Ideas for brother to Winnimere

Boy Names
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We are expecting a boy in Dec. We have a daughter named Winnimere [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] (we call her [name_m]Wim[/name_m]). Before she was born we had a name picked and now my husband thinks it will become too popular. All of our choices are almost there, but not sure. I like longer names with good nickname potential, and we obviously aren’t exactly traditional in our naming choices (Winnimere & [name_u]Michael[/name_u] just doesn’t work). So all wild and obscure names that you feel fit in out “zone” are welcome .

Here is our shortlist:
Bowyer [name_m]Eugenius[/name_m] ([name_m]Bowie[/name_m]–DH is worried about the popularity of [name_m]Bowen[/name_m] & [name_m]Bowie[/name_m])
[name_m]Denholm[/name_m] Stanely ([name_m]Holmes[/name_m])
[name_m]Whittaker[/name_m] Otter… ([name_u]Whit[/name_u] & [name_m]Wim[/name_m]–is that too cutesie matchie?)

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I love her name! I also love [name_u]Whit[/name_u], but it is a little close to [name_m]Wim[/name_m] for me. I like Bowyer/[name_m]Bowie[/name_m], too, but not a fan of [name_m]Denholm[/name_m]/[name_m]Holmes[/name_m] personally.

Winnimere &

[name_m]Callaway[/name_m] ([name_u]Cal[/name_u])
Fordham ([name_m]Ford[/name_m])
[name_m]McCoy[/name_m]/McCall/Mc_ ([name_m]Mac[/name_m])
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] ([name_u]Sully[/name_u]/[name_u]Van[/name_u])
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] ([name_m]Wells[/name_m])
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m] ([name_m]Wells[/name_m])
[name_u]Bellamy[/name_u] ([name_u]Bell[/name_u])
Cambridge ([name_m]Bridger[/name_m])
[name_m]Lowell[/name_m] ([name_m]Lowe[/name_m])
[name_u]Marlowe[/name_u] ([name_m]Lowe[/name_m])
[name_m]Lawton[/name_m] ([name_m]Law[/name_m])
[name_m]Berkeley[/name_m] ([name_m]Berke[/name_m])

Pretty sure I have commented on a previous post of yours so a few of these may be repeats… hope you find something you love!

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[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u] “[name_u]Zen[/name_u]”
[name_m]Osiris[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Breckin[/name_m]
[name_m]Calix[/name_m]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_m]Laszlo[/name_m]
Cadeaux
[name_m]Deveraux[/name_m]
[name_m]Kipling[/name_m] “[name_m]Kip[/name_m]”
[name_m]Taurean[/name_m]
[name_m]Torian[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
[name_u]Guthrie[/name_u]
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u] “[name_m]Obie[/name_m]” “[name_m]Bear[/name_m]”
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m] “[name_u]Sully[/name_u]”
[name_m]Phelan[/name_m]
[name_m]Riordan[/name_m]
[name_m]Roarke[/name_m]
[name_m]Boone[/name_m]
[name_m]Quaide[/name_m]
[name_m]Hezekiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_m]Pike[/name_m]
[name_u]Onyx[/name_u]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Boyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Calloway[/name_m] “[name_u]Cal[/name_u]”
[name_m]Digby[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Errol[/name_m]
[name_m]Eamon[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Gunner[/name_m]
[name_m]Hewitt[/name_m] “[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]”
[name_m]Harland[/name_m] “[name_m]Hank[/name_m]”
[name_m]Hoyt[/name_m]
Hutton
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] “[name_m]Hawk[/name_m]”
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m] “[name_m]Iggy[/name_m]”
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_m]Jareth[/name_m]
[name_u]Jensen[/name_u]
[name_m]Kiefer[/name_m]
[name_m]Kaius[/name_m] “[name_u]Kai[/name_u]”
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
[name_m]Langdon[/name_m]
[name_m]McCoy[/name_m] “[name_m]Mack[/name_m]”
[name_u]Seneca[/name_u]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_m]Royston[/name_m]
[name_m]Teague[/name_m]
[name_m]Valor[/name_m]
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m]
[name_u]Vale[/name_u]
Zenith

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From you current list I think [name_m]Denholm[/name_m] works great with sister Winnimere! Is [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] a family name?

