Boys Name - Old Timey Farmer Edition

Boy Names
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My wife and I are expecting and we’re kicking around some names. We both come from Minnesotan farmer families but are now both incredibly urban (we live in the middle of Minneapolis). We want a name that draws from our great grandfathers’ and great great uncle’s names but to keep it somewhat hip, seeing as we’re in the [name_m]Portland[/name_m] of the Midwest. Our list so far is as such:

  1. [name_m]Leon[/name_m]
  2. [name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
  3. [name_m]Warren[/name_m]
  4. [name_u]Leland[/name_u]
  5. [name_u]Elias[/name_u]
  6. [name_m]Errol[/name_m]
  7. [name_u]Vernon[/name_u]

I was wondering if anyone could help us out with more suggestions; anything would be helpful. Thanks!

2

[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Clay[/name_m]
[name_m]Milton[/name_m]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_u]Sidney[/name_u]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Monty[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Chester[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilkes[/name_m]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Martin[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]

3

I think I started drooling. Your wife is on board with this list?! I am so very jealous. [name_u]Vernon[/name_u] and [name_m]Errol[/name_m] have been vetoed by my husband and relegated to the “guilty pleasures/future pets” list. [name_u]Elias[/name_u] and [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] are my next favorites of yours. Then [name_m]Warren[/name_m]. [name_m]Leon[/name_m] and [name_u]Leland[/name_u] aren’t my favs but they round out your list well. I’d be tempted to go with [name_m]Errol[/name_m] [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] myself, but [name_m]Warren[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u] and [name_u]Vernon[/name_u] [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] sound great too!

Other names in that vein:
[name_m]Burke[/name_m] (oooo [name_m]Warren[/name_m] [name_m]Burke[/name_m]!)
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m] (ooooh [name_m]Errol[/name_m] [name_m]Duncan[/name_m]!)
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] (ooo [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] “[name_m]Gil[/name_m]” [name_u]Ellis[/name_u]!)
[name_m]Rudyard[/name_m] (oooo [name_u]Rudy[/name_u]! [name_m]Rudyard[/name_m] [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] and [name_m]Rudyard[/name_m] [name_m]Warren[/name_m] sound equally lovely!)

(Sorry if I got a little too excited over here, but I think this is my favorite name question so far this year. BTW I’m a Seattleite who lives overseas.)

4

I think [name_u]Elias[/name_u] or [name_m]Eli[/name_m] would work very well. I also like [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] and [name_m]Leon[/name_m]. Other ideas:
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m] or [name_m]Jerome[/name_m] or [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] nn [name_u]Jem[/name_u]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m] nn [name_m]Zeke[/name_m]
August nn Gus
Gibson nn Gibb

5

[name_u]Roy[/name_u]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Lemuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Boone[/name_m]
[name_u]Rudy[/name_u]
[name_m]Orson[/name_m]

Of your list, the only one that strikes me as old-timey, farmer-ish is [name_m]Errol[/name_m], which I think is a great choice

6

[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Alvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Eldon[/name_m]
[name_m]Hans[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Earl[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_m]Virgil[/name_m]
[name_m]Marvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Melvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Willard[/name_m]
[name_m]Delbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Harlan[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_u]Lonnie[/name_u]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Clayton[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerald[/name_m]
[name_m]Dalton[/name_m]
[name_m]Donald[/name_m]
[name_u]Merle[/name_u]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Randal[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Dennis[/name_m]
[name_u]Howard[/name_u]
[name_m]Marlon[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlyn[/name_u]
[name_u]Darrel[/name_u]
[name_m]Floyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_u]Glen[/name_u]
[name_u]Dallas[/name_u]
[name_m]Merlin[/name_m]
[name_m]Alan[/name_m]
[name_m]Wayne[/name_m]
[name_m]Gordon[/name_m]
[name_m]Rodney[/name_m]
[name_m]Cordell[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilmer[/name_m]
[name_m]Palmer[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_u]Blaine[/name_u]
[name_u]Blaise[/name_u]
[name_m]Monte[/name_m]

All of these I found from our phone book in SW MN or are names of local farmers we know. Hopefully you find a few to use. [name_m]Hi[/name_m] from a fellow Minnesotan!

7

Wow. Thank you for this. I recognize a few of the those first names from my grandparents’ friends and family.

Thank you for this!

8

Oh wow! Some good combinations here. [name_m]Burke[/name_m]…that’s a great one. Definitely putting that on the list.

Thanks!

9

Hello neighbor! (I live in S.MPLS as well) I love seeing [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] and [name_u]Elias[/name_u] on your list… [name_u]Elias[/name_u] is one of my all time favorite names - it sounds old fashioned, down to earth, and it travels extremely well internationally.

[name_m]Leon[/name_m] is another great one as well… it’s simple but substantial.

As for other names, I think of…
Wickham
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]
[name_u]Alden[/name_u]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_u]Rhys[/name_u]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerard[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]

10

[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_u]Abbott[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_u]Walker[/name_u]

11

I wanted [name_m]Harvey[/name_m] but the wife vetoed (my original plan was to go Norwegian/Swedish, but she vetoed that, too ;)) BUT! I love [name_m]Leander[/name_m]. Hadn’t thought of that one. We’re in CARAG, so if you’re around that area maybe we’ll bump into you!

12

I love:

[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_u]Leland[/name_u]

13

[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_m]Bertram[/name_m]
[name_m]Baxter[/name_m]
[name_m]Burr[/name_m]
[name_m]Vaughn[/name_m]

14

[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_m]Elwood[/name_m]
[name_m]Elmer[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Jarvis[/name_m]
[name_u]Curtis[/name_u]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
[name_m]Anselm[/name_m]
[name_m]Hiram[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Boaz[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Marvin[/name_m]