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HelpRe: Current Long List For Boys: First Names and Combos - Opinions?
in reply to a message by Dianatiger
Sorry but most of these sound like fantasy-fanfic names, and not real-people names.
Adrian: It's okay but only just okay.
Alaric: Too fanficky.
Alastair: Only if you're an elderly Brit. Kind of stereotypical.
Alby: Al B. Sure? Actualy it sounds like something people with albinism would call themselves, like Aspy or Little People.
Algernon: Take twice a day for seasonal allergies.
Alphonse: And his friend Gaston, strolling down the boulevard arm in arm, wearing striped shirts and berets and possibly carrying baguettes. Too cliche. I do like Alfonso.
Amraphel: No idea what this is even supposed to be.
Ambrose: A friend knows one, but his Ambrose goes by his mn which is Eric, and has always hated Ambrose.
Andreas: Not really but I like both Andre and Andrew.
Antony: Put the h back where you found and leave it there and it's a great name.
Apollo: Maybe for a dog.
Aramis: Afterhsave.
Arlo: Kind of nice, in a very country way, but now I suspect it's urban/suburban hipsters using it.
Artemas: It's still a goddess no matter what vowel you use.
Asher: Gesundheit!
Asterion: It sounds like a health insurance company.
Astrophel: Very Harry Potter sounding.
Atticus: *yawn*
Azriel: I know one Azriel. He was a black cat someone had. I was told Azriel was an angel of death someplace.
Barrow: Wheelbarrow. Or Clyde Barrow of Bonnie and Clyde fame.
Basil: Possibly the most sterotypically posh old British you can get. Can't take it seriously.
Bastian: Fanficky.
Benedict: Eggs or popes.
Bram: Kind of like onomatopoeia for a growling collision.
Bramwell: If you do it really well it's a bram-well.
Bran: Like Fiber.
Branimir: Slavic for fiber?
Branwell: Truly this is a great name for a tasteless cereal targeted at old people with constipation.
Callum: And this sounds like lotion to put on your calluses.
Casimir: Russian villain.
Casper: A friendly ghost. I have also more than once heard black people use this as an insult toward lighter-skinned black people or whites.
Caspian: Fanfic.
Castor: Castor oil. Ick.
Cedric: Not bad, though I can't help but remember Cedric the Entertainer.
Charlie: This is cool.
Ciro: I go to my chiro when my back hurts. Oh wait, chee-ro... I guess if you're Japense it's fine.
Collin: I like Colin better.
Cosmo: Seinfeld's goofy friend, or the tacky magazine or the drink.
Courage: An exhortation more than a name.
Cullen: Twilight fangirl's dream name, circa 2006.
Damascus: No.
David: Can't go wrong.
Desiderius: A few thousand years too late.
Dexter: I think it would be a cute name for a dog.
Dimitri: Not bad.
Dominic: Handsome, in a mafia sort of way.
Duncan: I can hear the pastry being dunked noisily into coffee and being pulled out dripping.
Edmund: I like Edward better but this is okay, if Eddie or Ted are used. His last name better not have a fitz sound in it.
Edward: Fine.
Elias: Prefer Elijah.
Enzo: Great if you're Italian.
Ezra: Always makes me think of throwing up sounds.
Faron: Hello, walls, as Faron Young sang way back when.
Ferris: Bueller.
Finch: Ever seen "American Pie?" Nobody who has should ever name a son this because having to call him repeatedly will be embarrassing in public and maybe even private.
Finn: Blah.
Flint: Oh, isn't he just so macho and hard and solid and all that.
Frederick: Not crazy about it but Fred feels like an old-fashioned, somewhat grumpy but very kind old uncle.
Garrison: Dull.
Graham: Another cliche British.
Grant: Like a grunt.
Greer: Like teeth grinding.
Harbor: Harbor resentment, harbor germs, harbor a fugitive.
Henry: It's fine.
Honor: Old-fashioned, prissy girls' name.
Hugo: Villainous.
Indigo: Female.
James: Favorite.
Jasper: Maybe for a pet.
Joaquin: I like a lot of Spanish names but not this one the wah-keen sound is unpleasant.
Jonas: I like Jonah better.
Jonathan: Love.
Joshua: Don't like as much as I did twenty or thirty years back but it's fine.
Julian: Wimpy.
Julius: I kind of like this, it's eccentric and Roman or not, doesn't take itself too seriously.
Kai: Just a sound.
Klaus: Sinister, Nazi vibes.
Lance: Empty-headed, blankly handsome surfer from the eighties.
Laszlo: Comical.
Leo: Boring.
Leonardo: Hate it.
Linus: There's only one Linus for my heart, and it ain't Pauling.
Luca: He lives on the second floor.
Lucas: Never liked.
