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HelpBig, over the top boys' names
As the title says, I guess! Think Petronia, Iphigenia, Artemisia, Eglantine, but for boys.
Firstly, I did a quick BtN search based on syllables. Any that stick out to you, for better or worse? Bolded are my own favourites, but of course I like them all to some degree, hence my picking them out.
Alberico
Aloysius (German pronunciation preferred)
Amadeus
Apolinary
Archelaus
Aureliano
Bartholomew
Benedictus
Benvolio (didn't come up in the search, of course)
Calogero
Hesekiel
Horatio
Konstantin
Leopoldo
Ludovico
Maximiliano
Michelangelo
Montague
Montgomery
Nicodemus
Octavian
Theodosius
Valentino
Zacharias
Zephaniah
Secondly, can you think of any to add to the list? Open to anything, but the clunkier and more ancient, historic the better.
* I'll probably look up Shakespearean names in the morning. Might be some more gems there.*
Much obliged!
Ottilie
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/116467
Firstly, I did a quick BtN search based on syllables. Any that stick out to you, for better or worse? Bolded are my own favourites, but of course I like them all to some degree, hence my picking them out.
Alberico
Aloysius (German pronunciation preferred)
Amadeus
Apolinary
Archelaus
Aureliano
Bartholomew
Benedictus
Benvolio (didn't come up in the search, of course)
Calogero
Hesekiel
Horatio
Konstantin
Leopoldo
Ludovico
Maximiliano
Michelangelo
Montague
Montgomery
Nicodemus
Octavian
Theodosius
Valentino
Zacharias
Zephaniah
Secondly, can you think of any to add to the list? Open to anything, but the clunkier and more ancient, historic the better.
* I'll probably look up Shakespearean names in the morning. Might be some more gems there.*
Much obliged!
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/116467
This message was edited 7/3/2015, 6:20 PM
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My favorites from this list:
Aloysius
Amadeus
Apolinary - Wow I've never seen this but I really like it!
Bartholomew
Leopoldo
Michelangelo - I wish more people would use this. I see Italian-American families use names like Giancarlo and Gianluca but I want them to go all out and use Michelangelo.
Montague
Montgomery
Octavian - My sister used to say she'd name a son Octavian and I hope she really does haha.
How about:
Demetrius - one of my top names
Amerigo
Malvolio
Mercutio
Mercurian - made this up but I kind of like it?
Aloysius
Amadeus
Apolinary - Wow I've never seen this but I really like it!
Bartholomew
Leopoldo
Michelangelo - I wish more people would use this. I see Italian-American families use names like Giancarlo and Gianluca but I want them to go all out and use Michelangelo.
Montague
Montgomery
Octavian - My sister used to say she'd name a son Octavian and I hope she really does haha.
How about:
Demetrius - one of my top names
Amerigo
Malvolio
Mercutio
Mercurian - made this up but I kind of like it?
This message was edited 7/4/2015, 9:19 AM
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I don't really have anything to add. But a compliment because its hard for me to find boy names I like, Even more so ones that stand up to my love of heavy girl names. So this thread is amazing for me to find new boy names. Maeleachlainn in particular has stuck with me.
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Glad my thread helped! :)
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I wouldn't really categorize all of these names like this, some seem quite tame to me! ;) I love Bartholomew.
I'd add these, just off my PNL:
Adalfieri
Ahenobarbus
Alphonsus
Anastasios
Arcangelo
Cadwalader
D'Artagnan
Enguerrand
Ildebrando
Ildefanso
Maeleachlainn
Mathghamhain
Meriwether
Sacheverell
Salathiel
Tegwared
Trevelyan
Vercingetorix
I'd add these, just off my PNL:
Adalfieri
Ahenobarbus
Alphonsus
Anastasios
Arcangelo
Cadwalader
D'Artagnan
Enguerrand
Ildebrando
Ildefanso
Maeleachlainn
Mathghamhain
Meriwether
Sacheverell
Salathiel
Tegwared
Trevelyan
Vercingetorix
This message was edited 7/4/2015, 5:09 AM
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Ooh, I like Arcangelo and Meriwether especially! Thank you!
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My absolute favorite is Montgomery. I would really consider using it if I could find a nickname I love.
With the German pronunciation, I love Aloysius! Alois was my favorite name for so long.
Amadeus is so handsome, it would be higher on my list but it doesn't really fit with my other names.
Aureliano is great but I prefer just Aurelian.
Bartholomew has been really high on my list but as a nickname lover I hate that I can't find a nickname I really love for it.
Montague is one of my top GP names, I just love the sound of it.
I also love Michelangelo, Zacharias, Zephaniah and Valentino.
other names I can think of: Beauregard, Luitpold, Archibald, Lafayette, Leonardo, Barnabas :)
With the German pronunciation, I love Aloysius! Alois was my favorite name for so long.
Amadeus is so handsome, it would be higher on my list but it doesn't really fit with my other names.
Aureliano is great but I prefer just Aurelian.
Bartholomew has been really high on my list but as a nickname lover I hate that I can't find a nickname I really love for it.
Montague is one of my top GP names, I just love the sound of it.
I also love Michelangelo, Zacharias, Zephaniah and Valentino.
other names I can think of: Beauregard, Luitpold, Archibald, Lafayette, Leonardo, Barnabas :)
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I like plain old Monte as a nickname for Montgomery :) Fabulous suggestions - thank you!
