Many of you have asked if we have picked a name yet for our little Plankton. Apparently you don’t think that Plankton is a good enough name. It’s ok, B doesn’t either. And the answer is no we don’t have a name, but kind of, but not really and I’m not sure. All of those answers.
Here’s the deal. I had the SUPER PRESIDENT KING RULER of all girls names picked out and I sososososo wanted to use it. But that’s not happening. And I know by the time B gets around to producing female sperm, that name will be so popular that Justin Bieber will have twin daughters and 2 dogs, all with the name. No I’m not telling you so you can go and swipe it for your own dog.
Back to Plankton. Boys names are HARD. Like stupid hard. I like names that are unique. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not naming anyone Carrot. But I like maybe 20-30% uniqueness. You see I was one of 3 Amanda’s in my class at all times. I literally thought my name was Amanda G for 4 years. And I don’t wish that on Planky’s future. But boys are dicey. You can’t call a boy Fig Newton and expect to get away with it. But names like Brian and Jeff and Mark make me want to stab an eyeball.
So here’s where you come in. I need help and suggestions. If you have a cool boy name stored away in the secret folds of your brain, you need to spill it. And the double catch is that I’m not going to tell you what I choose until Plank face is here. He has to hear it first. But If someone does give us the winning name, I will send you a gift of my choosing once Planky gets here. I swear it.
Now just so we don’t get ahead of ourselves, here are some names I’m NOT choosing. So don’t suggest them:
1) Danny Tanner (or any other form) B says no way.
2) Brandon Dylan (B doesn’t share my 90210 passions)
3) Mike TV (with Charlie and Willy I thought we could continue with the theme, again, that’s a no)
4) ANYTHING BUSY, like with more than 2 syllables. My last name is busy and long and weird. Keep it short and cute
5) Dexter (I love it but B said we can’t name it after a fictional murderer. Whatever)
Oh nothing about Jesus either. He’s a Christmas baby but let’s not go wild with it. Thanks.
As a reminder, this is what he looks like. Just in case you’re like “how about Captain Baby Head?” And you can look at the picture and be like, no he doesn’t look like a Captain Baby Head.
Ok now make with the names. I’m seriously counting on you.
Especially you double hearts club. Bring it.
Hi I’m MODG. But you can call me MODG. You say it like Modg, like a Grandma name. Not like M.O.D.G. That’s a lot of syllables and I don’t have that kind of time. 
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Trinity
Tristan
Kenzie
Blake
Cole
Those are just some of my unique off the cuff names for you…now I realize that Trinity may SOUND a little religious, BUT I have never met an ugly Trinity…and lets just be honest…that’s all that matters.
Trinity, like the other serial killer on Dexter?
Well I’m just gonna say lets go with Plankton. I mean sure it started out as all fun and games but by now it’s grown on him. I mean if he comes out and you start calling him something else he might be all “who the heck are you talking to”, then he’ll walk around with this confused look all the time. Or lay around cause babies don’t really walk. But either way I think it’s good as long as you don’t go making the middle name anything about sponges, square pants, or pineapples.
Cooper-one of my favorites!
Good luck!
Dexter was the 78th most popular name in April. Just tell B you’re naming him after the cartoon with the kid in the laboratory, not the murderer. Besides, what if he looks like a Dexter? Anywho, I googled least popular boy names:
Destin (it’s French…apparently)
Donahue (Irish for dark warrior)
Parry
Miles
Pierce
Oh! Or Penn–Like Penn State. (Or Penn Badgley, whichever)
I had the same deal, wanting an easy name (no one can pronounce my last name), but one that wasn’t super popular. So my son’s name is Miles, and I would be beyond honored if you decided to name Plankton Miles, as well. I also liked Liam. Though maybe it should start with C so that you’re A, B and C? In that case, what about Connor?
Some that are stored away in the corner of my mind:
Zeke
Miller
Leo
I have a boy and his name rocks. But it’s three syllables. But I also have a nephew named Ryder. Which is also awesome. So there ya go.
I like Kaden or Kyle or Grae….I really like Grae.
I will tell you what I am going to name my baby boy since 1.) I don’t even know if I’m having kids and 2.) It’s not like your kid and my kid will have to share attention for the name. I want to keep my girl & boy names secret so NO ONE steals them, but you can. I’m totally ok with that
JUDE. Not like the balding manwhore, but like the Beatles song “Hey Jude.” And if it were a girl I’d say Juliet. Jude & Juliet *sigh*
I forgot Manfred, Xavier, Arthur & Roman. And Max.
I better have a lot of kids haha.
Hudson
Colton
Cohen
Brennan
Cruise
Smith…love it, so simple!
I like my brother’s name, Finn. Also you should look into your family history and see if you can find any interesting names there. But the best option is probably Hank the Plank.
my husband’s name is Joel. it’s short and sweet…but manly. he has had 100% lady/life success with this name. I say USE IT. and send me something awesome.
You need this: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-28/baby-names-100-cool-uncommon-baby-names-for-girls-and-boys/
And to thank me, the next baby (girl of course) can be named Janine Sparkles [busy and long and weird surname]
xx
Ben? Benjamin but Ben for short, but NOT Benji bc ewww
Connor
Chase
Hayden
Jordan
(these were almost all suggested for my by my coworkers but we’re going with Luke)
Brock, Ethan, Peyton, Lincoln, Slater, Vaughn, Evan, Nickolas
What about Cooper or Graf? Also, I like the name Banks. I have a friend who had twins and their names are Jude and Asa. I also like the name Brant. Good Luck. Name a child super hard.
Brecken and Bryson
This is what I am going to name my twins that someone else will kindly carry and deliver (for free).
I have names for like 100 more kids and I’m probably not having any more. My favorites for boys are:
Bradford
Jackson
Mason
Miles
Parker
Preston
Warner
Whitfield
OH! This will assist you also: http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_9-manliest-names-in-world.html
xx
As a fellow Amanda born in the 1980s, I feel your pain … so, so much.
My favorite boy name is “Thatcher” … but it totally doesn’t worth with my man’s EXTREMELY long, Italian last name. Ha ha.
Connell
Seriously adorable, strong and unique name…I’ve never met a Connell. We would have named our son Connell but our nephew is Connor, a little close.
Others – Fletcher, Kane, Henderson, Joran, Smith, Grayer
Can’t wait to see my gift!
I LOVE the name Henry. I also have a new found love for the name Ezra (do you watch Pretty Little Liars? Because if you do, you must like the name Ezra, too.)
So, Henry or Ezra, those are my picks.
Rory
Sloan.
Sloan is the best name and it’s what I would name a boy OR a girl, however it’s the last name of the person I’m probably going to breed with. Even though it may seem like ‘Sloan Sloan’ would be double excellent, it probably wouldn’t be. So go: use it and tell me how perfect your baby’s life is thanks to his rad name.
OK:
Harvey
Linus
Sawyer (but if I have another future boy I’m taking this one too!)
Fletcher
Harry
Oliver
Saxon
Felix
Oscar
Marley
OK I have loads more as I’m just repeating my excel spreadsheet of favourite names but tha’s all your getting
Amanda (yes another one!!)
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My all-time favorite that I will never get to use (big tears) – Bryn, or Brenn. I also really like Riley and Cole.
I feel like all of these are mascu-fem names, so if the big guy turns out to be a princess, his name isn’t Larry or George. Hope this helps.
My daughter’s name is Brynn. Brynn Elena. Not many people have seemed to have heard of that name. But I’m glad you like it!