Lucius: HP fangirl who thinks Draco Malfoy is sexy.
Luke: It's all right.
Malachi: Never got the appeal.
Maxfield: Just doesn't feel like a first name. He'd just be another Max anyhow.
Maximus: Pretentious.
Maxwell: Prissy.
Merit: Without any.
Midas: Midas well face it, you're addicted to love. Repeat three million times till fade-out. And keep your hands off my stuff, I don't need it turning to gold.
Miles: This is nice.
Milo: This isn't so nice.
Nehemiah: Too vowely.
Niall: Never knew how to say it. Kneel, or Nile? Don't like either.
Nico: Cutesy.
Nicodemus: Sounds like a disease.
Nigel: I would never want the letters N-i-g in that order in my name. And this is too cliche British.
Nilo: Don't get.
Noah: Love it.
Noble: Like naming someone Baron or Prince.
Oliver: Sick of it.
Onyx: Female, and overly flashy and dramatic.
Osias: Doesn't look like anything.
Osiris: Not a happy association.
Oswell: Oswell that ends well, I guess.
Phineas: Like a body part.
Phoenix: Not on a person.
Pollux: Too close to Polacks.
Raphael: I like Rafael all right but for some reason the ph annoys me.
Reiner: Klaus's henchman.
Rhett: Like throwing up. And very faux-cowboy.
Rigel: Don't know how to say it, and regal and wriggle are not attractive.
River: Sick of it.
Robin: If you're a boy named Robin you better be English.
Rowen: Don't like.
Rupert: Another British cliche.
Russell: I like this but don't know why.
Sebastian: It's better than Bastian.
Simon: Has a sinister sound.
Soren: Sore.
Sparrow: Little twittery bird. Bad for a boy, almost as bad on a girl.
Stellan: Beer.
Sterling: It's nice. Don't let Midas anywhere near him.
Sylvester: Puddy-tat or Stallone.
Taran: No.
Tennyson: Tenny-shoes.
Terrence: Don't like but do like Terry.
Tiberius: Star Trek, bah.
Timothy: Love it. Just not Timmy.
Torin: Torn.
Tristan: Nice.
Truman: Poor guy that lived in his own TV show.
Trevelyan: No.
Valiant: Car.
Valor: Worse than courage.
Vance: No freaking way.
Varian: Oh, Varian!
Victor: Handsome but kind of evil too.
Vincent: Love.
Wesley: Okay.
Zacchaeus: No.
Zephyr: Spray some in the bathroom to kill the smell.
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Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
Adrian: It's okay but only just okay.
Alaric: Too fanficky.
Alastair: Only if you're an elderly Brit. Kind of stereotypical.
Alby: Al B. Sure? Actualy it sounds like something people with albinism would call themselves, like Aspy or Little People.
Algernon: Take twice a day for seasonal allergies.
Alphonse: And his friend Gaston, strolling down the boulevard arm in arm, wearing striped shirts and berets and possibly carrying baguettes. Too cliche. I do like Alfonso.
Amraphel: No idea what this is even supposed to be.
Ambrose: A friend knows one, but his Ambrose goes by his mn which is Eric, and has always hated Ambrose.
Andreas: Not really but I like both Andre and Andrew.
Antony: Put the h back where you found and leave it there and it's a great name.
Apollo: Maybe for a dog.
Aramis: Afterhsave.
Arlo: Kind of nice, in a very country way, but now I suspect it's urban/suburban hipsters using it.
Artemas: It's still a goddess no matter what vowel you use.
Asher: Gesundheit!
Asterion: It sounds like a health insurance company.
Astrophel: Very Harry Potter sounding.
Atticus: *yawn*
Azriel: I know one Azriel. He was a black cat someone had. I was told Azriel was an angel of death someplace.
Barrow: Wheelbarrow. Or Clyde Barrow of Bonnie and Clyde fame.
Basil: Possibly the most sterotypically posh old British you can get. Can't take it seriously.
Bastian: Fanficky.
Benedict: Eggs or popes.
Bram: Kind of like onomatopoeia for a growling collision.
Bramwell: If you do it really well it's a bram-well.
Bran: Like Fiber.
Branimir: Slavic for fiber?
Branwell: Truly this is a great name for a tasteless cereal targeted at old people with constipation.
Callum: And this sounds like lotion to put on your calluses.
Casimir: Russian villain.
Casper: A friendly ghost. I have also more than once heard black people use this as an insult toward lighter-skinned black people or whites.
Caspian: Fanfic.
Castor: Castor oil. Ick.
Cedric: Not bad, though I can't help but remember Cedric the Entertainer.
Charlie: This is cool.
Ciro: I go to my chiro when my back hurts. Oh wait, chee-ro... I guess if you're Japense it's fine.
Collin: I like Colin better.
