Desperately in search of name suggestions!

Boy Names
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We’re 22 weeks pregnant with number 2, and have absolutely nothing for boy’s names. Please help!

Here are my criteria for a name (but nothing is set in stone! If you think of something that doesn’t quite fit, please throw it out there.)

We’d like something relatively unknown – neither my husband, my daughter or I, have names in the top 1000, and while I’m OK with a bit higher popularity than that, a top 100 or so name is out. I’d also like to avoid names that aren’t super popular now, but have been commonly used in the last 100 years or so.

I like names to have some history, but I’m more concerned with usability than “legitimacy” so nature or word names are OK but nothing made up or spelled creatively. :slight_smile:

It’s very important to me that a name has a positive meaning.

DH and I both have Irish/Scottish/English heritage and while I’m definitely opened to names from other cultures, I’d rather avoid anything that strongly points to a cultural heritage we don’t have a claim to.

Oh, and I’m OK with somewhat gender ambiguous names, as the rest of us all have them.

Last name will be [name]Johnston[/name]. Our Daughter’s name is [name]Sylvan[/name] [name]Belle[/name]

Here’s our list so far:
[name]Rohan[/name] – DH’s suggestion; I like the sound and the meaning, but I’m hesitant about the LOTRs connection.
[name]Ronan[/name]/[name]Ronin[/name] – DH likes the Samurai connection. I don’t love the flow with our last name and the popularity is getting high.
[name]Caspian[/name] – DH isn’t sure on this one. I like the sound and nickname, but it’s somewhat devoid of meaning.

Names DH has vetoed:
[name]Gareth[/name]
[name]Torin[/name]

Names I’ve vetoed:
[name]Angus[/name]
[name]Stetson[/name]

Names I like but can’t use for one reason or another:
[name]Linden[/name]
[name]Eamon[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Forrest[/name]
[name]Anders[/name]
[name]Rowan[/name]
[name]River[/name]

So, as you can see we need all the help we can get!

Thank you!

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I’m going to give this a try but let me know what you like so I can help you!
[name]Roman[/name]
[name]Marshall[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Baker[/name]
[name]Bentley[/name]
[name]Hudson[/name]
[name]Hunter[/name]
[name]Lander[/name]
[name]Wayland[/name]
[name]Phoenix[/name]
[name]Boyd[/name]
[name]Caden[/name]
[name]Bryce[/name]
[name]Callan[/name]
[name]Darby[/name]
[name]Darcy[/name]
[name]Dayton[/name]
[name]Chanson[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name]
[name]Ellis[/name]
[name]Tucker[/name]
[name]Spencer[/name]
[name]Grant[/name]
[name]Brant[/name]
[name]Brantley[/name]
[name]Wade[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
Bryden
[name]Farrell[/name]
[name]Larson[/name]
[name]Lennox[/name]
[name]Remington[/name]
[name]Sawyer[/name]
[name]Slater[/name]
Whelan
[name]Lane[/name]
[name]Kane[/name]
[name]Jameson[/name]
[name]Jagger[/name]
[name]Nash[/name]
[name]Boone[/name]
[name]Kingston[/name]
[name]Gunner[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Ezra[/name]
[name]Whitley[/name]
[name]Thane[/name]
[name]Miller[/name]
[name]Cohen[/name]
[name]Drake[/name]
[name]Truman[/name]
[name]Jefferson[/name]
[name]Beau[/name]
[name]Tennyson[/name]
Dodger
Tameron
[name]Lincoln[/name]
[name]Archer[/name]
[name]Asher[/name]
[name]Jacoby[/name]
[name]Holden[/name]
[name]Beckett[/name]
[name]Dallas[/name]
[name]Easton[/name]
[name]Tanner[/name]
[name]Reed[/name]
[name]Parker[/name]
[name]Porter[/name]
[name]Portland[/name]
[name]Fletcher[/name]
Stryker
[name]Ryder[/name]
[name]Harmon[/name]
[name]Turner[/name]
[name]Tobin[/name]

GOOD [name]LUCK[/name] :slight_smile:

