Aaaack! DH hates them all (boy names)

General Name Discussion
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So here I thought that I had the boy names all figured out… the girl names were going to be the issue. I had a list of several boy’s names that I loved, and he hated them all (and this at 33 1/2 weeks pregnant). Please HELP!!

We have agreed on [name]Anneliese[/name] or [name]Linnea[/name] for a girl. Boy names I loved that he vetoed include (but are by no means limited to): [name]Everett[/name], [name]Emmett[/name], [name]Elliott[/name], [name]Clark[/name], [name]Grant[/name], [name]Andrew[/name] (liked for family reasons).

He is quite determined that the name be Dutch, Finnish, or [name]German[/name] (our main ancestries). Other possible ethicities would include Ukranian, Polish or Russian.

My requirement is that the name be easily pronounceable and spellable in English ([name]Canada[/name]). It also has to sound ok with the last name Schuurman (pronounced Skerman). I am by no means limiting names to our ethnic pool (obviously).

I told him that the onus was on him to find something I can live with, but I know that isn’t going to happen. Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

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That is easy your son’s name should be [name]Alexander[/name], you can’t go wrong and it is such a handsome name.

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I’ll take a shot at this:

[name]Aric[/name] (air-ik) I love this name more than I can say even though most people wouldn’t
[name]Anders[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name] ([name]Luka[/name])
[name]Wendell[/name]

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[name]Leon[/name] with a french accent is cute and foreign. But it is also easy to pronounce in English.

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Okay… some suggestions:

[name]Bram[/name]
[name]Christiaan[/name] (nn [name]Chris[/name])
[name]Edmond[/name]
[name]Franciscus[/name] (nn [name]Frankie[/name])
[name]Gerrit[/name]
[name]Gustaaf[/name] (nn [name]Gus[/name])
[name]Guyon[/name]
[name]Heinrich[/name]
[name]Johannes[/name]
[name]Kees[/name]
[name]Kyler[/name]
[name]Matthijs[/name] (nn [name]Matt[/name])
[name]Rasmus[/name]
[name]Theodoor[/name] (nn [name]Theo[/name] or [name]Ted[/name])
[name]Van[/name]
[name]Valentijan[/name]
[name]Vincentius[/name] (nn [name]Vince[/name])

[name]Akseli[/name]
[name]Arto[/name] (nn [name]Art[/name])
[name]Eero[/name]
[name]Fenno[/name] (nn Fen)
[name]Kaarlo[/name] (nn [name]Karl[/name])
[name]Markku[/name] (nn [name]Mark[/name])
[name]Mauno[/name]
[name]Olavi[/name] (nn Oli)
[name]Reino[/name]
[name]Roope[/name] (nn [name]Ro[/name])
[name]Samuli[/name] (nn [name]Sam[/name])
[name]Timo[/name] (nn [name]Tim[/name])

[name]Alaric[/name] (nn [name]Al[/name], [name]Lari[/name] or [name]Ric[/name])
Amoury
[name]Anselm[/name]
[name]Archie[/name]
[name]Augusten[/name] (nn [name]Augie[/name], [name]Gus[/name])
[name]Brant[/name]
[name]Carsten[/name]
[name]Decker[/name] (nn Deck)
[name]Ernst[/name]
[name]Ferdinand[/name] (nn [name]Ferdie[/name])
[name]Friedrich[/name] (nn [name]Fredie[/name])
[name]Fritz[/name]
[name]Gunther[/name]
[name]Hans[/name]
[name]Humphrey[/name]
[name]Jarvis[/name]
[name]Karl[/name]
[name]Kiefer[/name]
[name]Klaus[/name]
[name]Kurt[/name]
[name]Leopold[/name] (nn [name]Leo[/name])
[name]Luther[/name]
[name]Mathis[/name]
[name]Oskar[/name]
[name]Otis[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Rainer[/name]
[name]Richmond[/name] (nn [name]Richie[/name])
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Sascha[/name]
[name]Siegfried[/name]
[name]Theobald[/name] (nn [name]Theo[/name])
[name]Walden[/name]
[name]Waldo[/name]
[name]Wendell[/name]
[name]Wilhelm[/name] (nn [name]Will[/name])
[name]Wolfgang[/name] (nn [name]Wolf[/name])

Those were Dutch, Finnish and [name]German[/name] names in that order. See any you like?

  • [name]Charlie[/name]
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A few potentials. sorry for repeats.

[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Bastian[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Matthias[/name]
[name]Benedict[/name]
[name]Bram[/name]
[name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Andrei[/name]
[name]Ivan[/name]
[name]Yuri[/name]

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I like [name]Schuyler[/name] with your last name. It has a bit of something. And it is phenomenally Dutch. I knew someone with this name, and though the spelling could be a bit of a struggle, it is very easily pronounced.

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[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name] (nn [name]Fritz[/name])
[name]Derek[/name]

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I know your pain. :stuck_out_tongue: My boyfriend has shot down a lot of my names. (Thank God we aren’t expecting though. Or I’d be furious. :P)

He’s [name]German[/name] and is alllll for having one of his son’s especially, having a [name]German[/name] name.

I like [name]Nicolas[/name], [name]Alexander[/name], Matthais.
[name]Alexander[/name] would sound nice with your last name.

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what about [name]Arlo[/name]? its a really cute name, fits with the kind of ethnicity/style you’re going for and sounds great with your surname!

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I really think that with your last name, the first name should, as you say, be easy to spell, pronounce, and understand. I like the simple ideas of [name]Alex[/name] (or [name]Alexander[/name]), [name]Leo[/name], [name]Sam[/name] etc. You could also choose a name like [name]Henry[/name], which claims [name]German[/name] ancestry. If you want to go a bit more exotic, something like [name]Bram[/name] could work, but [name]Eero[/name] etc to me are too complicating.