Where's Radar? I'm waiting for his rant on nonstandard baby names.

I like Jasper for a boy. A little old-fashioned, but not terribly common.

Oh man, Pagan is a really bad idea. I promise. I mean, besides the fact that you've just guaranteed he'll rebel by becoming a rigid fundamentalist, all through his youth he is going to be quietly discriminated against by those same fundamentalists. Can you just imagine, say, his third grade teacher muttering to herself in disgust, "Well I never..." and suddenly his papers just aren't getting the same grades they were the year before? Your child's name is no place for a political statement.

What UT said. Really.

Out of the "lead" names I like Ander only. I dislike names with only one syllable. If you want to shorted in to one, fine, but it should have atleast two for formal reasons.

Your list:
Aislinn - how is the pronounced? ahs-linn or ase-linn? doesn't matter, too girly.
Astrid - no, ugly. again is it ah-strid or ae-strid?
Canyon - I like
Cloud - you already have a g-kid with that in their name
Crimson - I like
Darby - no
Delyth - too girly
Echo - girl name
Gaia/Gaius -no
Guthrie -fuck no
Halcyon -what? i thought y'all wanted easy spellings. maybe i'm just a poor reader, but that is another iffy pronunciation.
Iona - girly
Mab/Maeve - only 1 syllable, no
Meru - its ok
Rhythm - no
Auryn - what?
Xanthe - i like, but its only 1 syllable, so not for a first name
Thea - 1 syllable, no
Revel - its ok
Celedon - really? you serious? no
Cerulean - i like, but might be too girly
Dresdan - sounds like an alien sci-fi book or something. Its OK
Rhys - you know why not
Eris - girly
Silvio - its ok
Declan - its ok
Luka - no, i see a starving eastern european kid with that name
Quetzl - i like it, but it would be hard to spell for some (mainly idiots).
Pagan - no, reasons clod stated
Rune - no, too paganish, and 1 syllable
Beran/Beren - too close to barren (as in unable to produce)
Blaise/Blaze - 1 syllable
Dario (Darius) - i like Darius, and Dario is an acceptable nick-name
Danilo - i like it
Dermell - no
Harper - its ok
Sterling - just don't like it for a name
Silver - same as Sterling
Teru - no
Rio - no, think about it, do you really want to name a boy "river." there will be enuf pee related incidents. you don't need a self-fulling prophecy like this.
Indigo/Inigo/Vigo - Indigo is ok
Ander - i like
Beckett - too much like a last name
Blake - no
Dashiel - i like it
Dayo - i like it
Dax - no
Drake - no
Gian - how do you pronounce?
Flynn - no, its a last name
Jace - no
Jett - no
Kal - no
Lucian - I kinda like it but it sounds like an evil character.
Mac - no
Malachai/Chai/Kai - I like Malachai, but still sounds like an evil character.
Remy - no
Tirso (family name) - that one is interesting
Tru - no
Ty - no
Val - no
Zeke - Only if you go with Ezekiel as the real name
Zuma - kinda girly


Well, thats my opinion for ya. I also like the boy name Elijah, but it didn't make your list. :(

Zen, do you have a "regular" or an "alternative" name?

Alternative when I was young, but getting a little commonplace now.

Hearing it mangled by teachers was bad enough, but it also made an easy target for teasing.

I hate my plain name. Wish I had an "alternative" one. I was teased for plenty of other things, even if I were teased for my name it would be worth it because it would be unique.

Wanna be teased for your name?

Ok. Anything to oblige a lady.

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I think the list includes girly names because the sex of one of the babies is not yet known.

I never minded having a non-common name; I just wish it was more mellifluous.


And.... I spelled that right the first time! Go me!

Thanks MTP--I tend to agree with most of them. That list is more of a brainstorming list, not all of them are under serious consideration. And yeah, one of the kids doesn't know the sex yet, so we are listing both boys and girls names.

Now the front runner seems to be "Orion" for the boy.

Who the hell knows.

Oh, and my name only has one syllable. In fact, my first and last name each have only one syllable--lots of people remember it easily.

I misread that as Onion. Next!

Thor only has one syllable -believe me he doesn't need two!

Thea and Xanthe I would pronounce both with two syllables.

Why not? Gwyneth named a damn child Apple.

How about B. Russell Sprout? Artie Choke? Chopin Broccoli?

I caught that too--Thea def has two syllables, Xanthe I'm not sure about.