Having another boy

Boy Names
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Please help us name our latest dude! Of course we were 100% on a girl name, but only boys here!

We like names that have a formal full name and a short, masculine, kinda rustic nickname.
I am open to many suggestions, but DH hates everything! We both prefer names that are not obscure, as well as not in the top 10.
The other names we have used are Caleb “Cal,” Zachary “Zach,” and Samuel “Sam.”
Names we are considering are Asher, Nathan, Charles; I really like Grant and Tate, but would prefer a full name with a nickname option; I also love Mitchell and Maxwell, but am not fond of alliterative names and our last name is M—. There are a lot of names we like but nothing hitting us like lightening!

Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!

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I like the idea of Nathan - called Nate maybe? I think it’d work well with his brothers.
Some other ideas:
August “Gus”
Benjamin or Bennett “Ben”
Beckett “Beck”
Christopher “Chris” or “Topher” or “Kit”
Cormac “Mac”
Desmond “Des”
Elliot “El” or “Eli”
Edward “Ed” “Ned” “Ted”
Franklin “Frankie”
Frederick “Freddie”
Garrett “Rett”
Harrison or Henry “Harry” or “Hal” or “Huck” or “Hank”
Judah “Jude”
Lawrence “Laurie” “Ren” “Lewis”
Nicholas “Nico” or “Nick”
Oscar “Oz” or “Ozzy”
Reuben “Ben” or “Ru” or “Robbie”
Sullivan “Van” or “Sal” or “Sully”
Spencer “Spence”
Tobias “Toby”
Theodore “Teddy” “Ted” “Theo”
Thomas “Tom” “Tommy”
Victor “Vic”
Walter “Walt”
William “Will”

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I think [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] and [name_u]Asher[/name_u] fit really well with your set! I’ll also second [name_m]Judah[/name_m], [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m], [name_m]Reuben[/name_m], and [name_m]Tobias[/name_m].

[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] "Gabe’
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m] “Ike”
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] “Nate”
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m] “Josh”
[name_m]Simon[/name_m] “Si”
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u] “Dan, Danny”
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m] “Jake”
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m] “Joe, Joey”
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] “Cy, Russ”
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m] “Abe”
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m] “Drew”
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] “Jonty, Nate”
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m] “Joe, [name_u]Joey[/name_u], Si”
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] “Rafe”
[name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m] “Jem, Remy”
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m] “Zeke”
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m] “Matt”
[name_u]Jonah[/name_u] “Joe, Joey”
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u] “Jess”
[name_u]Julian[/name_u] “Jules”
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m] “Kai”

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[name_m]Nathan[/name_m], [name_m]Charles[/name_m] and [name_u]Asher[/name_u] are lovely!!

I’ll suggest

[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] “Sully”
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m] “Pat” “Kit”
[name_u]Julian[/name_u] “Jules”
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] “Laurie” “Ren”
[name_u]Benjamin[/name_u] “Benji”
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] “Toby”
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m] “Joey”
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m] “Ade”
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “Freddie”

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[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]- [name_u]Nick[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]- [name_m]Tom[/name_m] or [name_m]Tommy[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]- [name_u]Andy[/name_u] or [name_u]Drew[/name_u]
[name_u]Benjamin[/name_u]- [name_m]Ben[/name_m] or [name_m]Benji[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]- [name_u]Vinnie[/name_u] or [name_m]Vince[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]- [name_m]Will[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]- [name_u]Zeke[/name_u]
[name_u]Lincoln[/name_u]- [name_m]Linc[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]- [name_m]Matt[/name_m]

