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What are some unique boy names?
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37 Votes
I have three beautiful boys with special names: Cullan - Gaelic, meaning Spirit of God and Handsome, Gavin - Welsh, a fierce and strong warrior, and Keegan - Gaelic for Hugh, my father-in-law who passed away. They are unique and yet go perfectly with our Irish last name. And they are the only ones in their school with them.
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Megan - commented on Oct 12, 2011
My sons name is Gavin, also! LOVE it! Next boy will by Grayson ♥
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Kathryn - commented on Oct 13, 2011
I named my son Greydon (grey is the Canadian spelling of the colour grey , American spelling in gray, with an "a") I have heard of only one other Greydon, but the spelling was Grayden. We generally call him Grey.
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Okoye - commented on Oct 13, 2011
i named my son ARI which in jewish language means courage.
27 Votes
It's obvious from all the replies here that I am the odd one out, but personally I find alot of the odd spellings of names to be quite pretentious. I appreciate that everyone wants their child to be unique and to stand out in the crowd, but I would much rather their personalities did this for them rather than their badly spelled name. It's interesting that you can pretty much guess when people were born by their names, for instance, during the 90s there was a propensity to use alot of older, more traditional names such as Arthur, Charlie, George, Stanley etc. The early 2000s saw an uprising in alot of biblical names, and now it appears that people are using whatever verb/noun/placename they like as a name. Makes for an interesting attendance at school :)
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Megan - commented on Dec 25, 2011
I mainly decided on unique names because our last name was one syllable, Luck and it sounded blunt when you say it so I wanted longer and more creative first names. Their middle names are biblical though. Donathon Elijah, Maxton Jeremiah and Quinian Isaiah. Being unique and creative is one thing but I think that traditional names need to remain spelled the way people expect them to be spelled. Never a fan of trendy names at all. I was born in the early 70s but Megan did not become popular till the 80s.
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Jodie - commented on Jan 30, 2012
I agree, I named my son Isaac, not hugely common, not too hard to spell, and he won't tell me he hates it when he is old enough :) And it means laughter, brought a smile when we choose it!
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Jaime - commented on Mar 21, 2012
I am a believer in traditional names as well. I have two boys and think that reflecting my husband and I's joint families is important. I also believe that the meaning of the names are also important. My oldest is Maximilian Lucas. Maximilian is after my husband and my husband's paternal grandfather. Lucas was my husband's chosen confirmation name. Together the name means Great Light. We call him Lucas. My younger son is Alexander Samuel. Alexander reflects my heritage as the first person in my father's family who came to America was Alexander and there was an Alexander in our family in all but the last generation (as far as I know). However Alexander also echos my father-in-law's name Albert (who died before we married and had kids). The Samuel is after my father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Together his name means Defender of Man in the Name of God. I think both names fit them well.
22 Votes
I have had 3 boys, unfortunately my first son was stillborn fullterm due to me contracting eclampsia. He was called Raven and would have been 10 years old in May. I have since had 2 more sons Blaze who is 9 years old and Diezel who is 7 years old. Blazes Middle name is Kaiden and Diezels is Raven after his brother. I still love their names to this day, to the point that I was really upset when a so called old friend called her son after Raven his name was precious to me, for that reason I wanted his name to remain un common as I told her prior to her son being born.
I hadnt heard of any boys being called Blaze until recently, there are a few girls with his name though. I have never heard of another boy being called Diezel.
I think unusual names have in themselves become quite common in recent years. What I have found since naming my boys is that unusual names are not always a good idea. My son Diezel is Autistic and struggles to make friends, his behaviour can at times be difficult to manage and his unusual name ensures that he is always remembered and not always for good reasons. He hates his name lately, I think other children have been teasing him. He has been quite angrily asking me why I named him after petrol! Blaze has also at times said he doesnt like his name and would like to be called a normal name.
