husband into "alternative" names for our boy

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I know an Italian guy named Jilani. I always loved that name for a boy.

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Op reporting: I'm tickled to know there are a couple Zephyrs out there! It's a bit too untraditional for me, but DH loves it, esp the French pronunciation (Zephyre...).

Okay, here is the rest of my short list, , selected both to be "non traditional" and go with the last name (which is why they are all at least 2 syllables). I hope someone discovers their baby's name on this list, for it will at least have come in handy...

Ariel; Asher, Adrian, Akiva; Atticus; Alexi; Caleb, Callum; Corwin, Cosmo or Cosimo; Crispin; Darby; Dmitri; Dylan; Dixon; Ellis; Ellison; Emile; Emory (or Amory); Elliott, Gael; Griffin; Jesse; Jordan; Kyle, Leonardo; Nico; Prosper; Rico, Rio, Sasha, Warner; Wyatt; Xander/Zander.

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OP - these are all too conventional for your husband?

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I'm convinced that people with average names pick alternative names, and vice versa.

I would pick a traditional name for a boy.

Out of the list, I would go with Adrian, Dylan or Jesse.

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Anonymous wrote:Op reporting: I'm tickled to know there are a couple Zephyrs out there! It's a bit too untraditional for me, but DH loves it, esp the French pronunciation (Zephyre...).

Okay, here is the rest of my short list, , selected both to be "non traditional" and go with the last name (which is why they are all at least 2 syllables). I hope someone discovers their baby's name on this list, for it will at least have come in handy...

Ariel; Asher, Adrian, Akiva; Atticus; Alexi; Caleb, Callum; Corwin, Cosmo or Cosimo; Crispin;[u] Darby; Dmitri; Dylan; Dixon; Ellis; Ellison; Emile; Emory (or Amory); Elliott, Gael; Griffin; Jesse; Jordan; Kyle, Leonardo; Nico; Prosper; Rico, Rio, Sasha, Warner; Wyatt; Xander/Zander.

Have you read the book Mister Dog: The Dog Who Belonged to Himself? It is a little Golden Book - I think we 'Lost' it. The dog's name is Crispin's Crispian. After reading this book many times - you might think twice about the name Crispin.

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I think your list is fabulous! Not all the names are my style, but they are all actual names, and I wouldn't even bat an eye if I met a kid with those names.

I do think a few are pretty common - Kyle, Dylan (which oddly I see spelled Dillon a lot), Leonardo, and Wyatt.

My favorites from your list, as if you care, are Adrian, Caleb, Callum, Cosimo, Ellis, Elliott, Jesse, Sasha, and Xander.

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I have an Asher!

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Yes, I can relate! Some people agree immediatly on a name, in fact have it long picked out, and for some this takes a loooong time... Your list is very interesting. Is this the list that you both agree on already???
I'm asking because some of the names like Dylan, Jesse or Kyle are certainly not unusual or unconventional and certainly in the Top 100 I believe, while other's are very unusual. I personally would NOT recommend Cosmo or Cosimo; two things come to mind: a favorite woman's drink a la sex in the city and Kramer from Seinfeld.
while sasha is such a common name for boys in russia and and abbreviation of alexander, it's unfortunately fairly common for girls here in the US, so i would probably not name a boy that. as far as the russian/italian/french - it depends on your last name. some of the italian names are great, but if your last name is smith or schmidt if would be very odd.
good luck! you will find a great name!

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Maybe you can pick a more conventional name, but one that is special to the two of you because of some other factor. Let's say that you both like the author Cormack McCarthy. You could go with Cormack (or Mac for a nickname). It isn't too outrageous but perhaps the meaning will make the name more special to him.

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I LOVE the name Zander. If our first hadn't already had a name that started with Z, we would have named the 2nd Zander. We just didn't want to be the "Z" people.

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You can spell Zander with an "x", as in "Xander" - it's often spelled this way when short for Alexander.

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I think the list is the OP's list and her DH won't agree to any of these names.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow OP, usually it's the moms who want the unheard-of/exotic names. My SIL was insistent on using Irish names that 99.9% of Americans have no idea how to pronounce (Aiobhhan I think was her top choice). I have my thoughts on why people do this, but that's beside the point. What if you let DH pick whatever he wants for the middle name and you both could compromise on something a little more normal for the first name?

I think your SIL is on a baby name board that I frequent. The name you listed was the giveaway.

OP, I'm thinking of what I would do in your situation, and I think one way to go would be to (as some have suggested) find an Italian name that has a great non-Italian nickname. Someone suggested Antonio, and I like that one. My favorite would probably be Leonardo, with a nickname of Leo.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow OP, usually it's the moms who want the unheard-of/exotic names. My SIL was insistent on using Irish names that 99.9% of Americans have no idea how to pronounce (Aiobhhan I think was her top choice). I have my thoughts on why people do this, but that's beside the point. What if you let DH pick whatever he wants for the middle name and you both could compromise on something a little more normal for the first name?

I think your SIL is on a baby name board that I frequent. The name you listed was the giveaway.
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LOL, nope it's not her. My brother was able to talk her into Neve. But she does lurk on that site and I think that's where she came up with those names.

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OP, are there any non-traditional (at least in the US) names from either of your ethnicities/nationalities? Even if the name was very strange, it would at least make more sense in context than a super-Italian name (I'm assuming from your post that neither of you is Italian).