Family Names -- Boys (Council, Garland, Rittenhouse etc)

[Dantea]

I have genealogy stuff dating back to the 1600s when my family was still living in Europe. These are all from my grandmothers side as the only names I know from my grandfathers side are his parents, [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] and [name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f].
The names at the beginning of the list start at about 1650s and end in the 1990s (some repeat A LOT [like [name_m]William[/name_m]] so I’m listing them once and not bothering to count them. I’ll only repeat if they’re listed with a middle name)

There are some really interesting, gender bending, and foreign names on here! I hope you stick with it even though it long because I’m so proud of my family for their naming skills. I’ll * what I like.

[name_m]William[/name_m]*
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
Ortho
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]*
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Moses[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m] [name_m]Bruce[/name_m]
[name_m]Hiram[/name_m]
[name_u]Elisha[/name_u]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Hardin[/name_m]
[name_m]Henderson[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m] Guenley
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_u]Jessie[/name_u]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m] [name_m]Boyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Clayton[/name_m] [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m] [name_u]Zion[/name_u]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Jackson[/name_m] (seriously)
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Albin[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonah[/name_m] [name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Jefferson[/name_m] [name_m]Roosevelt[/name_m] (I actually like [name_m]Roosevelt[/name_m])
[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_m]Jimmy[/name_m] [name_u]Dale[/name_u]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]* [name_m]Minor[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Worth[/name_m]*
[name_m]Clifford[/name_m] [name_m]Miles[/name_m]*
[name_m]Elmer[/name_m] [name_m]Adolph[/name_m]
[name_m]Warren[/name_m]* [name_u]Jackie[/name_u]
[name_m]Elmer[/name_m] [name_m]Arthur[/name_m]*
[name_m]Alvin[/name_m] [name_m]Carl[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m] [name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m] [name_u]Douglas[/name_u]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m] [name_u]Dale[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u] Verd
[name_f]Garland[/name_f] [name_m]Homer[/name_m]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m] [name_m]Lloyd[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Earl[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] [name_u]Zion[/name_u]
[name_m]Clayton[/name_m] [name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Allen[/name_m]
[name_m]Oran[/name_m] [name_u]Bradley[/name_u]
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_u]Ray[/name_u] [name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Floyd[/name_m] [name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_m]Waylon[/name_m] [name_m]Vaughn[/name_m]* - this sounds like a country singer
[name_u]Bobby[/name_u] [name_u]Neal[/name_u]
[name_u]Roy[/name_u] [name_u]Gene[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_u]Wendell[/name_u]
[name_m]Larry[/name_m] [name_m]Doyle[/name_m]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m] [name_u]Dale[/name_u]
[name_m]Randell[/name_m] [name_u]Glen[/name_u]*
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Corbet[/name_m]
[name_m]Hubert[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m] [name_m]Wayne[/name_m]
[name_m]Donald[/name_m] [name_u]Gene[/name_u]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]* [name_m]Allen[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_f]Linn[/name_f]*
[name_m]Verl[/name_m] [name_m]Huston[/name_m]
[name_u]Gene[/name_u] [name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m] [name_f]Linn[/name_f]
[name_m]Doran[/name_m]* nn [name_u]Sunny[/name_u]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]* [name_m]Oran[/name_m]
[name_m]Delmar[/name_m] [name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_u]Zion[/name_u] Valdona
[name_m]Grover[/name_m]
[name_m]Johan[/name_m]
Henrick [name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m]
Cutliff
[name_m]Eli[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_m]Baird[/name_m] – love this whole name
[name_m]John[/name_m] Euclid
Blodgett
