Hope you like mess! - Boys

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] ,

Once again my lists are way way too long and way way too messy. So once again I’m hoping I’m not overstaying my welcome and asking for any thoughts , combos or ideas. I need tough love because this is way way too long. I’m think roughly between 25-50 of the unisex names and 15-30 of the girls names

Boys Names

[name_u]Banner[/name_u]
Bayliss
[name_m]Bolton[/name_m]
[name_m]Bond[/name_m]
[name_m]Booker[/name_m]
[name_m]Bosley[/name_m]
[name_m]Boswell[/name_m]
[name_m]Brewer[/name_m]
[name_m]Bronze[/name_m]
[name_m]Buckley[/name_m]
[name_m]Buzz[/name_m]
[name_m]Conway[/name_m]
[name_m]Crockett[/name_m]
[name_u]Crosby[/name_u]
[name_m]Culver[/name_m]
[name_m]Cy[/name_m]
[name_m]Cypher[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_u]Decker[/name_u]
[name_u]Destry[/name_u]
[name_m]Diesel[/name_m]
[name_m]Draper[/name_m]
[name_m]Dutch[/name_m]
[name_m]Fielder[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitz[/name_m]
[name_m]Foster[/name_m]
[name_u]Granger[/name_u]
[name_m]Griff[/name_m]
[name_u]Hale[/name_u]
[name_m]Holt[/name_m]
[name_m]Hutch[/name_m]
[name_m]Judge[/name_m]
[name_m]Keane[/name_m]
Kemp
[name_m]Kipton[/name_m]
[name_m]Kordell[/name_m]
[name_u]Larkin[/name_u]
[name_m]Law[/name_m]
[name_u]Pax[/name_u]
[name_u]Penn[/name_u]
[name_m]Quade[/name_m]
[name_u]Ramsey[/name_u]
[name_m]Range[/name_m]
[name_m]Renner[/name_m]
[name_u]Reynolds[/name_u]
[name_m]Roper[/name_m]
[name_m]Rush[/name_m]
[name_m]Ruston[/name_m]
[name_u]Slate[/name_u]
[name_m]Stiles[/name_m]
[name_m]Taurus[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorne[/name_m]
[name_m]Thatch[/name_m]
Toledo
[name_m]Townes[/name_m]
Tracker
[name_u]Valor[/name_u]
[name_m]Vander[/name_m]
[name_m]Voss[/name_m]
Wake
[name_m]Wheeler[/name_m]
[name_u]Whit[/name_u]

Unisex

Alpine
[name_m]Anchor[/name_m]
[name_u]Athens[/name_u]
[name_u]Auburn[/name_u]
Bingley
[name_f]Brindle[/name_f]
[name_m]Caliber[/name_m]
Carpenter
[name_m]Castle[/name_m]
[name_u]Channing[/name_u]
Chapell
[name_m]Chaplain[/name_m]
[name_m]Chord[/name_m]
[name_u]Cleary[/name_u]
[name_u]Cobalt[/name_u]
Corduroy
[name_u]Courtland[/name_u]
[name_u]Credence[/name_u]
[name_u]Cypress[/name_u]
[name_m]Dacre[/name_m]
Delaware
[name_u]Dempsey[/name_u]
[name_u]Denali[/name_u]
[name_u]Diem[/name_u]
[name_u]Drummer[/name_u]
[name_u]East[/name_u]
[name_m]Fields[/name_m]
[name_m]Friday[/name_m]
[name_m]Gatsby[/name_m]
[name_m]Hart[/name_m]
Hennessey
[name_u]Horizon[/name_u]
Hyland
[name_f]Joplin[/name_f]
Joyner
[name_u]Kansas[/name_u]
Keeper
[name_u]Kerrigan[/name_u]
[name_m]Kessler[/name_m]
[name_u]Knightley[/name_u]
[name_u]Kodiak[/name_u]
[name_u]Laramie[/name_u]
[name_u]Monaco[/name_u]
[name_u]Nevada[/name_u]
[name_u]North[/name_u]
[name_u]Oasis[/name_u]
[name_u]Pace[/name_u]
[name_u]Quest[/name_u]
[name_m]Redding[/name_m]
[name_u]Revel[/name_u]
[name_f]Rumer[/name_f]
[name_u]Rydell[/name_u]
Seeker
Shepry
[name_u]Sheridan[/name_u]
[name_m]Shields[/name_m]
[name_u]Silver[/name_u]
[name_u]Solace[/name_u]
[name_m]Sparks[/name_m]
Spears
[name_m]Suede[/name_m]
[name_u]Swayze[/name_u]
Teller
[name_u]Temple[/name_u]
[name_u]Tennessee[/name_u]
[name_u]Tierney[/name_u]
Tyndall
[name_u]Vale[/name_u]
[name_u]Vegas[/name_u]
[name_u]Venice[/name_u]
Venture
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u]
Westry
[name_u]Windsor[/name_u]
[name_m]Woods[/name_m]
[name_u]Yardley[/name_u]
[name_u]York[/name_u]

