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Help with unique Baby Boy Names

My boyfriend and I can’t decide on a boy name we like enough to stay with. We like kind of unique names like Brendan and Jayden, but we aren’t in love with them. We don’t like crazy names though like Abdul or anything in that region. We also don’t like normal names like John or Michael. I guess the way to put it is we like normal american names, just kind of with a twist on them. We are thinking the middle name will be Anthony and the last name is Melcolm. Sorry for being so confusing about this! His daddy’s name is Derek William Melcolm, but we don’t want a Jr.

Thanks for your help!!!

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SingerInPurple offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
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Elvis (lol just kidding)
Emmet
Arion
Alexander
Norris (like Chuck Norris)

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LollyRose offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
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Social Security posts the 1,000most common names given to newborn Americans by the year. Google it and compare the names given on this list to the lists posted there, then don’t give your son any name in the top 150.

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prttytrisha offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 28 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (8 minutes after post)

how about Hayden Anthony Melcolm.

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Florimouse offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 26 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (9 minutes after post)

Ham for short

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Nante offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (9 minutes after post)

Name him Nante!! its pronounced “Non-Tay” dosent it roll of the tounge? or how about Allen or Aron or nathan.

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Florimouse offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 26 #
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“tongue”

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SingerInPurple offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (10 minutes after post)

channler
Bret
William (spelling?)

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Nante offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (10 minutes after post)

oops yeah sorry.

florie wrote:
“tongue”

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1 year, 4 months ago (13 minutes after post)

How about getting married?

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Nante offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (15 minutes after post)

How about Tyler?

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SingerInPurple offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
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Nicholas
Nico (pronounced nee-co)
….ok i’ll stop bothering you now XP

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The Griff offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
New Orleans, LA, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (16 minutes after post)

7 Naming Mistakes:

1) Make sure the initials don’t spell something awful.
2) Make sure the first and last name doesn’t sound like another word.
3) Avoid names where the first name rhymes with the last name, or first name ends in a vowel and the second name starts with a vowel as they tend to run together.
4) Avoid childish names.
5) Don’t choose a name you are not happy with.
6) Avoid celebrity names that may suddenly become unpopular.
7) Don’t pick a name that’s hard to pronounce and spell.

Boy: Gradyn
Girl: Jilian
Either: Briton

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Hope89 offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Gainesville, FL, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (16 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
How about getting married?

for what? To get divorced? No thanks.

I like Logan too, I think. I like Chandler, Tyler and Nathan. I do like Nante, but I’m pretty sure my boyfriend won’t lol. thanks though.

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Moonlight Knight offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (22 minutes after post)

What about something exotic like… ryano or leonardo? :)

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SingerInPurple offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (22 minutes after post)

haha why not just Michelangelo

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Hellacious Haro offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (24 minutes after post)

I like Logan.

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Nante offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (24 minutes after post)

Haro wrote:
I like Logan.

I like it too.

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Moonlight Knight offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (25 minutes after post)

What about Darien I love the name Darien…you might ot know why but the clues on my screen name hehe

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Nante offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (27 minutes after post)

Eric out of the question? or Tobias pronounced “Ta-By-us” I like that name.

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Hope89 offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Gainesville, FL, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (28 minutes after post)

lol singer birth to a ninja turtle, yay. ;) Thanks for your advice too btw!

Moonlight Knight wrote:
What about Darien I love the name Darien…you might ot know why but the clues on my screen name hehe

I like Darien a lot too!

Thanks for all the suggestions guys, they’re really good ones!

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The Griff offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
New Orleans, LA, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (28 minutes after post)

Mamoru Chiba, eh Moon?

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Moonlight Knight offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (29 minutes after post)

Yayyyyyy!!! hehehe XD Somebody knows why I like Darien!!! :) You received 5 star Griff! *****
I’m glad you like it LHlord!! hehehe

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NOLA Lady offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (30 minutes after post)

You can combine his father name into something. Or have his name have the same intial as his dad.
Trey, Beau, Conner, Cole, Julian, Darrin, Darrick, Wyatt are good names too.

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*Kayla* offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (30 minutes after post)

Emmett , Issac, Colton, Collin, Levi, Holden.

