Name for Baby Boy... One More Time Please!

Boy Names
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I thought we were done, but no… really sorry to do this again but here we go.

My boyfriend was a bit on the fence with Faramir and now he doesn’t want it anymore, and i had the most awful pregnancy dream about [name]Gawain[/name] and I can’t use that name now. So I found some names I’m really excited about, and I’d just like to hear what you think. Some I threw out and I can’t for the life of me remember why, and some new ones I never considered before. Thanks so much!

[name]Alaric[/name] - eliminated
[name]Altair[/name]
Artegal - eliminated
[name]Cicero[/name] - eliminated
[name]Galileo[/name] - eliminated
[name]Hector[/name] - eliminated
[name]Hermes[/name] - eliminated
Hylas - eliminated
Lorand/[name]Roland[/name] - eliminated
[name]Marinell[/name] - eliminated
[name]Orville[/name] - eliminated
[name]Ovid[/name] - eliminated
Pelleas - eliminated
Rodomante - eliminated
[name]Seneca[/name] - elimintaed
[name]Tiberius[/name] - eliminated
[name]Faramond[/name] - eliminated

Suggestions are also welcome, but only if they’re terrific!

Our other boy names are [name]Endymion[/name], [name]Herne[/name] and [name]Orpheus[/name].

edit: updated list + added Faramond. UPDATED LIST AT PAGE 6, POST # 55.

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I like these names on your new list…

[name]Altair[/name]
Artegal
[name]Galileo[/name]
[name]Hector[/name]
[name]Roland[/name]
[name]Ovid[/name]
Pelleas
[name]Seneca[/name]
[name]Tiberius[/name]

I have a soft spot for [name]Herne[/name]! :slight_smile:

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I love [name]Alaric[/name] and [name]Tiberius[/name]!

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I like [name]Alaric[/name], [name]Roland[/name], and [name]Orville[/name]!

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I really like these: (* are my favorite though [name]Alaric[/name] almost seems a bit tame for you. lol)

[name]Alaric[/name]*
[name]Cicero[/name]*
[name]Galileo[/name]*
[name]Hector[/name]
[name]Hermes[/name]*
[name]Tiberius[/name]

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I love [name]Alaric[/name] for you. I remember that you had the name on your list earlier. Also, I love [name]Tiberius[/name].

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I really like [name]Alaric[/name]. It’s quirky without being too out there.

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My favourite off your list is [name]Orpheus[/name].

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Thank you! So no one likes Pelleas and [name]Marinell[/name]?

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[name]Alaric[/name] - [name]Love[/name] it. Is on my sister’s list so it’s not on mine, but I really like it.

[name]Hector[/name] - This is cool. It’s a bit loaded for me, (In my hometown it is reasonable that the reaction of my friends/family would rotate around “stripedsocks, you don’t even SPEAK Spanish…”) but I think it’s really usable in the UK.

[name]Roland[/name] - [name]Adore[/name] this.

[name]Tiberius[/name] - I love this, but I possibly like [name]Thaddeus[/name] and [name]Lazarus[/name] more. [name]Tobias[/name] is probably downright boring/mainstream to you?

I find [name]Orville[/name] pretty unusable but like [name]Oisin[/name] and [name]Eoin[/name] so maybe I’m not to be trusted. :wink:

[name]Seneca[/name] would bug me a lot but I associate it with the Iroquois tribe and I find all those [name]Dakota[/name]/[name]Cheyenne[/name] type names a bit disturbing and appropriative. But I assume you’re going for the [name]Roman[/name] philosopher… there are just a lot of other [name]Roman[/name] names I like more.

Pelleas reminds me of [name]Peregrine[/name] and [name]Pallas[/name], which I’m fond of, but I’d probably keep them middle names.

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[name]Alaric[/name] and [name]Seneca[/name] are my favorites (although now I slightly associate [name]Seneca[/name] with the guy from Hunger Games… not sure if that’s off-putting for you or not). I really love both!

I quite like [name]Cicero[/name], [name]Hector[/name], and [name]Tiberius[/name], as well.

Good luck!

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[name]Alaric[/name] is my favorite of the list with [name]Roland[/name] and [name]Seneca[/name] as runners up.

