I've always found imbalanced syllabic relationships between first and last names to be most "appealing", especially if there's some sort of tonal contrast or rhythm between the two words (middle names are indeed too bourgeois, plus only get pronounced at roll call or reprimanding).

Gideon Stark
Elijah Stark
Ellington Stark
Alexander Stark
Templeton Stark
Finnegan Stark
Nicholas Stark

Haven't had to make this type of decision yet in my life (congrats!!!), although I look forward to it I think it's a difficult decision to make. there's something oddly tangible about a name once it starts to develop a relationship with a person's character that seems to make the task daunting, it's the vessel that holds a person's personality, experiences, ancestry……

Perhaps an alternative way to chose your son's name might be to take a glance in the mirror and try to rename yourself...

how about "naked"

then, on forms he can write, "stark, naked"

john jacob jingle heimer schmidt........stark

Anfernee seems to work these days.

Hold the phone, we have a winner:

Axel Stark

No they will call Him Axe for short

Okay, how about Richard?

Seriously, I know how difficult naming a baby boy is - girls tend to be easier. I do like Axel though.

how about a little ceremony?
it takes a place when baby is put next to his mother in bed for the first time.
close family in the room and the oldest person, usually a grandparent, reads little a prayer next to the baby and whispers the given name three times to baby's right ear. the whole thing takes about 5-10 minutes, thus the name takes effect.
this is an anatolian tradition.
i think it is important to mark name giving with a ceremony.

it beats swinging a champagne bottle into the baby's head while giving the imortal line

'On behalf of the Stark family I name this baby...........'

hey, nobody went architectural yet!
let me star(k)t:

ludwig van der starkhe

charles-edouard starkerette

alvar staarko

rem koolstark

renzo starco

louis starkh

albert shtark

sorry for the offense. yesterday not my best day.

Mies Vandaley Stark
Was shot down by the Wife.
She said who the hell would name their Boy Mies.

DGG wrote: If I were to have a son, I always thought I'd name him Bodhi, with my last name as his middle name and my baby daddy (if such a creature exists) would give him the last name.

Bodhi Girl Cuthbert?? Not a very good ring to it

just for larfs dgg

lindsay

is terri a male or a female name?

chad
henry
walker
lawson
kelly
jack
timothy
robert
william (willy stark)
wutang stark
stephen
alex
daniel
lawrence (of arabia) stark
colonel stark
mark stark
peter
danzig
seal
prince
clyde

oh and brodie

I would name him Mobius after the character in the movie Matrix.

Bleak Stark

I humbly propose 'Steven Stark'. Looks cool.

Or you might try 'Dirk Stark'. In which case you can raise him on the timeless track by Adam Ant 'Dirk Wears White Sox' - sure to make him love you forever.

By the way, Stark, were you surreptitiously proposing LINUS in your initial request? I dig it.

t. carbide stark! what a hoot...

hahaha Jam, you have a point there... perhaps the lad will just have my middle name for his middle name... Replacing Girl with Geek should at least alleviate the gender role issue he was sure to grow up with... ;)

...i've always been partial to action names/ nature names, wanted to name my son Crash, Rain, or Sky...but my wife nixed those, ended up old english with Ansen.......

...watch out for the initials too, you're wifes suggestion would end up CBS... : )

good luck!

Don't think it has been suggested;
For the last couple days at 10 o'clock and 3 o'clock this name keeps jumping around my brain. I'm sure it is a sign that this is the name for you and that good luck will always flow through his life:

Halsey Taylor Stark

9-11

I like Halsey just not Hal

Nine Eleven Stark not bad

or 9 of 11
or 2 of 2

Thaddeus Constantine Stark

theophilus. or amadeus.

Threepio Stark

50-50 Stark

Smart Stark

Attila Stark

Next Stark

Spark Stark

A few very lame suggestions:

Great White Stark
Hammerhead Stark
Painful Bite from a Large Stark
Man-Eating Stark
What Was The Name of That Movie that Featured LL Cool J And That Giant Stark?

And now, even lamer:

Philippe Stark

Never mind me, I've been sick all week with a particularly unpleasant stomach bug.


I intend to name my first son Lorenzo. I have an Italian last name, so it goes well together. We'll see what my wife thinks...

my wife and i joked about giving our one-in-the-oven a project number instead of a name :)

i love reading these since we've been having the same conversations

Dadpultout Tolate Stark

Kleanshin Momi Stark

ddouble stark

actually I think Mies Stark would be cool

Xerxes Xanthus Stark

Zaphod Stark

Beeblebrox Stark

Haiku Stark

Arthur Stark

I used the name Halsey Taylor for a "band" we had in high school. I love it. Named ourselves after the drinking fountain. We ripped the decals off fountains at school.

I second Halsey Taylor.

Arthur Stark Sounds Cool
Halsey Taylor Stark also Good
Holden was very good too.
Steven Stark also great.
Dr. Graham Stark is nice & Sounds Very Smart.

You have given Us so many great names,
we will now have to have more kids to use all these great names.
We still have a month to go.
Thnx again

How about Tony Stark in honor of iron Man:

Last Name, First Name is important to consider.
As shown by Stark, Naked!
Others:
Stark, Mad
Stark, Trek
Stark, Ian Hutch
Stark, Ryan (you big baby)

HOW ABOUT

CONWELL EMERSON STARK

My wife and I are considering this same question a little bit right now. (Don't know M/F yet.)

Most names can be twisted and mocked in some way, but beware of names which can be tweaked easily. We have 'Tillman' as a family name, but my father said that the most recent Tillman grew up suffering through 'Tilly'. 'Conwell' may be too easy to make into 'Connie'. You may be OK with that.

You could switch'em: Emerson Conwell Stark.

Maybey you should start with the initials...

You might Avoid:

Addison Simon Stark (ASS)
or
Adam Stanley Stark (ASS)

William Ulrich Stark (WUS)
or
Peter Upton Stark (PUS)

The kiddies will just add a "Y" and have some fun...

What is your ancestry?

If you are into Etymology, you might try:

http://www.behindthename.com/

Thnx Jag for the Site

following on from sarah...

stark, outside daddy
stark, side of the moon

stark, in the mud
stark, on you
stark, in the middle

stark, your engines
stark, here

i'll stop now.. it's only coz my surname is nowhere near as cool as stark...

Maddison Raven Stark if its a girl

Stark Raving Madd