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I don't know why I've always found the name amusing, though I can never find it on sites like this
Lisanthius Epicurious
Lisanthius Epicurious
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Oh, I love big, over the top boy's names! (Or just big, over the top names in general.)
Favorites from your list:
Bartholomew
Benedictus
Konstantin
Montgomery
Nicodemus
Zephaniah
Suggestions:
Abednego
Ahasuerus / Akhashverosh / Achshiyarshu
Ambrosius
Aristophanes
Artemisios
Aurelius / Aurelianus
Belteshazzar
Bendigeidfran
Beowulf
Bessarion
Buchanan
Cadwallader
Castiel
Charlemagne
Ectorius
Gadreel
Gildroy / Gilderoy
Gwalchavad
Gwalcmai
Habakkuk
Hrothgar
Ichabod
Josephus
Leondegrance
Maher-shalal-hash-baz
Manawyddan
Mephibosheth
Meriadoc
Matityahu
Naphtali
Nebuchadnezzar
Peregrinus
Philippus
Ptolemy
Quetzalcoatl
Taliesin
Thelonius
Theodoric
Theodosius
Tiresias
Uzziah
Vortigern / Gwrtheyrn / Wyrtgeorn / Guorthigern / Foirtchern
Ysbaddaden
Zaphnath-Paaneah
Zerubbabel
Zophiel
Favorites from your list:
Bartholomew
Benedictus
Konstantin
Montgomery
Nicodemus
Zephaniah
Suggestions:
Abednego
Ahasuerus / Akhashverosh / Achshiyarshu
Ambrosius
Aristophanes
Artemisios
Aurelius / Aurelianus
Belteshazzar
Bendigeidfran
Beowulf
Bessarion
Buchanan
Cadwallader
Castiel
Charlemagne
Ectorius
Gadreel
Gildroy / Gilderoy
Gwalchavad
Gwalcmai
Habakkuk
Hrothgar
Ichabod
Josephus
Leondegrance
Maher-shalal-hash-baz
Manawyddan
Mephibosheth
Meriadoc
Matityahu
Naphtali
Nebuchadnezzar
Peregrinus
Philippus
Ptolemy
Quetzalcoatl
Taliesin
Thelonius
Theodoric
Theodosius
Tiresias
Uzziah
Vortigern / Gwrtheyrn / Wyrtgeorn / Guorthigern / Foirtchern
Ysbaddaden
Zaphnath-Paaneah
Zerubbabel
Zophiel
This message was edited 7/4/2015, 3:34 AM
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Amazing list of suggestions, thank you!
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Archibald immediately sprang to mind when I saw the title, even though I've never thought of it as particularly over the top before.
Gregorio
Cornelius
Aemilianus
Coriolanus
Gustav
Ignatuis
Tarquinius
Cygnus
Kingsleigh
Ambrosius
Vladimir
Theophilus
Aegeus
Agrippa
Domhnall
Isidoros
Leonidas
Lysandros
Andronicus
Cassander
Siegfried
Diederich
Barnabas
Carolus
Everard
Phineas
Nigellus
Emmerich
Gervasius
Casimir
Ferdinand
Killian
Marcellus
Publius
Hyperion
Norbert
Percival
Wulfric
Augustus
Quirinus
Rodolphus
Regulus
Thorsten
Waldemar
Franciscus
Radomir
Rostislav
Ahenobarbus
Hortensius
Scaevola
Saturninus
Tertius
Scipio
Vespasian
That was a lot of fun :)
Gregorio
Cornelius
Aemilianus
Coriolanus
Gustav
Ignatuis
Tarquinius
Cygnus
Kingsleigh
Ambrosius
Vladimir
Theophilus
Aegeus
Agrippa
Domhnall
Isidoros
Leonidas
Lysandros
Andronicus
Cassander
Siegfried
Diederich
Barnabas
Carolus
Everard
Phineas
Nigellus
Emmerich
Gervasius
Casimir
Ferdinand
Killian
Marcellus
Publius
Hyperion
Norbert
Percival
Wulfric
Augustus
Quirinus
Rodolphus
Regulus
Thorsten
Waldemar
Franciscus
Radomir
Rostislav
Ahenobarbus
Hortensius
Scaevola
Saturninus
Tertius
Scipio
Vespasian
That was a lot of fun :)
This message was edited 7/3/2015, 9:02 PM
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Ah, what a list! Thank you!
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I like...
Amadeus for its excellent rhythm
Montague because its Duck's real name (Thomas the Tank Engine)
Montgomery for its amusing rubber-boots and mud-puddles sound
Michelangelo because a small, reddish painting
Valentino for its total over-the-top, rose-between-the-teeth romance
I might add...
Benvenuto
Baladeva
Phinneas
Aristotle
Spyridon
Chandrakant
Ignacious (has to win for ugliness!)
Maverick
Carruthers
Taliesin
Amadeus for its excellent rhythm
Montague because its Duck's real name (Thomas the Tank Engine)
Montgomery for its amusing rubber-boots and mud-puddles sound
Michelangelo because a small, reddish painting
Valentino for its total over-the-top, rose-between-the-teeth romance
I might add...
Benvenuto
Baladeva
Phinneas
Aristotle
Spyridon
Chandrakant
Ignacious (has to win for ugliness!)
Maverick
Carruthers
Taliesin
This message was edited 7/3/2015, 8:42 PM
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Thank you! Aristotle could be very interesting irl.
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Taliesin is pretty everyday where I am. I know four!
:)
:)
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