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Nante offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (36 minutes after post)

Hmmm I have an idea whatever they said isnt the best baby name…

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blackfire31 offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (36 minutes after post)

Cole
Aaron
Aiden

Try www.babynames.com, its a great help especially if you like searching for names by meaning.

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NOLA Lady offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (36 minutes after post)

Heard of a few guys being called Angel.
Marc with a c is nice.
Knight is a cool name too.
Know a boy names Paris

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Nante offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (39 minutes after post)

yeah I like Aiden.

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Moonlight Knight offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (44 minutes after post)

I like Angel and Knight… Angelo might be nice too? Nothing beats Darien!! :D

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littlenick offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 131 #
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How about nickito chiquito?

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Nante offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (46 minutes after post)

littlenick wrote:
How about nickito chiquito?

Isnt that a type of taco sauce?

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littlenick offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 131 #
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Nickito Chiquito is little nick in Spanish!

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Nante offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (50 minutes after post)

littlenick wrote:
Nickito Chiquito is little nick in Spanish!

Ooooo…so you were named after taco sauce?

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (55 minutes after post)

Braydon!

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (55 minutes after post)

i want to name my son Aiden Blaine but the bf doesn’t like it…

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blackfire31 offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (56 minutes after post)

Matthaeus ?

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The Griff offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
New Orleans, LA, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (57 minutes after post)

Vader!!!

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imayloveyoustill offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (59 minutes after post)

Braden Anthony Malcolm, i like it! :)

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 hour, 3 minutes after post)

*Melcolm, excuse me.

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jessic_spec offline Verified User (2 years) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Strum, WI, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 hour, 23 minutes after post)

here this websit may help you out babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com

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Captain K offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 hour, 25 minutes after post)

I agree get married first its best for the child. I’ve been married over 20 years the worst thing you could do is bring a child into an unstable environment plus its just not morally the right thing to do.

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Strum, WI, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 hour, 27 minutes after post)

if they dont want to get married they dont have to. has long has the dad is in the kid life it will be fine

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blackfire31 offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 hour, 30 minutes after post)

why get married? Honestly, i don’t understand it. No offence, but how can someone promise to love someone forever? And what’s with the ‘death do us part?’ doesnt it mean ’till divorce do us part?’

Getting married is just a formality, as long as a kid has a stable parent willing to give it the love/attention and care it needs. The kid won’t even know the difference between married and not married for at least the first ten years of his life!

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 hour, 32 minutes after post)

names have a profound influence on peoples lives.
imagine if your parents named you S*H*I*T*H*E*A*D.
you can see what that would do.
to check your names see:

http://www.kabalarians.com/index.cfm

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babsie offline Verified User (1 year, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 hour, 38 minutes after post)

how about levi i love that name or buster thats cute 2

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Hope89 offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Gainesville, FL, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 hour, 56 minutes after post)

blackfire31 wrote:
why get married? Honestly, i don’t understand it. No offence, but how can someone promise to love someone forever? And what’s with the ‘death do us part?’ doesnt it mean ’till divorce do us part?’

Getting married is just a formality, as long as a kid has a stable parent willing to give it the love/attention and care it needs. The kid won’t even know the difference between married and not married for at least the first ten years of his life!

Thanks I agree! Can we focus on the question asked please, not the fact that we’re not married, and we don’t plan to be anytime soon!

And thanks so much for all of your suggestions! These are better than any baby name website!

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blackfire31 offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (2 hours, 6 minutes after post)

Some of my favourites: =)

Preston
Jordan
Dawson
Nikolas
Alec
Angel/Angelo
Ari
Ashton
Austin
Brayden/Braydon
Caiden
Chris
Clark
Clifford
Connor

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Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 4 months ago (2 hours, 9 minutes after post)

eg. “name ari” will make you domineering.Hard to get along with.

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babacup offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 14 #
Indianapolis, IN, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (3 hours, 2 minutes after post)

I have two sons who everyone says their names are unique - Holden Douglas and Owen Marshal.
We got our names from books we like and people we admire. That is a good place to start.

