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HelpRe: Rip these names to shreds
in reply to a message by Ottilie
Like the most:
Robin: I love Robin for a boy either as a nick name for Robert or on its own.
Amyas: Nice, it sounds like it would make an excellent name for a hero in a knightly quest. I added it my own list just now.
Dmitri: One of my favorites although I can never decide on the best spelling.
Ivo: Short, strong, fun and not overly used
Lucian: Smooth and enduring like a well tailored three piece suit in the best sense.
Raleigh: a name ready for adventure and perhaps a little mischief
Like:
Finn/ Finbar: I really like Finbar as the full form of Finn. It makes me think of a hero from Irish lore.
Ira: a nice name that always makes me sadly remember the lack of appreciation that Ira Hayes and many other returning soldiers experience.
Quinn: nice enough
Elias: Good solid name with history
Haydn: I like it when I think of Joseph Haydn, but it is becoming ridiculously trendy where I live.
Okay/Tolerable:
Rafferty: Alright. Inexplicably, I want to use it a rhyme. Raphael can also use the nick name Rafe and is less surnamey.
Amos: This name has really grown on me of late. In a story of mine, it is the name of a wise, elderly Appalachian man of Merlin like aspect with nature magic abilities.
Amaury: I love the flow and romantic feel, but it reminds me of now girl names Aubrey and Ashley. Upon first hearing it, many people would assume Amaury was a girl.
Viggo: Nice, handsome name. Viggo Mortensen comes to mind.
Ingo: okay
Walter: not bad, but not great
Least Like:
Rupert: It has an unpleasant sound to me although some entertaining name sakes.
Winston: As greatly as I appreciate Winston Churchill’s determination, grit, and sense of humor, I tend to think of Winston as a name for a loyal bulldog.
Tobias: I detest the nick name Toby, and the full name sounds a little stuffy like a kid from a preppy British boarding school.
Hardy: It’s good to have a robust constitution, but I don’t care for it as a name. Vitus and Vidal mean "full of life" which is similar and more handsome.
Avery: the girls have seized and castrated it. Sorry.
Jonah: down in the belly of a great blue whale
Valentine: Valentin is better, but it still has that “will you be my valentine” or “mommy’s little valentine” sickly sweetness.
Ridley: Let us be rid of it.
Otto: dislike
August is classically handsome. From your list, I would pair it with Lucien and Dmitri. Or outside of what you've mentioned, August, Everard and Constantine. August, Julian and Nicholas also work well. Or to mix things up a little, August, Dominic and Reuel.
Robin: I love Robin for a boy either as a nick name for Robert or on its own.
Amyas: Nice, it sounds like it would make an excellent name for a hero in a knightly quest. I added it my own list just now.
Dmitri: One of my favorites although I can never decide on the best spelling.
Ivo: Short, strong, fun and not overly used
Lucian: Smooth and enduring like a well tailored three piece suit in the best sense.
Raleigh: a name ready for adventure and perhaps a little mischief
Like:
Finn/ Finbar: I really like Finbar as the full form of Finn. It makes me think of a hero from Irish lore.
Ira: a nice name that always makes me sadly remember the lack of appreciation that Ira Hayes and many other returning soldiers experience.
Quinn: nice enough
Elias: Good solid name with history
Haydn: I like it when I think of Joseph Haydn, but it is becoming ridiculously trendy where I live.
Okay/Tolerable:
Rafferty: Alright. Inexplicably, I want to use it a rhyme. Raphael can also use the nick name Rafe and is less surnamey.
Amos: This name has really grown on me of late. In a story of mine, it is the name of a wise, elderly Appalachian man of Merlin like aspect with nature magic abilities.
Amaury: I love the flow and romantic feel, but it reminds me of now girl names Aubrey and Ashley. Upon first hearing it, many people would assume Amaury was a girl.
Viggo: Nice, handsome name. Viggo Mortensen comes to mind.
Ingo: okay
Walter: not bad, but not great
Least Like:
Rupert: It has an unpleasant sound to me although some entertaining name sakes.
Winston: As greatly as I appreciate Winston Churchill’s determination, grit, and sense of humor, I tend to think of Winston as a name for a loyal bulldog.
Tobias: I detest the nick name Toby, and the full name sounds a little stuffy like a kid from a preppy British boarding school.
Hardy: It’s good to have a robust constitution, but I don’t care for it as a name. Vitus and Vidal mean "full of life" which is similar and more handsome.
Avery: the girls have seized and castrated it. Sorry.
Jonah: down in the belly of a great blue whale
Valentine: Valentin is better, but it still has that “will you be my valentine” or “mommy’s little valentine” sickly sweetness.
Ridley: Let us be rid of it.
Otto: dislike
August is classically handsome. From your list, I would pair it with Lucien and Dmitri. Or outside of what you've mentioned, August, Everard and Constantine. August, Julian and Nicholas also work well. Or to mix things up a little, August, Dominic and Reuel.
This message was edited 7/21/2015, 5:42 PM
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