What a beautiful name! The first (and only) time I’ve heard it is a family friend who is 1) a male and 2) a teenager. His mama was waaaaay ahead of the game!
Holden.
My sons name is Holden, like Holden Caufield from Catcher In The Rye — if not his name how about choosing a name from a book you like? It will have some special meaning and I kind of think they can magically take on the personality of their namesake…
My husband and I always joke about naming a future child Holden – given our last name is Bush.
“Holding Bush” – HA!
Other (great) names that make us laugh when paired with our last name:
Oliver – “All of her Bush”
Sawyer (though I L.O.V.E. this name!!!) – “Saw Your Bush”
Hunter – “Hunt her Bush”
…I could go on and on.
For those of you with a last name that does not second as a female body part, thank your lucky stars!
other suggestions for Plankton:
Brooks (if we have a second boy, this will be his name!)
Barrett
Barron
Beckett
Gavin
Truitt
Walker
so…you won!!! whadja get??
Simon
Morgan
Worth
Griffin
Elijah (Eli)
Nolan
How’s this for evil? I am a new reader and I am having loads of trouble coming up with a name for my son (i’m 33 weeks preggo). So I am scouring the suggestions people are giving you so I can steal one! Problem is I love tons of the names people have suggested… Sawyer, Miles, Cooper, Ezra but my husband hasn’t agreed to any of these! Boys names are annoyingly difficult!!!
No Danny Tanner, or any form? That makes me have the sads. You couldn’t fool B into going for something like Tanner Daniel? That’s a shame. Oh well, at least he will still be a card carrying member of the club.
Keelan
Its my brothers name and you can call him kee for short,,we all have crazy unique names
Bennett
I was going to suggest Tanner as well. Shucks.
Boy names in my arsenol: (disclaimer: even if you choose one of them, I reserve the right to use them as well in the future.)
Kellen
Bennitt (Ben or Benny for short)
Aaden
Brendon
Oh I forgot one- Asa. It’s a family name on my dad’s side. But so Harold. I like Asa.
Liam…short and sweet. And I agree with Thatcher… also a fav.
(Is it weird that I started a baby name list when I was like 10 and still add to it when I hear ones I like…that way when I decide to shoot a kid out of my lady bits, I will have a name arsenal ready.)
Hmmm. I can’t make my name masculine (Janino… It sounds like bathroom cleaner) or else I would totally go that route.
Phillip
Victor
James
Oh yeah: I hate all those fancy names like anything that ends in “aden”.
If I think of more, I’ll come back.
Xoxo
Janina
Chauncey. Done.
I can’t believe some of the gay suggestions you’re getting. So I’m gonna tell you my son’s name because I don’t care if you steal it, we’re like 1300 miles apart and chances are they’ll never meet, but if they do, they will agree that their mothers are rockstars. It’s simple, unique, and very manly.
Cade
There you go. Won’t get him beat up in school, and it it practically oozes “handsome”. Which we know he’ll be. Of course.
cute!
OMG I was a JENNIFER in the 80′s. There were 5 in every class. I had to go by Jenna so I could tell if people were speaking to me. Sooooo my son’s name is Brady Noah. Love it! He is 7, and Brady was un heard of back then, but it is picking up steam. I had a late loss, his name was Parker John, and then I had premie twins named Chase Joseph and Carson Thomas. So great names are:
Brady
Noah
Chase
Parker
Carson
and honorable mentions are:
Sawyer
Cooper
Maddox
Gabe
Rex.
Being one of three Jessicas in grade school and high school, I feel your pain,
-Jessica H.
love
I’ve always loved the names Madden and Brooks. I’m all for not-as-common names, my hubby is all for traditional though. So I lose.
Kit
Short and sweet, but still with a manly vibe.
Agreeing with others… I like Rory and Liam.
Both are very cute and very original.
Can I also add I think Conner is such a dweeb name. Sorry all, JS.
Cool names of people I actually know:
Jordan
Jeremiah(Miah for short)
Kellen
Blake
Denver
It is really too bad that Mike TV didn’t work out…I love the WW Theme!
How about Henrick?
My latest ended up being a girl (Maya Gabrielle <3), but here's the list of boy names I had:
-Kai (looove this but my husband doesn't)
-Logan (our top contender)
-Landon
-Emmet (which I love but it's a little too twilighty at the moment)
i also have an 7-yr-old named Aidan Chase who I named prior to the explosion of that name. I had no idea it would be so popular- I am an Ashley of the 80s so I feel your Amanda pain. But, he's definitely an Aidan and I still love his name. Lastly, I have a 3-yr-old girl named Ariel (Ari) Hannah. My neighbors named their son Ariel recently, too. (Interesting, right?) But I think Ari is actually really cute for a boy, too.
Wow, you are getting so many last names as first names suggestions. Appparently that is what the people of the internet want! More Anderson Coopers….
I like:
Owen
Stuart
Simon
I remember going through this when I was pregnant. I didn’t want a trendy name and I didn’t want super traditional.
We decided to review our honeymoon trip to find something that would evoke good thoughts and memories.
Cozamel wasn’t an option, nor was Key West. Cayman, however was an instant light bulb for both of us.
Cayman has my maiden name as his middle name and Daddy’s last name so everyone wins.
Plus, we have yet to meet another Cayman.
I know a Cayman! He’s about 15. He’s the only person I’ve ever met with the name. I’d definitely say you found a unique name that isn’t crazy
shut up, no way! I have a cousin Cayman. interesting.
Hmmmm…. Brooks. Favorite.
Honorable Mentions:
Emmett. (Too bad Twilight ruined that one…. Vom.)
Wesley.
Aspen.
Grant
people can spell it, people can say it, and it’s got a ring of uniqueness to it. plus it’s realy strong.
and for me it’s swoonworthy as it makes me think of Cary Grant. the man of all men. i mean he’s who 007 was based on for Christ’s Sakes! you don’t get manlier (sp?) than that!
BTW, we suggested this to some friends of ours recently and they ended up naming their son Ryker after a town they visited in Germany…I think it’s a great way to come up with something different.
I think it depends on what you’d like your child to be.
Artsy: Grayson
Athletic: Biff
Valedictorian: Elliot
Boy next door: Oliver
Versatile: Charlie
Whimsical: Thundercat
Well-rounded: Parker
Traditional: James
Famous: Dante Culpepper Esq.
I think this is where you’ll find your winning name.
some great suggestions here….
my fave – Thundercat.
Thank you!
I felt especially good about Charlie and Thundercat.
Although Thundercat is really more of a girl’s name…
Oh! One more! I knew a guy named Micah. That might be good for you, w your sparkle obsession!
I named my son Noah Evan. Best. Name. Ever.
Also, I really like Wyatt.
No more Sawyers! That’s my son’s name and I swear no one had that name 2 1/2 years ago!
I loved Cashton but my hubby said no.
Yeah, I’m cool with Plankton too!
lmao @Sara. Dante Culpepper Esq. Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On a side note, I do actually like Charlie and Elliot.
Levi
Calder
Hudson
Cash
Vaughn
Can’t wait to hear what you pick for little planky! My friend called her planky Angstrom the entire pregnancy and ended up actually naming her baby Samuel Alan Angstrom Lastname. Which, of course, seriously ruled.
I was going to say Brett, but then remembered that B’s name also starts with a B, AND although I like the name, it now reminds me of Brett Favre and he’s a pussy, and you don’t want Plankton to be a pussy, right? Ok. So my next next choice is Evan. I’ve always liked that name and it’s easy to pronounce, unlike mine.