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Thanks [name]Jill[/name]!
Here’s what I like from your list:
[name]Everett[/name] - love but 2 cousins have already used this.
[name]Bennett[/name] - OK, but way too popular
[name]Hunter[/name] - This is a family name, so might be a middle name option
[name]Lander[/name] - Might be a possibility
[name]Phoenix[/name] - Guilty Pleasure name for me. DH doesn’t like.
[name]Callan[/name] - Like but too close to my name ([name]Carlin[/name])
[name]Spencer[/name] - this was my favourite boy name as a teen. :slight_smile: Unfortunately my cousin used it.
[name]Lennox[/name] - like, it was on my list but I can’t quite decide if it’s usable.
[name]Miller[/name] - My DH’s biolgical family name. Might be a middle name possibility
[name]Cohen[/name] - I so wish this was usable. It would be my #1 choice but I’m not comfortable with the cultural implications
[name]Drake[/name] - OK
[name]Tennyson[/name] - Like the literary connection, but all the “son” ending names are iffy with DH’s last name.
[name]Archer[/name] - I like [name]Archer[/name] but don’t like [name]Archie[/name], and I’m not sure it’s avoidable
[name]Holden[/name] - OK, popularity is a little high
[name]Ryder[/name] - GP name, but I think the teasing potential is too hight with a last name that sounds like slang for a piece of the male anatomy. :slight_smile:
[name]Tobin[/name]- OK. We aren’t religious so the meaning makes me a bit uncomfortable.

So as you can see, we’re picky! Lots of good suggestions here though, thank you!

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Sorry for any repeats.

[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Calvin[/name]
[name]Arden[/name]
[name]Sinclair[/name]
[name]Vaughn[/name]
[name]Caradoc[/name]
[name]Roderick[/name]
[name]Ferdinand[/name]
[name]Wallace[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name]
[name]Byron[/name]
[name]Harmon[/name]
[name]Cashel[/name]
[name]Cedric[/name]
[name]Ivo[/name]
[name]Luther[/name]
[name]Fletcher[/name]
[name]Clive[/name]
[name]Auberon[/name]
[name]Alair[/name]
[name]Cosmo[/name]
[name]Corbin[/name]
[name]Adair[/name]
[name]Cyrus[/name]
[name]Rafferty[/name]
[name]Callum[/name]
Merrit
[name]Beale[/name]
[name]Cato[/name]
[name]Evander[/name]
[name]Crispin[/name]
[name]Beale[/name]
[name]Huxley[/name]
[name]Dashiell[/name]
[name]Matteo[/name]
[name]Pollux[/name]
[name]Octavio[/name]
[name]Desmond[/name]
[name]Prosper[/name]
[name]Reeve[/name]
[name]Dawson[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name]
[name]Sorrel[/name]
[name]Virgil[/name]
[name]Winslow[/name]
[name]Waldo[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Lorcan[/name]
[name]Matthias[/name]
[name]Orlando[/name]
[name]Newton[/name]
[name]Gawain[/name]
[name]Roland[/name]
[name]Jarvis[/name]
[name]Truman[/name]
[name]Otis[/name]
[name]Peregrine[/name]
[name]Lionel[/name]
[name]Errol[/name]
[name]Roarke[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Spencer[/name]
[name]Thatcher[/name]
[name]Flavian[/name]
[name]Jethro[/name]
[name]Perseus[/name]
[name]Quentin[/name]
[name]Remy[/name]
[name]Laszlo[/name]
[name]Linus[/name]
[name]Hadrian[/name]
[name]Bayard[/name]
[name]Rufus[/name]
[name]Shiloh[/name]
[name]Booker[/name]
[name]Morris[/name]
[name]Heath[/name]
[name]Ignatius[/name]
[name]Solomon[/name]
[name]Atlas[/name]
[name]Dmitri[/name]
[name]Ozias[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Alistair[/name]
[name]Jago[/name]
[name]Tristram[/name]
[name]Barnaby[/name]
[name]Gatsby[/name]
[name]Bellamy[/name]
[name]Penrose[/name]
[name]Peregrine[/name]
[name]Orion[/name]
[name]Casimir[/name]
[name]Nicabar[/name]
[name]Calder[/name]
[name]Thayer[/name]
[name]West[/name]
[name]Quince[/name]
[name]Yarrow[/name]
[name]Crane[/name]
[name]Altair[/name]
[name]Hale[/name]
[name]Darby[/name]
[name]Brom[/name]
[name]Aram[/name]
[name]Cormac[/name]
[name]Baylor[/name]
[name]Dorian[/name]
[name]Rainer[/name]
[name]Aloysius[/name]
[name]Wesley[/name]
[name]Zephyr[/name]

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Sorry for any repeats.

