We are casually TTC baby #5. (not trying, but not not trying, lol). Anyways discussing boy names and I love [name_m]Casper[/name_m] and Midas. Hubby wants [name_m]Tidus[/name_m]. I’ve tried bribing him to get my way, but it is not working! Are there any boy names with an “s” in them that have this sort of feel. I don’t like [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] or [name_m]Silas[/name_m] or anything biblical. Thanks.
[name_m]Caius[/name_m] or [name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m] or [name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_u]Rhys[/name_u] or [name_m]Darius[/name_m]
[name_m]Mateus[/name_m] and [name_m]Mathias[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnabas[/name_m] or [name_m]Demetrius[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m] or [name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m] or [name_m]Regis[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u] or [name_m]Anders[/name_m]
[name_m]Aries[/name_m]
[name_u]Alexios[/name_u]
[name_m]Claudius[/name_m]
Xios
[name_m]Gaius[/name_m]
[name_m]Tybalt[/name_m]
[name_m]Tyran[/name_m]
[name_m]Darius[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
…I could see kids on the playground bullying [name_m]Tidus[/name_m] by calling him “Tight A**”
Our son’s name is [name_m]Travis[/name_m]. We also plan to use [name_m]Angus[/name_m] for (future) son. Guess we love “s” endings, too!
[name_m]Fergus[/name_m]
[name_m]Remus[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonidas[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Remus[/name_m]
[name_m]Romulus[/name_m] (Although I don’t know if you want to name your child after him. You like Midas though, so it is probably okay.)
[name_m]Claudius[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Amadeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Brahms[/name_m]
[name_m]Nereus[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Aegis[/name_m]
[name_m]Icarus[/name_m]
[name_m]Acacius[/name_m]
[name_m]Albus[/name_m]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambers[/name_m]
[name_m]Aries[/name_m] / Ares
[name_m]Zeus[/name_m]
[name_u]Artis[/name_u]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_m]Bas[/name_m]
[name_m]Mingus[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_m]Chess[/name_m]
[name_m]Clements[/name_m]
[name_m]Columbus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispus[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispanius[/name_m]
[name_f]Cypress[/name_f]
[name_m]Cyprus[/name_m]
[name_m]Darius[/name_m]
[name_m]Delias[/name_m]
[name_m]Deltas[/name_m]
[name_m]Dionysius[/name_m]
[name_m]Dmitrios[/name_m]
[name_m]Helios[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Dumas[/name_m]
[name_m]Emilianus[/name_m]
[name_m]Eugenius[/name_m]
[name_m]Fabianus[/name_m]
[name_m]Flavius[/name_m]
[name_m]Flores[/name_m] (as in the Indonesian island of [name_m]Flores[/name_m], where they found Homo Floresiensis aka The Hobbit.)
[name_m]Fabius[/name_m]
[name_m]Gaius[/name_m]
[name_m]Caius[/name_m]
[name_m]Hesperus[/name_m] / [name_m]Hesperos[/name_m]
[name_m]Honoratus[/name_m]
[name_m]Holmes[/name_m]
[name_m]Hermes[/name_m]
[name_m]Idris[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
[name_m]Ives[/name_m]
[name_m]Janus[/name_m]
[name_m]Josephus[/name_m] (might be too Biblical for you though)
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Junius[/name_m]
[name_m]Kostas[/name_m] / Costas
[name_m]Klaus[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurentius[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurus[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonidas[/name_m]
[name_m]Leons[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximus[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Theophilos[/name_m]
[name_m]Mars[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcellus[/name_m]
[name_m]Milos[/name_m]
[name_m]Nelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicos[/name_m]
[name_m]Oceanus[/name_m]
[name_m]Octavius[/name_m]
Quintanus
[name_m]Olympios[/name_m]
[name_m]Oedipus[/name_m]
[name_m]Orpheus[/name_m]
[name_m]Osiris[/name_m]
[name_m]Olympus[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Pablos[/name_m]
[name_f]Pallas[/name_f] (I think NB lists this as female, as in [name_f]Pallas[/name_f] [name_f]Athena[/name_f], but the original [name_f]Pallas[/name_f] was male, and [name_f]Athena[/name_f] took up his name after she accidentally killed her friend.)