Cosmo: Seinfeld's goofy friend, or the tacky magazine or the drink.
Courage: An exhortation more than a name.
Cullen: Twilight fangirl's dream name, circa 2006.
Damascus: No.
David: Can't go wrong.
Desiderius: A few thousand years too late.
Dexter: I think it would be a cute name for a dog.
Dimitri: Not bad.
Dominic: Handsome, in a mafia sort of way.
Duncan: I can hear the pastry being dunked noisily into coffee and being pulled out dripping.
Edmund: I like Edward better but this is okay, if Eddie or Ted are used. His last name better not have a fitz sound in it.
Edward: Fine.
Elias: Prefer Elijah.
Enzo: Great if you're Italian.
Ezra: Always makes me think of throwing up sounds.
Faron: Hello, walls, as Faron Young sang way back when.
Ferris: Bueller.
Finch: Ever seen "American Pie?" Nobody who has should ever name a son this because having to call him repeatedly will be embarrassing in public and maybe even private.
Finn: Blah.
Flint: Oh, isn't he just so macho and hard and solid and all that.
Frederick: Not crazy about it but Fred feels like an old-fashioned, somewhat grumpy but very kind old uncle.
Garrison: Dull.
Graham: Another cliche British.
Grant: Like a grunt.
Greer: Like teeth grinding.
Harbor: Harbor resentment, harbor germs, harbor a fugitive.
Henry: It's fine.
Honor: Old-fashioned, prissy girls' name.
Hugo: Villainous.
Indigo: Female.
James: Favorite.
Jasper: Maybe for a pet.
Joaquin: I like a lot of Spanish names but not this one the wah-keen sound is unpleasant.
Jonas: I like Jonah better.
Jonathan: Love.
Joshua: Don't like as much as I did twenty or thirty years back but it's fine.
Julian: Wimpy.
Julius: I kind of like this, it's eccentric and Roman or not, doesn't take itself too seriously.
Kai: Just a sound.
Klaus: Sinister, Nazi vibes.
Lance: Empty-headed, blankly handsome surfer from the eighties.
Laszlo: Comical.
Leo: Boring.
Leonardo: Hate it.
Linus: There's only one Linus for my heart, and it ain't Pauling.
Luca: He lives on the second floor.
Lucas: Never liked.
Lucius: HP fangirl who thinks Draco Malfoy is sexy.
Luke: It's all right.
Malachi: Never got the appeal.
Maxfield: Just doesn't feel like a first name. He'd just be another Max anyhow.
Maximus: Pretentious.
Maxwell: Prissy.
Merit: Without any.
Midas: Midas well face it, you're addicted to love. Repeat three million times till fade-out. And keep your hands off my stuff, I don't need it turning to gold.
Miles: This is nice.
Milo: This isn't so nice.
Nehemiah: Too vowely.
Niall: Never knew how to say it. Kneel, or Nile? Don't like either.
Nico: Cutesy.
Nicodemus: Sounds like a disease.
Nigel: I would never want the letters N-i-g in that order in my name. And this is too cliche British.
Nilo: Don't get.
Noah: Love it.
Noble: Like naming someone Baron or Prince.
Oliver: Sick of it.
Onyx: Female, and overly flashy and dramatic.
Osias: Doesn't look like anything.
Osiris: Not a happy association.
Oswell: Oswell that ends well, I guess.
Phineas: Like a body part.
Phoenix: Not on a person.
Pollux: Too close to Polacks.
Raphael: I like Rafael all right but for some reason the ph annoys me.
Reiner: Klaus's henchman.
Rhett: Like throwing up. And very faux-cowboy.
Rigel: Don't know how to say it, and regal and wriggle are not attractive.
River: Sick of it.
Robin: If you're a boy named Robin you better be English.
Rowen: Don't like.
Rupert: Another British cliche.
Russell: I like this but don't know why.
Sebastian: It's better than Bastian.
Simon: Has a sinister sound.
Soren: Sore.
Sparrow: Little twittery bird. Bad for a boy, almost as bad on a girl.
Stellan: Beer.
Sterling: It's nice. Don't let Midas anywhere near him.
Sylvester: Puddy-tat or Stallone.
Taran: No.
Tennyson: Tenny-shoes.
Terrence: Don't like but do like Terry.
Tiberius: Star Trek, bah.
Timothy: Love it. Just not Timmy.
Torin: Torn.
Tristan: Nice.
Truman: Poor guy that lived in his own TV show.
Trevelyan: No.
Valiant: Car.
Valor: Worse than courage.
Vance: No freaking way.
Varian: Oh, Varian!
Victor: Handsome but kind of evil too.
Vincent: Love.
Wesley: Okay.
Zacchaeus: No.
Zephyr: Spray some in the bathroom to kill the smell.
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Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
