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babynamesI can't sleep at night because boy names keep dancing through my head. We made a list of ones we actually *agree* on (granted - we don't know that this baby is a boy and won't know until he/she makes themselves known). So, brutal honesty. That's what I need. Tell me what you think of these boy names, please. Not sure that it matters, but my first born is Simon.
- Samuel
- Otto
- Oliver
- Declan
- Ian
- Milo
- Adrian
Thanks!
- Samuel
- Otto
- Oliver
- Declan
- Ian
- Milo
- Adrian
Thanks!
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Date: 2007-01-17 05:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-17 05:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-17 05:27 pm (UTC)- Otto - Spunky but maybe a little too silly sounding. I'm not sure every boy could pull this off, but if they could it would be great.
- Oliver - The epitome of bobo (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bobo&r=f) naming in my mind.
- Declan - It's growing on me.
- Ian - nice
- Milo - Similar to Oliver for me.
- Adrian - One of those names I find too feminine on boys and too masculine on girls (as Adrienne). I just don't care for it.
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Date: 2007-01-17 05:30 pm (UTC)More than you wanted to know?
Date: 2007-01-17 05:34 pm (UTC)Declan and Samuel are good, too.
Adrian and Ian I don't care for so much. I don't know why.
I like Miles but Milo puts me off, probably because of the movie The Adventures of Milo and Otis, which I hated.
The name Otto makes me think of the school bus driver from The Simpsons saying, "My name is Otto, and I love to get blotto."
But those are just my personal prejudices...
I think the name Simon is very cute, btw.
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Date: 2007-01-17 05:38 pm (UTC)I also like Declan and Ian depending on your last name. A friend of mine whose last name is Jarrell (JAIR-el) said he had thought of naming his future son Declan, and I loved it because I think Declan Jarrell sounds awesome.
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Date: 2007-01-17 05:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-17 05:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-17 05:45 pm (UTC)Re: More than you wanted to know?
Date: 2007-01-17 05:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-17 06:00 pm (UTC)Oliver and Milo are my faves =)
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Date: 2007-01-17 06:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-17 06:37 pm (UTC)My younger brother's boys are Simon & Oliver, that's the first thing I thought of when reading this post.
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Date: 2007-01-17 06:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-17 07:07 pm (UTC)- Otto - Not so much. It's an icky name to me
- Oliver - Okayish.. I'm not a huge fan but it's not horrible
- Declan - NMS at all..
- Ian - Good name, but not special.
- Milo - eeh..
- Adrian - Another good name.
Out of them all, I like Samuel best, but paired with Simon, I'd personally go with Oliver or Adrian.
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Date: 2007-01-17 07:21 pm (UTC)Otto - sounds like something you'd name a dog.. not a kid. Cute as a nn maybe? Not sure what for.. so I'm no help there.
Oliver - It's cute, just not my style
Declan - don't really care for this
Ian - I like it.. just not in love with it.. but a decent name that you couldn't go wrong with.
Milo - I'll have to agree with an earlier poster.. I like Miles better.
Adrian - Just don't like this name on a boy.
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Date: 2007-01-17 09:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-17 09:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-17 10:40 pm (UTC)- Otto - bus driver on the Simpsons
- Oliver - LOVE!
- Declan - not too sure about this
- Ian - okay
- Milo - I used to love this name, but now a friend of mine has a dog named Milo. So now I just like it
- Adrian - not bad, but I always think of it as a feminine name... not sure why
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Date: 2007-01-18 12:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-18 12:39 am (UTC)Otto is the only "bad" name on your list which seems to be what a lot of other people have commented too. It firstly conjures up a really stereotyped image to me - a round little German boy who wears overalls and clogs and his parents run a chocolate factory and he stuffs himself with chocolate all day. Next comes Otto the bus driver from the simpsons. Then next, I can imagine it on a pet.
Oliver is a decent name but my personal taste is that I don't like any names with the sound "liv" in them.
Declan is good, I like Ian and Adrian a lot too.... Milo is not a name to me, it's a drink, but unless you live in Australia then that probably isn't an issue for you.
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Date: 2007-01-18 12:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-18 03:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-18 06:11 am (UTC)Though I never liked the name before I met him, mind you :P
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Date: 2007-01-18 10:59 am (UTC)- Samuel
but I´d name the second boy samuel when my first boy is called simon
- Otto
oh no..please not !!
- Oliver
- Declan
- Ian
- Milo
- Adrian
I think adrian, milo , but declan would also be nice with simon !
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Date: 2007-01-18 11:00 am (UTC)sorry
I would NOT
sorry
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Date: 2007-01-18 04:31 pm (UTC)Re: More than you wanted to know?
Date: 2007-01-18 06:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-18 06:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-18 06:46 pm (UTC)Re: More than you wanted to know?
Date: 2007-01-18 07:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-18 10:11 pm (UTC)Oliver is also lovely but he'd most likely end up being called Oli - which doesn't do the name justice! Also, it's getting very popular.
Declan is nice, but does just make me think of Ant and Dec (but I guess no one outside of the UK knows who they are anyway?)
Otto seems kind of incomplete, but apart from that I can't really decide if I like it or not.
Ian is ok. It's a decent strong name. But it does seem a little dull to me.
Milo is really lovely, but perhaps would stand stronger as a nickname for Miles.
Adrian is a really great name. I'd go for Adrian or Milo/Miles.