HyacinthBucket’s Boy Name Bucket (ultimate masterlist)

Welcome to my ultimate masterlist. I’ve spent the past few days going through all my topics from my previous accounts and my present one, and all my Nameberry userlists, public and private. This is the list for boys that resulted (just under 350 names!).

What names stick out to you here for me? Many of these names are no longer loves of mine, but I do feel like I have had a relationship with each, however brief or longlasting. Which names strike you as distinctly me? Which names should I seriously reconsider before leaving them on the table forever with the conclusion of my baby-naming?

For the girl list, click here!

Abelard
Abner
Abram
Achille
Achilles
Adair
Adlai
Adonis
Aeneas
Aesop
Alasdair
Alcuin
Aldous
Algernon
Alipio
Aloysius
Alphonse
Altair
Ambrose
Amias
Amicus
Amis
Amram
Anatole
Angus
Anselm
Anton
Antony
Antonio
Apollinaire
Apollo
Archippe
Arcturus
Arlo
Art
Artair
Artemio
Arthur
Asa
Asier
Astrophel
Atlas
Atticus
Augustin
Aurelien
Aurelio
Balthazar
Bartholomew
Benedict
Benoit
Benvolio
Beowulf
Bergeron
Bjorn
Boaz
Bogart
Bruno
Caius
Calix
Campion
Caradoc
Casimir
Casparo
Casper
Cassander
Castor
Cato
Chauncey
Chester
Cicero
Clé
Conrad
Constantine
Corentin
Cornelius
Cosimo
Cosmo
Cyprien
Cyrille
Cyrus
Daedalus
Dagny
Damien
Darius
Deucalion
Devereux
Dexter
Didier
Dietrich
Dill
Dionysus
Doug
Duncan
Ebenezer
Eero
Eleazer
Eldridge
Eliodore
Endymion
Enoch
Enzo
Erasmus
Ernest
Ernst
Errol
Etienne
Ezio
Faust
Ferdinand
Ferris
Fiorello
Florian
Franklin
Frasier
Gael
Gaspard
Gautier
Gawain
Geode
Gilbert
Gilligan
Grady
Gui
Guirec
Gus
Gustave
Guy
Gwyndion
Graham
Hadrian
Harold
Hawk
Heliodore
Helios
Hesperios
Hamilton
Hector
Hercule
Herman
Hieronymos
Hoyt
Hugo
Hyperion
Icarus
Idalion
Idris
Ignatius
Ignotus
Irving
Isaac
Isao
Ishmael
Isidore
Jacoby
Jasper
Jem
Jerome
Joel
Jules
Julian
Julius
Kelvin
Kit
Kitto
Klaus
Larkin
Laszlo
Linus
Loic
Louis (Lou-ee)

Lucian
Lucius
Lugh
Lupine
Lyall
Lyle
Madrone
Mael
Magnus
Malachi
Malachite
Malcolm
Malo
Mannix
Manny
Marius
Marmaduke
Massimo
Mateo
Matz
Max
Maxence
Maxim
Maximien
Maxwell
Melchior
Merce
Mercer
Mercier
Mercutio
Meredith
Meridian
Merit
Merlin
Milo
Milos
Mingus
Mirando
Montgomery
Morris
Moses
Nectarios
Nemo
Neo
Nicasio
Nicanor
Nicodem
Nicodemus
Nino
Oberon
Octave
Octavio
Odysseus
Olivier
Orpheus
Orson
Oscar
Osiris
Otis
Ozymandias
Pacome
Paris
Paul
Pendragon
Perceval
Peregrine
Pericles
Perine
Philemon
Pim
Prewitt
Prior
Prometheus
Prosper
Prospero
Puck
Pyramus
Raoul
Raphael
Remus
Rex
Riordan
Roald
Rocco
Rogue
Roland
Rolf
Roscoe
Ross
Roy
Rubeus
Rune
Saïd
Salman
Saule
Scipio
Seamus
Sebastian
Serafim
Serge
Severin
Sholto
Silvius
Simeon
Solomon
Soren
Spiro
Stanley
Stuart
Sulien
Sylvester
Taliesin
Teague
Tertius
Templeton
Tevye
Thélio
Thelonious
Theseus
Thiago
Thibault
Thierry
Tiberius
Tibor
Till
Toby
Tobit
Todd
Tolliver
Tome
Torquil
Toulouse
Troilus
Tully
Tybalt
Ulysse
Ulysses
Umberto
Urban
Valentine
Valerian
Velvel
Viator
Victor
Vidal
Videlio
Vincent
Wallace
Walter
Wilbur
Yves
Zimran

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I just love your lists, both boy and girl; many of these are on my longlists, and a few are like “Oh! I thought I was the only one who fancied that name!”

As far as feeling like you, it’s mostly, but not entirely, the heroic Greek names.

Achille/Achilles, [name_m]Aloysius[/name_m], [name_m]Arcturus[/name_m], [name_m]Artemio[/name_m], [name_m]Astrophel[/name_m], [name_m]Beowulf[/name_m], [name_u]Campion[/name_u], [name_m]Deucalion[/name_m], [name_m]Dionysus[/name_m], [name_m]Endymion[/name_m], [name_m]Gawain[/name_m], Gwyndion, [name_m]Hesperios[/name_m], Heironymos, [name_m]Hyperion[/name_m], [name_m]Icarus[/name_m], Ignotus, [name_u]Jem[/name_u] and [name_u]Jules[/name_u] (bc I know about the honors), [name_m]Malachite[/name_m], [name_u]Meridian[/name_u], [name_m]Merlin[/name_m], [name_u]Oberon[/name_u], [name_m]Odysseus[/name_m], [name_m]Orpheus[/name_m], [name_m]Ozymandias[/name_m], [name_u]Peregrine[/name_u], [name_m]Philemon[/name_m], [name_m]Prometheus[/name_m], Rubeus, [name_m]Serafim[/name_m], [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u], [name_m]Valerian[/name_m], [name_m]Zimran[/name_m].