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[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] nn Nate,Nathan,Nat,
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] nn Jonah,Jon,Nate,Nathan,Nat
[name_m]Kaiden[/name_m] nn [name_u]Kai[/name_u]
[name_u]Ashton[/name_u] nn [name_u]Ash[/name_u]
[name_u]Cameron[/name_u] nn Cam,Ron
[name_u]Jameson[/name_u] nn James,Jamie
[name_u]Christian[/name_u] nn [name_u]Chris[/name_u]
[name_u]Jackson[/name_u] nn Jack,Jake
[name_u]Holden[/name_u]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u] nn [name_u]Chris[/name_u]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] nn [name_f]Ro[/name_f]
[name_u]Beckett[/name_u] nn [name_u]Beck[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u] nn Rett
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m] nn Finn,Ian
[name_m]Edmond[/name_m] nn [name_m]Ed[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] nn [name_m]Ed[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m] nn [name_m]Archie[/name_m] or [name_u]Archer[/name_u]
[name_m]Judah[/name_m] nn [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m] nn [name_m]Matt[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u] nn [name_m]Dex[/name_m]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u] nn [name_u]Spence[/name_u]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m] nn [name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_u]Lennox[/name_u] nn Len,Nox,Leo
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] nn [name_m]Tom[/name_m]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m] nn Des,Dean
[name_u]Bennett[/name_u] nn [name_m]Ben[/name_m]
[name_u]Taron[/name_u] nn [name_m]Ron[/name_m]
[name_u]Oliver[/name_u] nn [name_u]Ollie[/name_u]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u] nn [name_u]Rian[/name_u]
[name_u]Taylor[/name_u] nn [name_u]Tay[/name_u]
[name_u]Paxton[/name_u] nn [name_u]Pax[/name_u]
[name_u]Nolan[/name_u] nn [name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m] nn Ell,Wells
[name_m]William[/name_m] nn Will,Liam
[name_m]Finneas[/name_m] nn [name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_u]Finnegan[/name_u] nn [name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m] nn [name_u]Grey[/name_u]
[name_m]Garrett[/name_m] nn Rett
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] nn [name_u]Evan[/name_u]
[name_u]Halston[/name_u] nn Hale,Hal
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m] nn [name_u]Rian[/name_u]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m] nn [name_u]Drew[/name_u]
[name_m]Harrison[/name_m] nn [name_u]Harry[/name_u]
[name_u]Eden[/name_u] nn [name_m]Ed[/name_m]
[name_u]Lincoln[/name_u] nn [name_m]Linc[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellington[/name_u] nn Ell,Eli
[name_m]Maxton[/name_m] nn [name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_u]Paxton[/name_u] nn [name_u]Pax[/name_u]
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m] nn [name_u]Cass[/name_u]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] nn [name_u]Sully[/name_u]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m] nn [name_u]Win[/name_u]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m] nn [name_u]Charlie[/name_u]
[name_u]Prescott[/name_u] nn [name_u]Scott[/name_u]
[name_u]August[/name_u] nn Gus,Augie
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] nn [name_u]Ren[/name_u]
[name_u]Hendrix[/name_u] nn [name_u]Ren[/name_u]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] nn Xander,Alex,Lex
[name_m]Weston[/name_m] nn [name_m]Wes[/name_m]
[name_u]Wesley[/name_u] nn [name_m]Wes[/name_m]
[name_m]Preston[/name_m] nn Pres
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] nn [name_m]Ed[/name_m]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u] nn [name_f]Ell[/name_f] ,Eli,Leo
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u] nn [name_m]Dan[/name_m]

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[name_m]Andrew[/name_m] “Andy, Drew”
[name_u]Arden[/name_u] “Ardy”
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] “Art, Thor”
[name_u]Asa[/name_u] “Ace”
[name_u]Beckett[/name_u] “Beck”
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m] “Ben, [name_m]Ned[/name_m], Beck”
[name_m]Casius[/name_m], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Cassius[/name_m] “Cass”
[name_u]Christian[/name_u] “Chris, [name_u]Kit[/name_u], Stian”
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m] “Chris, [name_m]Topher[/name_m], [name_u]Kit[/name_u], Rory”
[name_m]Donovan[/name_m] “Don, [name_m]Donny[/name_m], Kona”
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u] “Dori, Rian”
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] “Eli”
[name_u]Finnegan[/name_u], [name_m]Phineas[/name_m] “Finn”
[name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m] “Fitz, [name_m]Will[/name_m], Liam”
[name_m]William[/name_m] “Will, Liam”
[name_m]Irving[/name_m] “Irv, Ving”
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m] “Jake”
[name_u]Jamison[/name_u] “Jamie”
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] “Jon, [name_m]Nathan[/name_m], Than”
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m] “Josh”
[name_m]Nashua[/name_m] “Nash”
[name_u]Juniper[/name_u] “Juni”
[name_m]Leonel[/name_m] “Leo”
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m], [name_m]Lukas[/name_m] “Luke, [name_u]Luca[/name_u], Luka”
[name_m]Nikolas[/name_m], [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] “Nick, [name_u]Nico[/name_u], Niko”
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m], [name_m]Oskar[/name_m] “Ozzy”
[name_u]Robert[/name_u] “Rob, [name_m]Bob[/name_m], Robin”
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Bastian[/name_m] “Seb, [name_m]Bas[/name_m], Bash, [name_m]Baz[/name_m], Stian”
[name_m]Tancred[/name_m] “Tanc”
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] “Theo, [name_m]Ted[/name_m], [name_u]Teddy[/name_u], [name_m]Tod[/name_m], [name_m]Todd[/name_m], Thor”
[name_m]Thoreau[/name_m] “Thor”
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] “Walt”
[name_u]Wesley[/name_u] “Wes”

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With [name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m] and [name_m]Samuel[/name_m],

[name_u]Asher[/name_u] and [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] are really lovely.

