as many of you are aware, my partner and i have decided on the name harlan jesse if our may baby is a boy. now, between y’all and me, i’ve known throughout my entire pregnancy that this baby is a boy, though i will be pleasantly surprised with either!
either way, i can’t help but dream about the family we’re building, and what we will name future children. my husband and i love harley’s name. harlan is after his great grandfather, and jesse is an ode to all the men in my family with biblical “j” names. plus, as he is our rainbow baby, we love that jesse means “gift” and “God exists”.
my husband and i really find a lot of joy in naming anything- our animals, our babies, etc. and so we are always discussing names. we know our next son is likely to be boone amos, as it is my husband’s favorite, but i love to have other options as well.
to make this a whole lot more fun- i’ve constructed a very rusty pinterest collage of everything i see in harley’s name. i was wondering if you all could help us come up with some brothers for him- single names and combinations welcome! we ideally would like something a little rare, a little twangy, and vintage. i’ve been crushing on woodrow or elwood, with the nickname “woody”.
Firstly I didn’t know that you guys have actually got hitched I thought you still enjoying engagement so I wanted to say huge congratulations and wishing you all the best with your marriage
Moving onto this little rainbow baby just like you I had similar ‘intuition’ that I was having a girl so I’m sure your intuition is right and you’ll be welcoming [name_m]Harlan[/name_m] [name_m]Jesse[/name_m] soon!
[name_m]Loving[/name_m] [name_m]Boone[/name_m] [name_m]Amos[/name_m] as [name_m]Harlan[/name_m] [name_m]Jesse[/name_m] brother this is such a cool pairing which definitely leans into your overall country aesthetic
I think [name_m]Elwood[/name_m] is cool but I also like just [name_m]Woody[/name_m]. I think something like [name_m]Woody[/name_m] [name_m]Josiah[/name_m] or [name_m]Woody[/name_m] [name_m]Elijah[/name_m] would work really well with [name_m]Boone[/name_m] [name_m]Amos[/name_m] and [name_m]Harlan[/name_m] [name_m]Jesse[/name_m].
You’ve had lots of lovely suggestions so count any repeats as me being in agreement with the berries
we got married a couple weeks ago, and it was everything we dreamed
as always, i adore your suggestions! woody josiah is so sweet. i would’ve considered josiah as a first name for this baby, but my husband has a cousin named josiah!
watson, sonny, cyrus, abner, wyatt, oakes, wells, nash and ridge are adorable, too!
oh, i like oakwell! i’ve never heard that. fortitude is lovely too- we’re already considering ford, as it’s a family name for my husband. fortitude “ford” would be super cool!
I absolutely love the idea of a little [name_m]Woody[/name_m]! [name_f]My[/name_f] first thoughts were [name_m]Lawson[/name_m] & Winslow…
[name_m]Watson[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Clifford[/name_m] “Kit” or “Cliff”
[name_m]Guthrie[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
[name_m]Morris[/name_m]
[name_m]Baxter[/name_m]
[name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Seymour[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Harlan[/name_m] and [name_m]Boone[/name_m] are brothers made for each other. To me the perfect third brother has to be [name_m]Dexter[/name_m]!
I may have got a little carried away with suggestions, but here are some more earthy, dusty, cowpokes.
Looking this over, I feel like I erred more on the side of safer versus rare names. If I’m inspired I may come back with some more unexpected names in this style.
All the best!