Help - Old fashioned boys names

We’re looking for old fashioned, traditional but slightly unusual boys names. Our favourites so far are [name_m]Rupert[/name_m] (Roo) , [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] ([name_m]Artie[/name_m]) and [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] ([name_m]Wilf[/name_m]) . Looking for more names similar to these and good middle names that would go with them. Thank you! :blush:

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I love [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] β€˜[name_m]Wilf[/name_m]’!
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_u]Amos[/name_u]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Osmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m] or [name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]

[name_m]Bastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Miles[/name_u]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Orson[/name_m]
[name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_m]Ned[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_m]Salinger[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Inigo[/name_m]
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_m]Orwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
Cosmo
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_u]Oleander[/name_u]
[name_m]Ted[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
[name_u]Axel[/name_u]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
[name_m]Algernon[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]

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I love old fashioned β€œgrandpa” boy names! [name_m]Rupert[/name_m], [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] and [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] are adorable. There’s been a lot of great suggestions already so I’ll try my best not to repeat anything.

[name_m]Argus[/name_m]
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_m]Clifford[/name_m]
[name_m]Clive[/name_m]
[name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyril[/name_m]
[name_m]Eamon[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_m]Floyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Frank[/name_m]
[name_m]Harold[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
[name_m]Orville[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
[name_m]Sylvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]

Rupert [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m] [name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m] [name_u]Jonah[/name_u]

Wilfred [name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] [name_u]Miles[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] [name_m]Clyde[/name_m]

Arthur [name_m]Finnegan[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_u]Bennett[/name_u]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Silas[/name_m]

Winston
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
[name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Fergus[/name_m]

My favorite category of boy name!

I love

Douglas ([name_m]Dougie[/name_m]/Dougal)
[name_m]Wilkie[/name_m] ([name_m]Will[/name_m])
[name_m]Chester[/name_m] ([name_m]Chet[/name_m]/Chess)
[name_m]Winfield[/name_m] ([name_u]Win[/name_u]/Field)
[name_m]Winthrop[/name_m] ([name_u]Win[/name_u])
[name_u]Clancy[/name_u]
[name_u]Yancy[/name_u]
[name_m]Tarquin[/name_m] (Tarq or Tark)
[name_m]Clement[/name_m] ([name_u]Clem[/name_u])
[name_u]Galen[/name_u] ([name_u]Gale[/name_u])
[name_u]Howard[/name_u] ([name_m]Howe[/name_m]/Ward)
[name_u]Laurence[/name_u] ([name_u]Laurie[/name_u])
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] ([name_m]Shep[/name_m])
[name_m]Angus[/name_m] ([name_u]Gus[/name_u])
[name_m]Zebulon[/name_m] ([name_m]Zeb[/name_m])
[name_m]Dalziel[/name_m] ([name_m]Dal[/name_m])
[name_m]Gordon[/name_m] ([name_m]Gordy[/name_m]/Gordie)
[name_m]Roland[/name_m] ([name_m]Rollo[/name_m])
[name_m]Eben[/name_m] ([name_m]Ebb[/name_m]/Ben/Benji)
[name_u]Madigan[/name_u] ([name_u]Madden[/name_u])
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m] ([name_m]Al[/name_m]/Ali)
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] ([name_u]Toby[/name_u])
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] ([name_m]Ned[/name_m])