[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Calvin[/name]
[name]Arden[/name]
[name]Sinclair[/name]
[name]Vaughn[/name]
[name]Caradoc[/name]
[name]Roderick[/name]
[name]Ferdinand[/name]
[name]Wallace[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name]
[name]Byron[/name]
[name]Harmon[/name]
[name]Cashel[/name]
[name]Cedric[/name]
[name]Ivo[/name]
[name]Luther[/name]
[name]Fletcher[/name]
[name]Clive[/name]
[name]Auberon[/name]
[name]Alair[/name]
[name]Cosmo[/name]
[name]Corbin[/name]
[name]Adair[/name]
[name]Cyrus[/name]
[name]Rafferty[/name]
[name]Callum[/name]
Merrit
[name]Beale[/name]
[name]Cato[/name]
[name]Evander[/name]
[name]Crispin[/name]
[name]Beale[/name]
[name]Huxley[/name]
[name]Dashiell[/name]
[name]Matteo[/name]
[name]Pollux[/name]
[name]Octavio[/name]
[name]Desmond[/name]
[name]Prosper[/name]
[name]Reeve[/name]
[name]Dawson[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name]
[name]Sorrel[/name]
[name]Virgil[/name]
[name]Winslow[/name]
[name]Waldo[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Lorcan[/name]
[name]Matthias[/name]
[name]Orlando[/name]
[name]Newton[/name]
[name]Gawain[/name]
[name]Roland[/name]
[name]Jarvis[/name]
[name]Truman[/name]
[name]Otis[/name]
[name]Peregrine[/name]
[name]Lionel[/name]
[name]Errol[/name]
[name]Roarke[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Spencer[/name]
[name]Thatcher[/name]
[name]Flavian[/name]
[name]Jethro[/name]
[name]Perseus[/name]
[name]Quentin[/name]
[name]Remy[/name]
[name]Laszlo[/name]
[name]Linus[/name]
[name]Hadrian[/name]
[name]Bayard[/name]
[name]Rufus[/name]
[name]Shiloh[/name]
[name]Booker[/name]
[name]Morris[/name]
[name]Heath[/name]
[name]Ignatius[/name]
[name]Solomon[/name]
[name]Atlas[/name]
[name]Dmitri[/name]
[name]Ozias[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Alistair[/name]
[name]Jago[/name]
[name]Tristram[/name]
[name]Barnaby[/name]
[name]Gatsby[/name]
[name]Bellamy[/name]
[name]Penrose[/name]
[name]Peregrine[/name]
[name]Orion[/name]
[name]Casimir[/name]
[name]Nicabar[/name]
[name]Calder[/name]
[name]Thayer[/name]
[name]West[/name]
[name]Quince[/name]
[name]Yarrow[/name]
[name]Crane[/name]
[name]Altair[/name]
[name]Hale[/name]
[name]Darby[/name]
[name]Brom[/name]
[name]Aram[/name]
[name]Cormac[/name]
[name]Baylor[/name]
[name]Dorian[/name]
[name]Rainer[/name]
[name]Aloysius[/name]
[name]Wesley[/name]
[name]Zephyr[/name]
[name]Basil[/name]
[name]Gale[/name]
[name]Waylon[/name]
[name]Casper[/name]

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Sorry, I don’t know why my list was posted twice.

