Before we found out the gender, we had a few names that were strong boy name contenders. Once we found out it was a boy, we chucked the list and let the flood gates of our creativity open wide. It was a lot of fun…at first.
We’d lay in bed, throwing out every random name (and sometimes object) we could think of—some of the more memorable ones included: Titus, Eddard, Henry, Cloyd, Ian, Maximus, Teague, Mads, Perrin, Fod, Trailer, and Shoe. It was a free-for-all. No object or name was safe. Chris even joked that we should call him Marquis. Our last name begins with “Mark”. So, genius. Not that I would seriously call my son Marquis, but oh my goodness that is a fun name.
Then the other day, we were playing the game again, calling out random names, “Kitten Paw,” I said. “Hitch,” he replied. “Blue Sky,” I said. “Wait,” he said, “Look up this name.” He said a long awkward name, which I couldn’t even spell. But we figured it out. And now, Chris is infatuated with this name—like, not joking, seriously, wants to name our son this name.
Early on, I told him he’d have the majority say on the name if it was a boy. I just feel strongly that a man should have the right to give his son the name of his choice, sort of a rite of passage. I had no idea I’d have to contend with this. Really, the name would not be so bad from a meaning stand point, “Great Warrior King”. But here are my issues with the name:
- It is FIVE syllables long.
- There’s not really a convenient or attractive shortened version of the name.
- It’s difficult to spell.
- It’s also difficult to pronounce.
So, I’m hoping a bit of time and finding another name just as strong will help sway him. In the mean time, my husband is calling our baby Vecingetorix.
You say Vecingetorix, I say Velociraptor….
Vecingetorix
Velociraptor
Let’s call the whole thing off……
Hmm. It is a tough name to shorten. To be totally unhelpful, here is what ten minutes of procrastination on the internet yielded with related meanings.
Favs: Ragnar; Renny; and Neon.
Agenor- the strong man Greek
Alcandor- manly; strong Greek
Ballard brave; strong German
Ben son of my right hand Hebrew
Bernón bear German
Bernaldino strong bear German
Bogart strong as a bow German
Briccio strength Irish
Brutus brute strength Latin
Cadman warrior Irish
Cadmar brave warrior Irish
Cathal strong; wise Irish
Chale strong and youthful Spanish
Donovan dark warrior Irish
Ecio possessor of great strength Latin
Eikki every powerful Finnish
Ekon strong Nigerian
Erol strong; courageous Turkish
Ewald always powerful German
Ezra helper; strong Hebrew
Gurion young lion Hebrew
Harding brave; resilient Enn
Helmer the wrath of a warrior German
Hilderic warrior; fortress German
Kalmin manly; strong Scand.
Kelly warrior Irish
Lander lion man; land owner Basque
Leib roaring lion Yiddish
Leo lion Latin
Leonard brave as a lion German
Llewellyn lionlike Welsh
Lorcan little; fierce Irish
Lowell young wolf French
Magnar strong; warrior Norw.
Morgan sea warrior Scottish
Neal champion Irish
Neon he who is strong Greek
Neron strong Spanish
Ofir ferocious Hebrew
Ragnar powerful army Norw.
Remo the strong one Greek
Renny small but strong Irish
Roar praised warrior Norw.
Roger famous warrior German
Valdus powerful German
Wouter powerful warrior German
Wyborn war bear Scand.
Ryan- king
Brendan- prince
Gavin- white hawk warrior
Thor- God of Thunder
Axton- sword wielder
Athelstan- noble stone
Burke- fortress
Chad- battle warrior
Kenrick- bold ruler
Kyne- royal
Ormond- spearman
Rochester- rocky fortress
Indra- king
Ghana- king
Pleeeeeeeaaaaaaasssssseeeeeeee Noooooooooooo! Don’t do that to that poor child he would probably get it changed as soon as he was could. There has to be something else that is just as strong but doesn’t give him an identity complex growing up.
Holly, I love it. That is an amazing list of names.
Mother, do not taunt the husband. Begging will do no good.
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Ok Sydney said the bigger the name the smaller the penis!
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Hrm. For clarification, my mother means my Aunt Sydney. Y’all better be nice or…we might end up with Verceingetorix as the name. Seriously, my husband is from Montana, he isn’t like the other men you’ve dealt with, begging and slights do not work. Don’t worry, I’m negotiating in my own way.
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What cracks me up is that I had to go google it to see where Chris got it from. So far you’ve spelled it as “Verceingetorix” and “Vecingetorix” and the result I got back from google was “Vercingetorix”. Poor thing!!!
Oops. “Vercingetorix” is correct. Yep, I have a bit of trouble with the spelling. Ha. Here is the wikipedia about the namesake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vercingetorix
It just took me like two minutes to figure out how to say that. And for some reason because of the x, I wanted to say troy at the end instead of torix. In any case, that is one heck of a name. Maybe you could use it as a middle name? This is why I didn’t give my husband control…