What do you make of these? (long list!)

I’ve just been on a bit of a name hunt and came up with this list, all the names are outside of the top 1000 in the UK so aren’t popular at all (excluding [name]Cruz[/name], [name]Samson[/name], [name]Lachlan[/name], [name]Rupert[/name] and [name]Amos[/name]). Sorry this list is pretty long, you can comment on all, a few or just pick you favourites/least favourites… entirely up to you. I’m not necessarily adding them to my list, I’d like thoughts and opinions before making any decisions.

[name]Avram[/name], [name]Alcott[/name], [name]Alaric[/name], [name]Atlas[/name], [name]Amos[/name], [name]Arlen[/name] (would honour my grandmother), [name]Arden[/name]
[name]Berkeley[/name], [name]Bay[/name], [name]Brooks[/name], [name]Bellamy[/name]
[name]Calen[/name], [name]Crawford[/name], [name]Campbell[/name], [name]Cruz[/name], [name]Crewe[/name], [name]Cato[/name], [name]Casimir[/name], [name]Cassian[/name], [name]Constantine[/name], [name]Corbin[/name], Carrick
[name]Darby[/name], [name]Davis[/name], [name]Dempsey[/name], [name]Drake[/name], Daegan
[name]Emery[/name], [name]Evander[/name]
[name]Forrest[/name]
[name]Hendrix[/name], [name]Hawk[/name], [name]Hartley[/name]
[name]Joaquin[/name], [name]Joachim[/name], [name]Jefferson[/name]
[name]Keane[/name]
[name]Laken[/name], [name]Locke[/name], [name]Lachlan[/name]
[name]Ridley[/name], [name]Rigby[/name], [name]Rhett[/name], [name]Roscoe[/name], [name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Sawyer[/name], [name]Soren[/name], [name]Sutton[/name], [name]Samson[/name]
[name]Tucker[/name], [name]Theon[/name], [name]Thierry[/name]
[name]Vaughn[/name]
[name]Warrick[/name]

i like [name]Arden[/name], [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Soren[/name]

I’ve never thought of [name]Alcott[/name]'s potential as a first name–I really like it! (Loved [name]Louisa[/name] [name]May[/name] [name]Alcott[/name] books as a girl). I like [name]Amos[/name], [name]Lachlan[/name], [name]Rupert[/name], and [name]Theo[/name] best from your list. I kind of like [name]Rigby[/name] and [name]Roscoe[/name], too.

On a side note, I don’t really like [name]Calen[/name]. It reminds me of the various girls I know named [name]Kalin[/name]/[name]Kaelyn[/name].

I recently found out that [name]Corbin[/name] means ‘a gift to God’ so I’m crushing a bit on that name!
[name]Forrest[/name]–cute! (I’d probably go with [name]Forrester[/name])
[name]Joaquin[/name]–I like this one, but it makes me think of the celebrity.
[name]Jefferson[/name]–love this, but would hate for him to be called [name]Jeff[/name]
[name]Keane[/name]–I know a kid named [name]Keanu[/name]. I like that a bit better.
[name]Rigby[/name], [name]Rhett[/name],-like
[name]Sawyer[/name]-like
[name]Tucker[/name]-i’d be nervous about inappropriate rhymes,
[name]Theo[/name]-As long its a nn for [name]Theodore[/name]-which is great.

I like …

[name]Alcott[/name]
[name]Amos[/name]
[name]Arden[/name]
[name]Casimir[/name]
[name]Cassian[/name]
[name]Constantine[/name]
[name]Drake[/name]
[name]Emery[/name]
[name]Evander[/name]
[name]Forrest[/name]
[name]Joaquin[/name]/[name]Joachim[/name]
[name]Keane[/name]
[name]Locke[/name]
[name]Lachlan[/name]
[name]Roscoe[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Sawyer[/name]
[name]Soren[/name]
[name]Sutton[/name]
[name]Samson[/name]
[name]Thierry[/name]
[name]Vaughn[/name]

