WDYT of these names?

Boy Names
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The title says it all. :slight_smile: I’ve got a few open spots on my boys’ list, and I’ve been liking these lately, but I’m not sure if they’re winners? Objectively, I think they’re all great, but… erm, as far as boys’ names go, my taste is very eclectic (at least in my mind?). I’ll fall in love with a name, usually because it has some tie to something that means something to me, and I fall hard, and so I’ve got weird word names like [name_m]Reef[/name_m] and trendy names like [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] and international names like [name_m]Casper[/name_m] and Biblical names like [name_m]Judah[/name_m] and [name_m]Boaz[/name_m]… and yet, somehow, in my mind at least, it works. And they stay with me, because they are more like a part of me than just a name that aesthetically is pleasing. But these I’m just not 100% convinced on; I could add them to my list easily because I love them, but they’re not clever family names like [name_m]Boaz[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], or [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] or from some of my favorite authors like [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] or [name_m]Reef[/name_m] or tied to a really beloved friend, like [name_m]Casper[/name_m].

When you think of a little boy with these names, what does he look like? Does he fit in with names like [name_u]Everett[/name_u], [name_m]Casper[/name_m], [name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Grant[/name_m], [name_u]Avery[/name_u], [name_m]Boaz[/name_m], and [name_m]Judah[/name_m]? WDYT of the names in general?

[name_u]Addison[/name_u]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_u]Bailey[/name_u]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Torin[/name_m]

Thanks, Berries!

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I really like [name_m]Torin[/name_m]. The names on your list feel very [name_u]Berry[/name_u]-friendly. I’m sure they have high likeability in general on the forums, and in real life at this moment, they’d fit right in to US suburbia and they’d be perfectly nice, well-recieved names. I like [name_m]Torin[/name_m] because it adds a little flavor to the list. It’s a legitamite name, it has a history of use since the 50s, it doesn’t feel “weird” particularly because it ends in “n” but it also isn’t a misspelling or annoying variation of the “[name_u]Ayden[/name_u]” trend. It’s actually at a perfect level of popularity now because it hasn’t quite made the top 1000 but it’s been used for hundreds of boys per year for many years; it’s right under the radar. So to summarize I feel like [name_m]Torin[/name_m] is slightly more fun and unexpected than the rest of your list, but it’s not actually too off-the-wall to add to it.

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Does he fit in with names like [name_u]Everett[/name_u], [name_m]Casper[/name_m], [name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Grant[/name_m], [name_u]Avery[/name_u], [name_m]Boaz[/name_m], and [name_m]Judah[/name_m]?

I would group them like this:

[name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_u]Bailey[/name_u], [name_u]Avery[/name_u], [name_u]Addison[/name_u]

[name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]

[name_u]Everett[/name_u], [name_m]Grant[/name_m]

[name_m]Judah[/name_m], [name_m]Boaz[/name_m], [name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Amias[/name_m], [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]

[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]

[name_m]Casper[/name_m]

[name_m]Torin[/name_m]

WDYT of the names in general?

In general, they aren’t my favorites. From favorite to least favorite, I would rank them:

[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_u]Bailey[/name_u]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_u]Addison[/name_u]
[name_m]Torin[/name_m]

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Well, personally I think the names you mentioned fit into two different categories (with the exception of [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] that could fit in either and [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] which in my opinion is neither trendy nor unusual).

[name_u]Addison[/name_u], [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] and [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] fit into the trendy category (like [name_u]Everett[/name_u], [name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Grant[/name_m] and [name_u]Avery[/name_u])
[name_m]Amias[/name_m], [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] and [name_m]Torin[/name_m] fit into the more unusual category (like [name_m]Boaz[/name_m] and [name_m]Judah[/name_m])

When a name is popular/trendy it’s hard for me to imagine a boy with that name’s appearance or personality but [name_m]Amias[/name_m] makes me think of a small boy with dark hair who likes science and reading, [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] has dirty blonde or brown hair and likes science, building things and just having fun and [name_m]Torin[/name_m] is blond, a bit of a trouble-maker but very sweet. [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] is the same as [name_m]Torin[/name_m] though maybe less sweet and adventurous

From favorite to least favorite:
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_m]Torin[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_u]Addison[/name_u]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_u]Bailey[/name_u]

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I’m a big fan of [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m], but the rest are not my style.

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I think almost all of the names you’ve mentioned would work beautifully with your other choices. While your favourites can be slightly eclectic in origin and style, they all tend to have a softish sound, and be in that familiar but not boring/overdone category.

The only ones I’m not sure about from your list would be [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] and [name_m]Torin[/name_m]. [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] feels a lot sharper to me than your other choices. I don’t think it gets much use where I live, but whenever I’ve seen it on American TV shows, it’s been for a character of about 50+ years old (i.e. [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] Beene on Scandal and [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] on Gossip Girl). [name_m]Torin[/name_m] is one of those names that even though it isn’t made up, feels made up, so it doesn’t mesh with your other choices for me.

I’m not sure how well [name_u]Addison[/name_u] and [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] work in the States nowadays for a little boy, but that would be my only niggle there. They sound lovely with your other choices. [name_m]Amias[/name_m], [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] and [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] seem like very natural options for you.

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I think [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] goes wonderfully with the other names on your list! [name_m]Torin[/name_m] is neat too, I think it would be cool to meet a little [name_m]Torin[/name_m] some day

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I absolutely love your style! [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] is so perfect for you. [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m], [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m], and [name_m]Torin[/name_m] seem a little unusual compared to the other names on your list, but each are familiar in their own right. [name_u]Addison[/name_u] and [name_m]Amias[/name_m] I just don’t like the sound of, but [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] is gorgeous.

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I like [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] and [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] best with your favorites.