u]London[/name_u]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m]
[name_m]Angelo[/name_m]
[name_m]Romeo[/name_m]
[name_u]Cruz[/name_u]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_u]Tyler[/name_u]
[name_m]Austin[/name_m]