[name]Avram[/name], [name]Alcott[/name], [name]Alaric[/name], [name]Atlas[/name], [name]Amos[/name], [name]Arlen[/name] (would honour my grandmother), [name]Arden[/name] - I love [name]Alcott[/name] a lot, actually–the association to [name]Louisa[/name] [name]May[/name] is nice, and it’s a cool surnamey choice. I like [name]Abbott[/name] more, personally, but [name]Alcott[/name] is really cool. I like [name]Arden[/name] and [name]Alaric[/name] quite a bit, too. They’re all nice… I just don’t love them as much as [name]Alcott[/name], [name]Arden[/name], and [name]Alaric[/name]. I think [name]Arlen[/name] is a great choice, though, if you love it… I remember how it honors your grandma (I remember because your grandma and mine share first names! haha), and I think it’s a really cool way to honor her. I don’t really love it as a FN, but I do like [name]Arlen[/name] a lot as a MN. I used to love your [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Arlen[/name] combo.
[name]Berkeley[/name], [name]Bay[/name], [name]Brooks[/name], [name]Bellamy[/name] - [name]Berkeley[/name] seems a bit pretentious and just reminds me of the American university… [name]Bay[/name] I like, but I always liked it more for a girl. People have been suggesting [name]Bay[/name] as a nn for [name]Bailey[/name] for me, though, so it’s sort of growing on me. I absolutely adore [name]Brooks[/name] for a boy… I could easily make a top 10 for boys made up of just “B” names, and [name]Brooks[/name] would definitely be on it. It’s so smart and dashing. :slight_smile: [name]Bellamy[/name] feels a bit girly to me now, but I do like it a lot for a boy.
[name]Calen[/name], [name]Crawford[/name], [name]Campbell[/name], [name]Cruz[/name], [name]Crewe[/name], [name]Cato[/name], [name]Casimir[/name], [name]Cassian[/name], [name]Constantine[/name], [name]Corbin[/name], Carrick - I like [name]Calen[/name]… it reminds me of a lot of names I do like, like [name]Caleb[/name], [name]Callan[/name], and [name]Galen[/name]… I would absolutely love to see [name]Galen[/name] on your list! But if you’re going for [name]Cato[/name], then [name]Galen[/name]/[name]Gale[/name] might not be the best choice. haha. I also like [name]Campbell[/name] and [name]Constantine[/name]. [name]Both[/name] very different, but I love them a lot.
[name]Darby[/name], [name]Davis[/name], [name]Dempsey[/name], [name]Drake[/name], Daegan - Daegan’s back?! :frowning: Nooooo… bahaha. Isn’t that one you’d crushed on while you were mainly on PC? I think I remember hating it because it was so trendy and so unlike your other favorites, haha. I do absolutely love [name]Darby[/name], though, and the others are nice. I used to have a crush on [name]Dempsey[/name], but I didn’t want to use it for fear that everyone would think I was madly in love with [name]Patrick[/name] [name]Dempsey[/name] or something, haha.
[name]Emery[/name], [name]Evander[/name] - eh. I like [name]Emerson[/name] more than [name]Emery[/name], and [name]Everett[/name] more than [name]Evander[/name]…
[name]Forrest[/name] - I think everyone goes straight to [name]Forrest[/name] Gump, or most people, anyway, but it’s still a nice name. I used to love it several years ago.
[name]Hendrix[/name], [name]Hawk[/name], [name]Hartley[/name] - eh. [name]Hartley[/name]'s probably my favorite, but I am not a huge fan. I like [name]Henry[/name] a lot more than [name]Hendrix[/name]. They are all quite rockstarish, though. :slight_smile:
[name]Joaquin[/name], [name]Joachim[/name], [name]Jefferson[/name] - none are really my thing, sorry. I probably like [name]Joaquin[/name] the best, but it’s not something I would be interested in. [name]Thomas[/name] [name]Jefferson[/name] is a great namesake, but every time I see [name]Jefferson[/name] I can’t help but think of [name]Jefferson[/name] [name]Davis[/name], which hasn’t ever been the best association for me.
[name]Keane[/name] - reminds me of the band, but otherwise, I like it.
[name]Laken[/name], [name]Locke[/name], [name]Lachlan[/name] - not a fan of [name]Laken[/name], but I do adore [name]Lachlan[/name] nn [name]Locke[/name]!
[name]Ridley[/name], [name]Rigby[/name], [name]Rhett[/name], [name]Roscoe[/name], [name]Rupert[/name] - [name]Ridley[/name] reminds me of [name]Ridley[/name] [name]Scott[/name], the movie producer. [name]Rigby[/name] is cool, though. I sort of like [name]Rhett[/name], but I’d only use it as a nn for [name]Everett[/name], and even then, I would use [name]Everett[/name] on its own and Ev way before I’d use [name]Rhett[/name]. It is quite dashing, though. I do like [name]Roscoe[/name] a lot, but I like just [name]Ross[/name] even more. [name]Rupert[/name] is very distinguished and I like it a lot. I had it on my list for a short time as [name]Samuel[/name] [name]Edison[/name] [name]Rupert[/name]…
[name]Sawyer[/name], [name]Soren[/name], [name]Sutton[/name], [name]Samson[/name] - [name]LOVE[/name] the literary [name]Sawyer[/name]. I would probably use [name]Spencer[/name] before [name]Sawyer[/name], but I do really like it. [name]Soren[/name] is very cool, and I sort of like [name]Sutton[/name]. I want to like [name]Samson[/name] because I adore [name]Sam[/name], but I just don’t.
[name]Tucker[/name], [name]Theo[/name], [name]Thierry[/name] - I like [name]Tucker[/name] in theory, but it’s rhyming partner is just a bit too off-putting for me. I like [name]Theodore[/name], but I don’t like [name]Theo[/name] at all, sorry. It’s grown on me, but it’s never had an appealing vibe to me. I do like the French [name]Thierry[/name], but only as a MN.
[name]Vaughn[/name] - I want to love it, but I really don’t… it could make a nice MN, though.
[name]Warrick[/name] - I know a family with this as their surname… it’s intriguing, and I sort of like it, but it’s both too surnamey and too violent for me.

