Five-name Friday: Boy name like Malcolm, Evander

You’ve got jury duty today. You (and a few hundred other people) have spent the entire morning sitting in a large room at the city courthouse, waiting to find out who’s been chosen to serve and who can go home. A few seats away from you is a friendly woman who happens to be pregnant. Eventually the two of you start chatting, and she mentions what type of baby name she’s looking for:

A boy name that doesn’t have a commonly used nickname and isn’t rising fast in popularity. Some names we like are Malcolm, Callum, Evander, and Merrick.

“Do you have any suggestions?”

You’re a name-lover, and you could potentially give her dozens of suggestions on the spot. But they just called out your number (darn it!) so you’ve only got time to give her five baby name suggestions before you head off to your assigned courtroom.

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 at the courthouse?
  • 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:

A boy name that doesn’t have a commonly used nickname and isn’t rising fast in popularity. Some names we like are Malcolm, Callum, Evander, and Merrick.

Which five baby names are you going to suggest?

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