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Hey there. Sorry about the nightmare! Who needs Faramir and [name]Gawain[/name] when you’ve got [name]Endymion[/name] and [name]Herne[/name] anyway? I would think that narrowing the list down might make things easier once the baby’s born, but I’m happy to keep playing with your list!
What’s up with [name]Alaric[/name] as a first name? Are you liking some of the middles more than the firsts?
[name]Altair[/name]- I like the astronomical connection to [name]Aquila[/name]. Soundwise, I prefer [name]Alastair[/name]… [name]Altair[/name] sounds a lot like “alter,” so it feels slightly ungrounded, transitional or something.
Artegal- I hear “article.” Still, a very graceful name.
[name]Cicero[/name]- Like [name]Orpheus[/name], a wonderful namesake but a one-man-name. Middle name material [name]IMO[/name].
[name]Galileo[/name]- Again, a one-man-name, but so obviously so that it becomes more useable. I think [name]Orpheus[/name] or [name]Cicero[/name] would be hard to inhabit. [name]Galileo[/name] is so over-the-top that it feels freer, if that makes any sense. Great sound too.
[name]Hector[/name]- Sure! But it’s pretty butch compared to your others. I recommend “[name]Hector[/name] Protector,” illustrated by [name]Maurice[/name] Sendak.
[name]Hermes[/name]- [name]Love[/name] this. But not with [name]Herne[/name], unless they’re twins, and even then it might be questionable.
Hylas- I’m torn. Part of me finds it lovely to say, kind of sexy and sleek, and part of me hears “high-less” …my ears hang on the “less.” But I feel the same way about [name]Silas[/name], and [name]Silas[/name] is pretty much bulletproof.
Lorand/[name]Roland[/name]- Lorand… very interesting. I think you could name a son [name]Roland[/name] and use Lorand as a nick. [name]Love[/name] [name]Roland[/name]. Well, I love The Song of [name]Roland[/name]. The name is handsome, but not as handsome as [name]Herne[/name] or [name]Endymion[/name].
[name]Marinell[/name]- I think of marinara sauce.
[name]Orville[/name]- [name]Love[/name] this but I don’t think it fits with your other names. I think of [name]Orville[/name] and [name]Wilbur[/name] [name]Wright[/name]. I see [name]Orville[/name] fitting in with those fashionably clunky, hobnailed, old-man, steampunk-Biblical type names like [name]Barnabas[/name], [name]Gideon[/name], [name]Cornelius[/name]…
[name]Ovid[/name]- I know I know, [name]Ovid[/name] the poet. I just think “oviduct, ovary, ovulation.”
Pelleas- I think it sounds a bit like “bilious.”
Rodomante- I think about rats every time I take the subway. No name beginning with “[name]Rod[/name]” and ending in “ante” will get my approval.
[name]Seneca[/name]- Ok my grasp of ancient history is abysmal, so bear with me. [name]Seneca[/name] as in [name]Nero[/name]'s advisor? Isn’t [name]Nero[/name] known as kind of a bad guy? “[name]Nero[/name] fiddled as [name]Rome[/name] burned” and all that? Plus, the Native American thing (though surely it’s not as sensitive an issue in [name]England[/name].)
[name]Tiberius[/name]- [name]Love[/name]. [name]Blade[/name]'s old suggestion of [name]Tiberius[/name] [name]Heron[/name] has been floating around in my head since you dropped it. Knocked my socks off!

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[name]Alaric[/name], [name]Hector[/name] & [name]Orville[/name] are my favourites.

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Oh and [name]Galileo[/name], I like that too.

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I love [name]Hector[/name] and [name]Tiberius[/name]. [name]Lovely[/name] names. I always love your lists.

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[name]Alaric[/name]: it fit so beautifully with [name]Endymion[/name], but as a first it’s equally stunning. [name]King[/name] of the Visigoths, with a nice crisp sound.

[name]Altair[/name]: another one on my own short list (for middles). I’ve let mention that my husband is Arab and Arabic is spoken in our home; when Arabic speakers pronounce this name, it’s lovely. I like that it’s astronomical and stately but in no way remotely religious [big problem re: Arabic names if you’re not Muslim]. When English speakers say it, it sounds like ‘altar,’ but in Arabic it has three syllables ([name]Al[/name]-tye-eer). I fear the English pronunciation will naturally trump in the UK.

