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 lowersharpnose 18 Apr 2009
We have five weeks left to come up with a name for the latest addition.

Possible:
Arnold, Reg, Sid,

Neutral
Dennis

No way:
Gary, Lee, Royston, Hamish

All generic names like John, Steve, Andy, Mike, Dave, Matt, Tom, Phil, Jake, Jack, Tony, Nick etc

Dismissed as stupid:
Plato, Gilgamesh

I've not written the number one contender on the possible list.

Any suggestions?

lsn
Chris Tan Ver. LI - On the Bog 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

You're a brave bugger I shall be watching this thread with ( potentially) much amusement.


How about Kheng the Marauder - Strikes a chord! Don't you think?

Anonymous 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: We need to do this over some beer. Call me sweetie.

What about Hogarth?
 ranger*goy 18 Apr 2009
In reply to Chris Tan Ver. LI - On the Bog:

I had a thread like this 4 years ago. It was good for some giggles
 Reach>Talent 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

It doesn't really matter; what is important is that his initials don't spell something unfortunate, it doesn't rhyme with your last name and isn't difficult to spell. Trip up on any of those 3 and you'll get no end of flack by the time he is a teenager.
violentViolet 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Horatio. You know you want to.
Jonno 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

I presume you're joking about Arnold, Reg and Sid. If not you deserve to be bludgeoned to death when he's old enough to extract revenge !

 JMarkW 18 Apr 2009
In reply to Reach>Talent:

You could eame him after his father - Weak

I like Arthur but would get shortened to Art which is shit

cheers
mark
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Oscar, Connor and Ciaran are my suggestions.
 Jeff25 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

i like Jacob but think its v popular and would become Jake.

theres a handy application at www.babynamingwizard.com which gives you the evolution over the last 100 years of the top 1000 names. its good fun.

If you want adventurous and to really test him how about Canute!

Id like to see Fredrick / Fred make a comeback as well...
 Richard Baynes 18 Apr 2009
In reply to Jeff25: Vercingetorix. Hallumi. Sue. all good names to toughen a lad up
 2pints 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

What abput alfred?
All:

Ta.

Oscar - no, The Tin Drum
Connor, Ciaran - Celtic tosh

Horatio - War hero, but too plummy

Hogarth - ha.

Alfred is a possible...

 Big Steve 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Alfonso?
dinkypen 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Bob
 JezH 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Alexander?
 Big Steve 18 Apr 2009
In reply to dinkypen: Elvis, Goliath, Frodo, Tarquin
 winhill 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Homer
Siegfried
Victor
Yrmenlaf 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Apart, obviously, from Yrmenlaf....

How about Athelstan?

Isambard Kingdom has a fine pedigree

Y.
chickenpox 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Roderrick, he can be a Rod or a Rick or Der or derrik?
Fair enough, bad move. I'm thinking girls names at the moment.
 Graham T 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:
Geoffrey?
Terence?
In reply to lowersharpnose: How many children do you have already? You could number this one, for example #3.
Rossco1 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: You must consider your surname first, I.E. If its "Case" you might want to call him Justin? etc, I'm sure If you let us know the surname we could come up with something similarly interesting?
dinkypen 18 Apr 2009
My nephews are called Harvey, Oscar, Finn and Oscar and my son is Jamie (James/Jim)... all jolly fine British names .... take your pick!!
interdit 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose

'upper'

upper lowersharpnose has a nice ring to it.
 mikeryder 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

cedric?
 Graham T 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Winthorp
diablo 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

smaller (sharpnose)

bit too obvious really ?
In reply to Graham T:

Terence - no.

Geoff - possible.
In reply to winhill:

Victor a possible

Athelstan is close

MarkWesterman - my older lad likes Thurg.

I've realised Alfred is out, my mate has used it for his second boy.

Profanisaurus Rex 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Cameron, shortened to Cam as appropriate.
In reply to goingupintheworld:

He is number three. I refer to them frequently by number.
 mux 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: DYLAN !!

it was on my list ...but it didnt work as well for a girl .
In reply to Masood:

Nah, celtic tosh. Has a ring of a theme pub about it.

I apologise for any offence I have caused/will cause with my comments on suggestion. Sorry.


 mikehike 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Dillan
 p3t3 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Lancelot, Winston, Archibald (Archy), Jeff
interdit 18 Apr 2009
In reply to mikehike:

Dilbert
In reply to lowersharpnose: Steve, Basil, Aiden, Ian, Alan, Leo, Andrew, Stephen?
In reply to p3t3:

Winston is top notch.

