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    Posted: 04 April 2010 at 8:24pm
Hi folks

Ok so NO, we don't know what sex sibling JJ is getting, but I'm only asking about boy names cos I'm pretty sure we've got girl names sorted (NO, I'm not telling ).

A slightly strange request: I'm after uncommon but not unusual boy names. JJ is Jeremy John, which is a perfect example because Jeremy is not an unusual name at all but it wasn't even in the top 100 names in 2008.

(NB for anyone interested, the link to the Excel file giving the top 100 baby names in NZ for both sexes since 2004 is here.)

Ideally names won't be in that list at all, but at the moment I'd settle for not in the top 30

Some constraints for you, just to make life more difficult. Our last name is Dutch, starts with an O and ends with an -an sound. That means several points:

- Nothing too obviously ethnic, of any description. Some of the Gaelic names just seem like a mishmash of cultures when mixed with a Dutch surname, and a Dutch name just seems too, well, Dutch!

- Initials have to be classroom taunt proof. So no names starting with B, F, H, or P.

- Final sounds of the names are important as well. With a surname that starts with a vowel sound, there are several names that just don't roll off the tongue (eg Louis, Theo). Ditto - but I feel less strongly about this - first names that end in an '-an' type sound and kinda rhyme may well be out (eg Colin, Lachlan).

- We'd also prefer to avoid names starting with the same initials as ones we already have in the house, which means ideally no D, J or R names either. I know that doesn't leave many letters!

Anybody got any bright ideas?

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Here's last year's top 100 boy names

Rank     Name     Number
1     Jack     345
2     Oliver     342
3     James     337
4     Joshua     327
5     William     326
6     Samuel     313
7     Liam     312
8     Benjamin 285
9     Daniel     265
10     Thomas     254
11     Lucas     254
12     Riley     253
13     Ryan     247
14     Ethan     246
15     Jacob     242
16     Noah     239
17     Hunter     221
18     Max     212
19     Alexander 209
20     Jayden     208
21     Connor     199
22     Matthew     196
23     Cooper     190
24     Tyler     185
25     Blake     180
26     Isaac     179
27     Dylan     177
28     Lachlan     171
29     Luke     171
30     Logan     164
31     Caleb     159
32     Joseph     152
33     Charlie     151
34     Xavier     147
35     George     146
36     Levi     143
37     Jackson     137
38     Nathan     130
39     Michael     121
40     Oscar     121
41     Harry     119
42     Harrison 118
43     Toby     118
44     Alex     112
45     Jake     102
46     Jesse     102
47     Cameron     102
48     Leo     99
49     Ashton     95
50     Finn     94
51     Jordan     89
52     Luca     87
53     Jamie     84
54     Mason     84
55     Cody     83
56     Sam     83
57     John     81
58     Elijah     81
59     Seth     81
60     David     81
61     Henry     80
62     Aidan     79
63     Zachary     79
64     Kingston 77
65     Joel     77
66     Angus     76
67     Flynn     76
68     Carter     75
69     Charles     73
70     Lincoln     73
71     Sebastian 72
72     Hamish     72
73     Aiden     71
74     Nicholas 71
75     Reuben     69
76     Phoenix     67
77     Adam     67
78     Callum     67
79     Quinn     66
80     Ben     66
81     Gabriel     66
82     Hayden     65
83     Felix     63
84     Tyson     63
85     Mitchell 63
86     Ryder     61
87     Cole     60
88     Christian 59
89     Zion     59
90     Chase     58
91     Edward     58
92     Andrew     56
93     Roman     56
94     Troy     56
95     Austin     55
96     Tristan     55
97     Christopher 54
98     Louis     54
99     Brooklyn 54
100     Hugo     53

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Oliver is what we would have called Milla and Porscha had they been boys - it dosent seem to break any of your rules but if you dont want 'OO' then what about Nathan(iel), or Adam , Luke, or Noah
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I like Oliver but it's too popular - number 2 last year Noah's too popular as well. Adam is a definite possibility but we have quite close friends named Nathaniel and Luke so they're off the list

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Cameron is one I like, sits well with that you want.

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Geez, so demanding

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You see why I need help!

LOL Bob it is

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If we had boys, we were going to have Max and Harry (well, I liked Harry, I was convincing DH it was a cool name too - his grandfather's). My sis has just had a little boy, Oliver Joe, and all it reminds me of is my cat that Mum and Dad had until it died a year or so ago - his name was Oliver Murphy.

Otherwise there's Mark (goes with Jeremy too!!), Shaun/Sean, Chris, Shane, Andrew, David, Matthew...I like Camero too.
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haha ok JJ and Bob then - Milla loves that name - thats what she calls our lawn mower man

Before we found out that Porscha was a girl we thought twice about Oli too, since it is so common, but even though it was number 2 it still is only a small number is comparison to how many boys babies were born that year so we would have just gone with it

I loove Adam though, but my cousin has a boy called adam
I really would love to have my first choice be Jasper, which I know you dont want to use but its soo cute Weegee!!

Cameron does go well with Jeremy - 'JJ and Cam' has a cool ring for brothers
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Dominic?
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You know my style Fliss The latest two I decided I liked were Dominic and Reuben (even though they break the same first initials rule).

Kate, thanks for the great list - DH is a David

I quite like Cameron but I'm a bit iffy about the rhyming thing...

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I can't be much help as the name I would want to call a boy my sister is using! (I swear I didn't talk her in to it - much) She is calling him Keet, which is my Grandma's maiden name. Although I think I prefer the spelling Keate, like the poet.

Just as side note, my Mother was going to call my sister had she been a boy 'Jeremy John Caleb' Caleb is another name I just love but it's in the top 100 so off your list.

Hmmm ok heres some ideas?

Sean
Elias
Gorge (I know this one seems old fashioned but I think little boys named Gorge are always so cute)
Jensen (A friend of mine just named their little boy Jensen, I didn't like it at first but its grown on me)
I like Felix too but it's an F lol
Tobias??
Malcolm
(Not sure I like that name either but thought I'd throw them in there for good measure!)
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LOL Em I love your blinkie

I loved Caleb too, but it's off our list not because it's in the top 100 but for much sadder reasons. Firstly one of the teachers at JJ's daycare had a stillborn little boy named Caleb a year or two back That would have been bad enough but then the next Caleb to come along at the same daycare died (very recently) of a brain tumour at about 10 months old So really Caleb isn't an option for us

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jeez, that's really sad. Good thing I wont be having any more babies as I would be tempted to use that name.
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My favourite dutch boys name is Keyes, realise that doesn't fit in with the rules.

The option is to consider last names as first names. - Fletcher, Fraser, Campbell, Mitchell

How about Mark/Marcus/Marco

That list is frustrating the two boys names we like have been in the top 10 for over 100 years.

Robert, Simon, Paul or Peter

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Funny Weegee, I was going to be cheeky and say Dominic as that is DHs name - but everyone calls him Dom

Looove Marco!!
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Campbell is cool! i think it goes well with your last name too.

Sorry i dont have many suggestions... we already have a boys name picked out but others i liked were Ashton, Dallas, Elisha.. not sure if they break the rules!


just had a look at the list i love Ryder and Zion too, i wouldnt have thought they were that popular!
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Well personally I don't know whats wrong with Little Bolter , I really liked that name


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Jamie!
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Just kidding! I thought little bolter was awesome too!
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