The vibe -


Some tough love on the ones I’d definitely lose:

Summary

Bayliss → sounds too much like a blend of [name_u]Bay[/name_u] and [name_u]Bliss[/name_u]

[name_m]Brewer[/name_m] → not sure I like how associated it is to alcohol

[name_m]Buckley[/name_m] → not sure I’d want that ‘Buck’ sound in my name as a teen boy

[name_m]Crockett[/name_m] → again, not sure I’d want this as a teen boy

[name_m]Culver[/name_m] → see above

[name_u]Destry[/name_u] → reminds me of dysentery

[name_m]Dutch[/name_m] → just a bit odd, like, would you call you kid [name_f]English[/name_f]? American?

[name_m]Roper[/name_m] → I wouldn’t want to have this as a name, place an A in the place of the O

Wake → reminds me of funerals

I’m just going to pick the names that I think fit the vibe and sound good collectively

[name_m]Bolton[/name_m]
[name_m]Booker[/name_m]
[name_m]Brewer[/name_m]
[name_m]Culver[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitz[/name_m]
[name_m]Foster[/name_m]
[name_u]Granger[/name_u]
[name_u]Hale[/name_u]
[name_m]Kipton[/name_m]
[name_u]Penn[/name_u]
[name_m]Quade[/name_m]
[name_u]Ramsey[/name_u]
[name_m]Renner[/name_m]
[name_m]Rush[/name_m]
[name_m]Vander[/name_m]
Wake
[name_u]Whit[/name_u]

[name_u]Channing[/name_u]
[name_m]Chord[/name_m]
[name_u]Cobalt[/name_u]
[name_m]Dacre[/name_m]
[name_m]Fields[/name_m]
[name_m]Hart[/name_m]
Hennessey
Keeper
[name_u]Kerrigan[/name_u]
[name_u]Laramie[/name_u]
[name_u]North[/name_u]
[name_u]Pace[/name_u]
[name_m]Redding[/name_m]
Seeker
[name_u]Sheridan[/name_u]
[name_u]Vale[/name_u]

[name_m]Booker[/name_m] [name_u]Whit[/name_u]
[name_u]Whit[/name_u] [name_u]Ramsey[/name_u]
[name_u]Ramsey[/name_u] [name_m]Bolton[/name_m]
[name_m]Bolton[/name_m] [name_u]Laramie[/name_u]
[name_u]Laramie[/name_u] [name_m]Brewer[/name_m]
[name_m]Brewer[/name_m] [name_u]North[/name_u]
[name_u]North[/name_u] [name_m]Renner[/name_m]
[name_m]Renner[/name_m] [name_u]Cobalt[/name_u]
[name_u]Cobalt[/name_u] [name_m]Redding[/name_m]
[name_m]Redding[/name_m] Wake
Wake [name_u]Sheridan[/name_u]
[name_u]Sheridan[/name_u] Keeper
Keeper [name_u]Hale[/name_u]
[name_u]Hale[/name_u] [name_m]Dacre[/name_m]
[name_m]Dacre[/name_m] [name_u]Channing[/name_u]
[name_u]Channing[/name_u] [name_u]Vale[/name_u]
[name_u]Vale[/name_u] [name_m]Kipton[/name_m]
[name_m]Kipton[/name_m] [name_m]Vander[/name_m]
[name_m]Vander[/name_m] [name_m]Fields[/name_m]
[name_m]Fields[/name_m] [name_u]Granger[/name_u]
[name_u]Granger[/name_u] [name_u]Kerrigan[/name_u]
[name_u]Kerrigan[/name_u] [name_u]Penn[/name_u]
[name_u]Penn[/name_u] [name_m]Foster[/name_m]
[name_m]Foster[/name_m] Hennessey
Hennessey [name_m]Quade[/name_m]
[name_m]Quade[/name_m] Seeker
Seeker [name_m]Hart[/name_m]
[name_m]Hart[/name_m] [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] [name_m]Fitz[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitz[/name_m] [name_m]Culver[/name_m]
[name_m]Culver[/name_m] [name_m]Chord[/name_m]
[name_m]Chord[/name_m] [name_m]Booker[/name_m]

I’d keep:

Booker
Cy :heart:
Cypher
Dashiell :heart:
Fielder
Fitz
Foster
Griff
Hale
Holt
Larkin :heart:
Pax :heart:
Penn
Quade
Ramsey
Townes
Valor :heart:
Vander
Whit :heart:
Athens
Channing
Credence
Cypress :heart:
Drummer
Friday :heart:
Hart
Oasis
Pace :heart:
Quest :heart:
Revel
Rumer
Rydell
Seeker
Vale
Vesper
Woods

I would keep:

[name_m]Booker[/name_m]
[name_u]Crosby[/name_u]
[name_m]Cy[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_u]Destry[/name_u] (although I prefer for girls)
[name_m]Fielder[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitz[/name_m]
[name_u]Hale[/name_u]
[name_m]Holt[/name_m]
[name_u]Larkin[/name_u]
[name_u]Penn[/name_u]
[name_u]Ramsey[/name_u]
[name_m]Vander[/name_m]
[name_u]Whit[/name_u]

I love mess because I love names! I THOUGHT I could look at your vibe and trim you list, but… you NAILED your own vibe. Oops.