I also like Blake. Blake is cool. Evan or Blake. Are you doing middle names? Because that just brings this name thing to a whole new level!
I am 15 weeks pregnant and we have had a very hard time agreeing on boys names! I def. think a name that is easy to spell that you won’t spend your whole life spelling for everyone is key!
Charlie
Bryce
Sterling
Reece
Duncan
Pierce
Good luck! There are lots of good names on here!
Please name your son Thundercat!
Some of these name suggestions are a little crazy. JS.
My boys are named Connor and Cameron. I always hated when the kids had the same first initial but then I went and did it myself. Prego brain I guess. Anyway we wanted names that were semi-unique but not too crazy that they got weird. Plus we always have to spell out our last name and wanted easier first names because of that. I have to admit that the names are a little matchy-matchy but what are ya gonna do? Those names ROCK!!
So weird! I know someone with two little girls names Connor and Cameron!!
They are super cute names and I love that they are unisex.
I like Blake, Pierce (or Pearce), Max (although Pete says that kid will get beaten, I think not),
Addison? Barton? Bradley? Brit? Carter? Cole? Emerson? Finlay (Hottest senior EVAH, we used to say we wanted to get Fin-Laid…Maybe not what you want for the plankton)? Gabriel/Gabe (might be too Christmas-y)? Gavin (Had a really hot ex-bf with this name) Graham? Hugh? Price? Trey?
I basically just went through my facebook and gave you all the unusual names of boys I know who are somewhat cute and not mouth-breathers. I don’t envy you though. All my super fabulous sparkle names are for girls, and I just know I am going to have an army of boys. It hurts.
Darwin
I like the names Rowan or Carson
Good luck!
Rowan is totally my baby boy name… I was all excited because nobody had said it yet and now I have the sads.
Know what would fix those sads MODG? PICKING JESSICA’S & MY NAME. *sparkle fingers crossed*
Oh…and although it pains me to say this. Bailey is actually a pretty good boys name too. Although people will tell him that they have a dog named Bailey his whole life, like that is some effing compliment. My middle name is Quin, and I sort of like Quentin for a boy as well. Ok, I’m done.
If you can’t call him Danny Tanner, what about just Tanner? That is a completely acceptable boys name. In fact, there is an absolutely adorable little boy in my daughter’s class named Tanner.
Otherwise, I went through my kids’ yearbooks and picked my faves.
Aiden
Athen
Arden
Carson
Chase
Levi
Wyatt
Some cute names but make sure that his initials don’t spell anything goofy and that his name doesn’t rhyme with anything that some little pain can make fun of him with when he gets to middle school. My son’s name is Ethan. Both my husband and I have names that we have had to spell and correct our entire lives….total pain in the ass…so yes, unique is cool but not to the point that he wants to go by something else later in life because he is tired of spelling, saying or correcting everyone, which I did myself.
Logan
Wyatt
Aidan
What is wrong with people? Anything, ANYTHING that’s currently the name of a big city or ending in “ade” or “aden” is wicked trashy. Ew ew ew. Except Aiden, cause that’s a real name, but it’s so popular that eh. But whatever. I think I’m in the minority, because the only boys names that don’t make me want to hurl myself off a roof are biblical/traditional names that have been around for a while. Eli, Micah, James, Asher (maaaaybe, this might be on the “trendy” side for me), Levi. Not religious, but if I ever have babies I sure will sound it.
Reid
Cam
Max
Harlow
Drake
Guy
Our pick if Miss Taylor was a boy… Joe
Trip
Dane
Favorite: Gavin
Runners Up:
Logan
Dayton
Chase
Brody
Mason
Cooper
Love the name Leo, also love the name Henry (you could call him Hank)
BTW – Planky has a fantastic profile!!
Our boys are Nathan and Grayson, but we call them Nate and Gray. It’s nice to have a short name to call wh en you need them, but a long name when they’re in trouble.
I will tell you our boy names because I am fairly sure it will be okay to share them.
If we have a boy, we are going to name him Declan. I really like unique names that are real and not ‘created’ with weird spelling and stuff. It’s an Irish name. We will use my husband’s first name as his middle name (Kenneth).
I also have on my short list:
Liam
Silas
Liston <— I can't use this one, it's my uncle's first name(mom's older brother). I've always thought it was such a great, unique name. He has two daughters my age, and I'm fairly sure my cousins wouldn't be pleased with me using their dad's name for my kid!
I also second the name Grant. I love that name. I grew up with a Grant and he was the coolest, cutest boy around. I *almost* dated him in high school. *sigh*
I also want to say that I feel your pain on the common 80's name. My name is Christen, which is an uncommon spelling, but I am pretty sure the name in general was the most popular name of 1982. I was a cheerleader in high school (shut up) and on a squad of 14, there were 4 named Christen (but ALL had different spellings). I have a huge love/hate relationship with my name…
You MUST check out every name against this — http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames. It is Social Security’s list of top names for, like, every year ever. You can see which names are trending right now and enter a name and it will tell you where it ranked the last 5 or so years. You can even see ranks for names by state. I’m telling you this is WAY cool. It was instrumental in deciding the names of my two girls.
If I had a boy it would have been Kyle — love that name. Cool boy names are hard. Any cool names in your family trees? Go back a few generations and see if anything old can be new again. I’ll keep my ears open and chime back in if something cool strikes me.
Oh! And as for classic, I love James. Not Jim or Jimmy or Jimbo. James. FYI — it has ranked between 15 and 19 for the last 10 years. See how handy that link is?!?!
Some names we have been tossing around for the male baby my husband is sure we will have whenever he gets past his fear of actually having a baby:
Bishop
Wyatt
Vaughan
Mason
Names I used to really like but had to nix due to my last name:
Blaine
Rhys
Cooper
Aidan (although we have a friend with a child named Aidan now and everyone seems to be using that name)
Clayton
My personal favs:
Grady
Owen
I work with kids all day so here are some of their unique names
Brooks
Jameson
Ciuas (pronouced Ky-us) Its greek?
Hadrian
Corbin
Yian (like Ryan but no R) Welsh?
Dierks
Jenner
Of the above names other people mentioned I loved
Liam
Rory
Reece
and I like Ben, its ubber common, but classic.
BTW, Nice way to slip a sono in there! ha
My husband and I definitely going to have this issue when we have kids. The one name we agreed on (and it wasn’t even that good) was Jack and we wasted it on the dog so we’re screwed if we ever have a boy.
My suggestions:
Greyson
Logan
Lucas
Liam
Apparently I like L names!
If I were to ever have a boy it would be one of these. My husband says I like weird names though so these were the ones that we decided were different but weren’t a food group or inanimate object.
Evan
Drake
Brock
Heston
Gatlin
Oliver
Levi
Nolan
Wyatt
Spencer (I still love this name even though I feel like it has been tarnished by MTV)
Pense
Grayson
Taye (like Taye Diggs, I could never use this because my last name is Taylor and that would be cruel)
Topher
Gavin
And I met this really hot guy once named Toby Steele (first and middle) and I always thought that sounded like a really hot soap opera character.
OK, so that was a lot; and my husband always wants to add Helmut or Boris to the list but then I threaten to make him change all the diapers and he quiets down.
and DAMMIT there’s my other one… Nolan. Vote for me! I mean us!