In hindsight, although I love their names maybe for them a less unusual name would have made them happier? Maybe some children dont want to stand out from the crowd.
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Roberta - commented on Oct 13, 2011
Wow!! Really love these names truely unique and awesome, sorry for your loss:(
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Donna - commented on Oct 14, 2011
Thank you Roberta, very kind of you to say so :) I have to say that as heartbreaking as losing Raven was, it did have one positive effect on my life. It made me realise how lucky I am to have 2 more healthy children. It has made me love and appreciate my boys even more! I feel so lucky to have been blessed with Blaze and Diezel. There are many men and women in this world that can only dream of having what I have, 2 beautiful sons. I tell Blaze and Diezel that Raven is our angel and he lives on in us all, that thought is of great comfort to me :)
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Brandi - commented on Oct 21, 2011
I have always loved the name Blaze and have never heard of anyone else using it before. I like all 3 of the names you chose :)
21 Votes
My son's names are Storm, Kai, And Zane. My grandson's name is Draven. If you think my boys names are unique you should hear my girls names!
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Kat - commented on Oct 12, 2011
Well, my oldest daughters name is April. :) What are your daughters names. I like the ones you chose for your boys.
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Valoree - commented on Oct 12, 2011
YEAH!! This is the first ZANE I have seen!! My 15 year old son is also Zane!
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Jami - commented on Oct 12, 2011
My youngest is Xane :)
19 Votes
My daughter's 6 boys are Cody, Seth, Gage, Talan, Cash and Steel. My other 2 grandsons are Landon and Braydon.
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ANNTIONETTE - commented on Oct 12, 2011
LOVE LOVE LANDON and if my second child had been a boy, his name would have been Landon Josiah...
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Cristal - commented on Oct 12, 2011
I love the name Cash and Steel, now those are names to remember, sure names you do not hear very often
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Jenna - commented on Oct 12, 2011
i have a 2.5 year old named Gage!
17 Votes
wow, these names are intriguing! My son's name is Luca (LOO-kah).
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Charlott - commented on Oct 12, 2011
My son is Luca too. :) I just live that name. Cute for a boy and sounds like a handsome man when older. Lol
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Charlott - commented on Oct 12, 2011
Sorry I was trying to vote for the name but I'm on my phone and fat fingers got in the way.
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Audra - commented on Oct 12, 2011
my son is Luca too! It is an old Italian name. Right now he hates it (he's 8), wishes it was Lucas, but I'm sure as he grows up, he'll appreciate it. I hope because my husband and I love it!
15 Votes
I like Declan
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Jennifer - commented on Oct 11, 2011
Hadn't ever the name until it was given to my grandson. It took me several days to remember it, but I can't imagine him with another name now. His baby sister is Delaney.
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Jennifer - commented on Oct 11, 2011
I've always LOVED the name Declan....so when we were pregnant, that was the only name we could agree on.....so, when it came down to it...we ended up naming our daughter Declyn Mae (we changed the spelling of it to look "girly")...people love it. We get very positive commenst on it all the time. Now we've just had a baby boy and we named him Garrett Ray.
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Megan - commented on Oct 12, 2011
My baby is Declan Jacob =D but we call him Ducky for short
14 Votes
My grandsons name is River Dean. I love it.
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Jennifer - commented on Mar 31, 2012
My grandsons name is Merick Ezio (pronounced Et-zio). I love his name, it fits him perfectly!!
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Shaina - commented on May 19, 2012
I like that name. My Grandfathers middle name is Dean and I wanted to incorperate it in our sons name. We already have 2 boys, Daniel (danny) Franklin Paul and Bodie Alister Isaac. We have done the 2 middle names for the other two but It hard to fit "Dean" in where it sound right. We were thinking Silas Dean....We cant think of another name that sounds good with that.
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Ellen - commented on Sep 16, 2012
One of my sons name is Jerry Dean
14 Votes
Wow what great names! My son's name is Hudson. Something i dont hear too often.
