A long while ago I posted about C- names for boys and here I am again!
Against all odds and after years of searching we managed to pick out a C- boy name (Cirdan). Unfortunately a good friend just chose it for her up-and-coming son, so we’re back to square one.
We may not be having more children, so it may be a moot point, but considering how long it took us to find a name last time, I’d rather be prepared just in case!
Here are the rules: I love unusual names. We won’t even consider anything common like [name_m]Connor[/name_m], [name_m]Christian[/name_m], [name_m]Christopher[/name_m], etc. I honestly prefer names that aren’t even on the popularity charts, although we broke that rule with our firstborn. We love fantasy, literature and nature names. Unisex names are fine - our eldest son has one already.
To give you a taste of my style here are some of my favorite boy names (not that hubby would agree):
Theren
[name_m]Ransom[/name_m]
[name_m]Huon[/name_m]
[name_m]Thane[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Orin[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m]
Aerro
Finnick
Rhuarc
mkmlvr - Wow, that’s a big list of C names! Will have to work my way through it. Thanks!
Ashleyjuliette - Cyprus we had once considered but weren’t sure if it was too feminine sounding.
seazuno86 and mclola - I think I might like Conan if not for Conon O’Brien.
More references:
We liked Cedar but it was already used by friends.
Cavin/Cavan - was on our list but we weren’t sold on it.
Ciryon - (from LOTR again - KEER-ee-un) is possible but I can’t remember if hubby liked it.
Ciaran - I love even though it’s way more popular than I usually like, but hubby does not like it.
Cynan - I also liked but hubby nixed it.
Cauthon - From a favorite book series but sounds too much like coffin.
I’m beginning to think we need to avoid name lists altogether and draw solely from books or word lists!
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] - Historic, uncommon, not too long but kind of clunky-cool.
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m] - I only like it pronounced [name_m]Cash[/name_m]-us. I don’t mind girls’ name [name_f]Cassia[/name_f] either [name_u]Cass[/name_u]-ee-ah or cash-ah, but this one I like with the NN [name_m]Cash[/name_m]. A number of historic personages by this name, from abolitionists to one rather famous boxer, and I sort of see it as a counterpoint to current hipster fave [name_m]Atticus[/name_m].
[name_m]Cillian[/name_m] - I don’t particularly like the phonetic spelling [name_m]Killian[/name_m], but like the C version which has more of an old-Gaelic feel to it and I think it’s pretty cool.
[name_u]Corbin[/name_u] - Perhaps you have to like ravens as much as my husband does to see the draw, but I rather like it.
[name_m]Caradoc[/name_m] - A bit of a Welsh obscurity, some of the names on your list made me think it might appeal. Arthurian, rare, but phonetic, which is kind of nice.
[name_m]Cassiel[/name_m] - An angel name, but far rarer than [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]/[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] etc.
[name_u]Carmine[/name_u] - old fashioned Italian, one of the very few colour names I like for boys.
I can think of a few which start with a Ch- that are said more like an h, not with a hard ch as in choo-choo but that’s so challenging to English speakers I don’t know if you’d want them?
stripedsocks - I really like [name_m]Cillian[/name_m] and will have to try suggesting it to hubby again. (He vetoed it last time.)
Ch- names are fine even if they have the softer sound, although I agree it will probably cause pronunciation issues.
southern.maple - [name_m]Cian[/name_m] and [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] were on my list previously and shot down by the hubby. [name_m]Cove[/name_m] is new to me and I’m kind of digging it!
not the most out there… but I love [name_m]Connell[/name_m]
[name_u]Corbin[/name_u]
[name_m]Cyril[/name_m]
[name_m]Connell[/name_m] (means wolf)
[name_m]Crosby[/name_m]
[name_m]Cohen[/name_m]
[name_m]Colton[/name_m]
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]/Cazimir is a guilty pleasure. I love [name_u]Cass[/name_u]/Caz as a nn or even on its own
Other faves:
[name_f]Cypress[/name_f]
[name_u]Cairo[/name_u] ‘kay-ro’
[name_m]Callister[/name_m]
Cebren ‘keb-ren’
Carrick ‘cair-ick’
Cibran ‘see-bran’ or ‘see-bryn’
[name_u]Cedar[/name_u]