Wow I’m totally overwhelmed at the awesome response! I guess I should have told you a few things:
1) no ex boyfriend names allowed. Ones mentioned, Parker and Jordan. Parker was his last name but unfortunately I love it as a baby name. Too bad for me and my poor dating choices
2) Some of you don’t know this but Charlie is my cats name. That’s a niche niche.
3) Chase is B’s brother’s name. That’s a big no.
My favorite so far is Thundercat. Good job.
Okay, not to be an a-hole but I think most names I’ve read on this list suck ass. Sorry guys, please don’t all hate me. I hate boys names in general and I had a shitty night with my stepson last night, so I’m feeling like being evil today. On that note, I have one suggestion, it is the name I will name my kid. It sounds hot, this dude would be a dude’s due. And don’t judge me for saying its a hot name, I’m not a pedifile. This kid will have this name for his whole life, and he’ll only be my little boy for 18 of his 70+ years. I want him to attract a decent wife so I don’t have to go sniper on some stupid bitch in 20 years. After all that, here’s the name. The name is . . . . Jackson. And I would call my kid Jack as a little guy and then when he was about 11 we would go full force with Jackson. FYI, I stole this name idea from my sister who got locked into her sons name with a bet and couldn’t use it. Please for the love of God do NOT name your kid Linus, Finn, or Biff.
Branson
Well if I ever have a boy I’m naming him either Benjamin Ryan or Ryan Benjamin….. however I also like the following:
Owen
Harper
Carter
Carsten/Carson
Archer! My cousins name, which I hated when I first heard it, but now love. Do it. Plankton will be destined to be awesome, uber smart, tall and adorable. Plus, I love the nickname Arch : )
**Jaden (jay-din)
Andon (and-in)
Owen
Vance
Gabriel (gabe)
Chase
Anders
Jack
My husband and I had a deal that I got to pick the girl’s name and he got the boy’s. His all-time favorite name is Jameson-like the liquor that he doesn’t even drink. But it’s better than Johnny Walker which he does. I liked Emerson, Greyson,or Jackson but those don’t fly with him.
We have friends named:
Chance
Dean
donovan
landon
I feel your pain. It took 21 years for my name to drop out of the top 25 names of the year. Sarah’s every – freaking – where.
My husband’s name is Mark. Feel free to stab your eye now.
We have two sons, and I am currently 23 weeks into gestating my 3rd. BOYS NAMES ARE SO HARD. Hubband and I are currently debating on tres’s name. At this point, carrot is starting to look pretty swell…
Since, I’m a pretty big believer in the thought “people don’t own names” I’ll suggest the names we gave our first two, since I didn’t see them listed above.
Braxton Xavier
Kieran Quinn
Whatever name you choose will ultimately be perfect. Good luck.
I love:
Carlos
Nathaniel
Nicholas
Gabriel….(names that don’t sound SUPER corny and they won’t make fun of him because of it…seriously, some of these suggestions are ridiculous, and I could think of many naughty words that rhyme with them! Remember, school kids can be really cruel)
Choosing a baby name is hard, but since I have TWO boys already, I’ve given the boy name thing a lot of thought. Here’s the new one that I like best, and you can reverse it too, if you prefer!
Rowan Royce
Good luck!
Ok, we have discussed this at length and I know I cannot help you because all of the names I like sound like they are from a Sergio Leone spaghetti western film and you obviously don’t support the arts.
Because Eastwood is PERFECT.
P.S. Don’t name him Cole. All the kids at Zoe’s school call a little kid named Cole “Ass-Cole.” (Zoe does not, it makes her sad.)
Aww. That IS sad.
Awww, that makes me sad…my poor child may be called that some day by either the kids at school or possibly me.
Dammit, way to go husband who had to name our child Cole.
Ashley I have a friend named Ashley and we call her Ash Hole, so if you managed to escape that one maybe your cole will too!
Fine, I will give you the names I’ve been saving my WHOLE LIFE
Langston
Zach
Carter
My husband’s name is Devin. I love it.
Etienne. So french, classy can be either both girl or boy. I seriously loved Bodhi. as in a tree. You’re welcome.
Another 80′s Jennifer here. I felt the same boy’s name pain. Had 1800 girls name and nada for a boy.
Here are some original names I’ve heard recently that I like:
Easton
Callahan
Anderson
Ford (Friend’s name, did not like at first, but grew on me)
Brennan
Keegan
Vaughn
Some of the names these folks are picking are WHACK!! Really? One chick said SLATER? Sorry chick, I still like you, but I laugh–all I can think about is Saved By The Bell. “Nice one, Preppy.”
Ok, so mine are gonna be the best. Stop reading everyone else’s suggestions right damn now.
1. Lucas- Luke for short. Who can resist a dude named Lucas? It’s kinda sexy, yet non-threatening. He’d be loved bye one and all. I’m gonna LET you have this one as this will be my son’s name.
2. Hayden- A few others have suggested this one and I agree 100%. I know a guy named Hayden and I love to say his name…..
3. Sawyer- I heart LOST. And Sawyer.
Everyone I know seems to have just given birth to baby boys lately and they are all named Ethan, Owen, or Jackson. Just an FYI so maybe your boy can avoid the too-popular name curse. I don’t have any suggestions though because I am planning to only have girls. Seriously. I need science to figure that shit out like stat.
My fiance’s name is Judson….I think its clever. And you can take it, because we are NOT having any juniors.
My husband is totally unaware of that fact that our sons will be named: Michael Matthew Chase (love the name Chase, but my nephew’s name is Chance, don’t even get me started); Dallin Scott or Colton Boone. Let it be said that I will not have that many boys–that’s just not going to happen. But, this is what the husband gets to chose from, should we create a manchild at some point.
Well, I say you name him Jackson… you can nickname him jax…. just love that name.
Morgan
Vincent
I also like the A, B, C idea, so: Cable, Calder, or Camdyn
Teegan
I love it. I wanted to name my son teegan, but one of my friends beat me to the punch and named her daughter Teegan, I still think it’s more of a boy name. I need to hurry and have kids before my friends keep stealing my names…
Um – no Teegan. That is half of a sister – lesbian group, Teegan and Sara. I LOVE Teegan and Sara, but you don’t want to name your son that if you are trying to NOT get him teased.
Ok as a teacher I can say 90% of the names mentioned I’ve seen over the past 4 years, but then again I live in SoCal capital of parents with I-want-my-baby-to-be-different-syndrome. So they all named their demon spawn after actors’ kids (yeah like no one else had thought of that). I think the plank-meister needs a name that’s unique, yet easy to spell and pronounce. That way teachers don’t think he’s a crack baby. For example I have a student named LaFondah. Yes as in the internet GF in Napoleon Dynamite. I also have a student named Pijamay, like they wanted pajamas to sound French, I can barely contain my laughter.
Suggestions:
Vance
Grant
Colby
Clayton
PS- I still think Danny Tanner should be fair game.
Seriously, parents in SoCal pick out horrendous names for their spawns. I’m a speech pathologist and travel to different schools, and I’ve come across a Kashton (gross), Sophia Loren, Grace Kelly, Female (pronounced, no joke, FA-MALL-E) and my personal favorite, two twin 1st generation Vietnamese-American boys, whose parents wanted them to have all American names, John Wayne and Rambo. Sads.
I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. These two comments are hilarious!
grady and brennan…brennan is my secret name, well not so secret since it is my last name but i think it is unique even if it isn’t your last name!
I’ve solved the puzzle. Stop reading all of the other posts!