Here goes:
I simply like these names the most.
[name_m]Brewer[/name_m], [name_m]Crockett[/name_m], [name_m]Fielder[/name_m], [name_u]Granger[/name_u] (top 5 for our son Grantson Metz in 1996), Kemp, [name_u]Ramsey[/name_u], [name_u]Valor[/name_u] (top 5 for our second child, who turned out to be a girl), [name_m]Voss[/name_m], [name_m]Law[/name_m], [name_m]Holt[/name_m] (our taste is remarkably similar and by this I mean for my IRL names that made it all the way through pgs)

Now, when I look at that list I don’t exactly see your vibe, though. It turned into a more wholesome, farmer-cowboy… Your vibe is edgier…

So for the vibe, and this was hard, I’m choosing [name_m]Renner[/name_m], [name_m]Quade[/name_m], [name_u]Destry[/name_u], [name_m]Diesel[/name_m], [name_m]Bronze[/name_m], [name_m]Townes[/name_m] (I ADORE the name).

Here are my favorites overall on the unisex list: [name_m]Kessler[/name_m] (went all the way with my sister for her only child and was my favorite- she went with [name_u]Dash[/name_u] Preston)
[name_u]Auburn[/name_u] (top 5 for our daughter Wellsley McKay), [name_u]Channing[/name_u] (also top 5 way before [name_u]Channing[/name_u] Tatum), Chapell, Delaware, [name_m]Gatsby[/name_m], [name_m]Hart[/name_m] (top ten on my boy list both pgs), [name_f]Joplin[/name_f], [name_u]Laramie[/name_u], [name_u]Sheridan[/name_u] (came in second place on my mom’s list for me ((Ginger Clare)), Teller, [name_u]Vale[/name_u], [name_u]Windsor[/name_u] (My sister’s girl name, [name_u]Windsor[/name_u] [name_f]Lilac[/name_f] with [name_m]Kessler[/name_m] [name_m]Hemingway[/name_m] in strong second for boy or girl), [name_u]Yardley[/name_u]

This list above, while I am drooling over it, doesn’t exactly capture the vibe either, so, solely for the vibe, the unisex list is:

Bingley, [name_m]Caliber[/name_m], Chapell, [name_u]Cleary[/name_u] (another one I love), [name_u]Dempsey[/name_u], [name_m]Friday[/name_m], [name_u]Kansas[/name_u] (was top 5 for son’s daughter [name_f]Clara[/name_f] along with [name_f]Avalon[/name_f] and Valerie), [name_u]Pace[/name_u], [name_m]Redding[/name_m], [name_m]Shields[/name_m]

For kicks, giggles, and chaos, here was our top ten with each pg and the three we took all the way to the end:

[name_m]Son[/name_m] 1996- Grantson Metz was the final decision followed by [name_u]Granger[/name_u] Metz and [name_u]Calder[/name_u] Metz, [name_m]Talbot[/name_m], [name_u]Brogan[/name_u], Lawler, [name_m]Hart[/name_m], [name_m]Lev[/name_m], [name_m]Brandt[/name_m], [name_m]Lander[/name_m]

Girls we didn’t get as far because we found out he was a boy at 16 weeks-
[name_m]Talbot[/name_m] [name_u]Clare[/name_u], [name_m]Talbot[/name_m] Metts, Wetherly [name_m]Anders[/name_m], [name_f]Annaleah[/name_f] Metts, [name_u]Waverly[/name_u] [name_u]Adaire[/name_u], [name_m]Anders[/name_m] [name_f]Michaela[/name_f], [name_u]Greer[/name_u] [name_m]Preston[/name_m]

Daughter 1998- for a boy- Gainer [name_u]Michael[/name_u] was the final decision, followed by [name_u]Calder[/name_u] [name_u]Maverick[/name_u] and [name_m]Jessup[/name_m] [name_m]Brandt[/name_m], [name_u]Valor[/name_u], [name_m]Cagney[/name_m], Buchan, [name_u]Sadler[/name_u], [name_m]Hart[/name_m], [name_m]Crandall[/name_m]

For a girl- We chose Wellsley Michae (pronounced McKay) for our daughter after a 48-hour hospital deliberation with Wetherly [name_u]Clare[/name_u], [name_u]Clare[/name_u] Michae (double name), and [name_u]Carrington[/name_u] Michae.
We also let the family vote earlier on: [name_u]Spencer[/name_u], [name_u]Valor[/name_u], [name_u]Greer[/name_u], Wetherly, and [name_u]Clare[/name_u] Michae.

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