[name_m]Palmer[/name_m]
Rittenhouse
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]*
[name_m]Duke[/name_m]
[name_u]Holland[/name_u]
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m] [name_u]Jordan[/name_u]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_m]Council[/name_m]
Goulder
Leason
[name_u]Finley[/name_u]
[name_m]Eli[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Washington[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m] [name_u]Riley[/name_u] – I like this whole name too
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]*
Lydian*
[name_m]Willard[/name_m] [name_m]Miller[/name_m] – this is fun to say
[name_m]Millard[/name_m]
[name_u]Dell[/name_u]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_m]Upton[/name_m]
[name_m]Milton[/name_m] [name_m]Duane[/name_m]
[name_m]Emmit[/name_m] [name_u]Carlisle[/name_u]
[name_u]Leslie[/name_u] [name_m]Allen[/name_m]
[name_m]Woodrow[/name_m] [name_m]Cecil[/name_m]
[name_m]Arvad[/name_m]
[name_m]Ramey[/name_m] [name_m]Clayton[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlie[/name_u] [name_m]Jones[/name_m]
[name_m]Troy[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Westley[/name_m]*
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m] [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]*
[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
Fordney [name_m]Hughes[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Homer[/name_m] [name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m] [name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] [name_m]Warren[/name_m]*
[name_m]Johnny[/name_m]
[name_u]Alton[/name_u] [name_m]Bradford[/name_m] nn [name_m]Bob[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_u]Ova[/name_u]
[name_u]Teddy[/name_u] [name_u]Gene[/name_u]
[name_m]Johnny[/name_m] [name_u]Ray[/name_u]
[name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Wayne[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m] [name_m]Doyle[/name_m]
Clevis
[name_u]Danny[/name_u] [name_m]Wayne[/name_m]
[name_m]Jimmy[/name_m]
[name_u]Billy[/name_u]
[name_m]Johnathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Steven[/name_m]
[name_u]Kyle[/name_u]
[name_u]Jay[/name_u]
[name_m]Jeff[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Dennis[/name_m] [name_m]Wayne[/name_m]
[name_m]Adam[/name_m] [name_u]Monroe[/name_u] (love [name_u]Monroe[/name_u] on a boy!)
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Scott[/name_m]
[name_u]Glen[/name_u]*
[name_u]Alex[/name_u] [name_m]Scott[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u] [name_m]Dalton[/name_m]
[name_m]Jason[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Lance[/name_m] [name_m]Bradford[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_m]Harmon[/name_m] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_u]Billy[/name_u] [name_u]Gene[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u] Pleasie (Pleasie?)
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_m]Warren[/name_m]*
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_u]Glen[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Clayton[/name_m]
[name_m]Warren[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Eric[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_u]Howard[/name_u]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m] [name_m]Kevin[/name_m]
[name_u]Gary[/name_u]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] [name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Dustin[/name_u] [name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m] [name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Brian[/name_m] [name_u]Jay[/name_u]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m] [name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m] [name_m]Paul[/name_m] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] [name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Dalton[/name_m]
[name_m]Byron[/name_m] [name_m]Charles[/name_m] (love [name_m]Byron[/name_m]!)
[name_m]Claud[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u] [name_m]Claud[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Gerald[/name_m] [name_m]Floyd[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u] [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Eric[/name_m] [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m] [name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Willis[/name_m] – this is fun to say too
[name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Johnny[/name_m]
[name_m]Hiram[/name_m] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Steven[/name_m] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] nn Thumper