I love the idea of A+B=C
…. and you love Suri
So you are destined to have a little “Cruise”
All of this may seem cheesy, but you also went on a “Cruise” and experienced cheesy first hand while you were preggers.
Told you Destiny!
Donovan
Desmond
Amos
Amanda of the 80′s here too, but of 8 or so in my class I was the only one that went by Mandy. Thanks mom??
I love the name Brandt. and Blake.
We know a lot of unique boy names – Cade, Caden, Colt, Cole, Cahn, Griffin, Ryder, Hunter, Hayden, Holden.
This is my first time commenting. My sister just had a boy and had the same issue. She ended up picking out Declan. Pronounced like Deck – lan. Apparently it was from a book she read. It is not popular at all and I thought it was not super tredy or anything either so a good mix.
Good luck!
A friend has a traditon. Her family always names the first boy for the mother’s maiden name – so you could use yours -
ORRRRRR!
You could use the one another friend had that I thought was a PERFECT boy name, so did her hubs, but she thought it sounded “wrong”. That name is Turner. Its so cute! If I were having a boy I would totally name him Turner because MY maiden name so does not work.
It was BYE. I mean can you imagine my life with a name like LISA BYE??? You thought Amanda was bad, try graduating with EIGHT Lisa’s in a class of 263 people and SIX of you are LISA ANN. My parents got an F- on “How creative were your parents in naming you?” quiz on Facebook. This is why I named my Boo Boo La La what I named her – and I don’t type it on the internets EVER. I want it to be unique, not like Greenliegh or Butter, but like 20-30% unique.
So those are my ideas:
Your Maiden Name or Turner
I’m not telling my boy name because I don’t want it to be stole (not like I think anyone will but I have paranoia) but my other fave names are:
Jax
Korden
Xander (pronounced Zander)
I have a friend named Grayson, we all call him Gray. I have never met another one and it is pretty cool. Also, it’s the same as Robin from Batman’s actual name, Dick Grayson who then turned into nightwing. So he’d be a super hero and have that going for him.
And here is some advice: right now there are two kinds of names that are uber popular and you will want to stay away from: biblical and anything ending in “en”. There are a ton of Jayden and Braden and Caden etc. so steer clear! there also seems to be an outcropping of names like Isaiah and Noah etc. Just advice, take it or leave it.
-K
I think your only rule should be don’t pick something that Britney would pick.
I like the names Levi, Ethan, Luke, and Chase.
Whatever you do – DO NOT name it something cutesy like Keegan or Toby. (no offense to anyone who likes those names) I personally don’t feel like they’re grown up names. My rule is, if you can’t picture it on a business card or picture a man shaking hands with a colleague and introducing themselves with it, scratch it off the list.
That’s excellent advice – would your kid be embarrassed to put his name on a resume? When some of my cousins named their kids I was like, so YOUR kid’s never getting a job.
huck
max
jack
but please, for the love of all that is HOLY, do not name him kasen. if i have one more ex have a child and name that child kasen (or kaysen) i will shoot someone. not that you are my ex, but YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. stupid name.
I’ve always been partial to the names Regan or Dash or Blaze. Kendall’s a pretty decent name too, if you want something a little less weird.
Oh come on, there is an obvious choice here.
Wolverine.
Duh.
Because how awesome would it be to yell “Wolverine!” in the grocery store.
Looks like I’m a day late and a dollar short here. Ya’ll have all the help ya need plus some!
I have a granddaughter named Honor Elisabeth. I’ve never know anyone named honor before but it fits her well.
God bless ya and have a marvelous time pickin’ out the perfect name for your bundle of love!!!
I am back b/c I came up with a few more that friends have used lately:
Sebastian
Emmitt
Shane
Tyson
Archer
Aston/Ashton
Hunter
Damn, this is hard. Boys’ names are tough. Good luck.
PS Tanner! (Comma Danny).
i had the bestest girls names ever picked out. I’m saving them.
I also love emerson for boy or girl
and darius
damn those are both more the 2 syllables. I suck.
I dont know if I am having a boy or a girl yet, but my since I have had NO symptoms or been sick, I am thinking boy,…and I only have a super duper unique awesome boy’s name…so I cant tell you that. If I have a girl, we are screwed.
My friend suggested Wynn for a boy. I am not a fan, but some people are!
BUT, I will tell you my favorite site to check the popularity of names…well, its no secret, but I go to it every day to check names- Social security! All those Haydens, Aidens, etc are all very popular right now by the way. I obviously have a very popular name too, and I REFUSE to do that to my child….so go here to enter name ideas and see how popular they are:
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
If I ever have a boy, the name I have picked out is Wyatt Daniel. BUT I love the name Drake and can’t use it, so it is yours.
I’m expecting #2 (a girl this time) and probably last so here are my baby boy names that I won’t be using:
Henry, Brendan, Adam, Oliver, Quinn, Penn, Spencer, Maxwell, Brenton
Please put your Top 10/20/50 list on http://www.babynames.com so we can all vote!
Sterling
Declan
Jasper*
Jax
Rome
*My school mascot was The Jaspers, and I fell in love with the name; however, using it runs the risk of having people think you named him after a vampire lol. I would still chance it.
Prettymuch I’m just spewing friends babies/kids names at ya! I like them all though
Ethan
Parker
Cole
Roman
Kolby
Chase
Kale
Ryder
Thoryn
Blaire
Bradley
Jordaine
Kadin
Levon
Logan
Wyatt
Good news, I have 12 selected from your suggestions. Although B likes like .5 of them.
Wolverine makes 13.
Oh and I forgot – Spencer
Ooo! Are you going to tell us what the 12 are?!
Beau, because I like it.
Carter (really like the A,B,C thing you should totally do it!!) or Cole (we know a cute little boy named Cole and no one has ever called him ass cole) or Clem (short for Clemment went to high school w/ one and everybody called him Clem) Went to college w/ a Krister (parents were Swedish) but always like the name and could be spelled Crister. Camryn (could be spelled Cameron) or Connor
Jackson
Braeden
Birch
Grayson
Griffin
Ian
Evan
Rain (which can also be spelled Rainn as in Actor Rainn Wilson)
You certainly have plenty of suggestions to play around w/ now!
Also, my cousin named his kids Disney (yea, DISNEY), Davin and Daniel… Please don’t do that!
My mom always said to picture your baby. Think in your head what you think him/her will look like, and name off of that. In my head, I see my baby boy sucking his thumb, bed head, and holding his blanky. So my favorite boy name??
Linus. Just like the character from Charlie Brown, who is, no doubt, the sweetest little boy in history and exactly how I want my first born boy to look.
I think its perfect. You can have it if you want it too
Adorabill? Probably too many syllalbles.
Dingus?
Dingo?
Like the Australian creature that took off with the baby?
Also, totally agree that you should consider Plankton applying for a job, or the Presidency, whatever you prefer. Unless you are going all toddlers and tiaras on us and going to force him into showbiz, please don’t name him something that looks childish on a business card.
Well you could go the opposite of the Christmas baby name and go with Damien. I’ve known one guy with that name and he was one of the most awesome people I’ve ever met. And not a devil worshiper.
I knew a guy named Loyal and he was The Hotness. I’ve also met a hot Royal. I do not recommend “Soil,” however.
I don’t have any suggestions either but I’m totally polling my blog readers because, GENIUS! And ps, I’m stealing some of these from your comments. If it turns out to be a boy of course – although some of these could be good for girls too.
