Name Help!

Hey everyone!

 

So this is kind of an odd question... but I know most of you are very creative, and I think this will be a good place to ask to find something more of the style I want. I’m having a baby boy in July (maybe sooner, I have a feeling) and I’m still at a loss for a name!

 

I want it to be something unique, but not so unique that it’s difficult to figure out if seen written down. I work in law enforcement / emergency services, and I want to find something that isn’t a name I’ll see frequently.

 

Here are some of the ideas I have so far..

 

Emory

Thayer

Arie

Wren

Porter

Mercer

Lucca

Orryn

Bishop

Weaver

Marlow

Knox

Oriel

 

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Hopefully that gives some idea of style. If it makes a difference, last name will be Muller.

 

Any ideas would be super appreciated!!

 

Thanks everyone for your time! I know there are tons of brilliant and creative people here - I can’t wait to see what you all come up with!

I've got a very unique name -- I've heard of other people with my name, but never actually met one -- and no one knows how to spell or pronounce my name -- and I get called by the wrong name all the time -- so I can say your kid will really appreciate having a name that's not "too unique."

 

I would skip some of the more feminine-sounding names (Arie, Wren, Oriel). Unless society changes drastically in the next 20 years, employers still show preference for male names on resumes over female names on resumes. So a clear "boy's name" might be helping future job prospects. (Yes it's terribly sexist and shouldn't be that way, but I'm also a super-practical realist and sometimes wish my name was less feminine.)

 

Emory is a good option; Emory University is very well-known which means everyone will know how to say and spell it, plus there's a positive association with education/knowledge.

 

Porter, Marlow, and Knox also fall into the easy-to-spell, easy-to-say category, with all generally positive associations.

 

One thing I like to do is look at name lists from 1900 and earlier. You'll find some unique names that, while uncommon, aren't weird and people will generally know how to say and spell them. Examples include Milton, Horace, Everett, Edwin, Chester, Warren, Reynold, Adrian, Avery, Jasper, Richart, Roland, Quinton, Trinian, and Piers.

Thank you! Those are some great ideas, and good points. Especially about names that could be considered more feminine, or even more gender neutral. I think gender neutral names are super cute, but I have been hesitant on going with that for a boy. I feel like it is a better fit for a girl, and the last thing I want is for people to tease him about it.

 

I also have a name that no one can spell or pronounce. They like to try repeatedly, even though I give them a nickname or tell them how to say it. It’s beyond frustrating, and having lived with that my entire life I have no desire to push that on my son.

One thing I like to do is look at name lists from 1900 and earlier. You'll find some unique names that, while uncommon, aren't weird and people will generally know how to say and spell them. Examples include Milton, Horace, Everett, Edwin, Chester, Warren, Reynold, Adrian, Avery, Jasper, Richart, Roland, Quinton, Trinian, and Piers.

 

name your kid Richart, and he will forever have to correct people "no my name doesn't end with a "d", it's with a "t" Richart with a T!!"

 

Chester, Edwin and Adrian have kinda been making a comeback recently? I've encounted those names quite a bit recently

 

Anyway, my couple cents - Oriel sounds weird to me as it's both a type of window and one letter off from "Ariel" (which nowadays we all think of as a certain mermaid, but pre-Disney it was more commonly a male name!! (even met a middleschooler by that name recently...)

 

Clayton, Knox or Alphonse sound really like neat names in my head ^__^