My Favourites: Drop your least favourite! ~BOY NAME VERSION~

jessicalucy · April 29, 2013, 7:01am

I thought this would be a good way to shorten my ever-growing list of boy’s names! All you have to do is choose which name you like least, and then drop it from the list.

I’d also like you to give a reason why you’re dropping the name. It would be great if the reason wasn’t just ‘I don’t like it’, because obviously I like all of these names! Something like ‘not a good meaning’ or ‘wouldn’t work on a child’ would be better.

The names in speech marks are potential nicknames. Names that don’t have a nickname next to them would either be used as middle names or there are no nicknames for them!

Here’s the list:

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Alfred[/name] “[name]Alfie[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Dylan[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]George[/name]
[name]Gregory[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name] “[name]Jake[/name]”
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name] “[name]Ricky[/name]”
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]
[name]Toby[/name]
[name]Todd[/name]
[name]Wilfred[/name] “[name]Will[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”

So, just state which name you’re dropping and give a reason why. Thanks!
(I also have a girl version of this on this same forum!)

baileyanne · April 29, 2013, 7:11am

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Alfred[/name] “[name]Alfie[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Dylan[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]George[/name]
[name]Gregory[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name] “[name]Jake[/name]”
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name] “[name]Ricky[/name]”
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]
[name]Toby[/name]
[name]Wilfred[/name] “[name]Will[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”

Dropped: [name]Todd[/name] - I can only picture someone middle-aged when I hear this name.

system · April 29, 2013, 7:40am

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Alfred[/name] “[name]Alfie[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Dylan[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]George[/name]
[name]Gregory[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name] “[name]Jake[/name]”
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]
[name]Toby[/name]
[name]Wilfred[/name] “[name]Will[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”

Dropped : [name]Patrick[/name] “[name]Ricky[/name]”

mge28 · April 29, 2013, 7:58am

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Alfred[/name] “[name]Alfie[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Dylan[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]George[/name]
[name]Gregory[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name] “[name]Jake[/name]”
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]
[name]Toby[/name]

Dropped: [name]Wilfred[/name]. I can’t picture anyone less than an overweight 80-year-old with this name.

betasinlove · April 29, 2013, 11:14am

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Alfred[/name] “[name]Alfie[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Dylan[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Gregory[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name] “[name]Jake[/name]”
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]
[name]Toby[/name]

Dropped: [name]George[/name]. It was both my grandfather and great-grandfather’s name and I can’t picture it on a little boy.

baileyanne · April 29, 2013, 11:40am

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Alfred[/name] “[name]Alfie[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Dylan[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Gregory[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name] “[name]Jake[/name]”
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Toby[/name] - A little too nicknamey for me.

Mary-la · April 29, 2013, 12:00pm

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Alfred[/name] “[name]Alfie[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Gregory[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name] “[name]Jake[/name]”
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Dylan[/name]

system · April 29, 2013, 2:43pm

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Alfred[/name] “[name]Alfie[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name] “[name]Jake[/name]”
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Gregory[/name]

katie8765 · April 29, 2013, 4:39pm

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Alfred[/name] “[name]Alfie[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name] “[name]Jake[/name]”
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Reuben[/name]

shanade213 · April 29, 2013, 5:10pm

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Alfred[/name] “[name]Alfie[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name] “[name]Jake[/name]”
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Edwin[/name]

baileyanne · April 29, 2013, 5:10pm

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Alfred[/name] “[name]Alfie[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Jacob[/name] “[name]Jake[/name]” - [name]Love[/name] this, but it’s so popular…

system · April 29, 2013, 7:41pm

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Alfred[/name] “[name]Alfie[/name]/[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Otto[/name]

redvelvet · April 29, 2013, 7:44pm

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Alfred[/name].

betasinlove · April 30, 2013, 8:40am

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Edward[/name]. Too much Twilight baggage, and [name]Edmund[/name] is much better anyway.

justanamelover · April 30, 2013, 9:09am

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Oscar[/name] - I think of a Muppet in a trash can

elrock13 · April 30, 2013, 9:31am

[name]Alexander[/name] “[name]Alex[/name]”
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Jack[/name]. It’s kind of boring [name]IMO[/name] and I know like ten of them.

betasinlove · April 30, 2013, 10:30am

[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Alexander[/name] ‘[name]Alex[/name]’. Very common name and though I like it, I prefer many nicknames over [name]Alex[/name].

heidieliza · April 30, 2013, 10:41am

[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]”
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]James[/name]
○ It’s handsome but very overused and plain in my opinion.

baileyanne · April 30, 2013, 5:00pm

[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Frederic[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]” - I prefer the [name]Frederick[/name] spelling.

betasinlove · May 1, 2013, 12:06pm

[name]August[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Benji[/name]”
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name] “[name]Josh[/name]”
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] “[name]Seb[/name]”
[name]Theo[/name]

Dropped: [name]Atticus[/name]. [name]Lovely[/name] name but no good nicknames and can feel a little pretentious.