Our children’s names are [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] ([name_f]Margo[/name_f]), [name_f]Frances[/name_f] [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] ([name_u]Frankie[/name_u]), and [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] [name_m]Bernard[/name_m] (occasionally goes my [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m]). We love that their names are strong and classic but not in the top 100. We’ve found that this is particularly difficult when selecting a boy name because most classic boys names have already been revived and are quite trendy.We just found out that we are expecting and are looking for some ideas for a name that will fit with our first children’s names.
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] nn [name_m]Artie[/name_m]/[name_m]Bear[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m] nn [name_m]Archie[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m] nn [name_m]Augie[/name_m]/[name_u]Gus[/name_u]
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m] nn [name_m]Abram[/name_m]/[name_m]Bram[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m] nn [name_m]Ben[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m] nn [name_m]Barney[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m] nn [name_m]Cas[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] nn [name_u]Cal[/name_u]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] nn [name_u]Dash[/name_u]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] nn [name_m]Eddie[/name_m]/[name_u]Teddy[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m] nn [name_u]Gus[/name_u]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m] nn [name_m]Mac[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]/[name_m]Ruben[/name_m]
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] nn [name_m]Shep[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m] nn [name_m]Tad[/name_m]/[name_m]Thad[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
My first thought for you was [name_m]Edmund[/name_m], which I see has been suggested. Same with [name_m]Benedict[/name_m]. I’ll add:
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Virgil[/name_m]
[name_u]Blaise[/name_u]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]