[name]Love[/name]: [name]Atlas[/name], [name]Amos[/name], [name]Brooks[/name], [name]Cassian[/name], [name]Corbin[/name], [name]Forrest[/name], [name]Lachlan[/name], [name]Vaughn[/name]

Like: [name]Avram[/name], [name]Berkeley[/name], [name]Calen[/name], [name]Campbell[/name], [name]Cato[/name], [name]Davis[/name], [name]Dempsey[/name], [name]Drake[/name], Daegan, [name]Evander[/name], [name]Hawk[/name], [name]Hartley[/name], [name]Jefferson[/name], [name]Keane[/name], [name]Laken[/name], [name]Locke[/name], [name]Rhett[/name], [name]Soren[/name], [name]Samson[/name], [name]Warrick[/name]

NMS: [name]Alcott[/name], [name]Alaric[/name], [name]Arlen[/name], [name]Arden[/name], [name]Bay[/name], [name]Bellamy[/name], [name]Crawford[/name], [name]Cruz[/name], [name]Crewe[/name], [name]Casimir[/name], [name]Constantine[/name], Carrick, [name]Darby[/name], [name]Emery[/name], [name]Hendrix[/name], [name]Joaquin[/name], [name]Joachim[/name], [name]Ridley[/name], [name]Rigby[/name], [name]Roscoe[/name], [name]Rupert[/name], [name]Sawyer[/name], [name]Sutton[/name], [name]Tucker[/name], [name]Theon[/name], [name]Thierry[/name]

i’ll just tell you which I like. There’s some nice names on here :slight_smile: i’ll star my favorites

[name]Alaric[/name], [name]Atlas[/name]
[name]Cassian[/name], [name]Constantine[/name] *
[name]Drake[/name]
[name]Evander[/name] *
[name]Hawk[/name]
[name]Lachlan[/name]
[name]Ridley[/name], [name]Rigby[/name]
[name]Soren[/name]*
[name]Theon[/name]*
[name]Vaughn[/name]*

My favourites are…

[name]Arden[/name]
[name]Bay[/name]
[name]Campbell[/name]

I’m thinking of them as girls names, but I think [name]Campbell[/name] especially could work for a boy.

I like these, with my favorites are in bold. I would name a son [name]Bellamy[/name] in a heartbeat!

[b][name]Avram[/name][/b], [name]Alcott[/name], [b][name]Alaric[/name][/b], [name]Atlas[/name], [b][name]Amos[/name][/b], [name]Arlen[/name] (would honour my grandmother), [name]Arden[/name]
[name]Berkeley[/name], [b][name]Bay[/name][/b], [b][name]Brooks[/name][/b], [b][name]Bellamy[/name][/b]
[name]Calen[/name],  [name]Cruz[/name], [name]Crewe[/name], [name]Cato[/name], [name]Casimir[/name], [name]Cassian[/name], [name]Constantine[/name], [name]Corbin[/name], Carrick
[b][name]Darby[/name][/b], [name]Davis[/name],[b] [name]Dempsey[/name][/b], [name]Drake[/name], Daegan
[b][name]Emery[/name][/b], [b][name]Evander[/name][/b]
[b][name]Forrest[/name][/b]
[b][name]Hawk[/name][/b], [name]Hartley[/name]
[name]Keane[/name]
[name]Laken[/name], [name]Locke[/name], [name]Lachlan[/name]
 [name]Rigby[/name],[b] [name]Rhett[/name][/b], [name]Roscoe[/name], [name]Rupert[/name]
[b][name]Sawyer[/name][/b], [name]Soren[/name], [name]Samson[/name]
[b][name]Tucker[/name][/b], [b][name]Theon[/name][/b], [name]Thierry[/name]
[b][name]Vaughn[/name][/b]
[b][name]Warrick[/name][/b] 

