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Hi all!!

Please ignore the extremely punny-yet-unfunny title (creativity isnā€™t quite working yet today haha)

My partner and I both love the nickname [name_m]Hal[/name_m] for a boy. He feels very laid-back yet strong and classic at the same time, and heā€™s just such a fun nickname.

However, we donā€™t love a lot of the names [name_m]Hal[/name_m] is traditionally short for (Henry / Harold), and weā€™d love some more out-there ideas for how to get to [name_m]Hal[/name_m]. Right now our favorite is [name_m]Holden[/name_m], though if you are familiar with my naming style, youā€™ll know heā€™s a little too common for me.

Iā€™m open to stretchy, similar, whatever you can think of!! Thanks all :green_heart:

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[name_m]Hal[/name_m] is so sweet! I love [name_m]Cal[/name_m] personally, but [name_m]Hal[/name_m] has such a friendly feel to it!

Halycon
[name_m]Halston[/name_m]
[name_m]Hollis[/name_m]
[name_m]Halfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Hallow[/name_m]
[name_m]Harley[/name_m]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_m]Hansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Marshall[/name_m]
[name_m]Paschal[/name_m]
[name_m]Callahan[/name_m]

some ideas! hope this helps! :blue_heart:

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[name_m]Great[/name_m] ideas above!

Maybe alsoā€¦

[name_m]Herschel[/name_m]
[name_f]Holland[/name_f]
[name_m]Halloran[/name_m]
[name_m]Helier[/name_m]
[name_m]Holloway[/name_m]
[name_f]Hathaway[/name_f]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m] (stretchy wildcard!)

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I donā€™t have a new suggestion but [name_m]Halcyon[/name_m] and [name_m]Halfred[/name_m] ā€˜Halā€™ are both on my list!

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Iā€™ll addā€¦

[name_m]Halbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Halen[/name_m]
[name_m]Hallam[/name_m]
[name_m]Halifax[/name_m]
[name_m]Haldor[/name_m]
[name_m]Hadriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Harlan[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamlin[/name_m]
[name_m]Haskel[/name_m]
[name_m]Hartwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Hadrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Hanniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Hartigan[/name_m]
[name_m]Hartley[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_m]Hawkins[/name_m]
[name_m]Helio[/name_m]
[name_m]Helenus[/name_m]
[name_m]Heron[/name_m]
[name_m]Hemlock[/name_m]
[name_m]Hercule[/name_m]
[name_m]Heraclio[/name_m]
[name_m]Howell[/name_m]
[name_m]Hewell[/name_m]
[name_m]Hilarion[/name_m]
[name_m]Hilliard[/name_m]
[name_f]Holland[/name_f]
[name_f]Hollister[/name_f]
[name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m]
[name_m]Huxley[/name_m]
[name_f]Charleston[/name_f]
[name_f]Athaliah[/name_f]
[name_m]Cashel[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilhelm[/name_m]

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I meanā€¦ I enjoyed your humor :wink: my coworker and I shamelessly exchange dad jokes every day tho so maybe Iā€™m your demographic :joy:

A few ideas:

  • [name_m]Cathal[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Callahan[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Halloran[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Herschel[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Marshall[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Michalis[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Pascal[/name_m] or [name_m]Paschal[/name_m]
  • [name_f]Shalom[/name_f]
  • [name_m]Adalbert[/name_m] (especially something like [name_m]Adalbert[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m], or something, maybe?)
  • [name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m] or [name_m]BarthĆ©lĆ©my[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Fingal[/name_m]
  • Halcyoneus (maybe a bit much even for you hahahahaha)
  • Haldo
  • Haldir (LOTR name)
  • [name_m]Halifax[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Halston[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Hollis[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] or [name_m]Nikolaj[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Sholto[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Astrophel[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Helios[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Heliodoro[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Helmut[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Michelangelo[/name_m] (or just Michel?)
  • [name_m]Othello[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Satchel[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Sorrel[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Wilhelm[/name_m]

Good luck!

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I love the name [name_m]Hal[/name_m] too, although I like the Norwegian name [name_m]Harald[/name_m] with the nn [name_m]Hal[/name_m].

My favorite for [name_m]Hal[/name_m] is the name [name_m]Hallam[/name_m], which comes from [name_m]Alfred[/name_m], [name_m]Lord[/name_m] Tennysonā€™s poem ā€œIn Memoriam,ā€ written to remember his friend [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Hallam[/name_m]. [name_m]Hallam[/name_m] is easy to spell, easy to say, and obviously [name_m]Hal[/name_m] would be the nn.

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Some of these suggestions are brilliant! The only one I can think of that has not been mentioned yet is [name_m]Halvard[/name_m].

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I love a pun :grin:

Only one idea to add for friendly [name_m]Hal[/name_m], a variation of @ashthedreamer 's suggestion of [name_m]Heliodoro[/name_m]: [name_m]Heliodor[/name_m] :gem_stone:

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[name_m]Harrison[/name_m]?

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I think any variation on [name_m]Henry[/name_m] or [name_m]Harold[/name_m] could work, but depending on how unusual your taste in names is I do think [name_m]Halcyon[/name_m] or [name_m]Callahan[/name_m] are cool options.

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Fun fact, my brother is a [name_m]Holden[/name_m] who went by [name_m]Hal[/name_m] as a child! Iā€™ve met exactly two other people with the name [name_m]Holden[/name_m] besides my brother and none of them used [name_m]Hal[/name_m]. I think any name that starts with an H and then a vowel could be called [name_m]Hal[/name_m].

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I think [name_m]Hal[/name_m] is actually pretty wearable on itā€™s own! Here are some suggestions:
[name_m]Halcyon[/name_m]
Haldan/Halden
[name_m]Haldrin[/name_m]
Hallston/Halston
[name_m]Hallard[/name_m]
[name_m]Halldor[/name_m]
[name_m]Halstead[/name_m]
[name_m]Hansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Harrell[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamlin[/name_m]
[name_m]Harailt[/name_m]
[name_m]Harlan[/name_m]
[name_f]Harlow[/name_f]
[name_m]Dashall[/name_m]
[name_m]Marshall[/name_m]
[name_m]Henrik[/name_m]