[name_m]Petros[/name_m]
[name_m]Petras[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Placidus[/name_m]
[name_m]Primus[/name_m]
[name_m]Quintavis[/name_m]
[name_m]Quintavius[/name_m]
[name_m]Quintus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Jones[/name_m]
[name_m]Rollins[/name_m]
[name_m]Socrates[/name_m]
[name_m]Sirius[/name_m]
[name_m]Silus[/name_m] (not [name_m]Silas[/name_m], completely different. [name_m]Silus[/name_m] is in Greek myth.)
[name_m]Sylvanus[/name_m]
[name_m]Taurus[/name_m]
[name_m]Tallis[/name_m]
[name_m]Tavis[/name_m]
[name_m]Tertius[/name_m]
[name_m]Thos[/name_m]
[name_m]Tullius[/name_m]
[name_m]Tullis[/name_m]
[name_m]Ursus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Vitis[/name_m] / [name_m]Vitus[/name_m] / [name_m]Vitas[/name_m]
[name_m]Wes[/name_m]
[name_m]Xanthus[/name_m] / [name_m]Xanthos[/name_m]
[name_m]Winters[/name_m]
[name_m]Zaccheus[/name_m]
[name_u]Keats[/name_u]
[name_u]Yeats[/name_u]
[name_m]Zenos[/name_m]
[name_m]Zephyrus[/name_m]
I’m really sorry if any Bible names crept in there (I don’t have a very good knowledge of the Bible, so there might be. Sorry :(). Sorry the list is so long- I got a bit carried away. Hopefully there are some in there that you both like. Good luck!
[name_m]Atlas[/name_m]
[name_u]Alexis[/name_u]
[name_m]Bas[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_u]Collins[/name_u]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_u]Cruz[/name_u]
[name_u]Dallas[/name_u]
[name_m]Dennis[/name_m]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Gillis[/name_m]
[name_m]Harris[/name_m]
[name_m]Hayes[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]
[name_m]Justus[/name_m]
[name_u]Keats[/name_u]
[name_m]Lars[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Mars[/name_m]
[name_m]Miles[/name_m]
[name_m]Nas[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicolas[/name_m]
[name_m]Oakes[/name_m]
[name_m]Odis[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_u]Paris[/name_u]
[name_m]Piers[/name_m]
[name_m]Philips[/name_m]
[name_m]Ramses[/name_m]
[name_u]Reese[/name_u]
[name_m]Ross[/name_m]
[name_m]Shamus[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Caius[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
Aulus
I’m just listing names from the [name_m]Roman[/name_m] era at this point.
Thanks everyone. That was very helpful. Im going to look more into a few of these. [name_m]Zeus[/name_m], [name_m]Atlas[/name_m], [name_m]Silus[/name_m], [name_m]Osiris[/name_m], and [name_m]Marcus[/name_m] for sure
Sorry, I couldn’t help but comment (even though its 4 months later… ;)).
Anyway, here are some of my suggestions that are close to Midas and [name_m]Tidus[/name_m]. I mostly picked names of only two syllables long because they have that antique feel without feeling staunchy, which I’m assuming appeals to you as much as it appeals to me. I tried not to do any repeats.
[name_m]Albus[/name_m]
[name_u]Alexis[/name_u]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_m]Angus[/name_m]
Attis
[name_m]Boris[/name_m]
[name_m]Brutus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cadmus[/name_m]
[name_m]Caius[/name_m] / [name_m]Gaius[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_m]Claus[/name_m]
Crius
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Harris[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] / [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
Otos / Otus
[name_m]Remus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Sirius[/name_m]
[name_m]Titus[/name_m]
Zelus
The italicized words mean it was used in the Bible. Some lengthier names are [name_m]Aloysius[/name_m], [name_m]Ignatius[/name_m], [name_m]Julius[/name_m], [name_m]Tarquinius[/name_m], [name_m]Tiberius[/name_m], etc. These are usually your classic Latin names. Here’s a list I think you’ll enjoy: Modern Antiquity - British Baby Names.