I’m due in a few weeks and my husband and I cannot agree on a name. I had a girl name picked out before we even conceived, but I still don’t have a boy name. The ones I do like are a little too out there ([name_m]Apollo[/name_m], [name_u]Orion[/name_u], [name_m]Atlas[/name_m], [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]) or don’t work in English/Spanish (Maël, [name_m]Malo[/name_m], Mahé). My husband prefers names like [name_m]Xavier[/name_m], Iskander, [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], and [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m]. I want a unique name that isn’t too out there (quirky traditional?) and doesn’t sound too harsh/aggressive. Any name would have to work in English, [name_m]French[/name_m], and Spanish. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Not 100% sure all of these will work but what about:
[name_m]Xander[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Thiago[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Anders[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Callum[/name_m]
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacoby[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]/[name_m]Augustin[/name_m]
Why don’t you blend your styles and have a quirky middle and a traditional first like [name_m]Casper[/name_m] [name_m]Apollo[/name_m] or [name_u]Spencer[/name_u] [name_u]Orion[/name_u]?
I love [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] & [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] as first names. Well, I love all the names you mentioned - but I tend to want something a little less out there for a first name too.
I think these would work well in [name_m]French[/name_m], English, Spanish:
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m]/[name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Leandro[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ruben[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicolas[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
Fav combos: [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_m]Apollo[/name_m], [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] [name_u]Orion[/name_u], [name_m]Ruben[/name_m] Maël, [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] Iskander, [name_u]Luca[/name_u] [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m], [name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m], [name_m]Adrian[/name_m] [name_m]Malo[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m] [name_u]Orion[/name_u]… I love a lot of them…
[name_m]Ah[/name_m] we had a similar issue… we needed English, Spanish and [name_m]German[/name_m]. The blessing of being a trilingual household is a curse when trying to find the right name isn’t it?
I expect you like us veto’d all J names? ([name_m]Just[/name_m] going from English to Spanish gave me a headache!)
Instead of [name_m]Atlas[/name_m], [name_m]Apollo[/name_m], and [name_u]Orion[/name_u] how about Greek/[name_m]Roman[/name_m] names like: [name_m]Hector[/name_m], [name_m]Gaius[/name_m], [name_m]Ceasar[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
Instead of [name_m]Wilder[/name_m] how about English, Spanish and [name_m]French[/name_m] names like: [name_m]Basil[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Damian[/name_m], [name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_m]Killian[/name_m], [name_m]Marcel[/name_m]
I tried responding to individual posts, but clearly do not have this figured out yet…
Thank you for the wonderful ideas! I like the idea of using a more traditional first name with a more out there middle. I love Xavier Orion and Caspian/Caspar Apollo. They sound so beautiful! Any other combos you want to provide, I would really appreciate.
Part of the problem is that my husband’s last name is a word name along the lines of Prince. So even though I quite like Caspian, for example, with his last name, it sounds like a character from a book. Well, the Narnia book in this case.
And yes, having to think about the names in 3 languages is really tough. J names are definitely out I love Malo, but not exactly great around my Spanish-speaking family. I’ve been trying to find more European friendly names like you suggested, but I find I like the pronunciation in one language and not the others. Especially the English one, which will be the one he hears the most. I’m not sure why I’m so picky with boys names - I have a list of at least 5 girl names I absolutely love.
Any more suggestions are greatly appreciated!