If picking a Top 5: [name_m]Endymion[/name_m], [name_m]Odysseus[/name_m], [name_m]Ozymandias[/name_m], Rubeus, and [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u].

Also, I love that you have [name_m]Seamus[/name_m], almost alone among Irish names here; we came so close to picking it this time. And [name_u]Toby[/name_u] and [name_m]Tobit[/name_m], since I have a [name_m]Tobias[/name_m]. And [name_m]Bjorn[/name_m]! Also [name_m]Ernst[/name_m] and [name_m]Kelvin[/name_m], since I have a friend who used them, E.K., for her first son and I have commiserated with her over no one liking his name.
And it made me smile that you have [name_m]Aurelien[/name_m] and [name_m]Lucian[/name_m], and I have them too but prefer [name_m]Aurelian[/name_m] and [name_m]Lucien[/name_m] :grin:

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Gorgeous list as always!

[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are [name_m]Anatole[/name_m] (!!!), [name_m]Anselm[/name_m] (Kiefer!!), [name_m]Casimir[/name_m], [name_m]Cicero[/name_m], [name_u]Constantine[/name_u], [name_u]Cyrille[/name_u], [name_m]Darius[/name_m], [name_m]Etienne[/name_m], [name_m]Faust[/name_m], [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m], [name_m]Gustave[/name_m], [name_m]Julius[/name_m], [name_m]Laszlo[/name_m], [name_m]Louis[/name_m], [name_m]Malachi[/name_m], [name_m]Nino[/name_m], [name_m]Osiris[/name_m], [name_m]Raoul[/name_m], Saïd, [name_m]Salman[/name_m], [name_m]Sholto[/name_m], [name_m]Solomon[/name_m], [name_m]Thelonious[/name_m], and [name_m]Toulouse[/name_m].

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This will probably be long, but my favorites for you are… [name_m]Achille[/name_m], [name_m]Aeneas[/name_m], [name_m]Anatole[/name_m], [name_m]Antony[/name_m], [name_m]Artemio[/name_m], [name_m]Astrophel[/name_m], [name_m]Benoit[/name_m], [name_m]Benvolio[/name_m], [name_u]Campion[/name_u], [name_u]Constantine[/name_u], [name_m]Eleazer[/name_m], [name_m]Endymion[/name_m], [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m], [name_m]Gustave[/name_m], Gwyndion, [name_m]Hadrian[/name_m], [name_m]Hercule[/name_m], [name_m]Ignatius[/name_m], [name_m]Jacoby[/name_m], [name_u]Jules[/name_u], [name_m]Laszlo[/name_m], [name_m]Massimo[/name_m], [name_m]Maximien[/name_m], [name_m]Mercutio[/name_m], [name_m]Nemo[/name_m], [name_m]Octavio[/name_m], [name_m]Ozymandias[/name_m], [name_u]Paris[/name_u], [name_u]Puck[/name_u], Rubeus, [name_m]Scipio[/name_m], [name_m]Sholto[/name_m], [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u], [name_m]Thiago[/name_m], Thibault/Tybalt, [name_m]Videlio[/name_m] and [name_m]Yves[/name_m].

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Some that stick out to me are [name_m]Astrophel[/name_m], Apollonaire, Bevolio, [name_m]Caradoc[/name_m], [name_m]Cosimo[/name_m], [name_m]Cornelius[/name_m], [name_m]Endymion[/name_m], [name_m]Hyperion[/name_m], [name_m]Malachite[/name_m], [name_m]Mirando[/name_m], [name_m]Prospero[/name_m], [name_m]Sholto[/name_m], [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] and Torquil:)

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites for you are probably:

[name_m]Aldous[/name_m], [name_m]Anton[/name_m], [name_m]Benoit[/name_m], [name_m]Calix[/name_m], [name_m]Endymion[/name_m], [name_m]Gustave[/name_m], [name_m]Hyperion[/name_m], [name_m]Malachite[/name_m], [name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m], [name_m]Pyramus[/name_m], Rubeus, [name_m]Solomon[/name_m], [name_m]Tiberius[/name_m], [name_m]Tybalt[/name_m], and [name_m]Valerian[/name_m]

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I actually found this question very difficult to answer. It feels such an open question and my mind kept trying to look for ways to filter the list through sibling cohesion, style or meaning. In the end, I decided to just assume for the sake of the exercise that each name carried meaning and look solely for names that felt like Metal Ox; lustrous, formidable but not lacking warmth. Names I mightn’t have given much thought until seen through your lens.

[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m], [name_m]Casparo[/name_m], [name_m]Hercule[/name_m], Ignotus, [name_m]Melchior[/name_m], Mercier, [name_m]Prospero[/name_m], Rubeus, [name_m]Severin[/name_m], [name_m]Spiro[/name_m], [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u], [name_m]Tertius[/name_m]

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