Gentlemen,

This thread is a little different. Though I'm of German decent one probably would want to avoid naming a child after a German firearm combination. Though "Doppelbuchse" (in the plural form) is what many of us are drawn to the possibility of a kid being called "Doppels" for short smacks of someone rather light in the loafers. Many of the English names are good but very common. If one were to lean to the Deutsch side and keep with the firearms theme there is “Blitz” (lightning) and “Stahl” (steel), somewhat in line with “Nitro” (hmmm? - maybe better suited for a dog. My longtime favorite name for a kid that carries a European tone, sounds somewhat medieval, and is a little different is: “Banewort”, for those of us that have run into too many “Seths”.

Marcus