So tell me what you think!

[system]

I love seeing [name_u]Valentine[/name_u] as a boy’s name! The middle name [name_m]Minor[/name_m] is intriguing too, that’d be cute for a So-and-So junior.

[Mischa]

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] Dantea, it’s wonderful that you have ancestral names from the 1600’s even if it’s one side of the family.

[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Hiram[/name_m]
[name_u]Elisha[/name_u] - it’s great to see this on a man
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Jefferson[/name_m] [name_m]Roosevelt[/name_m] - very Presidential
[name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_m]Minor[/name_m] - [name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_m]Major[/name_m] was his daddy?
[name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Worth[/name_m]
[name_m]Clifford[/name_m] [name_m]Miles[/name_m]
[name_f]Garland[/name_f] [name_m]Homer[/name_m]
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_m]Waylon[/name_m] [name_m]Vaughn[/name_m]
[name_m]Verl[/name_m] [name_m]Huston[/name_m] - sounds like a cowboy name
[name_m]Johan[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m]
[name_m]Eli[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_m]Baird[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m] Euclid - I like this combo!
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_m]Duke[/name_m]
[name_u]Holland[/name_u]
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m] [name_u]Jordan[/name_u]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_m]Council[/name_m] - this would make a cool and quirky mn
[name_u]Finley[/name_u]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
Lydian - could this be the masculine version of [name_f]Lydia[/name_f]?
[name_m]Millard[/name_m]
[name_m]Upton[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlie[/name_u] [name_m]Jones[/name_m]
[name_m]Troy[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m] [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]*
[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Wesley[/name_m] - very Methodist
Fordney [name_m]Hughes[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Homer[/name_m] [name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_m]Johnny[/name_m] [name_u]Ray[/name_u] - there was a singer with this name
[name_m]Adam[/name_m] [name_u]Monroe[/name_u]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_m]Harmon[/name_m] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] - this reminds me of [name_u]Harmony[/name_u]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Byron[/name_m] [name_m]Charles[/name_m] (love [name_m]Byron[/name_m]!)
[name_m]Hiram[/name_m] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] nn Thumper - the nn is too cute!

[Dantea]

I thought the same thing about [name_m]Minor[/name_m], that it would be adorable rather than doing [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Allen[/name_m] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] [name_m]Jr[/name_m] (for example) and instead do [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Minor[/name_m] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] I also love seeing [name_u]Valentine[/name_u] on a boy even if it’s not a name I love. I do love [name_m]Valentino[/name_m] though

And [name_u]Mischa[/name_u], I never even knew Thumper had a real name until I asked my grandma. Or that my aunt [name_u]Jody[/name_u] was really [name_f]Lula[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]. Turns out she hates [name_f]Lula[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_u]Jody[/name_u] and would just prefer to be [name_u]Jo[/name_u]. I also never knew my uncle [name_m]Bob[/name_m] was [name_m]Allen[/name_m] [name_m]Bradford[/name_m] >.<

Just to add the last few people to the list (even though only one is a boy):

Kristy Lynn – my mom
Angel Starr – me
Zachary Nathaniel – my brother who was put up for adoption and I’ve never met
Amber Dawn – my mom says she never realized I had a night name and she had a day name for our middles until months later
Persephone Elysia Willow – my daughter

[southern.maple]

I can’t believe you aren’t trying to work Cutliff, Blodgett, and Rittenhouse into your current combos.

About Pleasie… That one started as a nickname for [name_f]Pleasant[/name_f]. My great-great-grandmother had a brother named Plez [name_m]Dewey[/name_m]. The story I was told is that Dad was supposed to pick the name but he couldn’t come up with anything, so Mom said “oh, let me name him!” and instead of “please do” Dad said “please dewey.” They started calling him Plez as a joke until they could come up with something else, except Plez stuck and they never came up with another a name. And that’s how he got stuck with Plez [name_m]Dewey[/name_m] while his siblings were the likes of [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_u]Noah[/name_u] and [name_f]Celia[/name_f] [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f].

[lovemysweeties]

A bunch of really great names on this list also. Totally loving [name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Worth[/name_m], very handsome.

[lesliemarion]

[name_m]Amos[/name_m] and [name_m]Leander[/name_m].
[name_m]Basil[/name_m] and [name_m]Hugh[/name_m].
[name_m]Floyd[/name_m] and [name_m]Lloyd[/name_m].
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u] and [name_m]Roosevelt[/name_m].
[name_m]Clifford[/name_m] and [name_m]Arthur[/name_m].
[name_m]Elmer[/name_m] and [name_m]Clarence[/name_m].
[name_m]Roger[/name_m] and [name_f]Garland[/name_f].
And [name_m]Clyde[/name_m].

[system]

[name_m]How[/name_m] wonderful it is to have such old family history!

There’s definitely some gems here!