# Help me Narrow my List

**URL:** <https://forum.nameberry.com/t/help-me-narrow-my-list/238241>\
**Category:** Boy Names\
**Created:** [November 1, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/help-me-narrow-my-list/238241 "2014-11-01T08:01:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![ae62914](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/ae62914/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@ae62914](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/ae62914)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/help-me-narrow-my-list/238241/1 "2014-11-01T08:01:05Z")

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I have a long list of names I love for boys. Please tell me what names you do and don’t like on the list to help me narrow it down a little!

Thank you!

[name\_m]Anderson[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Alaric[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Atticus[/name\_m]  
Augustyn  
[name\_m]Adrian[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Aurelian[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Benjamin[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Bram[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Cassian[/name\_m]  
[name\_u]Constantine[/name\_u]  
[name\_m]Damian[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Elijah[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Erasmus[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Esra[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Evander[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]George[/name\_m]  
Gorijan  
[name\_m]Henry[/name\_m]  
[name\_u]Hudson[/name\_u]  
[name\_m]Halston[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Ivar[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Ivan[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Julian[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Milo[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Nelson[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Njal[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Oliver[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Olson[/name\_m]  
[name\_u]Owen[/name\_u]  
Quirinius  
[name\_m]Severin[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Soren[/name\_m]  
Svenn  
[name\_m]Urijah[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Vladimir[/name\_m] / [name\_m]Vladik[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]William[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Warren[/name\_m]

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**Author:** ![Daphodil](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/daphodil/32/4705_2.png) [@Daphodil](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/Daphodil)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/help-me-narrow-my-list/238241/2 "2014-11-01T08:11:49Z")

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\*[name\_u]Love[/name\_u]:  
[name\_u]Constantine[/name\_u]  
[name\_m]Elijah[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Severin[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Vladimir[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Ivan[/name\_m]

\*Like:  
[name\_m]Julian[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Adrian[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Benjamin[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Cassian[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Milo[/name\_m]  
[name\_u]Owen[/name\_u]  
[name\_m]William[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Warren[/name\_m]

Dislike:  
[name\_m]Anderson[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Atticus[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Erasmus[/name\_m]  
Gorijan  
[name\_m]Halston[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Nelson[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Njal[/name\_m]  
Quirinius  
[name\_m]Soren[/name\_m]  
Svenn  
[name\_m]Urijah[/name\_m]

\*Favourites are bolded

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**Author:** ![emsky](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/emsky/32/2990_2.png) [@emsky](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/emsky)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/help-me-narrow-my-list/238241/3 "2014-11-01T08:44:56Z")

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My top 10 are:  
[name\_m]Augusten[/name\_m] (no y)  
[name\_m]Cassian[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Damian[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Elijah[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Esra[/name\_m] – never seen this spelling but I like it. [name\_m]Ezra[/name\_m] is a fave.  
[name\_m]Evander[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Ivan[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Julian[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Milo[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Soren[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Vladimir[/name\_m] / [name\_m]Vladik[/name\_m]

[name\_m]Anderson[/name\_m], [name\_u]Owen[/name\_u], and [name\_m]Warren[/name\_m] are family names for me, so I’m biased but I like them too. 🙂

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**Author:** ![oiseau](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/oiseau/32/4221_2.png) [@oiseau](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/oiseau)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/help-me-narrow-my-list/238241/4 "2014-11-01T09:37:42Z")

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This is based on my personal preferences. If this were my list, these are the names I’d keep:  
[name\_m]Alaric[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Aurelian[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Bram[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Cassian[/name\_m]  
[name\_u]Constantine[/name\_u]  
[name\_m]Damian[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Erasmus[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Evander[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Halston[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Ivar[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Ivan[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Milo[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Oliver[/name\_m]  
[name\_u]Owen[/name\_u]  
[name\_m]Severin[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Soren[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Sven[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Vladimir[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Warren[/name\_m]

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**Author:** ![pacifica](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/pacifica/32/17004_2.png) [@pacifica](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/pacifica)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/help-me-narrow-my-list/238241/5 "2014-11-01T10:12:08Z")

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For me it’s shorter to say the ones I dislike:

Augustyn (I really dislike this spelling, it just looks so tryndee)  
[name\_m]Elijah[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Erasmus[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Esra[/name\_m]  
Gorijan  
[name\_m]Halston[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Nelson[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Njal[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Olson[/name\_m]  
Quirinius  
[name\_m]Severin[/name\_m]  
Svenn  
[name\_m]Urijah[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]Vladimir[/name\_m]/[name\_m]Vladik[/name\_m]  
[name\_m]William[/name\_m]

Of the ones remaining, my top 5 would be - [name\_m]Soren[/name\_m], [name\_m]Ivan[/name\_m], [name\_m]Bram[/name\_m], [name\_m]Anderson[/name\_m], and [name\_m]Aurelian[/name\_m].

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**Author:** ![lmkh](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/lmkh/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@lmkh](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/lmkh)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/help-me-narrow-my-list/238241/6 "2014-11-01T10:21:35Z")

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I am trying to put my opinions at the end of each word. I hope this goes through. You have a great list.

> [@ae62914](#):
>
> I have a long list of names I love for boys. Please tell me what names you do and don’t like on the list to help me narrow it down a little!
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> [name\_m]Anderson[/name\_m] Like  
> [name\_m]Alaric[/name\_m] don’t like, bad guy in movie name  
> [name\_m]Atticus[/name\_m] like it  
> Augustyn  
> [name\_m]Adrian[/name\_m] don’t like it  
> [name\_m]Aurelian[/name\_m] don’t like it  
> [name\_m]Benjamin[/name\_m] like it  
> [name\_m]Bram[/name\_m] don’t like it  
> [name\_m]Cassian[/name\_m] Like  
> [name\_u]Constantine[/name\_u] don’t  
> [name\_m]Damian[/name\_m] really do not like it  
> [name\_m]Elijah[/name\_m] like it  
> [name\_m]Erasmus[/name\_m] interesting  
> [name\_m]Esra[/name\_m] interesting  
> [name\_m]Evander[/name\_m] not sure  
> [name\_m]George[/name\_m] like  
> Gorijan  
> [name\_m]Henry[/name\_m] really like  
> [name\_u]Hudson[/name\_u] like a lot  
> [name\_m]Halston[/name\_m] sounds like a gun  
> [name\_m]Ivar[/name\_m] not really  
> [name\_m]Ivan[/name\_m] NMS  
> [name\_m]Julian[/name\_m] its fine  
> [name\_m]Milo[/name\_m] its fine  
> [name\_m]Nelson[/name\_m] nice  
> [name\_m]Njal[/name\_m] I don’t know, is this Scandanavian? looks good  
> [name\_m]Oliver[/name\_m] like  
> [name\_m]Olson[/name\_m] works fine  
> [name\_u]Owen[/name\_u] good  
> Quirinius  
> [name\_m]Severin[/name\_m] no, looks like severed  
> [name\_m]Soren[/name\_m] really like  
> Svenn  
> [name\_m]Urijah[/name\_m] no  
> [name\_m]Vladimir[/name\_m] / [name\_m]Vladik[/name\_m] its ok,  
> [name\_m]William[/name\_m] like  
> [name\_m]Warren[/name\_m]

its ok