Rupert [name_m]Errol[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m] [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m] [name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m] [name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m] [name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m] [name_m]Augustin[/name_m]
[name_m]Clifford[/name_m] [name_m]Preston[/name_m]
[name_u]Howard[/name_u] [name_m]Angus[/name_m]
[name_m]Harland[/name_m] [name_u]Tate[/name_u] β€œ[name_m]Hank[/name_m]”
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m] [name_u]Wade[/name_u] β€œ[name_m]Alec[/name_m]”
[name_m]Edsel[/name_m] [name_m]Clyde[/name_m] β€œ[name_m]Eddie[/name_m]”
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u] [name_m]Floyd[/name_m] β€œ[name_m]Leo[/name_m]”
[name_u]Callum[/name_u] [name_m]Franklin[/name_m] β€œ[name_u]Cal[/name_u]”
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m] [name_u]Lyle[/name_u] β€œ[name_m]Dunn[/name_m]”
[name_m]Bronson[/name_m] [name_m]Hoyt[/name_m] β€œ[name_u]Bo[/name_u]”
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u] [name_m]Quade[/name_m] β€œ[name_u]Eli[/name_u]”
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u] [name_u]Jensen[/name_u]
[name_u]Jensen[/name_u] [name_u]Callum[/name_u] β€œ[name_u]Jem[/name_u]”
[name_m]Clive[/name_m] [name_m]Orson[/name_m] β€œ[name_m]Coen[/name_m]”
[name_u]Montgomery[/name_u] Fraiser β€œ[name_m]Monty[/name_m]”
[name_m]Terrence[/name_m] [name_m]Abram[/name_m] β€œ[name_u]Tate[/name_u]”
[name_u]Laurence[/name_u] [name_m]Roland[/name_m] β€œ[name_m]Lars[/name_m]”
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m] [name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Luther[/name_m] [name_m]Reginald[/name_m] β€œ[name_u]Louie[/name_u]”
[name_u]Edison[/name_u] [name_m]Gerard[/name_m] β€œ[name_m]Eddie[/name_m]”
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m] [name_m]Marshall[/name_m] β€œ[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]”
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m] [name_m]Reginald[/name_m] β€œ[name_m]Kip[/name_m]”
[name_m]Winston[/name_m] [name_m]Maynard[/name_m]
[name_m]Benson[/name_m] [name_m]Orlando[/name_m] β€œ[name_m]Ben[/name_m]”
[name_m]Fintan[/name_m] [name_u]Carlisle[/name_u] β€œ[name_u]Finn[/name_u]”
[name_u]Nolan[/name_u] [name_m]Josiah[/name_m] β€œ[name_u]Noel[/name_u]”
[name_u]Remington[/name_u] β€œ[name_u]Remy[/name_u]”
[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m] [name_m]Hamilton[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] [name_m]Prescott[/name_m] β€œ[name_u]Cal[/name_u]”
[name_u]Claude[/name_u] [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
[name_m]Herschel[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] Huitt
[name_u]Credence[/name_u] [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] β€œ[name_m]Creed[/name_m]”
[name_m]Leon[/name_m] [name_u]Valor[/name_u]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m] [name_u]Noble[/name_u]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] [name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Truman[/name_m] [name_m]Archibald[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m] [name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m] [name_m]Randall[/name_m]
[name_u]Thaddeus[/name_u] [name_m]Leon[/name_m]

Wilbur
[name_m]Grover[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
[name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerard[/name_m]
[name_m]Jerome[/name_m]

Thank you!!

I love [name_m]Atticus[/name_m], [name_m]Edgar[/name_m], [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m] and [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m] in particular… [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m] is just :heart_eyes::heart::two_hearts:

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Thank you!! If I had three boys, I think this would make a great sibset :heart:
Loving [name_m]Edgar[/name_m], [name_m]Ernest[/name_m], [name_m]Winston[/name_m] and [name_m]Ralph[/name_m]!

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There’s some gorgeous names on this list, thank you!

Arthur [name_m]Finnegan[/name_m] :heart_eyes::heart::two_hearts: absolutely love that!!

I also have such a soft spot for [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m], what a gorgeous name!

I love [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]! And [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] :two_hearts:

Thank you! [name_f]My[/name_f] favourites are [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_m]Gideon[/name_m], [name_m]Samson[/name_m] and [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]! :heart:

Thank you for sharing, great list!

I love [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m] so much :heart:

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Love all these names! Totally loving the names [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] and [name_m]Rupert[/name_m] :heart::heart:

Albert ([name_m]Albie[/name_m])
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m] ([name_m]Archie[/name_m])
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m] ([name_m]Benny[/name_m])
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] ([name_u]Cal[/name_u])
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m] ([name_m]Des[/name_m])
[name_m]Edmond[/name_m] ([name_m]Eddie[/name_m])
[name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m] ([name_m]Fitz[/name_m])
[name_u]Howard[/name_u] ([name_m]Howie[/name_m])
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m] ([name_m]Leo[/name_m])
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m] ([name_u]Ollie[/name_u])
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m] ([name_u]Reggie[/name_u])