Desperately need help naming third boy!

Hello!

I’m pregnant with my third boy, and recently had a complication that means I’ll be delivering six weeks early… so now I need to find a name by [name_u]January[/name_u]! :frowning:

I’m a lifelong Nameberry-aholic, my criteria is for it to not be common (preferably outside of the top 300). Our last name is lengthy three syllables, starts with R and ends with -er, which knocks out -er names sadly.

Oldest: [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
Middle: [name_u]Bowen[/name_u]

I’m looking for a name that flows with theirs with really good nickname options (probably not a B or R name). [name_f]My[/name_f] top names at the moment are:

[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] (love the idea of Shep/Sheppy… husband doesn’t like)
[name_u]Whitley[/name_u] (love the idea of [name_u]Whit[/name_u], compromising with hubby because I liked Whitney)
[name_m]Hart[/name_m] (I adore, but since we’re nickname people I’m worried everyone will add something to a one syllable name)

I feel like all I do in my spare time is scroll Nameberry and TikTok naming accounts and I’ve exhausted every name in the world, and now that I have a time crunch I am getting even more stressed!! I know I’m in good hands here, because you guys are my fellow name-obsessed people. Thank you so much for your help!!!

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Hello! Deep breath–baby boy will have a name!

The first names that come to mind are [name_u]Winslow[/name_u] and [name_m]Whitten[/name_m] or Whitlock “Winnie/Wit” for nicknames. That way you get similar to Whitley/Whitney.

Other Suggestions:

Alwyn/Alwin “Al, Winnie”
[name_m]Murdoch[/name_m] “Doc”
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m] “Fin”
[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m] “Morty, Kai”
[name_m]Derrick[/name_m] “Rick/Ricky” (it was #298 last year, just FYI)
[name_m]Linwood[/name_m] “Linny” “Lin” “Woody”
[name_u]Callahan[/name_u] “Cal”
[name_m]Halloran[/name_m] “Hal”

Hopefully these help! :slight_smile:

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Thoughts on your current names:

[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]: love this with your boys! Too bad your husband isn’t on board…do you think you could bring him round or is it a hard no?

[name_u]Whitley[/name_u]: I actually know someone who just named their baby this. Can’t say I love it, but [name_u]Whit[/name_u] is a great nickname. Maybe for [name_m]Whittaker[/name_m], [name_m]Whitford[/name_m], [name_m]Whitman[/name_m], [name_m]Whitten[/name_m], Whitby, or Whitfield, [name_m]Hewitt[/name_m]?

[name_m]Hart[/name_m]: also a favorite of mine, and I think it fits really well. Could you use it as a nickname? For [name_u]Hartley[/name_u], [name_u]Hartford[/name_u], [name_m]Everhart[/name_m], Hartfield, [name_m]Hartwell[/name_m], or Lockhart?

Suggestions:

[name_m]Griffith[/name_m]
[name_u]Gable[/name_u]
[name_m]Osmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxfield[/name_m]
[name_m]Ashford[/name_m]
[name_m]Truman[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Anders[/name_m]
[name_u]Huxley[/name_u]
[name_m]Truett[/name_m]
[name_m]Macklin[/name_m]
[name_u]Montgomery[/name_u]
[name_m]Woodrow[/name_m]
[name_u]Prescott[/name_u]

I think [name_m]Hart[/name_m] works best with your other boys’ names. I love your son Bowen’s name, by the way.

Other ideas:

Cade/Kade
[name_u]Campbell[/name_u]
[name_m]Dominick[/name_m]
[name_u]Farrell[/name_u]
[name_u]Hayes[/name_u]
[name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]

[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]
[name_m]Fintan[/name_m]
[name_m]Gulliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachy[/name_m]
[name_u]Ziggy[/name_u]
[name_u]Gideon[/name_u]
[name_u]Sylvester[/name_u]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_u]Jagger[/name_u]

Congrats on 3 boys!

I also really like [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] but if hubby isn’t on board how about-

[name_u]Wesley[/name_u]
[name_m]Weston[/name_m]
[name_m]Deacon[/name_m]
[name_u]Franklin[/name_u]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]

Good luck

[name_m]Whitman[/name_m]?

Thank you!! I love Whitten!!!

Thank you!!! I’m definitely going to work on [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] with him! haha :slight_smile:

That’s great to know about Whitley… I feel on the fence, I love [name_u]Whitney[/name_u] for a boy but my husband didn’t so this was kind of the compromise, but I love [name_m]Whitten[/name_m] too! I should put that in the mix!

Lockhart for [name_m]Hart[/name_m]! I hadn’t thought of that! I wish I loved [name_u]Hartley[/name_u] but I just can’t get into it.

