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Topic: Yet another help w baby name thread :-) 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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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 8:24pm |
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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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 8:35pm |
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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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 8:44pm |
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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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 8:45pm |
Cameron is one I like, sits well with that you want.
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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:08pm |
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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:11pm |
You see why I need help!
LOL Bob it is
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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:13pm |
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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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:18pm |
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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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:27pm |
Dominic?
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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:43pm |
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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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:44pm |
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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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 9:55pm |
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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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 10:02pm |
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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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 10:09pm |
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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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 10:39pm |
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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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 10:51pm |
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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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 10:57pm |
Well personally I don't know whats wrong with Little Bolter , I really liked that name
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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 11:22pm |
Jamie!
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Posted: 04 April 2010 at 11:23pm |
Just kidding! I thought little bolter was awesome too!
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