Hello! I’ve been crushing on [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] for a boy (pronounced EEV-lyn) since Downton [name_u]Abbey[/name_u] times, but don’t think I could use it because obviously it’s 99% a girl name today. What are some boy names that give you the same vibes as [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]? Vintage, soft, classy. [name_m]Feel[/name_m] free to suggest middle name combos as well. Thank you!
Not what you asked for, but the sound reminds me of [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m], [name_u]Everett[/name_u], [name_m]Ivo[/name_m], [name_m]Ivan[/name_m], [name_m]Euan[/name_m], [name_m]Emilian[/name_m], [name_m]Edwin[/name_m], [name_m]Vaughn[/name_m] and [name_m]Etienne[/name_m].
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_m]Byron[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cosimo[/name_m]
[name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_m]Callum[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_u]Clancy[/name_u]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
Cassander
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m]
[name_m]Fraser[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Ferris[/name_m]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_m]Finlo[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
[name_m]Ilya[/name_m]
[name_u]Ira[/name_u]
[name_m]Joel[/name_m]
[name_u]Lyle[/name_u]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]/en
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurent[/name_m]
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_u]Niall[/name_u]
[name_m]Nestor[/name_m]
[name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u]
[name_m]Othello[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswin[/name_m]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_u]Rhys[/name_u]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_m]Remus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m]
[name_m]Seamus[/name_m]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_u]August[/name_u]/[name_m]Augustine[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Maverick[/name_m]
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyril[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornell[/name_m]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_u]Curtis[/name_u]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_u]Emery[/name_u]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelian[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Eben[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellison[/name_u]
Evren
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_u]Ira[/name_u]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcel[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
Thank you for wonderful suggestions! My favorites are [name_m]Emilian[/name_m], [name_m]Byron[/name_m], [name_m]Clement[/name_m], [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u], [name_m]Augustine[/name_m], [name_u]Avery[/name_u], [name_u]Emery[/name_u], [name_m]Aurelian[/name_m], [name_u]Elliot[/name_u], and [name_u]Ellis[/name_u].
In addition to the previous suggestions [name_m]Chester[/name_m], [name_m]Monty[/name_m], [name_m]Errol[/name_m], [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] and [name_u]Claude[/name_u] come to mind.
[name_m]Levi[/name_m] came to mind.
I love [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]! But yeah, wouldn’t use it today…
More that haven’t been mentioned yet:
[name_u]Arlen[/name_u]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
Emeric
[name_u]Ennis[/name_u] / [name_m]Enys[/name_m]
[name_u]Galen[/name_u]
[name_m]Harlan[/name_m]
[name_m]Holden[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
[name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_u]Sidney[/name_u]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
Thank you!! [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_u]Claude[/name_u], [name_m]Levi[/name_m], [name_u]Ennis[/name_u] and [name_u]Tristan[/name_u] are lovely
Amazing suggestions!
I can only think to add [name_m]Calloway[/name_m] - so romantic!
The sounds aren’t that similar, but I think they share some similar vibes - [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]Julian[/name_m], [name_m]Adrian[/name_m], [name_u]Florian[/name_u], [name_u]Dorian[/name_u], [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
I think [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] is very handsome for a boy! With girls being called [name_u]Toby[/name_u], [name_u]Bradley[/name_u], [name_u]Jameson[/name_u], [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] and so much more, I think a boy named [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] would not be all that strange.
[name_m]Judah[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_u]Cassidy[/name_u]
[name_u]Bailey[/name_u]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_u]Alfie[/name_u]
[name_m]Kelby[/name_m]
[name_u]Sasha[/name_u]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_m]Oslo[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_u]Shiloh[/name_u]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u]
I’m also crushing on [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] these days. I actually think it might work for a boy, but it sure would be a very bold choice.
Have you considered [name_u]Meredith[/name_u]?
Thank you all! Loving your suggestions.
@moonstone, I recently found out that this name is unisex but for me personally, it’s all girl. For [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], there’s [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] Waugh the writer and a minor Downton [name_u]Abbey[/name_u] character [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] [name_m]Napier[/name_m]. But I’ve never encountered a male [name_u]Meredith[/name_u] either in fiction or in real life. Plus, I happen to be reading a book with a character named [name_u]Meredith[/name_u] who is extremely feminine, so that doesn’t help either haha!
[name_m]Wayland[/name_m]
Everhurst
[name_u]Evan[/name_u]
Llewyn
Valance
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_u]Hillary[/name_u], [name_u]Ashley[/name_u], and [name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f] kind of fall in the same category as [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] for a boy and would be hard to carry off today.
Some similar-era names:
[name_m]Albion[/name_m]
[name_m]Algernon[/name_m]
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m]
[name_m]Amaury[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelius[/name_m]
[name_u]Averill[/name_u]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_m]Bertram[/name_m]
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Dennis[/name_m]
[name_m]Digby[/name_m]
[name_u]Douglas[/name_u]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Gordon[/name_m]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]/[name_m]Graeme[/name_m]
[name_u]Howard[/name_u]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_m]Humphrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Inigo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_m]Jago[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Kermit[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
Leofric
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_u]Lyle[/name_u]
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u]
[name_m]Montague[/name_m]
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_m]Osmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Osric[/name_m]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Piers[/name_m]
[name_m]Powell[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]/[name_m]Rowland[/name_m]
[name_m]Rudyard[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Sidney[/name_u]
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Tarquin[/name_m]
[name_m]Torquil[/name_m]
[name_m]Tristram[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Virgil[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
@Sky85 girls being given boys names is different than boys being given girls names
@davisellu [name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f] is a boys name in [name_m]Quebec[/name_m] and [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] isn’t as uncommon for a boy as [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] would be.
I would choose something like [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] or [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]