Boy names matching phoebian’s style 🧸

I’ve spent some time lately breaking down my style for feminine names into four different categories:

Familiar Nature Names (example: Juniper, Hazel, Clover, Olive)
English Classics (Margaret, Anne, Elizabeth, Frances)
Mythology (Juno, Phoebe, Jupiter)

The fourth category is a few Off-beat/Miscellaneous names as well that don’t quite fit in with my normal style (Indie, Ramona, Paloma, Scout)

I have a few boy names I like but they feel unsubstantial and mismatched in comparison to my girl list. What are some suggestions for my boys’ list based on these categories? Not a whole list please, maybe just four suggestions for each category? Thank you :rainbow:

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[name_u]Ash[/name_u]
[name_u]Fox[/name_u]
[name_u]Onyx[/name_u]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]

[name_u]Charles[/name_u]
[name_u]Edward[/name_u]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_u]Robert[/name_u]

(I do not excel in the mythology names category, so I’m going to leave that one to others.)

[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Jones[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]

[name_m]Heath[/name_m]
[name_m]Bracken[/name_m]
[name_u]Grove[/name_u]
[name_m]Flint[/name_m]

[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]

[name_m]Gwydion[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]

[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_m]Gethin[/name_m]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_m]Dmitri[/name_m]

[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_u]Forest[/name_u]
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u]
[name_u]Basil[/name_u]

[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_u]William[/name_u]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]

[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_u]Leander[/name_u]
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]

[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_u]Wilder[/name_u]
[name_m]Boaz[/name_m]

[name_u]Nature[/name_u]
[name_u]River[/name_u], [name_u]Alder[/name_u], [name_u]Forest[/name_u], [name_u]Frost[/name_u], [name_u]Hollis[/name_u], [name_u]Indigo[/name_u], [name_u]Sage[/name_u], [name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_u]Wolf[/name_u], [name_u]Wren[/name_u]

:arrow_down:In between^
[name_u]Garland[/name_u], [name_u]Jasper[/name_u], Laurence/Lawerence, [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m], [name_u]Reid[/name_u], [name_u]Stanley[/name_u], [name_m]Sylvan[/name_m], [name_u]Vernon[/name_u], [name_u]Wesley[/name_u]

[name_f]English[/name_f]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_m]Benedict[/name_m], [name_u]Callahan[/name_u], [name_m]Cedric[/name_m], [name_m]Edmund[/name_m], [name_u]Edward[/name_u], [name_u]Emmett[/name_u], [name_m]Fletcher[/name_m], [name_m]Frederick[/name_m], [name_m]Graham[/name_m], [name_u]Henry[/name_u], [name_m]Hugh[/name_m], [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m], [name_m]Orson[/name_m], [name_u]Peregrine[/name_u], [name_u]Pierce[/name_u], [name_m]Thatcher[/name_m], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m],

:arrow_down:In between^
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u], [name_m]Gareth[/name_m], [name_m]Percival[/name_m], [name_u]Tristan[/name_u]

Mythology
[name_u]Atlas[/name_u], [name_m]Cadmus[/name_m], [name_m]Damon[/name_m], [name_u]Orion[/name_u], [name_u]Phoenix[/name_u], [name_m]Cian[/name_m], [name_m]Remus[/name_m], [name_m]Evander[/name_m]

Miscellaneous
[name_u]Alden[/name_u], [name_u]Amos[/name_u], [name_u]Elias[/name_u], [name_u]Arlo[/name_u], [name_m]Elio[/name_m], [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u], [name_u]Bowie[/name_u], [name_u]Emerson[/name_u], [name_u]Luca[/name_u], [name_m]Roland[/name_m], [name_m]Jonas[/name_m], [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u], [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m], [name_u]Wilder[/name_u], [name_u]Beckett[/name_u], [name_u]Bennett[/name_u], [name_m]Graham[/name_m], [name_u]Declan[/name_u], [name_u]Leland[/name_u], [name_m]Roman[/name_m], [name_m]Ronan[/name_m], [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_u]Leander[/name_u], [name_m]Lysander[/name_m], [name_u]Zephyr[/name_u] [name_u]Cruz[/name_u], [name_u]Enzo[/name_u], [name_m]Soren[/name_m]

I’ll suggest:

[name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_u]Forest[/name_u], [name_u]Oakley[/name_u], [name_u]Alder[/name_u]

[name_m]Frederick[/name_m], [name_u]George[/name_u], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]Ralph[/name_m]

[name_u]Orion[/name_u], [name_u]Atlas[/name_u], [name_m]Evander[/name_m], [name_u]Mars[/name_u]

[name_u]Reggie[/name_u], [name_u]Florian[/name_u], [name_m]Orlando[/name_m], [name_m]Kip[/name_m]

(I tried to do three ‘safer’, more ‘obvious’ choices, one more off-beat/wildcard)

Familiar [name_u]Nature[/name_u] Names: [name_m]Talon[/name_m], [name_m]Hawthorn[/name_m], [name_u]Oak[/name_u], [name_u]Jasper[/name_u]

[name_f]English[/name_f] Classics: [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_u]Darcy[/name_u], [name_u]Walter[/name_u], [name_u]Bennett[/name_u]

Mythology: [name_m]Apollo[/name_m], [name_u]Ares[/name_u], [name_u]Loki[/name_u], [name_u]Neptune[/name_u]

Off-Beat: [name_m]Thackeray[/name_m], [name_u]Archer[/name_u], [name_u]Brooks[/name_u], [name_u]Landon[/name_u]

I tried to avoid repeating suggestions, but maybe that means some of them aren’t as familiar or classic as you like…

[name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_u]Fox[/name_u]
[name_u]Alder[/name_u]
[name_u]Hopper[/name_u]

[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_u]Walter[/name_u]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]

[name_m]Aurelian[/name_m]
[name_m]Poseidon[/name_m]
[name_m]Tiberius[/name_m]
[name_u]Mars[/name_u]

[name_m]Cuddy[/name_m]
[name_m]Knight[/name_m]
[name_u]Davis[/name_u]
[name_m]Thackery[/name_m]

I love your categories!

:sunny: [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m], [name_u]Reed[/name_u], [name_u]Robin[/name_u], [name_u]Hudson[/name_u] (not a traditional nature name but I always think of the river)

:blue_heart: [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_u]Arthur[/name_u], [name_m]Rufus[/name_m], [name_u]Henry[/name_u]

:classical_building: [name_u]Atlas[/name_u], [name_m]Apollo[/name_m], [name_u]Orion[/name_u], [name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]

:unicorn: [name_m]Casper[/name_m], [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_u]Rooney[/name_u], [name_m]Orlando[/name_m]

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