[name]Hi[/name] Nameberry, this is my first post, but I’ve been looking for a while. Now I’m wondering what your thoughts are on our first top 10 boy list. Any you particularly like? Any you hate (and why)?
[name]Fabian[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name]
[name]Cole[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name]
[name]Carlisle[/name]
[name]Fenton[/name]
[name]Caius[/name]
[name]Sol[/name]
[name]Oberon[/name]
Many thanks, [name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Hi[/name] [name]Lucy[/name], welcome to Nameberry. You have some lovely names on your list. Here are my rankings.
1 [name]Xavier[/name] - An “X” name with a long history and great depth. I pronounce it the traditional way: “ZAY-vee-er”.
2 [name]Caius[/name] - A cool Old [name]Roman[/name] name.
3 [name]Fabian[/name] - An underused Latin with a gentle sound.
4 [name]Arlo[/name] - Spunky and quirky with a musical connection.
5 [name]Simon[/name] - A Biblical classic.
6 [name]Oberon[/name] - I prefer the [name]Auberon[/name] spelling. Rare and unique.
7 [name]Fenton[/name] - Surnames aren’t my favourite style but this one is ok.
8 [name]Carlisle[/name] - Surname and place name. [name]Just[/name] ok.
9 [name]Cole[/name] - overused and bad associations for me
10 [name]Sol[/name] - I realize it’s a nn for [name]Solomon[/name] and the Spanish word for “sun” but I just hear a fish breed (filet of sole, anyone?).
I really like [name]Simon[/name], [name]Xavier[/name] and [name]Caius[/name] out of your list.
I like [name]Arlo[/name], [name]Cole[/name], and [name]Xavier[/name] because they are all underused and familiar names. My favorite on your list is [name]Arlo[/name].
Great list! I’ll pull a mischa and rank them:
[name]Caius[/name]
[name]Fabian[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name]
[name]Cole[/name]
[name]Oberon[/name]
[name]Sol[/name]
[name]Carlisle[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name]
[name]Fenton[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
My favourites are:
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Cole[/name]
[name]Sol[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name]
Filet of sole, haha! Delicious! Thank you for all your responses.
[name]Ottilie[/name], you’ve ranked all 5 of my picks before my boyfriend’s 5!
I love Latin names but he has vetoed all except [name]Caius[/name] because [name]Kai[/name] is one of his favourites and I vetoed it - so I think I might have to lose [name]Caius[/name] as I know he will become [name]Kai[/name] - it’s the natural nickname choice.
I don’t think any of the 10 are too popular in the UK in the last few years - does anyone know any little boys with these names?
Many thanks, [name]Lucy[/name]
I don’t know any, but I’ve heard [name]Xavier[/name] called once or twice.
Number of babies given the names in 2011:
[name]Caius[/name]: 20 babies
[name]Fabian[/name]: 149 babes
[name]Arlo[/name]: 158 babies
[name]Cole[/name]: 394 babies
[name]Oberon[/name]: none
[name]Sol[/name]: 38 babies
[name]Carlisle[/name]: none
[name]Xavier[/name]: 347 babies
[name]Fenton[/name]: 39 babies
[name]Simon[/name]: 146 babies
Thanks [name]Ottilie[/name], where do you get your stats from? Btw, [name]LOVE[/name] Illyria from your personalised signature. I’m really stumped for girl names.
Thank you, I love it too!
Here they are, they list all names given to more than three babies in [name]England[/name] and [name]Wales[/name] in 2011
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-266770
[name]Fabian[/name]-NMS
[name]Simon[/name]-love
[name]Arlo[/name]-love
[name]Cole[/name]-loved it since Charmed(the TV show), yay [name]Cole[/name] [name]Turner[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name]-love love love
[name]Carlisle[/name]-NMS
[name]Fenton[/name]-NMS
[name]Caius[/name]-love
[name]Sol[/name]-NMS
[name]Oberon[/name]-love love love
I’m not feeling the love for [name]Fenton[/name] or [name]Carlisle[/name], which is funny as these are my least favourite too, but my boyfriend really likes them. His least favourite from my picks are [name]Oberon[/name] and [name]Caius[/name].
If that leaves me with [name]Fabian[/name], [name]Cole[/name] and [name]Arlo[/name] (argh, love [name]Caius[/name]!), and [name]Tom[/name] with [name]Xavier[/name], [name]Sol[/name] and [name]Simon[/name], what would your favourite first/middle combination be?
Many thanks, [name]Lucy[/name]
I like [name]Simon[/name] and [name]Arlo[/name], those two are actually on my top list right now for baby boy on the way.
I like [name]Simon[/name] and [name]Xavier[/name]
[name]Fabian[/name] [name]Xavier[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name] [name]Arlo[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name] [name]Simon[/name]
[name]Fabian[/name] [name]Sol[/name]
[name]Cole[/name] [name]Xavier[/name]
[name]Fabian[/name] - I dislike [name]Fabian[/name]. It sounds like [name]Fabio[/name]
[name]Cole[/name] - I love [name]Cole[/name]. Handsome and pleasing to the ear.
[name]Xavier[/name] - My favorite on your list. I pronounce it X-zay-vee-er, but Zay-vee-er is great too!
[name]Carlisle[/name] - I like [name]Carlisle[/name] as a whole, but hate [name]Carl[/name] and [name]Lyle[/name]/lisle on their own.
[name]Oberon[/name] - My second favorite on your list. I love animal names, this one included.
The ones I like from your list, with a few notes
[name]Caius[/name] (I am reading this as [name]Ky[/name]-us)
[name]Cole[/name] (I prefer [name]Colton[/name] with [name]Cole[/name] as a nn)
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name] (prn X-avier or [name]Zavier[/name], I like either way)
My favorites are:
My favourites from your list are [name]Arlo[/name] and [name]Xavier[/name].
Good luck!
[name]Love[/name] [name]Simon[/name], [name]Cole[/name], and [name]Xavier[/name]!