Anyway, whatever name you choose, practice saying it in all the different emotions. If you can’t say your kid’s name in a mad voice because if it sounds just too precious, he won’t ever take you seriously. And really, can anyone say ‘Thor’ in a soft and loving voice?
You also need to be able to go to the back door and scream out his full name at least three times without running out of air. Grayson James St. Clair Longandbusylastname is a pain in the ass mouthful. It needs to roll off the tongue when you mean business because it’s time to come inside for dinner RIGHT NOW YOUNG MAN.
Yup, that’s about to be you.
I’m fresh out of boy names unless you want to name him Cullen. I like Holden too.
We named our son Sandler Dain so I think we’ve got the 20-30% uniqueness going on without it being too weird. My husband would only agree if we didn’t call him Sandler. I gave in, but I’m secretly hoping he wants to go by Sandler when he gets to college.
Damn, no Brandon Dylan? Ok, then in no particular order, here are my picks:
Tyler
Carter
Brendan
Brandon
Chase
Camden
Brayden
Boden
Logan
Harrison
Ryder
Shane
Austin
Okay, I just read through all 152 comments and I see some actual girl names in there. PEOPLE.
I always wanted to name my son Ander, but my husband wasn’t on board, so have at it if you want.
I have a friend named Anders!
Don’t know why, looked at saw that not-so-Captain head
and the name “Joshua” popped in my head. Good luck!
Keegan
Cale
Lucas
Well, we found out last weekend that we’re having a boy, so I can share OUR boy name.
Ethan Cohen. I wanted Cohen, but the husband wasn’t too fond of it as a first name, so Cohen took a backseat as middle name.
i vote on keanu. i mean it’s a classic name. you cannot go wrong with it.
since he is christmas baby why not something like noel (not said like the girls name no-el. said like nole.) nolan?
Top 5:
Austin
Sinai (pronounced something like SEE-NAH-E)
Riley
Warren
Chase
My husband and I haven’t had any kids yet, but I think we’re destined to have all boys…they just run in both sides of the family (for instance his side just had their very first granddaughter out of 9 grandkids, my dad has 4 brothers, my mom’s brother has NINE boys…they kept trying for a girl and ended up with a baseball team).
My husband’s name is Kelly Brennan (Kelly is a very Irish male’s name). So, we thought we’d name our first son Brennan, but it appears that it might be becoming quite popular now. So then I thought maybe Brooks, but I see that mentioned several times above too.
My favorite boy name right now is Caleb.
And SCORE because I didn’t see that name mentioned once…and yes, I did read through all the entries.
Several other names I like, that I don’t believe were mentioned above:
Gage
Beckett
Benson
Jett
Derek
Baxter
Drew
Names that were mentioned that I do love:
Adam (I believe this was only mentioned once above, but I love the name)
Lucas
Grant
Wyatt
Elliot
The following are WAY popular right now:
Parker
Carter
Carson
Jackson
Greyson
Hope this helps! I will anxiously await my gift
These are some of my personal faves:
Morgan
Rory
Win (short for Winifred or Winston)
Kyle
Maxim/Maxwell
Brett
Jesus Christ. Some of these names are terrible. I am a teacher and I am going to do you a favor; I am going to tell you what NOT to pick.
1. Anything from this list except Benjamin Ryan. That’s great.
Here are a few that are going to be so overdone by the time your baby is here:
1. Dalton
2. Hayden
3. Aiden
4. Chase
5. Hunter
6. Jackson
7. Ethan
8. Wyatt
Seriously. Avoid them. Also, unless you want his teacher to laugh at him, don’t choose names that aren’t real (such as Cale and Boden) or named that are misspelled, intentional or not. (At my school we have Sabasty’En [Sebastian] and Gabrellie [Gabrielle].)
Good names? Nicholas. Ryan. Benjamin. REAL names, not, “My child has to be UNIQUE!”
If I could *like* this comment, I would. But I’d also add Liam. Anything ending in -aden. Henry and Miles are getting popular. All those stupid Twilight names (stupid because of the association with Twilight, not because the names suck) rose a ridiculous amount last year.
Although Cale and Boden are real names, they’ve been around for ages. Just never been popular
I’m not saying I like them, I’m just saying they’re real. Pilot Inspektor and Kal-el? Now THOSE are made up hahaha.
Thank GOD: the voices of reason here.
I also work in education, and let me tell you something, when you meet a girl whose name is QLAUPTRA… pronounced “Cleopatra”… you weep first for humanity and second for yourself (although those ones are tears that come from too many giggles).
Hand to God, that was her name. Creative spelling makes me die inside a little!
Here you go;
Liam
Kieran
Colin
You’re welcome.
Reid. Or Massey.
We’re stopping at three girls – McKenzie, Emery, and Keeley – but we always had a boy’s name ready to go…Kyan.
Gary, Larry, Harry, Dick, Wayne, Pat, Virgil, Sherman, Don, Bob, Earl, Darryl, Frank, Gene, Herman, Fred, Marvin, Leroy, George, Stanley…most of those are one syllable and super fly. Jermaine and Tito are really cute names too.
My total favorite boy name that I will use if I have a son (heaven forbid) will be Gaylord. I’m willing to let you steal my name Gaylord cause I’m cool like that. I might have to borrow the name Thundercat though.
Gaylord Thundercat – such power!
OK…scratch what I said above. Plankton is totally going to be Asian. Asian names = perfection. They are definitely short and one syllable. Dong, Dinh, Duc, Hung, Chung (oooh even better Wang Chung).
Hudson. Definitely Hudson. If you’re not feeling that, though, I vote Witt, Finn or Pierce.
I still think you should use my first suggestion, (Cade) and let me clarify: NOT with an “n” (hate all those “aden” names). Just Cade.
But I also love Rhett, which practically screams dark and dashing.
Thundercat. Absolutely. How can you say no to such awesomeness?
I’m chuckling to myself a bit– you said you wanted a unique name where he wouldn’t be Bob G, etc. for the rest of his life, yet over half the suggestions are the most popular names currently. Definitely check the SSA website
Anyway, I don’t like names you hear everyday either. Most of the following aren’t even in the top 250. I’m hesitant to share because I have this ridiculous fear of my sharing will spark a surge in popularity. Like I have that kind of world domination or something?
Barrett
Kelan
Breckin
Davis
Leyton
Shale– I heard this when I shadowed at MarkShale (clothing store). Apparently the owners sons’ names were Mark & Shale. I think Shale is pretty awesome.
Micah
Roman
Miller
August
Sorry for any repeats
Theyre probably listed on here 1000000 times but names Ive always really liked for boys are
1. Jack
2. Kaden
3. Bentley
4. Brady
5. Landen
Mom really likes Max
Listen to your sister
Holy cow, do you have your fill of white bread names yet?? Here’s a manly one: Blake Remington. That is my contribution to the white bread list.
Now here is my ethnic list:
Tomas (accent over the “a”, like in Spanish)
Sebastian (again, accent over second “a”- SebastiAN)
Dimitri (its a little funky but maybe it goes with your last name?)
Fausto
Esteban
Santiago
Ok that is all I have. Boys names are so hard! Grr.
Hi me again….
okay got 3 more
1) Travis
2) Braydon
3) Colby
k thats all i got for now
Boys names are difficult, but having 2 myself, this is where I stand on the issue. I like boys’ names to be in what only I can describe as a “power name”- one that is strong with confidence. My sons are Zachary and Aidan (I also chose just previous to the Aidan craze). When I pick, I picture them introducing themselves at an interview for their medical residencency, and don’t want their name have bad associations. (I’ve also been told I over think things- whatever). But if my third would have been a boy, I would have chosen Andrew or Grant- both good power names
If is unique wht you want, try names in other languages….
anyway as said above, it will be a nightmare to spell it all times from school to university….
