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    Out of all the girl names posted so far I like Rhiannon, Saoirse, Fiona and Catriona.

    I named my little brother and I chose Evan. I also like Ian.

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    Nezahualcoyotl if it's a boy and Quetzalxochitl if it's a girl.

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    I've been looking up Irish names and I really like Saorla, which apparently means "noble queen" and for boys, Tadhg and Kieran.

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    For a boy... Karl, Erlend and Ingvar, Ivar and Sven are nice names.

    For a girl... Linda, Katrin, Ingrid, Karin, Signe and Hanna are nice names.

    These names are common in Estonia and wouldn't sound weird in most European countries.

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    If it's a boy name him Beorn(the old english version of my first name)

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    Keep it simple. Be considerate of the teachers who have to figure out how to pronounce the name.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Karl View Post
    For a boy... Erlend and Ingvar are nice names.
    These names are common in Estonia
    They aren´t so common.Swedish names, why should they be very common in here.
    Because of historical tradition, German names are indeed very common among Estonians.Swedish names are less common although some of them-like Ivar and Sven have been popular in different periods.But generally-Estonian name tradition is not rigid and one can call his baby Carlos (Mexican soap operas, you know), Kevin or Keanu (Hollywood products) as well.
    I respect different ethnicities and their names. I respect if someone is Vladimir, someone is Bjoern and someone is Giustino, but I personally think (too) foreign sounding names aren´t the best taste.

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    Why the fuck an Englishman would allow his heir to bear an Irish name when he had no known connection with that island is beyond me.

    My own thick stupid lazy pig-ignorant (fully-English) cousin called his kid 'Conner' (sic). Fucking thick bastard. Shun't be allowed to ave bleedin kids...

    Ahem.

    The moral is, don't call your kid a name that they haven't some sort of RIGHT to.

    And Christ.... Eowynn?! Avoid popular fictional characters. Even if they have authentic names, you'll still be mocked for doing so.

    Welsh names.... I'm of two minds on this one. There's not an Englishman alive who won't have British ancestors from 1500 years ago, but well... That's quite a long time!

    PROPER ENGLISH NAMES:
    Sadly, I think AEthelbeorht is pushing it, ever so slightly.

    There are not a few names that have decent modernish forms that you can get away with easily enough though (including Anglo-Scandinavian ones). Edward, Eric, Elliot, Mildred, Alfred, Carl, Ethel, Gytha, Audrey, Abb, Oswald, Bernard, Edmund, Howard, Rolf, Edith, Hilda, Harriet, Cuthbert, Wilfred, Edwin, Osborn, Arnold...

    A lot of the more obscure ones have survived as surnames, which should be noted, and can provide a more 'familiar' sounding form to modern ears than the original. If you like Leofric, you can call your kid Leveridge, Leofwine > Lewin. Torfinnr > Turpin, Eilafr > Ayliffe, Aethelfrith > Alfrey, Hwitraed > Whittred...

    The tendency to give placenames as first-names puzzles me. Under this heading go Astley, Ashley, Ainsley, Ashton, Bradley, Shelley, Chelsea.... ?!? I mean, if you're from there, or have an ancestor with that surname, okay... but otherwise... !

    There's tons of names to choose from. Here's a fairly exhaustive list;
    http://eagle.cch.kcl.ac.uk:8080/pase/persons/index.html
    (Click on the letters at the top, and you'll get all names that begin with them)

    I'd suggest going through it, eliminating the absurd ones that you'll never get away with, and presenting your sibling with a list of some to bear in mind.

    And PLEASE check back with us, to prevent horrendous potential embarrassment!

    I reckon there's a few more obscure ones that could be brought back without too much fuss; Aldred, Ailfrith, Edwulf, Waldeve, Kenward, Kilvert, Baldrick , Oswy...

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    Adolf is a great name!

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    Heinrich sounds better. Or Wilhelm.

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