I don’t like [name]Joaquin[/name], [name]Jefferson[/name], [name]Ridley[/name], [name]Crawford[/name], [name]Campbell[/name], [name]Hendrix[/name], and [name]Sutton[/name].

[name]Avram[/name]- No
[name]Alcott[/name]-No
[name]Alaric[/name]- Like from Vampire Diaries? No
[name]Atlas[/name]- Like a map? No
[name]Amos[/name]- Nms
[name]Arlen[/name]- Nms
[name]Arden[/name]- This is just ok
[name]Berkeley[/name]- No
[name]Bay[/name]- Did you just put whatever word you thought of on this list?
[name]Brooks[/name]- No
[name]Bellamy[/name]- This feels so girly to me. But that most likely because I have a [name]Bella[/name].
[name]Calen[/name]- Like [name]Kailyn[/name]? No, too girly.
[name]Crawford[/name]- Eh, not horrible, but not my favorite.
[name]Campbell[/name]- This is okay… for a last name.
[name]Cruz[/name]- Not a fan.
[name]Crewe[/name]- Awful
[name]Cato[/name]- From Hunger Games? No
[name]Casimir[/name]- Reminds me of Cashmire, like the sweater.
[name]Cassian[/name]- Not a fan
[name]Constantine[/name]- Sounds girly to me.
[name]Corbin[/name]- Sounds nerdy
Carrick- No
[name]Darby[/name]- Girls name.
[name]Davis[/name]- I like this.
[name]Dempsey[/name]- [name]Patrick[/name] [name]Dempsey[/name]? Not a fan. [name]Patrick[/name] on the other hand is lovely.
[name]Drake[/name]- I like this.
Daegan- Sounds made-up
[name]Emery[/name]- I like this one.
[name]Evander[/name]- No
[name]Forrest[/name]- I love this.
[name]Hendrix[/name]- Not a fan.
[name]Hawk[/name]- Like the bird? Seriously?
[name]Hartley[/name]- No
[name]Joaquin[/name]- Eh, not my favorite. But not the worst on the list.
[name]Joachim[/name]- Um what? No
[name]Jefferson[/name]- eh
[name]Keane[/name]- No
[name]Laken[/name]- I like this… for a girl.
[name]Locke[/name]- Uh No.
[name]Lachlan[/name]- I really love this.
[name]Ridley[/name]- Like
[name]Rigby[/name]- Like
[name]Rhett[/name]- Like
[name]Roscoe[/name]- I like this, but it also sounds like a dogs name.
[name]Rupert[/name]- This is okay.
[name]Sawyer[/name]- [name]LOVE[/name] [name]LOVE[/name] [name]LOVE[/name]
[name]Soren[/name]- [name]LOVE[/name]
[name]Sutton[/name]- Really like this.
[name]Samson[/name] - I like this too
[name]Tucker[/name]- [name]Love[/name]
[name]Theon[/name]- No
[name]Thierry[/name]- Uh no.
[name]Vaughn[/name]- Not a fan.
[name]Warrick[/name]- No

