Classic Names

Boy Names
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My favourite boy names have always been the classics. I like that they are timeless, never go out of style and have lots of nickname possibilities.

I love [name_m]Edward[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Ned[/name_m]), [name_m]William[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Will[/name_m]), [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Adrian[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Drew[/name_u]), [name_m]Louis[/name_m], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Richard[/name_m], [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Chris[/name_u]), [name_m]Leonardo[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Leo[/name_m]), [name_m]Eric[/name_m].

Which are your favourite classic boy names and do you like any nicknames for them? I’m not expecting, just curious.

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I love classic boy names! I almost always prefer them in their original, full, formal form, without nicknames. For example, [name_m]Charles[/name_m] rather than [name_m]Chuck[/name_m]/[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]/[name_m]Chaz[/name_m]/, [name_m]William[/name_m] rather than [name_m]Will[/name_m]/[name_m]Liam[/name_m]/[name_m]Willy[/name_m], [name_m]Richard[/name_m] rather than [name_m]Rich[/name_m]/[name_m]Richie[/name_m]/[name_m]Rick[/name_m]/[name_m]Dick[/name_m], etc.

3

I’ve always liked [name_u]Howard[/name_u], because of [name_m]Howie[/name_m] :slight_smile: It’s more of a guilty pleasure kind of thing haha, I don’t think I’d get to use it for any future children but it’s always been super cute to me!

4

[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] ([name_u]Theo[/name_u])
[name_m]Charles[/name_m] ([name_u]Charlie[/name_u])
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] ([name_m]Wells[/name_m])

5

[name_m]Charles[/name_m] nn [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] (of course - my son!)
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] nn [name_u]Alex[/name_u]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] nn [name_u]Theo[/name_u] or [name_u]Teddy[/name_u]/Ted
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]/[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] nn [name_m]Ned[/name_m] or Ted
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] nn [name_u]Nico[/name_u]
[name_m]William[/name_m] nn [name_m]Will[/name_m] or [name_m]Liam[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m] nn [name_u]Georgie[/name_u]
[name_m]Bertram[/name_m] nn [name_u]Bertie[/name_u]
[name_m]John[/name_m] nn [name_m]Jack[/name_m]

6

I like a number of them! I’m sure others draw the line differently for classic names, but these are my favorites of ones I consider so:

[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachary[/name_m]

Lots of J names!

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I guess it depends on your definition of classic. Personally, I have a very staunch idea of what classic means ([name_m]John[/name_m], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]Charles[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Edward[/name_m], [name_m]Richard[/name_m], [name_u]Francis[/name_u], [name_m]William[/name_m], [name_m]Robert[/name_m], [name_m]George[/name_m]… I’m not sure anything outside of those would be “classic” to me.), and the only one of those I would definitely use up front is [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] (and that’s a maybe to [name_m]Charles[/name_m] “[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]”)–I love just [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], but I might do Tommo or Masso–I’m not a fan of [name_m]Tom[/name_m] or [name_m]Tommy[/name_m] at all, really. I do like [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]William[/name_m], and [name_m]George[/name_m] quite a lot, though, too, and I might do [name_m]Richard[/name_m] as an honor middle, since it’s pretty close to my maiden name (which really isn’t all that usable as an actual name, imo).

I do love [name_m]Jack[/name_m], though–but I would bypass [name_m]John[/name_m] and go straight for [name_m]Jack[/name_m], seeing that [name_m]John[/name_m] is SO popular in my family tree, and [name_m]Jack[/name_m] is less so.