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Cal
Grey -
I thought of a few more:
Cy (as in Cy Twombley or Cy Young)
Amos
Abel -
Names I think are cool but were too outside the box for me, I’m the opposite of you and a bit more traditional
Dax / Dex (I’ve actually met a sahd with the name Dax and thought it’s really cool)
Mack
Zeke
Beau
Ace
Abe
HughI know a baby named Jett and think it’s cool for the right person.
Also have seen a couple of Jaggers around nyc and they call them “Jag” for short.And this is really out there but there was a Sonic at my sons school last year.
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@poppygirl15: Oh yeah, I knew a Cy in high school and thought it was really cool.
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@ChiCalGoBee: I just posted Hugh and then saw your post. So “Hugh” could also be a nod to LH.
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Theo
James
Hank
Kell (I'm reading the "A Darker Shade of Magic" trilogy and love this character name) -
@SweetiePie: and I have to smile at your post, because I had a student named Jagger, and his little brother was Jett!
I like “Hugh” as a nod to Langston Hughes!
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@ChiCalGoBee: I love the name Hugh. It was near the top of my list but I decided we’re just not cool enough to pull it off
I went to high school with a Hugh (he was a couple years older) and his friends/all the girls called him Huey and I just thought it was so cute/cool. -
Oh growing up my mom babysat a boy named Webb.
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Congrats!! I remember when you were expecting your daughter when I was expecting my second kiddo. I like Ethan on your list for obvious reasons. I liked the suggestion of other poet names too.
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One more! Ira.
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I saw these at work but didn’t have time to respond individually. I giggled thinking about Mick Jagger. And then there’s Hugh Heifner I believe.
Dh did a complete 180 and suggested Langston and Benjamin. Not my style at all! This will be very hard to find a blend we both *love*. Or maybe, it’ll just be what can we live with. So far, we agree on Ethan or Luke. But, the baby doesn’t feel like a Luke.
@cascademom: lol I know right.
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Eep! Three months later and we still don't have a name. We were set on Elijah for a while but it doesn't quite work with our last name. Reminds me of a famous King. Shamelessly bumping to see if anyone has any fresh ideas we may not have thought of? We have literally gone through the baby name book twice!!
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Penn?
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@Raspberry: DH would say reminds him of Penn State and we are huge SEC fans lol.
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Max is pretty traditional but short and cute
How about Asa? Or Ari
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@magnolia: I don't want to sound like I'm shooting everything down lol. Dh has said Max is a dog's name and he argues with me that Ari and a host of other names are actually "girl" names. He doesn't believe in unisex names. I loved Morgan for a while- come on Morgan Freeman is totally a man! I also liked Audrey which is a family name, but he says it's girl name. I'll give him that- the family member is a female lol.
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@dc yoga bee: hey I love a challenge ha! I’ve only ever known Ari and Morgan to be male.
ETA to add
Drew
Felix
Sandro
Vigo -
@magnolia: Meh. I'm looking for something trendy and hip? I also liked names like Elias, maybe Liam, Kai, Steffan. DH's favorites were Luke and Lucas. But, I thought those sounded rough on the tongue if that makes sense. E names with our last name are out.
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@dc yoga bee: Have y'all tried the tinder for baby names app? It's mentioned in this article.
I like: Whit, Ford, Wells, Caleb
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@dc yoga bee: I like Liam too. It’s extremely popular right now. Every other kid at the school where I work is named Liam.
Do you mean names ending in E or beginning?
Luka?
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@LBee: That's the swiping one right? Yes, we did that and we both swiped on Ethan but then decided it's a back up if nothing else sticks. So, I like the name Ford. But I hate Ford cars! Am I thinking too hard?
@magnolia: DH doesn't like Liam but he likes William. William is too traditional for me. My name was #1 in the 80's for years and years. I was one of three in my classes. I see another person with my name darn near everyday. I don't care about popularity vs. obscure. E in the beginning. Anything that remotely sounds like Elvis given our last name
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@dc yoga bee: thinking way too hard. Alternatively, I like Toyotas but didn’t consider it for a child’s name.
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@LBee: I just think I'd always think of Ford cars. And my family really really hates Fords in particular!
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@dc yoga bee: I have an extremely obscure name that no one can pronounce or spell. I’d take a popular one any day. If you love it is all that matters
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@dc yoga bee: I like Silas given your parameters.
This isn’t short necessary, but what about Xavier? We considered maya for a girl but didn’t use it, but if she has been a boy we probably would have gone with Xavier, nickname X.We had such a hard time coming up with our second kids name. We finally settled on a name we love but it’s so very popular.
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What about Lincoln or Elliott?
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Asher?
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Chase, Grant, Lyle, Boone, Campbell/Camp for short, Brem, Graham, Miles, Whit, Rhett
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We have a Benjamin/Ben and Harrison (nn Harris, but we almost always call him Harrison). I wanted not too common, but easy to pronounce because I have a unique/hard to pronounce name and it’s a pain. Congratulations, boys are fun!
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Wells
Cook
Brooks
Nash
Ames
Clyde
Davis
Ian -
Hugo
Rei/Ray
Dermot
Nate
Callan -
Boy names are fun but, imo, hard to agree on. DH went back and forth until I was 38/39 weeks!
My ideas were Leo, Miles and Theo as good-sounding pairs with Maya...but I see them listed more than once here so I have a few more ideas...
Knox
Lelan
Ellis
Jed or Jeb
Also “initial names” like JB (like another 20th century writer James Baldwin to pair with Maya Angelou) -
Grant
Simon
Clive
Thorin
Emmett
Declan
Owen
Seth -
benno
cayo
march
bosco
luther
amos
roscoe -
Tom/Thom? I know a few people who are just named Tom, not Thomas.
I also like Hugh/Hugo.
In any case, I think a lot of short boy names will go well with your DD’s name, it’s so lovely!
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