Boys’ Names: The Happy Ending

My son is James, and sometimes, I think that having boys that all ended in S would be a subtle but interesting way to link sibling names. I love Rhys and Linus the most, but I also like Angus, Charles, and Jonas.

What about Amos? If it weren’t for the all-too-obvious nickname, it would be at the top of my Boy list.

Oh, and I also love Douglas, Jonas, Tobias, and Elias. If I hadn’t already used Sylvia, Silas would also be on my list.

Also, Andreas and Matthias, two of my personal favorites.

I love ‘s’ enders as well! Rufus tops our boy list but I adore almost all of those ‘s’ boys. Ignatius is my other top favorite. Not only honoring for me, he could be Nate on a day to day basis, if he wasn’t up to “Iggy” (which I do love too). I really adore the slight soft feel of ‘s’ enders!

Purvis! LOL.

I also like the name Arliss, though it’s fairly obscure.

A friend asked me whether it would be okay to name his son Judas. Um, NO.

In today’s society I feel truly empathetic for the child named Sextus. With how we are with our cell-phones “Sexting” aka sexy texting is a common trend. Sext-us ….. that kid would get really badly teased during his teen years.

So many ‘s’ ending names that I like! But my married name doesn’t work so well with any of them! (rhymes with “Gears”) Silas has been a fave for many years, wanted a bibical name that wasn’t so popular, & now it’s out, as is Atticus & Elias. Hoping some of our family/friends use these great names!

I can’t believe Titus isn’t mentioned yet!

Aww, I like Giles! Thaddeus is on my list of favourites, and Charles and Marcus are both reserved as possible future middle spots. I’m also quite fond of Gaius (GUY-us), but would never use it as a first name because of the inevitable teasing (GAY-us).

I love Jonas and Amias

…unless your last name starts with S. Then you get an unfortunate running-together-of-sounds that doesn’t work at all. Too bad because Rhys and Silas are two of my favorites.

Same here, Kari. My last name starts with S. However, my husband’s first name ends in ‘s’ and it actually doesn’t sound bad (so does his middle name for that matter, and for some reason, it all works out). I’m trying to use that as a precedent to convince him to let me use Charles. He still doesn’t like it. Sigh.

…and of course there is Jesus, which is kind of hard to pull off if you aren’t Latino.

or, of course, God.

BOAZ! That’s such a cool name!

Why no to Mars? I like it!

I also like Giles – not sure I understand the pronunciation problem in the US (I’m in Aus). And surely Buffy made it librarian cool.

S enders are the best! Our son is Julius, and we also considered Miles, Jonas, Elias, Thomas, Demetrius, and Andreas.

I named my son Cyrus, but Lazarus was the second runner-up

Mmmm, Lazarus in the NL is someone who is drunk….And Mars a chocolate bar…

My son is called Jonas, so totally agree with the S-ending. But for a second, it rules out some wonderful choices… I’m not to keen on rhyming sib sets, so no Jonas and Elias and Mattias and Boaz, although these are some of my faves.

Hans is my sons second name, after my father in law, and my husband. But then, he has two more names…

Smismar, sorry so late to reply, but Amos was a huge oversight — and one of my total favorites! Can’t believe I forgot….

And true, Freddy, the worst thing about choosing one s-ending name is that it rules out so many others.

I think the S ending names are the best too but alas my last name starts with an S so they’re all ruled out for me. Shame

My son’s names are Myles & Angus.My husband & I adore these names & the meaning of them.

I’ve noticed my favorites are very percussive and tend to end on “t” – Beckett, Bennett, Crockett (admittedly, Crockett and Bennett are family names, but I still love the sound).

oh, and Elliott! (hit post reply before I was really finished.)