Names?

[The Lost One]

I know that several of people on this site are good at coming up with names. What I need is a good, masculine name. No, it not for some imaginary character is some story that I'm writing. The fact is, my wife and I are expecting are third son at the end of September. We've been trying to think of a good name and after eliminating all of the names in several baby books, we just don't know what to do. Therefore, I'm open to suggestions.

Part of the problem is that I want this son to have a unique name. I refuse to give him a name that is the same name as one of my relatives.  Considering that I come from a large, male dominated family, this eliminates many names and most of the common ones.  Also, my wife is relunctant to consider names that begin with C, K, I, or L. My oldest son continues to suggest names from cartoons that he watches, but unless he is born with a big blue arrow on his head, I'm really not considering these suggestions.

So, any suggestions?

[Tekiel]

I know someone named Martell.  I thought that was a unique name without going too off-the-wall about it.

[Nessa]

Aiden
Brady
Darren
Garret
Harrison
Parker
Trent
Weston
Obadiah

Ok, just kidding on that last one!

[Parker]

I know I've always been partial to Parker, too.  ;-)

Seriously, names are such a personal thing--I'm not sure what to tell you.  My wife and I limit ourselves to names that will work in both English and Slovak (since she's from Slovakia), and then there's the Slovak name calendar, which also limits us.  In other words, the way we come up with names probably won't work for you.

[42]

As the child's uncle, I have to give my two cents, which of course have a much greater value than anyone elses two cents.

First, I'm offended that you don't like the names Elmer or Herckamer.

Second, let me narrow your choices for you to help ease your mind:

Martell--too apple cidery
Aiden--Taken by one of our cousins twice removed
Brady--let's not bring up that argument again
Darren--being considered for one of my other future nephews
Garret--I think he beat you up in junior high
Harrison--no last names as first names (what would the Harrison's think?)
Parker--well what would he use as his handle on TWG?
Trent--Trent/trench, trent/trench...I wonder where this will place the kid
Weston--we have lived almost our entire lives in the West, so no
Obadiah--has potential

I know that helped you and your wife immensely. You may thank me later.

[Tink]

Braden
Malachi
Elijah
Alexander (too common?)
Nikolai
Ashwin
Austin
Jackson (or Jaxon)
Mikael
Jeremiah
Ahah (BOM name, he he)
Emron (another BOM name)
Julian
Matthias
Sabin
Maxim

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Maxim

While you're at it, don't for get FHM and Stuff. THose are good men's names.

[Tink]

It really is a guy's name. I got it off of our address book in Outlook. On babynames.com it says it's Russian. I was also thinking of Maximilian. Long, but of course you could call him Max.

More names:

Jace
Niles
Jadon
Noah
Stanton
Jamon (means Right Hand of Favor in Hebrew)
Josiah (means God Will Saves in Hebrew)
Norwood

[GorgonlaVacaTremendo]

Salvatore
Abacus
Pancho

[EUOL]

Elend! 

[FirstMateJack]

Pubert.

And if it turns out to be a girl Pubessence is good too.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

It really is a guy's name. I got it off of our address book in Outlook. On babynames.com it says it's Russian. I was also thinking of Maximilian. Long, but of course you could call him Max.

That it may be. But that doesn't change the fact that it's still a poor choice due to modern cultural baggage.

[Comatose]

It's not very unique, but I think Aaron is a good name.  I also like Obadiah, you could call him Obie for short , and if your las name is Won Kanobie, then you are in luck, your son is a jedi.

*I apologize in advance for the mispellings of "Won" or Kanobie," I'm not that framiliar with Star Wars, at least not enough to know correct spellings.

[42]

I feel compelled to reply again.

Why haven't you considered Vern?  (that's a metaphore for life there)

Now to shoot down the competition.

Braden (no nephew of mine is going to wear brades in any form)
Malachi (Do we really think the son of lawyer can live up to such a name?)
Elijah (If he can summon pillars of heavenly fire, then absolutely)
Alexander (too common?)(being considered for a different nephew)
Nikolai (The kid will be part Russian on his mother's side,
Ashwin (Already have one nephew named Ash)
Austin (Paris Hilton was named after a city and look how she turn out)
Jackson (or Jaxon) (What would the Jackson's think?)
Mikael (no witty remark here, just no)
Jeremiah (He's not a bullfrog, people)
Ahah (BOM name, he he) (Why not Flock of Seagulls?)
Emron (another BOM name) (Very close to Enron, and for the son of a tax lawyer that could send the wrong message)
Julian (I think naming a boy with any form of Julia or Jules or Jul- hasn't been popular since the Victorian age)
Matthias (Taken by Mistress of Darkness)
Sabin (It would be nice if the child could absorb the sound of his older brothers)
Maxim (Do we really need to condemn the child to being a cross-dressing male prostitute just yet?)
Jace (We have a lot of J names already in the family)
Niles (Get him his butler suit now!)
Jadon (sounds too close to Jaded)
Noah (With global warming this might be a wise choice, but his parents are not evironmentalists)
Stanton (Taken by a cousin)
Jamon (sounds too Carribean)
Josiah (got nothing)
Norwood (very close to another family name)
Salvatore (so he's going to paint really warped images that one could almost say are surreal)
Abacus (His mother likes math, but even she might find this choice to be strange)
Pancho (Doesn't this just say, "I like guerilla warfare")
Elend (has some possibility, but it's very close to one our nieces names)
Not even going to mention FirstMateJack's suggestions, though I fear for his children.
Aaron (nice name, but the kid has an uncle with that name already)

[Tink]

It sounds like you're basically shooting down the names just to shoot them down. Is it because you want your brother to choose something you thought up, you're feeling argumentative, or what? Just curious.