7

ARGH and it cut off my list! The rest:

[name]Arbor[/name]
[name]Tiernan[/name]
[name]Rune[/name]
[name]Seneca[/name]
[name]Sullivan[/name]
[name]Jedidiah[/name]
[name]Ash[/name]
[name]Halcyon[/name]
[name]Bowie[/name]
Ark
[name]Japheth[/name]
[name]Garrick[/name]
[name]Flynn[/name]
[name]Joss[/name]
[name]Alban[/name]
[name]Royce[/name]
[name]Declan[/name]
[name]Murphy[/name]
[name]Wyatt[/name]
[name]Edison[/name]
[name]Beck[/name]
[name]Christopher[/name]
[name]Ivor[/name]
[name]Alaric[/name]
[name]Ishmael[/name]
[name]Ashton[/name]
[name]Absalom[/name]
[name]Chadrick[/name]
[name]Shae[/name]
[name]Asa[/name]
[name]Joachim[/name]
[name]Saul[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Rocco[/name]
[name]Tucker[/name]
[name]Boaz[/name]
[name]Auden[/name]
[name]Mordecai[/name]
[name]Amon[/name]
[name]Rafe[/name]

8

Okay. [name]Love[/name] the name [name]Sylvan[/name]. Sorry for any repeats.
[name]Abbott[/name]
Adder
Alder
[name]Alston[/name]
[name]Barker[/name]
[name]Berkeley[/name]
[name]Booth[/name]
[name]Brigham[/name]
[name]Clive[/name]
[name]Collier[/name]
[name]Davis[/name]
Fitch
Gates
Hatcher
[name]Herrick[/name]
[name]Jarvis[/name]
[name]Kendrick[/name]
[name]Lowell[/name]
[name]Olin[/name]
Orrick
[name]Palmer[/name]
[name]Red[/name]
Revere
[name]Smith[/name]
[name]Thorpe[/name]
[name]Ward[/name]
[name]Whit[/name]
[name]Woodson[/name]

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Hopefully no repeats.

[name]Brice[/name] (number 935)
[name]Bart[/name]
[name]Caesar[/name]
[name]Clarence[/name]
[name]Darcy[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name] (number 799)
[name]Ferdinand[/name]
[name]Nigel[/name]
[name]Percy[/name]
[name]Roderick[/name] (number 913)
[name]Stan[/name]

10

Off the top of my head…maybe…

Derrial
[name]Riordan[/name]
[name]Niall[/name]
[name]Eames[/name]

11

[name]How[/name] about:

[name]Talon[/name]
Torben
[name]Tymen[/name]
[name]Florian[/name]
[name]Merlin[/name]
[name]Jowan[/name]

Good luck! [name]Sylvan[/name] is a beautiful name.

12

Thanks everyone! There are some great suggestions. I’ve added a couple to my list and have decided to revisit a few more that we had considered and disgarded.

I’m still looking for the perfect name, so please keep them coming!

13

My first thought when reading your criteria was the name [name]Zephyr[/name].

14

I can only think of a few that haven’t been listed (at least I don’t think they have).
[name]Thornton[/name]
[name]Martin[/name]
[name]Thaxter[/name]
[name]Ambrose[/name]
Karac
[name]Stuart[/name]
[name]Levi[/name]
[name]Ian[/name]
[name]Ethan[/name]
Colson
[name]Curran[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]
[name]Julius[/name]
[name]Sinclair[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Navarre[/name]
Ezekial
[name]Lewis[/name] / [name]Louis[/name]
[name]Emory[/name] /[name]Emery[/name]

Most of these names come from my extensive family tree (I am really into geneaology).

Good luck with your search.

15

Edited for privacy.

16

[name]Shame[/name] about [name]Torin[/name] as sounds lovely,

[name]Hendrix[/name]
Wilf
[name]Rex[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name]
[name]Grey[/name]
Alfrey
[name]Hector[/name]

x

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Some more nature-themed names that might complement [name]Sylvan[/name]:

[name]Birk[/name]
[name]Briar[/name]
[name]Falcon[/name]
[name]Harbor[/name]
[name]Hawthorne[/name]

It’s a shame you can’t use [name]Linden[/name] (b/c of your last name) b/c that would go perfectly with [name]Sylvan[/name]! :slight_smile:

And a couple of my faves I didn’t see on any lists previously posted:
[name]Leander[/name]
Mariner

:slight_smile: [name]Cris[/name]