New to naming needs help with boy names.
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New to naming needs help with boy names.
| Tue, 02-07-2006 - 10:36pm |
I need help with baby boy names. I never expected to be pregnant at 22, and have never spent a day in my life thinking about nursery decor, baby-proofing, parenting styles, or any of this stuff, much less BABY NAMES!!! It is going to be a boy, and I need help! Boy choices in books and online seem to be the same list repeated over and over again. My intention is to stay as far away from this list as possible without giving the kid a name that is weird. Here are my only criteria:
Nothing that starts with the letter M, because the baby's last name will be McCloud.
Nothing that can be shortened into a nickname, as a Thomas and a Jessica, my boyfriend and I feel VERY strongly about this issue.
No unisex names--must be masculine.
Would prefer Irish name, but not necessary.
Baby will probably have middle name of Emory, a family name from bf's side.
Can't be Peyton, Bryce, or Ethan b/c his cousins have those names already.
A few we like, but aren't crazy about: Chase, Ezekiel (a possible exception to nickname issue with nickname of Zeke,) Owen, Colin/Collin, Sawyer(may be too hard for me to say correctly without sounding like a hillbilly.)
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Nothing that starts with the letter M, because the baby's last name will be McCloud.
Nothing that can be shortened into a nickname, as a Thomas and a Jessica, my boyfriend and I feel VERY strongly about this issue.
No unisex names--must be masculine.
Would prefer Irish name, but not necessary.
Baby will probably have middle name of Emory, a family name from bf's side.
Can't be Peyton, Bryce, or Ethan b/c his cousins have those names already.
A few we like, but aren't crazy about: Chase, Ezekiel (a possible exception to nickname issue with nickname of Zeke,) Owen, Colin/Collin, Sawyer(may be too hard for me to say correctly without sounding like a hillbilly.)
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

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I think Sean Emory McCloud sounds very masculine, and very Irish!! I also like
Colin Emory McCloud. Hope that helps!!
Liz
Hi there, Jessica. Congrats on your little boy! I like your criteria; a name being masculine is very important. It's hard these days too, because people are using boy names on girls a lot! Here are my thoughts on your short list:
Chase-I like this, but only as a nn for Charles. It's a bit popular too, but only seems like in certain areas. I do like the sound of Chase Emory McCloud though.
Ezekiel (a possible exception to nickname issue with nickname of Zeke,)-I like that. Zeke McCloud totally sounds like a movie star!
Owen-This is nice, but fairly popular.
Colin/Collin-I like this a lot, but definilty w/one L. I don't know where that two L spelling came from, but it doesn't look right. Colin McCloud is sort of a tounge twister.
Sawyer(may be too hard for me to say correctly without sounding like a hillbilly.)-Hahaha...I used to think that about this name too. After I heard it a few times though, it started sounding pretty good. It's definitly not very common, & can't be shortened.
Here are a few more that you might like:
Alastair
Blaise
Blaine
Byron
Brighton
Brennan
Catcher
Everett
Elias
Finn
Flynn
Fletcher
Forrest
Foster
Holden
Jasper/Jass
Levi
Leo
Oscar
Rhett
Rhys
Rafe
Ross
Sebastian
Stewart
Satch(el)
Silas
Trevor
Travis
Tate
Thane
West(on)
Zane
Zev
Hope this helps!
Oh, I just remembered that you wanted Irish suggestions too! Here are some of those:
Conall-Cool, but maybe not w/your ln.
Cian
Declan-Although I don't like Declan McClouD. That probably doesn't bother normal people. ;)
Eamon-Although EaMon McCloud...ahh. Eamon is cool though!
Ferris
Kieran
Lachlan
Nolan
Niall-Said like the river.
Oisin-Oo-sheen.
Patrick/Patch
Padraic
Padraig
Rory-Ah, maybe too unisex. I like it for a boy!
Riordan-Another D, but oh well.
Tiernan
Tadgh-Said like the first part of tiger, as in the cat.
And one more that you might like that isn't Irish: Thatcher.
goodness, lets see!
Abram
Oliver
Hudson
Grant
Harrison
Anderson
Sebastian
Cooper
Spencer
Derek
Isaac
Peter
Jamison
Kaelan
Sean
Patrick
Heath
Seth
Brett
Christian
Jesse
HTH!
Brody
Donovan
Quinn
Sean
Kirk
Graham
Liam
Ryder
Rhett
Travis
..these were the distinctive, irish-kinda names i thought of for a boy. GL2U
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