[name]Avram[/name], [name]Alcott[/name], [name]Alaric[/name], [name]Atlas[/name], [name]Amos[/name], [name]Arlen[/name] (would honour my grandmother), [name]Arden[/name] - I love [name]Amos[/name]! [name]Arlen[/name] and [name]Alcott[/name] are nice too
[name]Berkeley[/name], [name]Bay[/name], [name]Brooks[/name], [name]Bellamy[/name] - I love [name]Brooks[/name]! [name]Berkley[/name] is just a college to me and [name]Bay[/name] and [name]Bellamy[/name] are far to girly
[name]Calen[/name], [name]Crawford[/name], [name]Campbell[/name], [name]Cruz[/name], [name]Crewe[/name], [name]Cato[/name], [name]Casimir[/name], [name]Cassian[/name], [name]Constantine[/name], [name]Corbin[/name], Carrick - I love [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Cassian[/name] and [name]Constantine[/name]
[name]Darby[/name], [name]Davis[/name], [name]Dempsey[/name], [name]Drake[/name], Daegan - They all have certain appeal but are NMS
[name]Emery[/name], [name]Evander[/name] - NMS!
[name]Forrest[/name] - [name]Forrest[/name] Gump…
[name]Hendrix[/name], [name]Hawk[/name], [name]Hartley[/name] - I like them all
[name]Joaquin[/name], [name]Joachim[/name], [name]Jefferson[/name] I love [name]Joaquin[/name] and [name]Joachim[/name], especially [name]Joachim[/name]!
[name]Keane[/name] - reminds me of [name]Keanu[/name] which is not a bad thing
[name]Laken[/name], [name]Locke[/name], [name]Lachlan[/name] - I like [name]Lachlan[/name] nn [name]Locke[/name]. I know three Lakens all girls
[name]Ridley[/name], [name]Rigby[/name], [name]Rhett[/name], [name]Roscoe[/name], [name]Rupert[/name] - I have such a crush on [name]Rhett[/name]!
[name]Sawyer[/name], [name]Soren[/name], [name]Sutton[/name], [name]Samson[/name] - [name]Samson[/name] could be cute and would go really well with your other names. I know 2 Suttons and both are girls
[name]Tucker[/name], [name]Theon[/name], [name]Thierry[/name] - I have always had a thing for [name]Tucker[/name]
[name]Vaughn[/name] - Cute!
[name]Warrick[/name] - I like [name]Warren[/name] better.

I really like your list! I’ll pick out my favorites:

[name]Alcott[/name], [name]Alaric[/name], [name]Arden[/name], [name]Atlas[/name], [name]Amos[/name] - I love A names so much. These are all recognizable but still unusual and lovely.
Carrick - lovely, underused Irish name
[name]Cato[/name]- so cute, I love this one
[name]Davis[/name] - I like this one, mostly because I have good associations with it
[name]Evander[/name] - love it
[name]Emery[/name] - adorable
[name]Forrest[/name] - love this name. I think it is so lovely.
[name]Lachlan[/name] - so sweet
[name]Rupert[/name] - one of my favorites
[name]Roscoe[/name] - love this name. it was my great-uncle’s name, and I have been considering using it
[name]Soren[/name] - another of my favorites. I love how soft and charming it is

Of your list, these are the ones I like best:
[name]Drake[/name]
[name]Emery[/name]
[name]Evander[/name]
[name]Forrest[/name]
[name]Sawyer[/name]
[name]Soren[/name]
[name]Alaric[/name],
[name]Corbin[/name]
[name]Davis[/name]
[name]Casimir[/name]
[name]Lachlan[/name]

I have some liking for these too:
[name]Arlen[/name]
[name]Arden[/name]
[name]Cassian[/name] not sure if it is [name]Cass[/name]-i-an or [name]Cash[/name]-i-an.
[name]Alcott[/name]
[name]Avram[/name]
[name]Calen[/name] -not sure if it’s Kayl-len or kal-en.
[name]Crawford[/name]
[name]Campbell[/name]
[name]Cato[/name]
[name]Constantine[/name] - I think this one is best as a mn. It’s interesting but too much for me as a fn.
Carrick
[name]Hendrix[/name]
[name]Hartley[/name]
[name]Joaquin[/name] -
[name]Joachim[/name]
[name]Jefferson[/name]
[name]Keane[/name]
[name]Rhett[/name]
[name]Tucker[/name]
[name]Thierry[/name] - I like how it sounds in French, not sure about in English.

NOt so fond of these:
[name]Atlas[/name]
[name]Amos[/name]
[name]Berkeley[/name]
[name]Bay[/name]
[name]Brooks[/name] - a bit snobby sounding.
[name]Bellamy[/name] - sound is kind of feminine.
[name]Cruz[/name]
[name]Crewe[/name]
[name]Darby[/name]
[name]Dempsey[/name]
Daegan
[name]Hawk[/name] - seems like a nn.
[name]Laken[/name]
[name]Locke[/name]
[name]Ridley[/name]
[name]Rigby[/name]
[name]Roscoe[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Sutton[/name] - kind of like [name]Brooks[/name].
[name]Samson[/name]
[name]Theon[/name]
[name]Vaughn[/name] - kind of like [name]Brooks[/name].
[name]Warrick[/name]