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Rhonda - commented on Oct 19, 2011
My first born is named Hudson too!
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Kristin - commented on Mar 28, 2012
My son is a Hudson as well and we get compliments all.the time, that is my mothers maiden name, I love a name that has some family meaning.
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Catherine - commented on Mar 29, 2012
My nephew is Hudson, such a great name!
14 Votes
My boys are Jude and Elijah.. love both those names.. and I really love Jonah or Levi if we have another boy!
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Julia - commented on Oct 5, 2011
Our boys are Kyler and Eli. We had Jonah on our list and my all time fav is LEVI! My mil denied us that name :(
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Angela - commented on Oct 9, 2011
I have an Elijah too! Eli for short. If we have another boy his name will be Sam or Noah. I like them because they are gentle sounding but they have strong meanings behind them.
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Jennifer - commented on Oct 11, 2011
I have a Jude, and Jonah is our dog. ;-)
13 Votes
CHANCE - as the dialogue goes in one of Jean Claude Van Damme movies..."what kind of a name is Chance?" his answer... "my Mama took one."
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Nancy - commented on Oct 13, 2011
That is my grandson's name. He is only a month old, but the name fits him. I love it!
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Melissa - commented on Mar 21, 2012
My son's name is Chance and we love it. Not very popular though. He's the only one we know of.
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Robin - commented on Mar 28, 2012
My so is named Chancellor and we call him Chance! He is now almost 19 and he loves his name as much as we did when we chose it! We thought it would allow him to decide who he was
12 Votes
Malachi McKinley........will be my youngest son's first born's name. To be nicknamed "Chi". My grandfather's name was McKinley so it will have a strong meaning for us all who knew him.
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Davina - commented on Oct 18, 2011
I like Malachi. In Ireland, they pronounce it Malakee. It's quite nice.
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Rian - commented on Feb 11, 2012
My son is Malachi Ellington. We call him Kai.
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Kellee - commented on Mar 21, 2012
My good friend just named her baby girl McKinley...it was her mom's maiden name and she passed away when my friend was 3
12 Votes
Our son's name is Gunnar Scott. He's the only one in our town with that name!
12 Votes
My son's name is Gage. First heard it in Stephen King's Pet Sematary and knew that was the name I would use if I had a boy!
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Tabatha - commented on Oct 15, 2011
haha it's funny how different people think! I heard the name Gage on Pet Sematary & that's what has COMPLETELY turned me off it lol.
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Jennifer - commented on Jan 29, 2012
I too love that name for the same reason!
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Katie - commented on Feb 6, 2012
My son's name is Gage as well! and Pet Semetary is my favorite scary movie. I liked it most of all because it means in tribute to. he has his grandfathers names..It is Gage Frederic-William. He was a tribute to them
11 Votes
My son is named for a character in the movie "The Fifth Element" Corbin Robert Dallas. The Robert is for my husband's late grandfather. I have had a doctor even comment on his name and how cool it was.
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Danielle - commented on Oct 12, 2011
Almost named my eldest Corbin- Love it!
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Dorene - commented on Oct 13, 2011
My youngest - 11 years old is named Corbin and I love it, but I thought I was being original, we had never heard it before, but there are 2 other Corbins at his school...
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Miranda - commented on Mar 21, 2012
My son's name is Corbin as well, Corbin Mattix Dziuba, Mattix is a combination of his two grandfathers' names (Matthew & Felix).
10 Votes
I just named my baby boy Archer, we thought it was a little different, and really like it. The name I wanted for the longest time was Atticus-love it!
10 Votes
I have a Maximus Mateo
"greatest gift from god!"
Everyone loves Maximus!
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Megan - commented on Dec 25, 2011
My best friend calls our son Maximus but his real name is Maxton. For the longest time, her husband thought his name was Maximus. That is a great name Maximus Mateo! He will go far and do great things I am sure. Our Max is a handful. We call him Monkey Max cause he climbs on practically everything he is allowed to.