Trouble is is that it matches/rhymes with the name of first son and I think matching names are naff.
In reply to Northern Climber:

Steve, Ian, Alan, Andy and Steve are generic names.

Leo is gay, Basil has my laugh. Neutral on Aiden.
 Big Steve 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Black Diamond?
violentViolet 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

What rhymes on Winston?
 Rubbishy 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Dax

Footsie

Badvok
violentViolet 18 Apr 2009
 teflonpete 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Vladimir.

Imagine the fun he can have later in life introducing himself to girls as vlad the impaler.
In reply to violentViolet:

My Grandfather was known by his middle name, which was a surname. Like many other grandfathers, mine fought in WWII, North Africa, Sicily, Italy. Two beach landings, El Alamein, Monte Cassino etc..
 woolsack 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Bertie
 UKB Shark 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Stanage - Stan for short
In reply to John Rushby:

Gordon is out too.
In reply to Simon Lee:

Stan is good.
 teflonpete 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Henry?
Daithi O Murchu 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

call him Conor
 richardhopton 18 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:
George
Frederick
Ranulph
Andreus
Samuel
Anonymous 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Vaughan. It's a power name.

Unfortunately it's welsh, but yin and yang and whatnot.
 pipcollier 19 Apr 2009
In reply to Anonymous:
could call them ying and yang if twins?
 pipcollier 19 Apr 2009
In reply to Anonymous:
> (In reply to lowersharpnose)
>
> Vaughan. It's a power name.
>
> Unfortunately it's welsh, but yin and yang and whatnot.

yin, yang and whatknot if triplets
Dan Walker 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: how about Dan - named after me obviously! or failing that what about Pud, Ikea, Mistake, Stalin,

...you asked
 AnTeallach 19 Apr 2009
Is this not a climbing thread!!... if you want baby names etc, why don't you google some baby naming forum and try that!!

PS: I have just bought a second hand car, any suggestions for a name for it? I thought about SMARTIE! any other suggestions?
 anansie 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Max

A timeless name
 sutty 19 Apr 2009
In reply to AnTeallach:

I have had amamnda and clara and a long name for some of my cars to encourage them up hills a bit faster.
In reply to anansie:
> (In reply to lowersharpnose)
>
> Max
>
> A timeless name


People always look up to a Max, especially if his surname is Headroom.

 Richard Baynes 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:
> Like many other grandfathers, mine fought in WWII


Grandfathers? My dad did. God I'm old.
Anyway, more stupid names: Ezekiel and Nebuchadnezzar would go well. Lot is a good one especally if he fancies a career in autioneering, but his wife would have to make sure to be a forward-looking kind of person.
Jesus is a popular name in Latin America, why not give that a try?
Satan would get him noticed too, as would Beelzebub.
My parents were sniffy when I called my son Joe, then I realised it was what they would think of as a Catholic name...
 li'l Kath 19 Apr 2009
In reply to Richard Baynes:
Rupert
Ambrose
Sebastian
 Richard Baynes 19 Apr 2009
In reply to li'l Kath: Wayne, Kevin, Barry.
 Toby S 19 Apr 2009
In reply to AnTeallach:
> Is this not a climbing thread!!... if you want baby names etc, why don't you google some baby naming forum and try that!!
>

Because it's the 'off belay' forum. So you can talk about any old pish.

To the OP: 'Celtic Tosh'? How very dare you! :0)

I'd suggest Beelzebub Basturdface Lord of The Flies Hamish Macbeth Macdonald Sharpnose.
 dek 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:
Son of 'Sharpnose'?.........Pinocchio..... shurely?
In reply to Richard Baynes:

All chav names are out.
Rossco1 19 Apr 2009
In reply to anansie: I agree my dog is called Max
 bouldery bits 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

How about "Metolius"? A quality name.
Mazza 19 Apr 2009

>
> Leo is gay, Basil has my laugh. Neutral on Aiden.
>

Scandalous!! Leo is lovely!! What about Theo? Too gay too?
Sasha,Mark,Marcus.

OK..these are all probably to "gay" as you say.

Aiden..no way..it'll just get shortened to Ade which then just sounds like Aids.

