You’re in the waiting room at the dentist’s office, chatting with the friendly pregnant lady a few seats down. She is equally unenthusiastic about getting a cleaning today, but she says flipping through random magazines is helping her brainstorm for baby names. You ask what type of name she’s searching for and she responds:
I’m looking for a name for Fiona’s little brother. I don’t want it to start with F/Ph, M, or T please.
“Do you have any suggestions?”
You’re a name-lover, and you could potentially give her dozens of suggestions. But the hygienist just called your name, so you only have time to give her five baby name suggestions before you head off to the chair of pain dental chair.
But here’s the fun part: Instead of blurting out the first five names you come up with (which is what you’d be forced to do in real life) you get to press a magical “pause” button, brainstorm for a bit, and then “unpause” the scenario to offer her the best five names you can think of.
Here are a few things to keep in mind as you brainstorm:
- Be independent. Decide on your five names before looking at anyone else’s five names.
- Be sincere. Would you honestly suggest these particular baby names out loud to a stranger in the dentist’s office?
- Five names only! All names beyond the first five in your comment will be either deleted or replaced with nonsense words.
Finally, here’s the request again:
I’m looking for a name for Fiona’s little brother. I don’t want it to start with F/Ph, M, or T please.
Which five baby names are you going to suggest?
Clancy
Ethan
Neil
Owen
Walter
Oscar
Ossian
Owen
Albus
Wright
Gordon
Stuart
Alasdair
Cameron
Murray
(I’m a Fiona: these are my real life brother/cousins)
Neil
Jack
Paul
Isaac
Grant
Joshua
Sean
Henry
Patrick
Liam
Declan
Liam
Oliver
Rory
Seamus
Alexander
Caleb
Charlie
Christian
Vincent
Douglas
Colin
Gregory
Arthur
Hamish
Alec
Cashel
Nolan
Oscar
Pierce
Owen
Rory
Simon
Leo
Quinn
Cormac
Ignatius
Kieran
Nicholas
Peter
Arthur
Calloway
Dashiell
Evander
Cormac
Bryce
Darcy
Gavin
Heath
Lucas
Asher
Bailey
Rafferty
Ezra
Rowan
In order of preference:
Seamus
Bruno
Henry
Though I’m lamenting the no Ph rule because Phillip/Pip is perfect with OMITTED to my ear. :)
[Edited to conform to the 5 name rule. -Nancy]
Callum
Graham
Rowan
Jasper
Oliver
Not sure if you’re a fan of the TV show Shameless, but the main character’s name is Fiona and one of her brothers is named Ian. I love the ‘ee’ sound they share but aren’t too matchy-matchy.
Ian
Liam (also a character on the show-can you tell I’m a big fan? :P)
Henry
Caleb
Oliver
Victor
Quinton
Caleb
Hugo
Kevin
Ian
Colton
Colby
Linus
Cyrus