Starting from scratch!

[mellona]

Hello, lovely fellow Berries!! I hope you are all having the most wonderful day!

Recently I have found myself increasingly dissatisfied with my boys’ list, and feeling as if it no longer reflects my style! [name_m]Hence[/name_m] this thread, haha.

I love fanciful and somewhat rare or obscure names as a rule, but any and all suggestions are extremely welcome! Some areas of inspiration to possibly pull from are fairy tales, folklore, literature, nature, mythology of all sorts…you get the picture!

Some of my longtime favorites include:

• [name_m]Castalian[/name_m] “Cas”
• [name_m]Finvarra[/name_m] “Finch”
• [name_m]Ilmarinen[/name_m] “Ilya”
• [name_m]Valemon[/name_m] “Bear”

Thank you very much in advance for any replies I may receive, and have yourselves a great day!

[juliem1912]

This is exciting! [name_m]You[/name_m] have the most fun taste [name_m]Edmund[/name_m].

Some ideas:

[name_m]Asketill[/name_m]
Athelfrith
[name_m]Aleksander[/name_m]
[name_m]Anatole[/name_m]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Beaumont[/name_m]
[name_m]Carlyle[/name_m]
Cloelius
Cynesige
Feichin
[name_m]Gervase[/name_m]
[name_m]Leofwine[/name_m]
Leontiy
Lomman

[tallemaja]

I think I recommended you some names not too long ago so in order to avoid repeats, I’ll try to keep this somewhat short, with names I’ve discovered/had on my mind more recently! But maybe:

[name_m]Lukian[/name_m] or [name_m]Lukyan[/name_m]
[name_m]Feodor[/name_m] or [name_m]Tivadar[/name_m]
Anthelm
[name_m]Arcadio[/name_m]
Caranthir
Anthemion
[name_m]Pellinore[/name_m]
[name_m]Liridon[/name_m]
[name_m]Thales[/name_m]
Venyamin
[name_m]Nestor[/name_m]
Crisafio / Chrysafis
[name_m]Menelaus[/name_m] / Menelai
[name_m]Paris[/name_m]
Theodoret
[name_m]Ivaylo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ludvik[/name_m]
[name_m]Leontes[/name_m]
Rufin or [name_m]Rufino[/name_m]
Onisim
[name_m]Castin[/name_m]
[name_m]Kimon[/name_m]
Zafeiris
Elischa
[name_m]Omero[/name_m]
[name_f]Adelin[/name_f] or [name_f]Adalin[/name_f]
[name_m]Sofian[/name_m]
Sofronie
Codrin
[name_m]Corvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Flavian[/name_m]
[name_m]Seraphim[/name_m]

[EagleEyes]

Hopefully these aren’t names you’ve seen a million times or suggestions I’ve given you before - I have a hard time remembering what I’ve suggested in the past!

[name_m]Parsifal[/name_m]
[name_m]Amaethon[/name_m]
[name_m]Taliesin[/name_m]
Partholón
[name_m]Florimond[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
Nuadha
[name_m]Alberich[/name_m]
[name_m]Tancred[/name_m]
Kentigern
[name_m]Dominicus[/name_m]
[name_m]Felician[/name_m]
[name_m]Vivendel[/name_m]
[name_m]Asterion[/name_m]
[name_m]Kajetan[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurent[/name_m]
Arthfael
[name_m]Elisedd[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonato[/name_m]
[name_m]Darragh[/name_m]
[name_f]Hyacinthe[/name_f]
[name_m]Laurentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Valentyn[/name_m]
Castimir

[sethsiberia]

Some thoughts (Not exhaustive, I think I have a lot of names like this but my lists are hard to dredge through…) Forgive me if any of the references are accidentally mismatched.

• Agolant (Carolingian)
• [name_m]Aldous[/name_m]
• [name_m]Algernon[/name_m]
• Altwidus
• [name_m]Anselm[/name_m]
• Arbogast
• [name_m]Bedivere[/name_m] (Arthurian)
• [name_m]Brunello[/name_m] (Carolingian)
• Charibert
• Charietto
• [name_m]Faramund[/name_m] / [name_m]Pharamond[/name_m] (Legendary king)
• Fridolin
• [name_m]Florimond[/name_m]
• Gautselin
• [name_m]Halvard[/name_m]
• Hansruedi
• Ingeld (Legendary prince)
• Landulf
• [name_m]Laurin[/name_m] (König [name_m]Laurin[/name_m] – I like the story of this one in particular)
• Marcomer / Marcomeres
• Marchelm
• [name_m]Osmund[/name_m] / [name_m]Osmond[/name_m]
• Pellehan (Arthurian)
• [name_m]Renaud[/name_m] (Carolingian)
• [name_m]Romaric[/name_m]
• Starculf
• Sunnegisel
• Theoderic
• Weland (Master craftsman in some Germanic legends)
• Widukind

[katinka]

Have a look at this blog post from way back when. Hopefully a few will grab your eye!

