Adventurous, wild...

I’m picturing a boy who has an innate wildness to him… Not “wild and crazy,” but rather one you could picture surviving solo on a jungle island. He is adventurous in spirit but tempered with a respect for nature and his place in the world. He cannot be contained, yet doesn’t need to be.

What might his name be?

No guidelines or preferences here… I’m branching out and need to be refreshed by others’ imaginations, not limited by my own.

[name]Happy[/name] new year!!

Something Old-Testament-Biblical seems to fit for me–[name]Josiah[/name], [name]Micah[/name], [name]Isaiah[/name], [name]Jonah[/name], [name]Judah[/name], [name]Benjamin[/name]/[name]Bennett[/name], [name]Seth[/name], etc. :slight_smile:

Interesting description! Some things that came to mind …

[name]Bede[/name]
[name]Rowley[/name]
[name]Finn[/name] / [name]Phineas[/name]
[name]Asa[/name]
[name]Robinson[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Rufus[/name]
[name]Sayer[/name]
[name]Piran[/name]
[name]Doran[/name]
[name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Sabin[/name] / [name]Sabian[/name]
[name]Pine[/name]
[name]Verdi[/name]
[name]Corentin[/name]
[name]Peregrine[/name]
[name]Bodi[/name]
[name]Dov[/name]
[name]Junius[/name]
[name]Ellery[/name]
[name]Philo[/name]
[name]Lev[/name]

[name]Samson[/name], [name]Levi[/name], [name]Court[/name], [name]Asa[/name], [name]Cole[/name], [name]Colin[/name], [name]Corin[/name], [name]Darrin[/name], [name]Kirke[/name], Diggory, [name]Peter[/name] or [name]Caspian[/name] (I love these names and want to incorporate one of these names into theirs since [name]Lewis[/name]’ works had such great impact for me and what more adventure could you ask then of those in [name]Narnia[/name])

I know a little boy [name]JUST[/name] like that, his name is [name]Evan[/name]. He’s super cute.

Other names on kids I know with similar personalities:
[name]Santiago[/name]
[name]Kayden[/name]
[name]Ethan[/name]

Other names I think fit:

[name]Dean[/name]/[name]Dane[/name]/[name]Dash[/name]
[name]Levi[/name]
[name]Asa[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]

Simple names, easily-inhabited names:

[name]Ian[/name]
[name]Abel[/name]
[name]Sky[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Hans[/name]
[name]Finn[/name]
[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Caleb[/name]
[name]Jason[/name]

My first thought was [name]Benji[/name] or [name]Benjamin[/name], not quite sure why. [name]Jack[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Peter[/name], [name]Adam[/name], [name]Cole[/name], and [name]David[/name] also came to mind.

For some reason, my initial reaction was: [name]Gideon[/name].

Thanks for all the ideas!

It’s so interesting to see the different names people land on for the same prompt. [name]Siran[/name], [name]Isaiah[/name] and [name]Owen[/name] all for the same boy!

Nono, [name]Lev[/name] really stands out for me.

[name]Spruce[/name]
[name]Cedar[/name]
[name]Ajax[/name]
Zeal
[name]Ansel[/name]
Benin
[name]Afton[/name]
[name]Drake[/name]
[name]Zion[/name]