[name_m]Macklin[/name_m] is on my list too! We are one the same wavelength! Thank you for all of these!!!

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Thank you!!! He was tough to name too, but I LOVED [name_u]Bowen[/name_u]. [name_m]Dominick[/name_m] has been on my list!! I should rethink that one. And [name_u]Campbell[/name_u] was my top for a girl!!!

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Thank you for these!!!

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Thank you!!! I need all the luck I can get! Haha, I’ve been looking as [name_m]Wes[/name_m] names lately, actually!!

Ooh, I’ve never heard that one! Which is VERY rare for me! haha Thank you!!

[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] is great :heart:

Could [name_u]Hartley[/name_u] ‘Hart’ work? like a blend of [name_u]Whitley[/name_u] and [name_m]Hart[/name_m]?

Some other ideas:

[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] ‘Sully’ ‘Sunny’ ‘Van’
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m] ‘Denny’ ‘Dez’ ‘Donnie’
[name_u]Callahan[/name_u] ‘Cal’ ‘Han’ ‘Lannie’
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m] ‘Ozzy’ ‘Zi’
[name_m]Wystan[/name_m] ‘Wit’ ‘Stan’ ‘Wyn’
[name_m]Henning[/name_m] / Hennings ‘Hen’ ‘Hank’ ‘Indy’
[name_u]Jericho[/name_u] ‘Joey’ ‘Jez’

R@fferty, B0wen and….
[name_m]Merrick[/name_m]
Wycliffe,Wycleff….Wyck
[name_u]Watson[/name_u]
Elwood….Woody
Whitman….Whit
[name_m]Charlton[/name_m]
[name_m]Fintan[/name_m]
[name_m]Gifford[/name_m]
[name_m]Innes[/name_m]
[name_u]Lowell[/name_u]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_m]Grantham[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamilton[/name_m]
[name_m]Marshall[/name_m]
[name_m]Dennison[/name_m]
[name_u]Dawson[/name_u]
[name_u]Nelson[/name_u]
[name_m]Piers[/name_m]
[name_u]Pierce[/name_u]
[name_m]Pierson[/name_m]
[name_m]Hughes[/name_m]
[name_m]Drummond[/name_m]
[name_u]Wilson[/name_u]
[name_u]Willoughby[/name_u]
[name_m]Errol[/name_m]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]
Corwith
[name_u]Winslow[/name_u]
[name_m]Phelan[/name_m]

Those are some very cute boy names, I’m the same with the non poplar boy names so here’s some I like

Teddison (teddy)
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u]
[name_u]Prescott[/name_u] (press)
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_u]Rome[/name_u]
[name_u]Wesley[/name_u] (Wes)
[name_u]Jett[/name_u] or [name_m]Jed[/name_m]
[name_m]Kane[/name_m]
[name_u]Lyndon[/name_u]
[name_u]Rhodes[/name_u]
[name_u]York[/name_u]
[name_u]Forest[/name_u]
[name_u]Grayson[/name_u]
[name_u]Dallas[/name_u]
[name_u]Tate[/name_u]
[name_u]Wyatt[/name_u]

[name_m]Whittaker[/name_m]
Whitfield
[name_m]Whitford[/name_m]

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Congrats, you’ve got this! I love [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] in general and with your boys!

Other ideas:

[name_m]Cormac[/name_m] “Mac” “Cory”
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m] or [name_u]Finnegan[/name_u] “Finn”
[name_u]Wesley[/name_u] “Wes”
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] “Evan” “Van”
[name_m]Cillian[/name_m] “Cian”
[name_m]Eamon[/name_m] “Eames”

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I love your naming style. You could use [name_u]Hartley[/name_u]. You would still have your 2 syllables and his nickname could be [name_m]Hart[/name_m]. I adore [name_m]Shepard[/name_m] and [name_u]Whitley[/name_u]. They both flow well with siblings. You could take them to the delivery and then decide.

Other suggestions:
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m], [name_u]Bowen[/name_u] and

[name_u]Callahan[/name_u]
[name_u]Camden[/name_u]
[name_u]Casey[/name_u]
[name_m]Dalton[/name_m]
[name_u]Dawson[/name_u]
[name_u]Declan[/name_u]
[name_m]Donovan[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrett[/name_m]
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]
[name_u]Legend[/name_u]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_m]Tabor[/name_m]
[name_m]Truett[/name_m]
[name_u]Vaughn[/name_u]

Thank you!!! I have been trying to make myself love [name_u]Hartley[/name_u] – it solves all my problems! But I’m just not sure I love it. We are definitely on the same wavelength – [name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] and [name_u]Callahan[/name_u] are the next two on my list. LOVE [name_m]Henning[/name_m], haven’t seen that one anywhere!