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Nathaniel
Shane
Shaun
Sean
Jonathan
Johnathan
Arthur (aka Art or Artie)
Alvin
Gregory or Gregorio
Martin
Stanley or Stan Lee or Stanlee
Joshua
Francisco
Fernando
Gerard
Raymond
Robert
Bartholomew
Tristan
Devin
Dallas
Luis
Nicholas
Taylor
Tyler
Victor
Craig
Kraig
Vicente or Vincent
Theo or Theodore
Rafael
Roger
Peter
Andree

idk, i just looked at a letter on the keyboard and thought of what started with that letter. Also, I’d go for something crazy. Like my old bunny was named Oreo.

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Godfather offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (2 days, 22 hours after post)

Adrian Joseph Melcolm? Dane Anthony Melcolm?

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*Kayla* offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (5 days, 4 hours after post)

I have 2 nephews and their names are unique. Feel free to steal if you like.

Shayne and Caiden.

Also,

Austin
Cole
Blake
Chase

Please let me know what you choose, good luck starting your family

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My favourite name from our family tree is Horrax (Honk for short). Is this too English-sounding?

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i love the name Vencie

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maxfan offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 13 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (2 weeks, 2 days after post)

LHLord…preg… wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
How about getting married?

for what? To get divorced? No thanks.

only if you and he can’t handle a baby or being together FOREVER. financial responsibility is HUGE, 18 years of bills, and sending your kid to college? by as a single mother? or still shacking up with your boyfriend (and your mom) at age 40?

http://www.babycenter.com/cost-of-rai…

Cost of Raising Your Child

Here’s what you’re likely to spend to raise a child:
$136,224
(Before you despair, remember that your income is likely to increase over time!)

i did it for you dearie
good luck

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*Kayla* offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (2 weeks, 2 days after post)

I dont think getting married will determine how much you love your child, and getting married is just a piece of paper, if you love one another thats all that matters. Good Luck with everything

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Da⌐11 offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
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blackfire31 wrote:
why get married? Honestly, i don’t understand it. No offence, but how can someone promise to love someone forever? And what’s with the ‘death do us part?’ doesnt it mean ’till divorce do us part?’

Getting married is just a formality, as long as a kid has a stable parent willing to give it the love/attention and care it needs. The kid won’t even know the difference between married and not married for at least the first ten years of his life!

The disheveled state of the nuclear family is the number one reason for poverty at this point in time in society. Stability brings the accumulation of wealth and “committed” marriage brings stability.

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Da⌐11 offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
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*Kayla* wrote:
I dont think getting married will determine how much you love your child, and getting married is just a piece of paper, if you love one another thats all that matters. Good Luck with everything

No getting married is not just a peace of paper, or even religious mombo jumbo. It is a statement of commitment, and it is that commitment that is important. The idea that this individual plans to split up with her boyfriend some time in the future (her reason not to get married) means that their commitment to each other is very lax and only speaks poorly of their love for their child. Through their actions, this child has a more likely chance to live in poverty, to have an unstable life and in the future is at greater risk of starting his own dysfunctional family. And the downward spiral continues and continues.

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maxfan offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 13 #
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besides.. divorce didn’t even exist until it was invented by Henry VIII. when you get married to someone,you are supposed to go into it with the idea that you never want to be with anyone else, ever.

and you are not supposed to be producing children (there are too many in the world already) until after you promise to be with that person forever, with a legal contract and a ring on both parties’ fingers to show that promise. it’s about commitment.

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Hope89 offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Gainesville, FL, US | 1 year, 3 months ago (2 weeks, 3 days after post)

Well anyway like I said before, nothing some person I don’t even know on the internet is going to concvince me to go and marry my boyfriend. Push your views and beliefs onto someone who is going to listen to them. Thanks for sticking up for me though, those of you who did. And thanks for remembering what this post was about others that did.

My son is born now by the way. We named him Brendan Anthony.

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Strum, WI, US | 1 year, 3 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

that is a nice name

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Gainesville, FL, US | 1 year, 3 months ago (3 weeks after post)

Thanks and Thanks!

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An Unknown Location | 6 months, 4 weeks ago (9 months, 2 weeks after post)

Derek Anthony Melcolm

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wow i forgot how much of a expletive DA-11 is

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