🐞 five boys

lately i’ve been thinking of the idea of five sons! adventurers that spend all day in the creek with their wellies on, rolling down grassy hills, watching bugs on the windowsill, sticking glow-in-the-dark stars on their ceilings and flashlights lighting up blanket forts, splash pad visits and hearing laughter from the backyard.
i think if i had five sons to name today i’d go with:

thomas corbin
rafe alexander
shepherd james
harper declan
jago ransom

thom, rafe, shep, hardy & jago!

my question to you all is if you had five sons what would you name them? feel free to use your favourites or go based off of the description :]

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[name_m]Alaric[/name_m] [name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m] [name_m]Fredric[/name_m]
[name_u]Declan[/name_u] [name_u]Walter[/name_u]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_u]Bodhi[/name_u] [name_u]Tristan[/name_u]

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Based off your description:

[name_m]Grant[/name_m] [name_u]William[/name_u]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Westin[/name_m] [name_u]Miles[/name_u]
[name_u]Joseph[/name_u] [name_m]Dalton[/name_m]
[name_u]Colby[/name_u] [name_u]Hayes[/name_u]

Based off my style:

[name_m]Jetson[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] “Jet”
[name_u]Paris[/name_u] [name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_u]Adley[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Hadrian[/name_m] [name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m] [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u]

[name_u]Jet[/name_u], [name_u]Paris[/name_u], [name_u]Adley[/name_u], [name_m]Hadrian[/name_m], [name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]

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completely how i picture my future boys :yellow_heart::star::sunflower:

i think i’d call them

alexander hirst
julian sawyer
daniel wilder
nathan ivo
jack thomas

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[name_u]Dorian[/name_u] [name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Mattias[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_u]Evan[/name_u] [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] [name_m]Millard[/name_m]
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] [name_m]Jaxon[/name_m]

[name_u]Rory[/name_u], [name_m]Ty[/name_m], [name_m]Ven[/name_m], [name_u]Sasha[/name_u], & [name_m]Gabe[/name_m]

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Based off of your description:

[name_m]Hugh[/name_m] [name_u]Jackson[/name_u]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] [name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] [name_u]Vaughn[/name_u]
[name_u]William[/name_u] [name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_u]Beckett[/name_u] [name_u]Henry[/name_u]

[name_m]Hughie[/name_m], [name_u]Sully[/name_u], [name_u]Jem[/name_u], [name_u]Billy[/name_u] & [name_u]Beck[/name_u]

Based off of my style:

[name_u]Noah[/name_u] [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Sasha[/name_u] [name_u]Julian[/name_u]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] [name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u] [name_u]Pheonix[/name_u]
[name_u]Quincy[/name_u] [name_u]Shiloh[/name_u]

[name_u]Noah[/name_u], [name_u]Sasha[/name_u], [name_m]Cy[/name_m], [name_u]Sage[/name_u] & [name_u]Quince[/name_u]

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I love your imagery—this time and every time. These boys feel so specific, so loved, and so excited. I love the summery, late-night, breezy energy of them. The names you picked are soooo them.

I’d name my “butterfly boys” (that’s what I’m calling this imagery!) …

[name_u]Holden[/name_u] [name_u]Merit[/name_u] “Holly”
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_m]Raymond[/name_m] “Lou”
[name_u]Amos[/name_u] Garen “Amy”
[name_m]Boaz[/name_m] [name_u]Jay[/name_u] “Bo”
[name_m]Otis[/name_m] [name_u]March[/name_u] “Otie”

:butterfly::mag_right::bug::mosquito::camping::flashlight::bike:

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They’re so beautiful. Stop it I love them.

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Yours are cute and cool and fit that vibe you describe!

If I was to choose my favourites:

[name_m]Sholto[/name_m] [name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u] [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Forrest[/name_m] [name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m] [name_u]Robin[/name_u]

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Your choices work so well for that imagery! I’d go for:

[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_u]Arthur[/name_u] [name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] [name_u]Phoenix[/name_u] [name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m] [name_u]William[/name_u] [name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m] [name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] [name_m]Isidore[/name_m] [name_u]Emrys[/name_u]

[name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Lysander[/name_m], [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m], [name_m]Horatio[/name_m], & [name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] // [name_m]Cas[/name_m], [name_u]Sasha[/name_u], [name_m]Tolly[/name_m], [name_u]Rory[/name_u], & [name_u]Niko[/name_u].

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[name_m]Edwin[/name_m] [name_m]Apollo[/name_m]
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] [name_u]Jupiter[/name_u]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m] [name_u]William[/name_u]
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]

edwin, arthur, thomas, horatio & gabriel


The first three are my favourites and on my permanent list, although the last two were really difficult to come up with and I am still not sure about them :smiling_face_with_tear:

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i’d name five little adventurers:

darcy matthew
jasper lewis
reuben elijah
ashton evander
oliver hugo

darcy, jasper, rue, ash and ollie

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[name_u]Toryn[/name_u] Matthe [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u] [name_u]Asher[/name_u] [name_u]Night[/name_u]
[name_u]Kemper[/name_u] [name_m]Alaric[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] [name_m]Lucian[/name_m] [name_u]Hale[/name_u]
[name_m]Kayne[/name_m] [name_u]Archer[/name_u] [name_u]Maxwell[/name_u]

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This is so sweet! I definitely see myself as more of a boy mom (in the future, of course!) That said, I would very much have a hard time settling on names.

Peter Frederick
Timothy Eliot
Christopher Todd
Rudy Thomas
Jack Westley

Peter, Timmie, Kit, Rudy & Jack! :fallen_leaf: :bug: :tent:

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I agree! Madeleine and Hazel, y’all both have such stunning lists, and a real knack for boy names!

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Love your names! Hardy as a nn for Harper Declan is next level.:sparkles:

Mine would be:

Sebastian Hugo
Rafferty Thomas
Hamish Rupert
Wilfred Benedict
Jasper Darcy

:fallen_leaf: Seb, Raffa, Hame, Wilfy & Jas :fallen_leaf:

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[name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_u]Evergreen[/name_u]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u] [name_u]Wolf[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] fox
[name_u]Finch[/name_u] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]

:black_heart::purple_heart:

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I already have five sons, so here are five names I love but won’t ever use. (I’d still use some of these middle names, but not the firsts.)

[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m] [name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m] [name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Zebedee[/name_m] [name_m]Aaron[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvanus[/name_m] [name_u]John[/name_u]
[name_m]Jeshua[/name_m] [name_m]Mark[/name_m]

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This was really hard… Excluding my sons name [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] [name_m]Dixon[/name_m] 5 more sons would be…

[name_u]Walter[/name_u] [name_m]Ivan[/name_m] [name_m]Lloyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenton[/name_m] [name_m]Micheal[/name_m] [name_m]Wayne[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_m]Parson[/name_m] [name_m]Hart[/name_m]
[name_m]Zebedee[/name_m] [name_m]Roger[/name_m] [name_m]Dodds[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m] [name_m]Ernest[/name_m] Fsiher

[name_u]Ollie[/name_u], [name_u]Wally[/name_u], [name_m]Kent[/name_m], [name_m]Cap[/name_m], [name_m]Zeb[/name_m], and [name_m]Thor[/name_m]

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