Extravagant Boy Names Stand Out

[Greyblue]

Maybe…

[name_m]Benvolio[/name_m] (Bo, [name_m]Beni[/name_m])
[name_m]Galahad[/name_m] (Gad, [name_m]Haddy[/name_m], [name_f]Addy[/name_f])
[name_m]Cosmael[/name_m] (Cosmo, [name_m]Cal[/name_m])
[name_m]Serapion[/name_m] / Seraphion (Raph, Raphie)
[name_m]Amabilis[/name_m] (Billy, [name_m]Mills[/name_m], [name_m]Able[/name_m], [name_m]Albie[/name_m])
[name_m]Nennius[/name_m] (Nez, [name_m]Nino[/name_m], [name_m]Ness[/name_m])
[name_m]Lylio[/name_m] (Lio)
[name_m]Phaidros[/name_m] (Ira, [name_m]Ross[/name_m])

[mellona]

@juliem1912 Thank you so much for the compliment, and for the wonderful suggestions! I am absolutely loving Athelfrith, [name_m]Anatole[/name_m], [name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m], Cloelius, [name_m]Leofwine[/name_m] & Leontiy especially, but every name is lovely! Thank you again!

@tallemaja Thank you so much for sharing your ideas, [name_f]Maya[/name_f]! I really appreciate all of them, but [name_m]Lukian[/name_m], [name_m]Tivadar[/name_m], Anthelm, [name_m]Arcadio[/name_m], Caranthir, Anthemion, [name_m]Pellinore[/name_m], [name_m]Liridon[/name_m], Venyamin, [name_m]Nestor[/name_m], [name_m]Menelaus[/name_m], Theodoret, [name_m]Ivaylo[/name_m], [name_m]Leontes[/name_m], Rufin, [name_m]Castin[/name_m], Elischa, [name_f]Adelin[/name_f], [name_m]Sofian[/name_m], Sofronie, [name_m]Corvin[/name_m], [name_m]Flavian[/name_m] & [name_m]Seraphim[/name_m] especially caught my eye! Thanks again!

@EagleEyes Past suggestions are definitely welcome! From your suggestions, I am really loving [name_m]Parsifal[/name_m], [name_m]Taliesin[/name_m], [name_m]Florimond[/name_m], [name_m]Benedict[/name_m], Nuadha, [name_m]Alberich[/name_m], [name_m]Dominicus[/name_m], [name_m]Felician[/name_m], [name_m]Vivendel[/name_m], [name_m]Asterion[/name_m], [name_m]Kajetan[/name_m], [name_m]Laurent[/name_m], Arthfael, [name_m]Elisedd[/name_m], [name_m]Leonato[/name_m], [name_f]Hyacinthe[/name_f], [name_m]Laurentin[/name_m], [name_m]Valentyn[/name_m] & Castimir, though every name is incredible! Thank you once again!

@sethsiberia All of these suggestions are all absolutely fantastic!! My favorites have to be [name_m]Aldous[/name_m], [name_m]Algernon[/name_m], [name_m]Anselm[/name_m], [name_m]Bedivere[/name_m], [name_m]Brunello[/name_m], Charietto, [name_m]Faramund[/name_m], Fridolin, [name_m]Florimond[/name_m], [name_m]Halvard[/name_m], Hansruedi, Ingeld, Landulf, [name_m]Laurin[/name_m], [name_m]Osmund[/name_m], Pellehan, [name_m]Renaud[/name_m], [name_m]Romaric[/name_m], Theoderic & Weland! Thank you again!!

@katinka Thank you kindly for the link! I will definitely have a look!

@Greyblue Thank you very much for sharing your ideas! I would list my favorites, but I ended up listing every name you suggested, haha. Thanks once again!

I hope you all have a wonderful day!!

[PearButter12]

• Brahm
• Damhán
• Durante
• Emerys
• Gryffydd
• Isander
• Kingfisher

not sure if these are a little far off, but i hope i helped!

[mellona]

These are perfect!! I particularly love Damhán (such an adorable meaning!), [name_m]Durante[/name_m], [name_m]Emerys[/name_m], Gryffydd, [name_m]Isander[/name_m] & Kingfisher (which would make such a cool middle)!! So…almost every name is a favorite, haha. Have yourself a wonderful day, and thanks again!

[sethsiberia]

I’m glad, thank you!

I wanted to add this, since I thought you might find something interesting from it: Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources
I haven’t looked through each name myself yet, but I found Dulcedram (masculine, “sweet raven”) on it a while ago which I was considering recommending as well.

(Also, forgive the typo, Theoderic was supposed to be [name_m]Theodoric[/name_m], but Theoderic/h is actually a variant of [name_m]Theodoric[/name_m] so I suppose it works? )

[mellona]

Oh, I just love that site!! I have skimmed over the name list a couple of times before, but never actually properly gone through it, so thank you kindly for reminding me! Dulcedram is absolutely wonderful! My dog is named [name_f]Dulcinea[/name_f] “Dulcie”, so I am partial to that element, haha. I hope you have a wonderful day, [name_m]Seth[/name_m], and thanks again!