Artegal: something about the phonetics of this name rubs me the wrong way. Sort of a cross between [name]Donegal[/name] and [name]Arthur[/name].

[name]Cicero[/name]: I like the historical [name]Cicero[/name], very cynical and funny, but agree with emma that it’s a one-man-name.

[name]Galileo[/name]: likewise. In the middle as an honor-name, wonderful; as a first, too much.

[name]Hector[/name]: In the US Hispanic people have preserved this wonderful old name (like they did with so many Greek and Latin names, via the Catholic Church) such that it’s got a distinctly Latin vibe here. In the UK, with a clipped British accent, it would be fantastic. The historic/literary [name]Hector[/name] was a great namesake-- dashing, good husband & father, courtly, brave, etc.

[name]Hermes[/name]: no major deities? Especially not one that rhymes with wormies.

Hylas: I keep seeing ‘alas!’

Lorand/[name]Roland[/name]: love the dashing, romantic, heroic [name]Roland[/name]. Defeating those evil Saracens and all.

[name]Marinell[/name]: beautiful, I love it, and the literary connection to the Faerie Queene. Perhaps [name]Marino[/name] would be more masculine and wearable though?

[name]Orville[/name]: in the US, this is a) a popcorn maker, whose name was designed to connote fustiness and b) the co-inventor of the airplane. I’m not wild about it.

[name]Ovid[/name]: Another one-man name, and as emma mentioned I think it has too many unfortunate cross-etymologies with eggs.

Pelleas: Prefer [name]Melisande[/name] for the girls!

Rodomante: not usable, unfortunately

[name]Seneca[/name]: I love the aesthetics of the name. Yes, he lived during [name]Nero[/name]'s reign, but was infinitely more interesting and virtuous. The Native American tribe never called themselves the [name]Seneca[/name]; that was imposed upon them (and this is unlikely to raise any eyebrows in the UK, where I’m sure few have heard of the Iroquois, let alone the [name]Seneca[/name]). For some reason I find it more easily appropriable than [name]Cicero[/name].

[name]Tiberius[/name]: still my favorite classical name on your list. It’s regal and again has that subtle nature connection.

My short list:

[name]Tiberius[/name]
[name]Alaric[/name]
[name]Marino[/name]
[name]Roland[/name]
[name]Hector[/name]
[name]Seneca[/name]

PS Is Faramond still up for consideration, now that Faramir is out?

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[name]Alaric[/name] is my fave from your list

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Thanks everyone!

ash: i haven’t seen The Hunger Games (or read it) so didn’t know!

emma: [name]Herne[/name] and [name]Endymion[/name] are still the top two, I just need back up! as for the “former” middles… I still love thE [name]Endymion[/name] [name]Alaric[/name] Wythe combo, I most likely won’t touch it. I see what you mean about Rodomante. all i can think of are rats now, and about the one man names. You are s very clever.

njordv: thank you sweetie!

blade: [name]Altair[/name] would be (in our home) be pronounced the arabic way. Godfather speaks arabic, it was his suggestion. Good points on all names, as usual! Faramond, I forgot him. Yes, he’s still on the list. Faramond is super romantic. (And [name]Marinell[/name] sounds like a girl. It’s still a middle though.)

After your comments we’re left with:

[name]Roland[/name]
[name]Seneca[/name]
[name]Hector[/name]
Faramond
[name]Altair[/name] ([name]Al[/name]-tye-eer, as blade said.)
[name]Tiberius[/name]

top 2, bottom 4? Would I be the meanest mummy in the world to give a child one of these names?

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Out of the ones you have left:

[name]Roland[/name] - I love the weight behind the name. I just don’t particularly like the sound of it.

[name]Seneca[/name] - Despite its classical origins, it still feels like [name]Dakota[/name] or [name]Cheyenne[/name] to me.

[name]Hector[/name] - This is a good solid name with a lot of weight.

Faramond - I like this one a lot.

[name]Altair[/name] ([name]Al[/name]-tye-eer, as blade said.) - I like this one a lot, as well. He might have to correct people’s pronounciation, but that’s not the end of the world.

[name]Tiberius[/name] - My favorite on the list. Solid with loads of charm. Very usable.

My top two for you are [name]Tiberius[/name] and [name]Altair[/name].