Mazza 19 Apr 2009
In reply to Mazza:
Forgot to add

Oliver, Alexander, Yann, Johan (all french names)
In reply to lowersharpnose:
Dod
 vincentvega 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

sonny, paoulo, gabriel!
 Bulls Crack 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Gabriel?

Or from Salop place names - Homer or Wigwig,
 Strife 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Jessica.
In reply to Strife:

For a boy?????
 IanC 19 Apr 2009
In reply to Mick's Daughter:
Marco - or is that foreign tosh

Raef


geordiemonkey 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Hagar
TooCauldAgain 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Loads of kids are getting names from the TV nowadays

Brett,Ali,Dean, Cillit Bang etc

how about a few from but i'm biased
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/babyname/results?_requestid=585786
In reply to IanC:

Is Raef celtic? I've heard of the English name Ralph being pronounced Rafe but I just assumed that was a 'nobby' affectation
 Flying Monkey 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:
Isaac? Although I have a feeling it won't be your cup of tea.

 Chris Craggs Global Crag Moderator 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

I once worked with a woman who lad was called Rogan (his dad was Irish) - she hadn't a clue why I p1sses myself when she said his middle name was Josh!


Chris
Mazza 19 Apr 2009
In reply to IanC:
Raef is awesome. If I ever have kids I'm calling one Raef
 Conf#2 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

What about Ewan?
In reply to Flying Monkey:

Isaac Hunt - explains why.
In reply to confusicating:

Ewan is a good name, but for me, it falls in to the celtic tosh category.
 Bulls Crack 19 Apr 2009
In reply to TooCauldAgain:
> (In reply to lowersharpnose)
>
> Loads of kids are getting names from the TV nowadays
>
Cillit Bang etc
>


eh? http://www.cillitbang.co.uk/
 DreadyCraig 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:
I once bet my friends to name their child skeletor (even just as a middle name.

My nephew is called Loris (after Loris Capirossi, the moto GP rider. Bit of a story as to why) Very unusual and original.
 teflonpete 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:
> (In reply to Flying Monkey)
>
> Isaac Hunt - explains why.

My next door neighbour is called Michael Hunt, he hates being called Mike.
 Richard Baynes 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Darren. Chaz. Ronan.
sankster 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:
I like Cameron, Rubin (or Reuben), or Jeremy
x
 steev 19 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Call him Private, then give him a promotion whenever he hits one of life's big milestones.
 SFM 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Innes
Rory
Keifer
Barnabus

or

after yer favourite crag.
johnSD 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Hugo
 'Hilda' 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Conrad
 idiotproof 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

can't imagine anyone called Raef going to a normal Comp school

How about

Rab, pod or alpkit?

or go all Johnny Cash and call the boy Sue
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Congratulations by the way.... Can't believe I didn't say this to you and Sarah yesterday - must have still been shell shocked from the 13 hr drive..

You found a name yet!

In reply to johnSD:

Hugo is the name of a little one down the road, so it's out, even it wasn't in.
In reply to Duncan Disorderly:

I think you did.

No name yet, some contenders, nothing fixed.
 Andy Hardy 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Shirley-burlington.



In reply to lowersharpnose:

Marcus Aurelius Sharpnose.

Shortens to Marc and good initials if your surname begins with a D.
 Bob Hughes 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Arthur
 John_Hat 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

If you're going for retro names like Alfred, how about Albert or George...?
 ring ouzel 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Clive.
 Richard Baynes 20 Apr 2009
In reply to ring ouzel: Rio. Ryan. Nacho (aparently there is a ginger speccy kid in Glasgow with this moniker. And a pair of twins called Dolce and Gabbana...).
 Owen W-G 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

I like classics:
Winston
Arthur
Stanley

Generally any old fashioned named that can be abbreviated into mono-sylabic Stan, Art, Archie, Arnie, Reg, Sid etc but with a formal extended version.

 'Hilda' 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Mortimer
Edwin
Frederick
Ezra
Archibald
Ernest
 Owen W-G 20 Apr 2009
In reply to 'Hilda':

Randy Sharpnose?
 popebenedictus 20 Apr 2009
In reply to Owen W-G:
Dunston Sharpnose
 SebCa 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Since Cameron my number 1 i already taken how about 'Tristan'
 anonymouse 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:
Evan Lowersharpnose
 toad 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Damian. You know you want to.

