Also, this baby started out as a twin but lost their sibling along the way. Name meanings didn’t have much impact when naming DS1, but anything reflecting DS2’s strength or survival through this pregnancy will probably have a stronger pull… Thanks for thinking with me!
I’m sorry for your loss! I’ll just throw out some old man names I like for ya
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] (all time favorite “old man” name!)
[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Floyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m] ([name_u]Alfie[/name_u] is adorable, same with [name_u]Freddie[/name_u]!)
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] (I know this isn’t technically clunky…but it always seemed old man to me)
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
Eugine
[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_u]Claude[/name_u] or [name_m]Clyde[/name_m]? I love both names and they have such a pleasant clunkiness to them. Or, how about [name_m]Clive[/name_m]? (CS [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]'s name)…? I also like [name_m]Theron[/name_m]. Not quite as clunky but still nice.
So sorry you’re not having twins.
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] means twin, but since you want something a bit clunky, there is the Scottish form, [name_m]Tavish[/name_m].
[name_m]Othello[/name_m] and [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m] are a bit much for me. I know a dog named [name_m]Othello[/name_m] and a rabbit named [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m].
Good luck!
[name_f]My[/name_f] suggestions based on their meanings are [name_m]Angus[/name_m], [name_m]Bernard[/name_m], [name_u]Everett[/name_u] and [name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m] is my favourite of these four and I think it will go well with [name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Othello[/name_m] nn [name_m]Otto[/name_m], or just [name_m]Otto[/name_m]. (I think this is a great choice, even though [name_m]Othello[/name_m] himself might not be the best role model.)
[name_m]Dougal[/name_m]
[name_m]Humphrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Abner[/name_m]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m] nn [name_m]Al[/name_m], [name_u]Bert[/name_u], [name_u]Bertie[/name_u]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] nn [name_m]Walt[/name_m]
[name_m]Remus[/name_m] nn Rémy, [name_u]Ray[/name_u]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m] nn [name_f]Ro[/name_f], Roly
[name_m]Gerald[/name_m] nn [name_u]Gerry[/name_u]
[name_m]Jerome[/name_m] nn [name_u]Jerry[/name_u], [name_f]Ro[/name_f], [name_m]Rome[/name_m]
[name_m]Absalom[/name_m] nn [name_m]Abe[/name_m]
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m] nn [name_m]Bram[/name_m], [name_m]Abe[/name_m].
[name_m]Clark[/name_m]
[name_m]Humphrey[/name_m] (I love this name)
[name_m]Barnabas[/name_m] nn [name_m]Bas[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m] / [name_u]August[/name_u] nn [name_u]Gus[/name_u], [name_m]Augie[/name_m]
[name_u]Murphy[/name_u] nn Murph
[name_m]Roald[/name_m] (ro-AHL) nn [name_f]Ro[/name_f]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] nn [name_u]Renny[/name_u]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_m]Moe[/name_m]
[name_m]Mack[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u] nn [name_f]Nell[/name_f], [name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ishmael[/name_m] nn [name_m]Iggy[/name_m]
[name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m] nn [name_m]Manny[/name_m]
[name_m]Klaus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cuthbert[/name_m] nn [name_u]Bert[/name_u], [name_u]Bertie[/name_u]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m] / [name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m] nn [name_u]Gene[/name_u]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] nn [name_m]Art[/name_m], [name_m]Artie[/name_m]
[name_u]Ariel[/name_u]
I love the suggestions of [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] and [name_m]Benedict[/name_m]. What about:
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] (I love nn [name_u]Freddie[/name_u]!)
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Bertrand[/name_m] ([name_u]Bertie[/name_u])
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]/[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Reynard[/name_m] ([name_m]Rey[/name_m])
[name_m]Tristram[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]
Sorry for any repeats!
I’m so glad I asked! You all have so many wonderful suggestions!! “Old man names” is probably the best description for my naming style, I suppose. Thanks for helping me narrow that down.
I didn’t realize [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] meant twin! [name_m]How[/name_m] funny… we were going to use that for [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], but switched at the last minute. Kind of thinking we’ve settled on a middle name for this babe! Is it weird if my son’s little friend (who we see all the time) is also named [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]? It wouldn’t be the name he’d go by…?
Anyways, here are the names I loved from your suggestions!
[name_m]Humphrey[/name_m] (sorry, I know you said you knew a rabbit named [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m]! For some weird reason, that made it even cuter!! :D)
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m] (also love it for an [name_m]Othello[/name_m] nn! Good idea!)
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
And one of my own to add:
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] - I’m obsessed with the nameberry description of it! Is it too popular, though? I noticed it’s ranked #2 in [name_u]Sweden[/name_u]… The jovial grandfather imagery is too cute to pass up. And the [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] Wilde association is pretty apt, as well, as this boy looks just as spunky but quieter than his older brother (ie: bookworm? hopefully?)
I think [name_m]Othello[/name_m] [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m] or [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m] [name_m]Othello[/name_m] are cute combos, and you could always use [name_m]Otto[/name_m] as nn for [name_m]Othello[/name_m].
*Sorry if I repeated anything previously said, I didn’t read the comments since there were so many.
What about [name_m]Truman[/name_m]? I almost used it for my son but felt weird about it because it’s my grandfathers name and he is still alive. NN ideas we had were [name_m]Tru[/name_m] and [name_m]Manny[/name_m].
I really like [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m], I’m not sure it could be any more than a GP for me though.
So Clunky/Literary names;
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_m]Angus[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Bertrand[/name_m]/[name_m]Bertram[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u] / [name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m]
[name_m]Ebeneezer[/name_m]
[name_m]Fergus[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gatsby[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Gulliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Heathcliff[/name_m]
[name_m]Herbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Holden[/name_m]
[name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m]
[name_m]Ichabod[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Moby[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Obadiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Robinson[/name_m]
[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Tristram[/name_m]
[name_m]Uriah[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_u]Willoughby[/name_u]
[name_m]Zebediah[/name_m]
Going along with your aesthetic and preferences, here is some suggestions (Sorry for any repeats):
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] (a personal favorite of mine)
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Phinnaeus[/name_m] (I prefer this spelling, but you can also do [name_m]Phineas[/name_m])
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]