Boy names with surname Key

Boy Names
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Looking for inspiration for boys’ names that work with the surname Key. We are sorted for girls with lots of options we like, but struggling a bit for boys!

It’s a slightly difficult surname because so many names run into it - eg. anything ending with S or N such as James or Finn - nobody wants to get called ‘Jameskey’ or ‘Finnkey’, or even worse something like Gordon which would spell donkey! Things like Jake or Luke just blur into it, and C or K sounds can become a bit clunky eg. Oscar.

My husband is really against anything with an -ee nickname like Freddie or Harry as he strongly dislikes the way it sounds with the surname.

We are into literary, mythological or magical sounding names by preference (for example things like Artemis or Beatrice for a girl), and nothing too close to the top of popularity charts.

Thanks for any suggestions! :slight_smile:

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Key is sort of a hard surname!

[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Tristian[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Ollivander[/name_m] Key

[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are [name_m]Conrad[/name_m] Key, [name_m]Ollivander[/name_m] Key, and [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] Key

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I like Sebastian and Tristian/Tristan! Ollivander is very cool too, but might be too explicitly fantasy fiction even for me :sweat_smile:

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Some ideas with Key (such a cool surname!)…

[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_u]Laurence[/name_u]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]
[name_m]Herschel[/name_m]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_u]Lowell[/name_u]
[name_m]Odin[/name_m]
[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m] or [name_u]Archer[/name_u] (cool, Artemis-esque archery ties!)
[name_m]Dacre[/name_m]
[name_u]Holden[/name_u]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]

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Haha that’s fair! It is for me too, but you never know someone else’s preferences! It is a cool name.

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Love Gideon, Odin (husband feels it’s too short) and Dacre (even though it has another hard C sound). Thanks, I really like it as a surname too! It has a slightly magical feel itself which I think goes well with the sort of first names we love :old_key:

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[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelio[/name_m]
[name_u]Logan[/name_u]
[name_u]Bowen[/name_u]
[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
[name_u]Cypress[/name_u]
[name_u]Adrian[/name_u]
[name_u]Maxwell[/name_u]
[name_u]Joseph[/name_u]
[name_m]Cicero[/name_m]
[name_u]Kindred[/name_u]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]

I also think [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u] Key, [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] Key, or [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] Key sound really good together but I know those are probably more common than what you’re going for.

You’re right, Key is a hard name to pair. Lol.

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It is :crazy_face: I do like these ‘o’ endings with it, we were thinking of Hugo and Orlando which is a favourite but was unfortunately used by a close friend. Kindred is a fabulous name! Also like Josiah but again, someone got there first!

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[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] Key
[name_u]August[/name_u] Key
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m] Key
[name_u]Marlowe[/name_u] Key
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Orlando[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] Key

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[name_m]Apollo[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m] Key
[name_u]Brennan[/name_u] Key
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u] Key
[name_m]Damon[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] Key
[name_u]Orion[/name_u] Key
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] Key
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Alasdair[/name_m] Key
[name_u]Merritt[/name_u] Key
[name_m]Dante[/name_m] Key

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I like Raphael and Lysander. Still love Orlando but friends beat us to it :sweat_smile:

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Love Orion and Cosmo. In fact I’ve loved Cosmo for ages, it was initially vetoed by my husband but think he has warmed to it. This is my first time hearing Evander and I’m intrigued…

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Sorry for any repeats

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Horacio[/name_m] Key
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u] Key
[name_m]Draco[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Maximillian[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Gregorio[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m] Key
[name_m]Jedediah[/name_m] Key

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Dorian is nice! I also love Mathias and other Matthew-adjacent names although we have a Matthew in the family so could get confusing with more than one ‘Matt’!

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Matteo Key
Vincent Key
Aurelio Key
Fraser Key
Hugo Key
Zachariah Key
Ephraim Key
Julian Key

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Hugo is definitely a contender. Fraser is lovely too!