I am plum bored with all the boys names - I need some fresh, [name]NEW[/name], ideas - it cannot be made up and it would be a bonus if it has a literary, aquatic, or aviation reference to it. I love deeply meaningful names that have a story behind them. My boys have very original names that I have never seen discussed or searched on Nameberry. All three of them tell an interesting story. I am a reading specialist by trade so that is important to me. Is anyone up for the challenge? I have literally seen every name discussed on Nameberry so I am looking for brand spankin’ new ideas.
Some are rarer than others, there are few not on nameberry. Towards the end it’s almost all birds
[name]Sirius[/name]
[name]Isadore[/name]
[name]Elam[/name]
[name]Ariel[/name] (was first a boy name)
[name]Remus[/name]
Revere
[name]Patton[/name]
[name]Gilbert[/name]
Caspien
Vio
[name]Ned[/name]
[name]Lars[/name]
[name]Gregor[/name]
Tumnus
[name]Jem[/name]
[name]Cato[/name]
[name]Alcott[/name]
[name]Hans[/name]
[name]Gatsby[/name]
[name]Fritz[/name]
[name]Weaver[/name]
Maleo
[name]Argus[/name]
Satyr
[name]Locke[/name]
Laysan
Grebe
Andean
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Herne[/name]
[name]Quentin[/name]
Nice! Revere and [name]Locke[/name] have actually been on previous lists of mine. Thank you:)
[name]Arrow[/name] is a really cute one I’m loving right now.
[name]How[/name] much meaning one attributes to a name seems pretty subjective, and I’m sure how meaningful a name is varies from person to person, but I’ll try:
Tolhuin - I don’t know if this is an established name, but it’s not made-up; it’s a place name, located in [name]Tiera[/name] del Fuego, [name]Argentina[/name], and means “like a heart” or “heart-shaped” in the Selk’nam language
Conleth - it’s only been mentioned 6 times on these forums, and I’m pretty sure half of those times it was mentioned by me. It’s a modern form of Conláed
Isaurus - derived from the region of Isauria, also the name of a martyr
Ambiorix - “Continental Celtic name, derived from Celtic ambio “enclosure” (or ambi “around, about” or ambitio “rich”) combined with Celtic rix “king.” This was the name of one of the two kings of a Gaulish tribe called the Eburones, who was famous for revolting against [name]Julius[/name] [name]Caesar[/name] in 54 BC (which eventually led to the extermination of the Eburones)” - listed in the Behind the Name “submitted names” section
Accalon/Accolon - Appears in Sir [name]Thomas[/name] [name]Malory[/name]'s [name]Le[/name] Morte D’[name]Arthur[/name]
Marsilion - or Marsile, Marsilius Marcilie, Marsille, Marsilies, Marsilun, Marsiluns - a character in The Song of [name]Roland[/name]; name of a king who attacks Charlemagne
Olindo - A character in the epic poem Jerusalem Delivered; also associated with Olindo Guerrini, an Italian poet. Also apparently the name of a football player
Rivallen - A form of Rhiwallon: User-submitted name Rhiwallon - Behind the Name (there are, in fact, several forms listed here; I just think this one is my favorite. maybe)
[name]Alpheus[/name] - a Greek river-god; the modern-day Alfeios [name]River[/name], in the Peloponnese, is sometimes romanized as [name]Alpheus[/name]
Havelok - “From the Middle English story of Havelok the [name]Dane[/name], this first name may be Scottish or Scandinavian in origin, possibly meaning “sea battle” or “sea war.”” - from the Behind the Name submitted names section
Ibai - means “river” in Basque
Actually, I’d recommend checking out the “submitted names” section of Behind the Name (which is basically a searchable database of user-submitted names) yourself; there are plenty of interesting, rarely mentioned names there: Submitted Names - Behind the Name
Here’s some particularly uncommon one’s I’ve run across at one point or another. [name]Don[/name]'t really know which ones are meaningful and which ones aren’t (I have a big list of names I’ve come across and liked in one way or another, but only very few made it to the next step of actually getting researched):
[name]Zale[/name]
[name]Timaeus[/name]
Riaz
[name]Oisin[/name]
[name]Oberon[/name]
[name]Lazlo[/name]
Kaiyan (Afghani= universe)
[name]Kamal[/name] (Arabic = perfection)
Jalal
Jarin
[name]Halston[/name]
[name]Eldridge[/name]
[name]Cadoc[/name]
[name]Caledon[/name]
[name]Canaan[/name]
Castiel
[name]Castor[/name]
Cainan
Caelum
[name]Celio[/name]
[name]Brogan[/name]
[name]Ayaan[/name]
Amicus
Ariston
[name]Albus[/name]
[name]Azarius[/name]
[name]Aza[/name]
[name]Amil[/name]
[name]Amin[/name]
Adib
[name]Nabil[/name]
Kaleo
[name]Vasili[/name]
[name]Zamir[/name]
Theodus
[name]Kamil[/name]
[name]Heron[/name]
Acacius
[name]Altair[/name]
[name]Adriel[/name]
Eshan
[name]Amador[/name]
Arcus
Currus
Castus
Caesius
Caecias
These are great suggestions!!! I will have to take a closer look and select my favorites:) Wow, thanks for all your hard work:)
[name]Algernon[/name]
[name]Lysander[/name]
Haytham
Hyperion
[name]Aramis[/name]
[name]Tybalt[/name]
[name]Burke[/name]
[name]Whitaker[/name]
[name]Ferdinand[/name]
[name]Bayard[/name]
Dagon
Spyridon
Kaito
[name]Irving[/name]
[name]Conway[/name]
[name]Tiberius[/name]
[name]Leander[/name]
[name]Bayard[/name] is cool - is it pronounced [name]Baird[/name]? I like the nickname [name]Bay[/name] but it does remind me of a female character on an ABC Family show…
At lunch today a mum called to her son Atwood, perhaps homage to [name]Margaret[/name] Atwood?
That’s all I got, sorry