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Jacki - commented on Mar 29, 2012
My second child is called Cohen Maximus. It took friends and family a while to get used to it but we love it.
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Roxanne - commented on Mar 29, 2012
My son's name is Maxsen. He's a handful too :)
9 Votes
My son is named Talon. My husband is from Quebec and we wanted a name that would sound great in both French and English.
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Jill - commented on Mar 28, 2012
My son is Talan as well!!! LOVE it!!!!!
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Carly - commented on Mar 28, 2012
I have a Talan as well. He is 5 years old. What are your Talan's middle names? Mine is Talan Coner
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Ashley - commented on Mar 29, 2012
My son was supposed to be Talin Alexander. But after persuasion from the grandparents it is Alexander Talin. But it fits him perfectly.
9 Votes
My son's name is Samson. He was my first born, somewhat named after his grandfather, Samuel. Luckily he was a big baby (almost 9 lbs) and grew into a large man. He's grown now, 6'3" and very handsome so the name fits him perfectly!
8 Votes
I named my daughters Chlamydia, Syphilis and Gonorrhea. I'm not sure where I heard the names - maybe my doctors office during a checkup, she was listing off some random names and I really thought those sounded pretty. :-)
7 Votes
I have been blessed with 3 healthy girls, but many years ago I discovered by suprise that I was pregnant with twin boys, unfortuently they had severe TTTS in utero and I lost my precious ones in my 20th week, but Had named them already a a month previously, they were Kiernan and Kynan, Strong celtic names and unique as well, still love the names to this day! and my angel boys as well!
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Michelle - commented on Mar 29, 2012
My first pregnancy was twin boys too, who died in utero at 26 weeks. They were named Zack and Marcus. They would have been 19 next month. I also have an (almost) 18 year old daughter and a 13 year old son named Saxon Eli. :)
7 Votes
My son is called roman I adore the name and suits him so well
7 Votes
My sons names are Preston, Keegan & Braxton.
7 Votes
My grandson was named after 2 characters from the movie Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, his name is Caleb Daniel.......my middle grandson's name is Parker Braden...and my youngest grandson's name is Draven Allen
6 Votes
wow, I wasn't going to post on here cause I was sure I 'd see my sons name, but i didnt so, my son's name is Leland Thomas, The "lee" is from both sides and Thomas his father's great great grandfathers name. Plus we both loved watching dog the bounty hunter when i was pregnant, and we both fell in love with it.
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Beckie - commented on Mar 29, 2012
We loved DTBH too! So our son is Leland Frederick Albert, I love the fact I can call Lelands name and he'l be the only child that answers. The Frederick and Albert are after my hubby's grandads. A lot of people when we first mentioned our choice of name turned their noses up but we threatened calling Leland Duane-Lee! :). So congratulations on your choice x
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Helen - commented on Mar 29, 2012
I have 2 boys, my 6 year old is called Leeland Jack and I have never heard of anyone else with the same name, my 1 year old is called Kian James. I know a lot of people were supprised with our choice of names (especially with my eldest son) but I love their names and they suit their names perfectly :)
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Stefanie - commented on Apr 1, 2012
We named our first son Leeyland Michael-Lane. Yes that is how we spelled it. Lol. That's the only name we both liked and agreed on. He's 2 yrs now.
6 Votes
My son's name is Connal. It is a Scottish name meaning strong wolf. So appropriate as he is a gymnast with amazing muscles.
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Leanne - commented on Jan 21, 2012
Hi Rhonda my sons name is also Conall we spell it that way my dad is irish and he says I made up the spelling because he has never seen it spelt like that before lol x Conall Thomas is his full name and he also is very true to his Galic meaning "as strong as a wolf", a good strong footballer, there is no other Conall's in his school or home town that we know of and I love his name x
6 Votes
I do not have any boys myself but my favorite nephew in the world is named Journey. He gave his mom quite a journey to enter this world :)
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Roberta - commented on Oct 13, 2011
Love it!
