You’re on a quest to find a couch, so you’ve driven to the furniture warehouse to test out every couch they’ve got. In the middle of your mission you take a break to chat with a fellow couch-hunter who happens to be pregnant. After comparing notes for a bit — frames, fillings, fabrics, etc. — she mentions that she’s also in search of a name for the baby. Then she tells you the gist of what she’s looking for:
Vivian, Leona, and Lawrence are getting a new baby brother. What are some traditional-ish names outside the current SSA top 50 that don’t start with the letters A, L, H, and V?
You’re a name-lover, and you could potentially give her dozens of great suggestions on the spot. But you’ve still got aisles and aisles of couches to inspect, so you only have time to give her five baby name suggestions before you get back to your shopping.
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 a furniture store?
- 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:
Vivian, Leona, and Lawrence are getting a new baby brother. What are some traditional-ish names outside the current SSA top 50 that don’t start with the letters A, L, H, and V?
Which five baby names are you going to suggest?
Felix
Marius
Oscar
Theodore
Walter
Philip
Frederick
Francis
Edward
Benedict
Charles
Robert
Edward
Richard
Kenneth
Zachariah
Xavier
Edmund
Mathias
Jonathan
Francis
Pierce
Emmett
Tobias
Simon
Wesley
Bernard
Franklin
Desmond
Bradley
Jude
George
Martin
Timothy
Peter
Jasper, Felix, Gregory, Evander, Oliver
Franklin
George
Oliver
Thomas
Walter
Calvin
Edward
Jasper
Mitchell
Theodore
Douglas
Gregory
Timothy
Walter
Stuart
Walter
Thompson
Thaddeus
Marcus
Edmund
Gerard
Francis
Zachary
Nathaniel
Vincent (if it’s their last baby and they like balance/themes :) )
George
Calvin
Frederic
Theodore
Walter
Everard
Sylvester
Graham
Frederick
Donovan
Ophelia
Norah
Johannah
Calista
Farrah
Collier
Malcolm
Peter
Phillip
Sean
Tucker
Walter
Raymond
Frederick
Quinton