Yesterday we discussed the baby name candidate Brando. Today I have another name I feel like I thought up: Schroeder.
The comic strip Peanuts is what made me think of it. The names Charlie, Lucy, and Violet are all back in style, and I think Sally and Frieda are in our near future. Schroeder is a possibility for parents looking for something truly uncommon.
- The name has a pleasing association in Charlie Brown’s friend Schroeder, a sweet and sensible piano player.
- It sounds a little like the already familiar Schuyler/Skyler—though it’s a soft c rather than a hard c.
- It has the popular “er” ending, as in Archer and Tanner and Tyler and Carter and Cooper and Hunter and Parker and Sawyer.
Unlike the name Brando, this is a name I’d like to use myself if it worked with my surname, which it doesn’t. What do you think of it? Would you use it? Whether you like it or not, do you think it has Name Potential?
For some reason I can’t stop thinking scrotum when I see it :( Which is too bad really, hehe!
Love them both… Brando and Schroeder. Way to come up with good boy names, because those are hard.
I agree w/”Fine for Now” – makes me thing of Scrotum.
I think it has too strong of an ethnic/Germanic connotation. The “Sch” being pronounced like Shhh, and the unfamiliar vowel combination in the “oe” both, in my mind, contribute to a foreignness that is not entirely appealing. It doesn’t seem like a name destined to become popular to me, and I would definitely NOT use it.
I can definitely see Sally and Schroeder coming en vogue. I think Schroeder is darling. I have one boy with an -er ending surname.
I like Lucy too – my MIL is appalled by it (it’s her mother’s name) … I find that humorous :) Oh, generation gaps!
I like it. My in-laws are Dutch, and I’ve been looking for Germanic-flavored names. Thanks for the idea!
We are just trying to figure out what to call our new little one, we are due in August. I really don’t know about Brando and Schrodeur (I’m having a hard enough time spelling it). Hmmm… names are tricky!!!
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My brother is named Schroeder! I helped pick it out when I was younger because our family is a fan of the Peanuts. He has never met anyone with his name and I think it is a pretty cool name! A lot of people haven’t really heard of it but for most the pronunciation isn’t an issue.
My son is named Schroeder, also because we love Peanuts. He is 16 now and we have never come across another Schroeder. Fun to know there’s at least one other. It’s been a great name for him. He likes that it is (virtually) unique and the Peanuts connection is fun.
you forgot about Linus! We are due in November and that is our boy’s name (you may hear from us about for ideas on girl’s names). Perhaps the peanuts characters’ names are all going to make a comeback?
Sara
I agree with T. that the SCH is too weird (unless someone is actively looking for weird), but the OE isn’t an unusual vowel combination: toe, Joe, Moe, Boeing, doe, foe, hoe, Edgar Allen Poe, woe, and so on.
Schroeder is a no – it can’t be pronounced in English. I knew several families by this name growing up, and there were as many ways of trying to pronounce it in English it as there were families.
Maybe Schrader could catch on, but I don’t condone surnames as first names anyway.
In the Peanuts movies they pronounce it “SHRO-der,” and that’s how I’d pronounce it.
Makes me think of Ricky.
Swistle, I have so much fun reading your blogs! I love your ideas even if it brings out the “craziness” in the comments sometimes! Keep the names coming, after all it seems like everyone is looking for that not yet discovered, “unique, but familiar” name that is out there somewhere!
I adore Schroeder- so cute! I love it for a girl. And a boy. But I couldn’t use it- it’s waaaay to “American” sounding to use in NZ.
I don’t think I’d ever use Shroeder. But I love a lot of the other Peanuts’ names! We have a Charlie and I love Lucy, Linus, and Sally!
I love Archer – but Schroeder, no. I think it is all those letters – the Sch, the oe. It just looks wrong, even though the spelling is exactly right.
I like Shroeder and can see it catching on. I never considered Shroeder. But I also really like Linus and actually “thought of it myself.” I even asked my husband what he thought of Linus if we ever had a boy. He completely nixed it. He thinks I’m nuts because to him the Peanuts association is off-putting. I told him it was a Swedish classic. His response was that we don’t live in Sweden. I told him Linus was the name of Apollo’s son who taught music to some Greek gods. He replied, “Do you seriously think any son of ours would walk around bragging about his naming being the name of a Greek god who taught music?” Maybe he has a point. But I trust my instincts here. Linus is ripe for discovery. My husband is not forward thinking when it comes to names. Sigh.
I’m not so sure, Swistle. I think the Peanuts connection may just be too strong. As soon as I saw “Schroeder” I thought “like from The Peanuts?” …And I also see that I’m not the only one who thought of “scrotum.”
I can definitely see Sally making a comeback, though! I bet you’re right on that one!
I like Schroeder. I love the idea of using a surname or a surname-sounding name for a first name. I totally wish my maiden name could be used as a first name, but it just doesn’t work. My mom’s maiden name was Smith, and I have always wished she had used it as my brother’s first name (it’s his middle). It doesn’t work with my last name or I would use it in a heartbeat. :) I really like Schroeder (and I love the Peanuts reference :)!
I like Schroeder more than Brando…but neither one is really my style. It would sound like someone is trying WAY too hard to be different.
Do you think that the Peanuts reference will be way outdated by the time new babies today grow up and have to deal with it? I’m sure that my son has no idea what the names of the characters are…then again, they do have all those holiday specials, don’t they. Hmmmm…I just wonder if things that make us automatically reference a name don’t change. Like our generation seems to really like Zoe, but will my kids instantly connect it to a puppet and discard it as a possibility?
Schroeder reminds me and sounds like Shredder, the evil villain in teenage mutant ninja turtles. But without that association (the peanuts association is cute) its ok. The sounds are a little rough for my taste though.
I had a crush on Schroeder. And Michael Jackson, now that you mention it…
As a classic names kinda girl i couldn’t use either name but i do like this “names to consider” game you’ve started and I really appreciate your creativity! i might have just put myself in a tiny box due to ALL of the limitations that come with our unique last name.
Yeah, I would lean more towards Ricky than the piano-playing Peanuts kid.
Either way, it’s not a name I’d use. Give me Charlie & Lucy any day, though!
It’s not a bad name, but not one I’d use (I’m actually not a fan of the names ending in -er, and I can’t put my finger on why!). That said, had our 2nd born been a boy, the name was going to be Linus (firstborn is Felix). Alas, 2nd child was a girl, so she is Penelope. Our 3rd born is named Louisa though, often called LuLu or Lucy. Because see, apparently, we just can’t get enough of the cartoon names ;-) Felix the Cat, (The Perils of) Penelope Pitstop, and Little LuLu.
I triple LOVE the name Schroeder!!!!
I know this post is old, but i was scrolling through the “names to consider” posts and found this! My surname is Schroeder, and I can definitely never imagine meeting a little boy with that as a first name! As for the “scrotum” and “shredder” comments, you’re right! Those are inevitable middle school teasing opportunities. It’s unpronouncable in english (my family pronounces it Shrayder), hard to spell, and very associated with the Peanuts comic strip.