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Kay Genevieve - commented on Jul 12, 2012
My cousin named her son Journey Jamal after her husband died two months before he was born in a plane crash in a "journey" around the world and his name was Jamal.
5 Votes
My 18 month old son is Landrey. My maiden name is Landers so I wanted to keep the tradition but be a little different. I love the name Landon as well but that's a little more common so we decided to go with Landrey Patrick.
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Karen - commented on Jul 17, 2012
I mis-read that and thought your surname was Landers. i thought you were going for a superhero name 'Landrey Landers'!
5 Votes
My son is Lawson James. We call him Law or Law-dog (from the movie, Tombstone). We wanted something that was strong and sounded a bit like a cowboy. We always get complements on the name.
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Megan - commented on Dec 25, 2011
That is awesome! I like cowboy names. Old western movies are cool. I must watch Tombstone again.
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Cara - commented on Mar 22, 2012
I love that name, hadn't heard of thought of it, but should have known from movie! Funny part is, I'm the biggest NYC'r/Eastern Snob in the world honestly, so it'd have been ironic if I went that route! My son is Layne Warner (after Layne Staley of Alice In Chains) & to have a possible last name change for future, need be, our last name is a bear!
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Destiney - commented on Sep 10, 2012
That's a nice name :) My Older brother, he died from cancer at 16. His name was Alvin James Lawson III.
5 Votes
I have four boys and a very common last name so wanted names a bit different...we have Khody Dayne, Wyatt Jackson, Damyn Russell, and Grady Maxim. They are all strong, big, amazing boys!
**Thought I would add their middle names too! :D
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Julia - commented on Oct 12, 2011
Great names! We have a common last name of Smith as well - so we gave all 3 of our children two middle names.
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Becki - commented on Oct 12, 2011
I haven't seen the name Ezra on here yet. That was my husband's choice for our first born but I didn't like it at the time. It has really grown on me now...maybe a grandson someday! ;-)
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Dawn - commented on Oct 13, 2011
That's funny that you have a Khody Dayne because I have a Cody Wayne :) I also have a 2nd boy named Dawson Frank and one on the way (don't know the sex yet).
5 Votes
Some of the wonderful names of the children in my childcare home: Dakota, Kairo, Rocklin, Enzo, Brody, Landon and Cooper.
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Kristin Iverson - commented on Oct 12, 2011
My son's name is Cooper and he gets comments on it all the time.
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Kerrie - commented on Mar 23, 2012
I like Dakota my daughter was nearly called Dakota but then we decided on Marlie glad we did because I run into so many Dakotas that r her age maybe because it is such a nice name never thought of it for a boys name but it would be nice for either.
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Michelle - commented on Mar 29, 2012
My sister's boys are Cooper and Tallis. My son's name is Saxon.
4 Votes
I think boys generally do not like having unique names. Girls and their mothers like unique names, not boys. Ask any boy with a unique name whether he would rather have a common name and the majority would say yes. Do your son a favor and choose a semi-common name for him! He will appreciate it much more than something unique. If you have a girl, by all means, name them something unique.
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Megan - commented on Mar 28, 2012
I disagree. My sons are Cayden, Zavien, Dallen and Tayne, and they all love having unique names. Cayden's name isn't very unique now but is was 10 years ago when I named him. He actually got upset when he met another boy called Cayden, he loved being the only one he knew with that name.
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Angela - commented on Mar 29, 2012
My first born is named Callum after my mother's maiden name (Mac Callum). This name is very common in Scotland but relatively rare where we live. My second son is named Zachary. I wanted Zachary to also have family ties reflected in his name so we gave him the middle name Glenn-David (after both grandfathers). I personally love the hyphenated middle name. I think that with multiple middle names, one or more are often dropped and I did not want this to occur. I hope the hyphen with accomplish this.