Jorge or George
Carlos or Carl
Eduardo
Oskar
Peter
as i´´m saying names, i dont know how i will call my own baby boy….
good luck
Also, I saw some people suggest Cole. Please don’t name your baby Cole. that is my dog’s name and if you pick that name, I will forever think of plankie-plank like a chocolate lab that licks his ass and eats cat poop for dessert. I don’t want that for me or you.
So many pet names on there! My brothers dog is Cooper, I call him pooper scooper. Don’t do it.
Clark
Efrem
Preston
Kiernan
ohh and I had a super hot friend named Bleu growing up – kinda weird, but he was h-o-t.
Uhm. If a unique name IS what you want- just go with Dany Tanner. That’ll be unique for years to come.
I know you said you didn’t want that name. But what I’m sayin’ is that it’s a hell of a lot better than all these -ayden, -on, and -ett names.
I’d go with Dong or Wang or Heu.
haha So kidding.
I’ve always told my husband that he doesn’t GET an opinion about the name until he pushed something the size of a watermelon out something the size of a quarter.
I don’t have cool, trendy names. I’m fighting tooth and nail for my first son to be called Harry. Not after that wizard or red-headed prince, but after my dad, grandpa, and great-grandpa. And maybe Harry Conick Jr. Just do the world a favor and don’t take a common name and make the spelling all bejiggity. I hate that #1 most! I knew a kid named Kolyn once–pronounced “Colin”. I called him “Colon” because that’s how I roll.
My husband’s grandfather’s name was Colon. His family intended it to be Colin, somehow with a hard “o”… I don’t get this either, something about an accent… but at the time the doctor filled out the birth certificate and he didnt ask the spelling they wanted. He heard colon so his name was Colon. Forever on his birth certificate. And was affectionately, or not, called Colon the rest of his life.
Poor guy.
my mom worked for welfare in SoCal and they really do have the worst ones, she always tells me about Female (maybe the same little girl as the one posted above) and little Carcinoma or Rocksand. And if you have twin girls next time, my friend who is a teacher has little Luscious and Lextacy in her class. They are destined to have dollars stuffed in their cooch.
Pretty much anything you choose is better than that. Except maybe one of the Zappa kid names like Moonunit or Dweezil. There you go, Dweezil, my new favorite!! you’re welcome.
Kanin or Canin – if you want to stil with the A, B, C theme….
Collin
I can’t wait to see/hear your top 12 list! I’m a nanny, and some of my favorite kids have had these names:
Teddy (his full name is Theodore Whelan Wallace – isn’t that amazing? We call him Teddy-Ted and Teddles. and a million other things. He is one of the best babies ever, and is incredibly cool for a 5-month-old).
Lukas Sebastian
Colby Bryson
William
Damnit I forgot your other cat’s name was Willy! Scratch that last one then.
Love Warren and Jax. We have a friend named Emery. Most of his buddies give him shit and call him AnnMarie all the time. No bueno.
I say just get ridiculous and name him something “ghetto”. I’m a *gasp* black person and the names is my culture would curl ya nose hairs…
perhaps?:
Darquantavious
Jayquan
Junior
Truck…seriously
Ha..I’m only MILDLY kidding
Yeah so I’m totally on board with Thundercat. I personally think that you should go with names that no one else uses like Xiam so your kid can be all unique and whatnot. But you could also do something with a theme so when you pop out more kids you will easily be able to get more kids…..like you can go with Ken so the 1st girl can be Barbie, then Midge, etc. I’m just sayin….
Pacey
Adrian
Trey
Kai
Maddox
Good luck with your selecting!
So I stumbled on some GEMS whilst doing some actual work at work (REAL names of kids in my city):
Legend (no pressure, kid)
Bladimir (I really hope this is a mis-type)
Jareth (okay, but only if he wear the mullet-wig that Bowie wore in “The Labrynith”)
Kylexy (boy or girl, IDK)
Maverick, last name, waaaaaiiittt for it…………..Outlaw. This is 100% legit.
And when you have a girl:
Dynastee
Jewelianna (see my aformentioned distain for creative spelling)
Briciah
J’nya
Jy’Onnie
Basically anything with an apostrohy will screw them for life when filling out those bubble sheets in school.
This is as helpful as it gets on a Friday afternoon!
Another one of our students: Mercedes Binns. I’ve never met them and I already hate her parents.
There are a lot of boys in my family, so I’m just going to throw them out there for ya:
Luke Thomas (Luke), Gregory Kenneth (Greg), Philip Andrew (Phil), Mark Joseph (Mark), Jeffrey David (Jeff), Daniel James (Dan), David Scott (Dave), Jonathon (Jon), Liam, Matthew (Matt), Daniel (Dan), Thomas (Tom), Brandon, Eric, William (Bill), Lee.
Some other names of awesome people that I know are: Lars, Volker, Lucas, Rob, Ty, Todd
Since I will probably never have children, I bestow upon you my ‘weird’ boy names that I planned to use. I feel your pain about the common name thing, my name is Melissa, and in a class of 40 people, there were 2 Melissas, same middle name, and our last names started with the same letter.
to the names:
Maximillian (Max for short)
Sebastian (bass?)
Dominic
Bjorn (bee-yorn)
Reese
I have four nephews from two different families…Connor Anthony, Quentin Teo (It’s Italian, which we are. Said Tay-oh), Leo Sebastian, and Zeke Asher.
As a middle school teacher, I wanted to offer some suggestions based on what I see in the classroom. 1) Be careful using names that could be girls’ names. Kids can be cruel, and I always feel sorry for these boys. Because of this, I don’t even like boys’ names that sound close to girls’ names. Like Kade. It sounds too much like Kate. 2) If you choose a name that has a nickname, make sure you like both forms. Kids get embarrassed if they go by a nickname and the long form is horrible, and some teachers just automatically shorten the name. 3) Make sure it sounds like it looks. It’s painful to try to pronounce some names for the first time! Those are the top three things I can think of. If I think of more things that I see in school, I’ll come back.
I love the name Rory for a boy!
I love Fallon. so cute.
I hate that I was working all summer and had no time to blog… because holy hell, did I miss alot. You’re preggers!!! CONGRATS!!
And names… yeah, boy names are super impossible for some reason.
Okay, since I have no chance of bearing my own spawn anytime soon, here are some ideas… although you already have a million great suggestions:
Harper (girl, maybe boy… probably girl)
Isla (girl, I love it)
Jax (Boy)
Bailyn (Girl)
Grey (boy)
Huxley (boy)
And that’s all I’ve got….
Happy weekend to you!!
Since he’s due right around Christmas and I’m guessing naming him Jesus or Santa are out how about Christian. I also like the name Cullen but of course that’s very Twilightly.
I really love the name Gideon.
Jagger~
Tripp~
Jaxon~
Ryder
Henry
Boys names are SO HARD they give me migranes. We aren’t pregnant, but even THINKING about boys names is difficult. Of course, I have a list of girls’ names 12 miles long but I’m sure for that reason alone I’ll end up having 16 boys.
With that said, I’m all about unique names as well. I refuse to bring another Mike, Chris, or Andrew into this world. (Or in the case of my husband’s Italian family… another Tony.)
