unusual boys names

[devaretha.livejournal.com]

Toying with these names lately:

Kai
Blaise
Asher
Vaughn
Shea (or Shay - though my DH thinks this sounds like a girl's name)
Boaz

WDYT? And are there any additional, similar names that you might add? I just feel that I see the same boys names repeated again and again and I'm interested in some variety to chose from.

Comments

[calixbat.livejournal.com]

Love Kai.
Hate Blaise... sounds like a stoner.
I think Asher is cute.
Vaughn sounds like an old man name to me but it's not awful.
I like Shay but it is for sure a girls name to me. I think of an all girl group named Shaye, after a female.
I hate Boaz.. Im not even sure how you would say it BOZE or Bow-azz? Either way I think it's awful.

[janenx01.livejournal.com]

I love Blaise and Asher. Kai and Shea are ugh for me. I'm neutral on Vaughn and Boaz. Actually, I think Boaz gets a neutral plus.

[pianokitten.livejournal.com]

i LOVE Asher, and Shea is cute. Shea is more masculine, Shay is more feminine, but it's a generally unisex name IMO.

Vaughn makes me think of Vince Vaughn and Stevie Ray Vaughan and i loooooooove both of them. lol

Kai, Blaise, and Boaz, just not a fan. not at all.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

I like Kai, Asher, and Vaughn. Have you ever tried nymbler.com? You can put in names you like and it'll offer suggestions based on those names. Maybe you could find some similar names there that you liked!

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

They all kind of sound like surfers or skateboarders. I like Asher, but that's about it.

Brody
Cary
Dean
Grady
Grant
Heath
Indio
Jude
Kerry
Rory
Wyatt

[soundofbusiness.livejournal.com]

Asher is the only one I like out of those names.

[mrssubee.livejournal.com]

I like Vaughn

[kimberpotamus.livejournal.com]

I like Vaughn, it's my older brothers name. A lot of people say it sounds so manly.

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

Love Asher. Blaise and Vaughn are nice. Kai's OK but NMS. Boaz is kind of atrocious, and Shea will always be a girl's name to me.

[truthbetold.livejournal.com]

I've always like the name Kai.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I would say Shea or Shay were more feminine names, but that might have something to do with that I only know of girls with that name.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Kai has always seemed too chopped-off to be a 'real' name to me. There's nothing wrong with it, I guess. I just keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Blaise is a little over-the-top, imo. Kind of a stripper name, even on a boy.

Asher, I like okay. Not a favorite, but it has a nice sound, it's modern and stylish but not super common.

Vaughn I just don't like at all. It's ugly-looking, ugly-sounding, and it's a last name, not a first name.

I like Shea a lot, but I have to say I'm with the DH. It sounds feminine to me. I know it isn't. In Scotland (Ireland?) it's a traditional boy's name. But we're not in Scotland. Names starting in "Sh" tend to sound feminine here.

Boaz comes with the very appealing nickname Bo. In its full form, though, I find it to be almost a character of a hick name. Some kid in overalls learning to drive a tractor. Frankly, I have a soft spot for hick culture. But I still don't like Boaz.

So, of your choices here, the only one I recommend is Asher. Other suggestions: Shane, Bryce, Finn, Archer, Rhys/Reece, Zane, Reid, Tate, Ari, Cade.

[renishas.livejournal.com]

Kai- I'd like it for writing purposes, probably not for actual baby name purposes.

Blaise- I love this name but my husband makes Dodgeball references every time I bring it up.

Asher- I'm not a fan.

Vaughn- Also not a fan.

Shea/Shay- I like it. I think Shea come off a little less feminine than Shay.

Boaz- I think of snakes...

[babyjess8.livejournal.com]

Kai - nms
Blaise - nms
Asher - LOVE!!!
Vaughn - I like it as a middle name. Very underused in my country
Shea - it's ok
Boaz - cool sounding

As mentioned by another poster, they do kinda sound like surfer names... I always pictured my own yet-to-be firstborn son Asher as a blonde haired surfer boy.

Other names that I think are surfer-type:
Taj
Bohdi
Garett
Tate/Taite
Lee/Leigh
Orson
Sean/Shaun
Rafe
Xander
Xavier
Jesse
Bran/Brand/Brandt

[frost.livejournal.com]

Kai- I've always liked.
Blaise- I don't really like. For some reason, this name seems snobby to me, haha.
Asher- I kind of like. Someone above mentioned skateboarders, and I agree with this one. Either that, or a surfer.
Vaughn- Don't really like.
Shea/Shay- Though I sometimes shorten my name to Shay, I definitely consider it a boy's name. (It's Irish.) I generally see this on boys and when it isn't- the girl is American. I like it on boys, not on girls.
Boaz- I really don't like this one. Makes me think of the "Ten Inch Hero" character. :)

[killer-inme.livejournal.com]

I love Asher. But Hate Blaise
Vaughn's alright. Boaz just reminds me of booze

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

Kai, Vaughn and Blaise definitely sound like stoner surfer names (take it from me.. I grew up in a surf town).

I love Asher, Shea is nice and I think Shay is pretty for a girl.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like Kai.

Shea is one of my favorite girl's names, but I think it's okay on boys too.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I've seen a few Kais lately, which is strange because I don't consider it a common name in the slightest. I find the name odd, personally. I don't hate it, but I don't necessarily like it either.

Actually, Asher is the only name I like. The others are fine, just not my style.

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I like Asher. I'm not such a fan of the rest.

[sweetest-asylum.livejournal.com]

I love Kai and Asher (weren't these both on the list i posted lol)

The only Vaughn I knew was a girl.

What about Graham?

[politicking.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine has a son whose middle name is Kai. She often calls him that. I really like it, it's something that is nice on a little boy, but also on a grown man.

A girl I went to school with has a brother named Blaise... he also has red hair, so he got "Blaze" comments alot in school lol.

One of my bff's from school has a son named Asher. I love the name.

Vaughn- I love. It's a name we threw around for our daughter before we found out she was a girl.
I agree that Shea/Shay is a girl's name. I don't like it on a boy much.
Boaz- I don't like at all. I want to say it like Boa's, like the plural of Boa.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Kai - I used to like it, but it does have waaay too much of a surfer vibe for me to ever use it. Plus, I like longer names. This seems too much like it just a nickname.
Blaise - I can see where someone said this name made them think of someone snobby. It is a sort of uppercrust name. It actually makes me think of Blaise Zambini in Harry Potter.
Asher - It's okay.
Vaughn - Part of me kind of likes it, but it has a kind of skatery sound to it.
Shea/Shay - I used to really like it. I'm not really into it anymore, but it would be cool to see someone use it on a boy.
Boaz - This makes me think of feather boas, first and foremost. Probably NOT what you want people to think of when they hear your son's name. It also makes me think of snakes.

[therachel.livejournal.com]

I love Boaz.
I had a professor named Boaz and he is a wonderful, wonderful man.
Vaughn is nice too.
Asher is cute, and you could call him Ash for short. I like.