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Amy - commented on Mar 29, 2012
We named our son Beau. My last name is Bell, and even though it's not the French spelling, we like that Beau was the masculine version of "belle". He is the most gorgeous little man, so his name truly suits him.
4 Votes
My sons name is Julien. Its unique but not unusual , and we spelled it Julien instead of Julian, we liked the french spelling :)
4 Votes
My grandsons are Trenton Ontario, Elias Chance and Nikolas Daniel. We usually call them Trent, Eli and Nik.....
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Jennifer - commented on Mar 28, 2012
Your grandson is named after a city in Ontario? I'm sorry - but that's terrible. It would be equivalent to naming your child "Waterloo" or "Mississauga" .. I agree completely with the woman above who said that these names are just pretentious.. Trenton Ontario.. The nicknames of Trent, Eli and Nik are much more reasonable..
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Elizabeth - commented on Mar 28, 2012
Let's try to be kind and remember that there is actually a child attached to each of these names. I'm disappointed to see the negativity.
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Nicole - commented on Mar 28, 2012
I am disappointed also. That comment was very negative and extremely rude! Those types of comments are not necessary. This is a posting about unique names, not about names you think are more reasonable!
4 Votes
My two boys are Camden Morrison, and Jacoby Dylan..
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Jennifer - commented on Oct 11, 2011
My older son is Jacob, but I call him Jacoby sometimes just as a pet name. It's very sweet.
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Julie - commented on Mar 28, 2012
We named our daughter Camdyn.....threw in a "y" to make it look more girlie...lol. She is now in preschool & has a boy Camdyn in her class :) spelled the same & everything!! Love the name!!
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Alia - commented on Mar 28, 2012
My son is Jacobe also. We pronounced it Ja- Kobe, not Jacob- y.
4 Votes
My son's name is Evan Kayra...Kayra is of Turkish heritage and it means God's Blessing.
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Leah - commented on Oct 13, 2011
My son's name is Evan Killian - Killian is my grandmothers maiden name
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Tracy - commented on Mar 22, 2012
Love the name Evan! My son is Evan Shai. Shai means gift!
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Tosha - commented on Mar 29, 2012
My son is Evan Mitchel. Middle name is his father's. We love Evan because its not too common and not completly out there either.
3 Votes
I had three boys, but the first tpassed away. He would have been 8 this year. His name was Kelvin. I also have Zerik and Zayne, and my friend's son is Deegan. We love the boys having another quality to make them unique and special. I have to admit though, if I knew how many Zaynes there were, regardless of spelling, I would have chosen something different.
3 Votes
I have a boy named SALEM. It took us two weeks to figure a name for him, who was "Baby Boy" in the meantime!! Salem can be pronounced in many different languages, and you can call him "Sal" for short :) He's only 6, but he LOVES his name. And no, we didn't name him after the cigarettes...in Arabic, it's pronounced "saa-lem", not "sAY-lem" .
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Princess - commented on Oct 11, 2012
Salem I like it. It reminds me of the tv show with the 3 witches whom were sisters Phoebe, Prue and I forgot the other one name.
3 Votes
When picking a name for my son, I really wanted on older Italian name but something cute & trendy that would grow with him as he gets older. What we came up with...Dominic Anthony:) It has everything we wanted in a name...tradition & strength with a hint of uniqueness:) Very seldom do we run into another Dominic that's around his age.
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Pat - commented on Oct 11, 2011
my grandson was born 14 months ago... he is Dominic Adam so that he will have the same initials of my husband.
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Lynne - commented on Oct 12, 2011
We wanted an Italian name and not a common name. My husband is Michael (Mike) and said everywhere you got here are a million Mkes. After two days with no name, my son became Gianni Michael. We love the name! We have only heard a couple of others with this name.
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Davina - commented on Oct 18, 2011
Gianni was on my list. i like it a lot.
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