Our favorite boys’ names are:
Zane
Luca
Ashton
Cameron
Good luck!
Awww, Cameron. Great name for a boy!
My 4 yr old was named after both grandpa’s John Andrew
My lil princess who is 15 mths was named after both grandmas Peyton Garner
I’m totally into old family names, we are super traditional like that. And honestly, I think people try too hard to have a cool name and here’s the deal, it is most likely a repeat. Maybe not as popular as Sara or Jennifer, but thanks to us weekly all the cool oddball names are now published for all to see. Soooooo, nothing is really that unusual anymore.
I like the name James. Strong and simple. I’m sorry but what little boy needs a silly weird name?? Save the oddball names for a thrid child where everyone forgives you for the silly name bc you are too tired to care anymore and all the good names are taken.
Okay you can hear my totally awesome names since we’re probably not having boys
Emmett
Ivan (Van for short)
Zane
You’re Welcome!
A couple more:
Vance (could use “Van” for short)
Brighton
Milo
Auden
my fav
Savian
I named my kid Cooper. It’s short, to the point, a guys-guy name, good nick-name options (Coop, Cooper the Trooper-when he’s down in the dumps, Super Cooper, etc), does not have bad-rhyming options (Cooper the Pooper is as bad as it gets, unlike Tucker, if you know what I’m sayin) and will clearly give your kid a future as a baseball player (doesn’t Cooper just sound like a professional baseball player?) All win-win arguements when choosing a name.
I’m a huge fan of Wyatt…in spite of the Earp comment it could bring about.
I am a first timer to your blog !! Just sayin hilarious !!! Here are a few of my favorites. I have Max and Mick as my sons names. Here are a few of my favorites;
Chaz
Kash or Cash
Rocco
Jett
Kal
so many great names!
All I can say is DON’T for the love of Pete name your child and spell it in some F-ed up way!!!
I’m currently working on a football program (designing etc) and there are so many kids with F-ed up names! Extra Y’s and J’s and all mixed up! It’s no wonder I spell half of them wrong!
I love all the suggestions and I figured I’d give one of my own.
Shane. I don’t know why but I love that name. I even hoped to have a girl to name her Shane.
(I like boy names for girls).
Shane
Daniel (more formal than Danny and B might not notice)
Michael
And I’ve always liked Eric.
my name is jordan and my sister’s name is bailey and yes we are both girls but for our ENTIRE LIVES people tell us that we have boys names. so…. you could just do that. jordan bailey or bailey jordan — it has a nice ring!
if my parents had any more kids, no matter if they were boys or girls, they would have been named sloan or quinn.
YAY BABIES!
For the love of MIKE do not name the poor child Aiden or Jordan or Blake or Taylor. All names I hear many times over when we meet little boys.
Also, our friends named their child Cassius so they could call him Cash – there is your ABC.
ok i really like the name Lincoln
I’m not much for babies or emotion but I love your blog. So much that I’m emotional and YOUR baby!? My brother’s name is Dustin and he is amazing so I could be biased but I love that name. I also like Kyler and Drew. Good luck!
As I was reading through your list of suggestions, the one name that stuck with me is Smith. Go figure. (Then again, I may be a bit biased, as The Smiths is my all time favorite band.) But one name I didn’t see at all, anywhere, is Jonah. I say it every single day myself, for that’s my son’s name. NO! I didn’t get it from the Bible, either. He was named after the little boy in “Sleepless in Seattle”, and YEP, I freely admit that.
I’ll admit I only read about 20 or so of the comments other people left so this one may have been said a million times, but I saw an article today about some guy named Bryce and the first thing I thought of was the Bryce Jordan Center………..it’s fitting for a Penn State family.
Theo (this may cause Cosby show flashbacks)
Wade
Judd
Luke (hey it’s not Dylan. Though it’s Dylan inspired. Sorry, I HEART 90210)
I clearly like the four letter names.
Zephyr
Hello MODG. I’ve been busy with Sephora stuff, and just getting caught up on your blog.
My mom’s dad was named Alden. I always thought it would be good for a boy or girl.
Hey, not that you don’t have enough suggestions, but my best friend’s brother has a family name that I think is awesome: Tandy.
And my uncle’s name was Fender… which I just always thought was cool… even though it’s a car part. Good luck! I’m sure whatever you pick Planky will love. Just please don’t make him go by his middle name. I’ve had to deal with that my whole GD life. It’s awful. Just make the first name the one.
we have 4 girls & a boy [so far] and i agree that boy’s names are SO much harder.
our son’s 1st name is after his grandpa & his 2nd name is the name that he went by when we met him. i love it so much:
clayton elijah
we also love: zeke, trey, lucas, (an)drew, jude & mason (wish that one weren’t getting so popular!)
[this is my 1st visit here from zakary's blog!] =)
Rowan
I thought of another one- Leopold (Leo for short)
Hugo
Ki-Jana
Courtney
Walker
Elliott (my daughter’s name)
My absolute favorite boy’s name is Axel. I hear it’s rising in popularity, so you may want to avoid it. But I’m going to fight tooth and nail (someday) to name a son that.
leo
angus
elvis
jake ryan
seven
wiley
finn
romeo
sam
axel
Cove
Grayson, Mack, Carter, Reece, Parker, Christian, Max
Jeremy ( you can tease him and call him Germy…sounds almost the same!)
Andrew ( lots of potential here: Andy, Drew, Drewfus, Drewby, Drewbius Maximus, etc.)
O hello! Am I a little late to the name party? Eh, whatever, I’m just trying to kill time till happy hour.
Anywho…. a friend of mine has two sons named: Cecil and Quincy.
So far, the SF hipsters that have come in contact with the “chosen ones” have flipped over those names. Of course, you are going to have to get over the constant Arrested Development references with the name Quincy… or is that just me?
Regardless, keep up the good work, fellow mean girl!
I keep seeing “Leo,” which my brother-in-law’s ever unpopular name -he’ll be thrilled. Hubs is Jeremy -solid. Our “maybe baby” will be John [Robert] if it’s a boy. (You see we’re not even TTC yet.) I also like Arthur.
Late to the party, but I have to say… some of these names are good, but some are really terrible! As another Amanda I can certainly appreciate not wanting to select the world’s most popular name for my baby, but if it’s so unique that no one else has it, hello – there’s probably a good reason!
Here’s my trick for putting a name’s popularity in perspective: I look up its current ranking on the social security site someone suggested, and then find that number for my birth year. For example, I really like the name Liam. Yes, it’s been pointed out that it’s popular now, but it was ranked #49 in 2009. Comparatively, #49 in my birth year (1981) was Shawn. Sure, I know a couple Shawn’s, but it’s not as bad as Chris or Mike.
I know you’ve already had your son, but these are if you ever plan on having another.
We named our son Ezekiel Killian. Our second was a girl (Adalae [ada-lay] Bleu), but the boy name we had picked out was Elias (e-lie-us) Calvin.
I’m very late coming to this post, but now I’m wondering what your son’s name is. I also wanted unique but not crazy, or weirdly spelled. My criteria: not in the top 50 (or 100) most popular in the last decade, yet easily recognizable, easy to spell and easy to pronounce. My little G baby is Graham.
Children don’t need a name until they’re 5 or 6 anyways. Before that, they’re just “the thing that poops”
Just curious…what was your SUPER PRESIDENT KING RULER girl name back when you were naming Gavin?
Congratulations on your sweet new addition, btw. She’s precious.