PS itunes playing "End of the Rainbow" Richard Thompson. This may be an omen.
 Hero of Alex 20 Apr 2009
In reply to:

Jefferson Challenger
Alaric
 Postmanpat 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Take
 j_duds 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Rodney.

And what is wrong with John!?

Cheers John
 sutty 20 Apr 2009
In reply to j_duds:

Nothing, very good name, so long as you don't already have a child named that.

Adam would be good, first man on earth, so they say.
Anonymous 20 Apr 2009
In reply to Jeff25:
> (In reply to lowersharpnose)
>
> ... how about Canute!


I believe the original spelling is 'Cnut'.

Hmmm...

CJ.
 Pauline 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: how about Caleb?
In reply to j_duds:

> And what is wrong with John!?

Commonplace.
 Huddy 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

to quote the biscuit:

A woman who described herself as “A little bit Bridget, a little bit Ally, a little bit Sex In The City” and chose to call her baby boy Fred as a childishly rebellious attempt at a clever reaction to those who might have expected her to call him Julian or Rupert. Bit of advice: call him Rupert, it fits, and besides it’s a good name. Don’t be calling him Fred or Archie, with all its cheeky but lovable working class scamp connotations, unless you really do have plans for him to spend his life in William Hill’s waiting for them to weigh in at Newton Abbott.

they speak the truth
In reply to Pauline:

Caleb sounds like an inbred Louisiana backwoodsman.
 Tom Last 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Go(Garth)?
Cl(Oggy)?
 Pauline 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

oh... i thought it sounded quite nice! Then again i know someone called Caleb and he is a lovely bloke!
 string arms 20 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Have you thought of naming him after a colour? Red is an obvious one, blue is ok i suppose. I'd stay pretty clear of those wierd ones you get in b&q these days like plum with a hint of sausage.. Tango is pretty cool though
Will Phillips 20 Apr 2009
Aubrey
In reply to Will Phillips: I'll see your Aubrey and raise with an Evelyn and a Hillary!

That takes me down a mountaineer/explorer path:
Edmund (Hillary)
Ernest (Shackleton)
Tom (Crean)
Walter (Raleigh)
Ranulph (Fiennes)
Ray (Mears)
Indiana (Jones)
Angus (MacGyver)
 stuckonarock 21 Apr 2009
In reply to Captain Awesome:

Bear (Grylls)
In reply to stuckonarock: Listen, we don't like yer sort 'round these parts so if yer don't want no trouble, yer'll turn yerself around and close the door behind yer.
 'Hilda' 21 Apr 2009
In reply to Captain Awesome:

Throughout my years at school I came across the following names

Wellington
Boy
Heathcliff
Barnabus
 spacey 21 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

My wife wouldn't allow my fav name, see if you can get away with it....

Dwight
In reply to 'Hilda':
> Throughout my years at school I came across the following names
> Boy

That's just a teacher habit for when they can't remember the lad's name...
 'Hilda' 21 Apr 2009
In reply to Captain Awesome:
> (In reply to 'Hilda')
> [...]
>
> That's just a teacher habit for when they can't remember the lad's name...

No it was definitely his name Boy Wayne Robertson
 dunc56 21 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: Gordon or Gekko for obvious reasons.
 CurlyStevo 21 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:
Derek is a good name
 Alyson 21 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose: So has nobody guessed your favourite yet?

Douglas
Francis/Frank (actually, you can't have Frank, I'm keeping that one)
Ernest. I think someone's said this already actually. It's a great name.

We have a family middle name of Widdas which I'll let you have if you like.
In reply to Alyson:
> (actually, you can't have Frank, I'm keeping that one)

No you're not. No son of mine's going to be called Frank!
bobbybin 21 Apr 2009
In reply to dinkypen: But that's short for Kate
 Chris the Tall 21 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:
Go for something timeless and classical - like Darren or Wayne, or better still Dwayne
 Alyson 21 Apr 2009
In reply to Captain Awesome:
> (In reply to Alyson)
> [...]
>
> No you're not. No son of mine's going to be called Frank!

Well that's ok - no father of my children is going to be called Captain Awesome!

vertical_h 21 Apr 2009
In reply to lowersharpnose:

Kip...name for (small) hill in scotland and old english name circa 1900's...
In reply to Alyson:
> Well that's ok - no father of my children is going to be called Captain Awesome!

Gah! Foiled again... :+/

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