hi all–we are expecting a boy in a few months and strugglig with names. any recommendations for a unique 3 syllable boy’s name?
[name]Hi[/name]
My favorites include
[name]Wilder[/name]
[name]Galileo[/name] (nn [name]Leo[/name])
[name]Abraham[/name]
[name]Josiah[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
Good luck
[name]Alasdair[/name]
[name]Mordecai[/name]
[name]Zebulon[/name]
[name]Gavriel[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Phinneas[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] (ok I just like it, it’s not that uncommon)
Benzion - pr. ben-zee-on, an obscure family name of mine.
[name]Thaddeus[/name]
[name]Azariah[/name]
[name]Lysander[/name]
[name]Finnegan[/name]
[name]Nathanael[/name] - Same as [name]Dominic[/name], not all that rare.
[name]Cassiel[/name]
Zadkiel
[name]Raphael[/name] - Same as [name]Dominic[/name], not all that rare.
I must say my actual prospective 3-syllable name I plan to use for my firstborn son isn’t really “unique” at all. It’s a fairly well-known name hovering in the low end of the Top 100 and everyone knows how to say it and most people can spell it. I love it for its sound, nicknames, and meaning, but it’s not rare.
It’s [name]Jonathan[/name]. [name]Gavriel[/name], [name]Phinneas[/name], and [name]Zebulon[/name] were nixed by my husband, and Benzion is too close to his name. [name]Lysander[/name] (NN [name]Sander[/name]) has managed to stay in the fight but we’re pretty sure we’re going to go with [name]Jonathan[/name] NN [name]Jon[/name] for a firstborn son. Some of the others I find very usable for more boys if we have them though. (And I hope we do!)
[name]Tobias[/name]
[name]Riordan[/name]
[name]Orlando[/name]
Xavier
[name]Elias[/name] is a good name if you’re going for alliteration with [name]Emme[/name]
[name]Matteo[/name]
[name]Dorian[/name]
Leverett
[name]Everest[/name]
[name]Caspian[/name]
[name]Isidor[/name]
[name]Salvador[/name]
[name]Soloman[/name]
[name]Tennyson[/name]
[name]Timothy[/name]
[name]Montague[/name]
[name]Gulliver[/name]