[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_u]Ezra[/name_u]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u]
[name_u]Azariah[/name_u]
[name_m]Elijah[/name_m]
Asriel/Azriel
[name_u]Seth[/name_u]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u] (i know double Ms but had to mention these two!)
[name_u]Jonah[/name_u]
Tobias/Tobiah (Toby)
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m] (Cai)
[name_u]Micaiah[/name_u] (Cai)
[name_u]Levi[/name_u]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
Bethuel
[name_m]Benaiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Moses[/name_m]
[name_m]Judah[/name_m] (Jude)

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[name_m]Preston[/name_m] “Percy”
Malcom"Max" “Mac”
[name_u]Quentin[/name_u] “Quinn”
[name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m] “Remi”
[name_m]Terrence[/name_m] “Tate”
[name_m]Bronson[/name_m] “Bo”
[name_u]Leland[/name_u] “Leo”
[name_m]Orson[/name_m] “Ozzy”
[name_u]Laurence[/name_u] “Ren”
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] “Lou”
[name_m]Harlan[/name_m] “Hank”
[name_u]Bennett[/name_u] “Ben”

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Caleb “Cal,” Zachary “Zach,” Samuel “Sam” &

Bennett
Jared
Silas
Dane
Daniel
Harvey
Ethan
Evan
Everett
Garrett
Lucas
Jacob

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So many amazing options. [name_u]Asher[/name_u] “Ash” and [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] would be great. I have heard of [name_u]Tate[/name_u] as a [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] / [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] nn too so [name_m]Just[/name_m] putting that out there - I guess if [name_m]Nate[/name_m] works why not [name_u]Tate[/name_u]!

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[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_u]Tyler[/name_u]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_u]Oliver[/name_u]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_u]Scott[/name_u]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_u]Wesley[/name_u]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_u]Bennett[/name_u]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_m]Nicolas[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_u]Timothy[/name_u]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]

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I like so many of these!
I really wanted [name_u]Everett[/name_u] or [name_m]Garret[/name_m], anything for nn Rett! But DH vetoed!

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[name_u]Love[/name_u] all these names!

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I agree that [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] or [name_u]Asher[/name_u] sound the best with the other names, but I wonder if doing all biblical names makes us seem religious, which we are not, particularly Hebrew originated names, because we are not Jewish and I wouldn’t want to present ourselves as representing another culture/religion.

So my follow up question is, continue the current trend of biblical names with nicknames, because I’m overthinking it’s significance, or break the trend to avoid religious implications?
Should note that we currently only have a [name_u]Cal[/name_u] and a Zach; [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] was a name we picked for a late term pregnancy loss, so it’s significant but more private.

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We have a [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] nickname “Nates” (and a [name_f]Susannah[/name_f] nickname “Zuzu” (She was supposed to be [name_f]Annie[/name_f], but it didn’t fit)). We are struggling with a boys name for #3. I really like [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] / [name_u]Cal[/name_u] btw, but my husband has vetoed it due to some guy he knew in middle school (move on, right?). I also LOVE one-syllable names on boys, but our surname is a short, one-syllable name that starts with “G”. If I could use a name like [name_m]Grant[/name_m] or [name_m]Graham[/name_m], I would. I think [name_m]Grant[/name_m], especially, works great with your other boys. You could do something like [name_u]Griffin[/name_u] or [name_m]Graham[/name_m] [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] to get there?

Most of these you’ve already seen above:

[name_u]Maxwell[/name_u] “Wells” or “Mac”
[name_m]Bradford[/name_m] “Ford”
[name_u]Micah[/name_u] “Mac”
[name_u]Wesley[/name_u] “Wes”
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] “Gabe”
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m] “Gee”
[name_u]Quentin[/name_u] “Quint” or “Q”
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m] “Luke”
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m] “Drew”
[name_u]Beckett[/name_u] “Becks”

I also love [name_u]August[/name_u] but am not fond of “Gus” or “Augie.” Perhaps you are? I’ve considered [name_u]August[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u] “AJ”.

GL - you have great options!

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[name_u]John[/name_u]
[name_m]Armie[/name_m]
[name_u]Maxwell[/name_u] nn [name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_m]Ossian[/name_m]

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Seconding [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] ‘Toby’ and [name_m]Franklin[/name_m] ‘Frankie’
Sorry for any repeats
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u] ‘Artie’
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m] ‘Leo’
[name_m]Tarquin[/name_m] ‘Quinn’

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Maybe [name_m]Grantham[/name_m]?

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Thanks for all the suggestions!
I think we are going to go with
[name_u]Everett[/name_u] “Rett” [name_u]William[/name_u].
So weird, DH hated the name [name_u]Everett[/name_u] for the past three boys, but now has decided it has grown on him! I’ll take it!

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