Other ideas:
Winnimere & [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u] (nn Lemy works if you don’t want to call him [name_u]Bell[/name_u].)
Winnimere & Dartagnan/D’artagnan (nn [name_m]Dart[/name_m])
Winnimere & [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m] (nn [name_f]Perdy[/name_f])
Winnimere & Herriot (nn [name_m]Harry[/name_m], Riot)
Winnimere & Valefor (nn [name_u]Vale[/name_u])
Winnimere & [name_m]Branagan[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Bran[/name_u], [name_f]Aggie[/name_f])
Winnimere & [name_m]Eldridge[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Eddie[/name_m], [name_m]Ridge[/name_m], [name_m]Elder[/name_m]/Alder, Eddard, [name_m]Dodge[/name_m])
Winnimere & [name_m]Torvald[/name_m] (nn [name_f]Tory[/name_f])
Winnimere & [name_m]Descartes[/name_m] [day-cart] (nn [name_m]Des[/name_m], [name_u]Carter[/name_u])
Winnimere & Loxley (nn Lox, [name_f]Lux[/name_f])
Winnimere & Arnault (nn [name_m]Arnie[/name_m], Noddy,
Winnimere & Faraday (nn Ferdy)

I was going to put *s by my favorites but I really like all of these honestly.

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Winnimere and:

[name_m]Cedric[/name_m] . [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] . [name_u]Channing[/name_u] . [name_m]Corbitt[/name_m] . [name_m]Conroy[/name_m] . [name_m]Cordell[/name_m] . [name_m]Caius[/name_m] . [name_m]Carlton[/name_m]

[name_m]Deveraux[/name_m] . [name_m]Bretton[/name_m] . [name_u]Brighton[/name_u] . [name_m]Leander[/name_m] . [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] . [name_m]Evander[/name_m]

[name_m]Prescott[/name_m] . [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m] . [name_m]Kensington[/name_m] . [name_m]Garner[/name_m] . [name_m]Griffith[/name_m] . [name_m]Kennett[/name_m] . [name_m]Benedict[/name_m]

[name_m]Bradford[/name_m] . [name_m]Alaric[/name_m] . [name_m]Alistair[/name_m] . [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] . [name_m]Arlington[/name_m] nn [name_u]Arlo[/name_u] . [name_u]Sheldon[/name_u] . [name_m]Garrison[/name_m]

[name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m] . [name_m]Glendon[/name_m] . Glennon . [name_m]Lucius[/name_m] . [name_m]Brockton[/name_m] . Theodin . [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] . [name_u]Tiernan[/name_u]

[name_m]Tavian[/name_m] . [name_u]Tobin[/name_u] . [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] nn [name_u]Tobin[/name_u] . [name_m]Tennyson[/name_m] . [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m] . [name_m]Turner[/name_m] . [name_m]Truett[/name_m] . [name_m]Truman[/name_m]

[name_m]Terrance[/name_m] nn [name_m]Trey[/name_m] . [name_m]Trenton[/name_m] nn [name_m]Trey[/name_m] or [name_m]Trent[/name_m] . [name_m]Tyrus[/name_m] . [name_m]Timotheus[/name_m] . [name_m]Octavian[/name_m] . [name_m]Octavius[/name_m]

[name_u]Orion[/name_u] . [name_m]Orlando[/name_m] . [name_m]Chadwick[/name_m] . [name_m]Bishop[/name_m] . [name_m]Brogan[/name_m] . [name_u]Sterling[/name_u] . [name_m]Stewart[/name_m] . [name_m]Stanford[/name_m] . [name_m]Milton[/name_m]

[name_u]Florian[/name_u] . [name_m]Demetrius[/name_m] . [name_m]Dresden[/name_m] . [name_m]Emrys[/name_m] . [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] . [name_m]Edmond[/name_m] nn monty or [name_u]Teddy[/name_u]

[name_m]Desmond[/name_m] . [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m] . [name_m]Quinton[/name_m] . [name_m]Harvey[/name_m] . [name_m]Merrick[/name_m] . [name_m]Luther[/name_m] . [name_m]Marquis[/name_m] . [name_u]Jericho[/name_u] . [name_m]Jethro[/name_m]

[name_m]Clifton[/name_m] nn clif or [name_u]Tony[/name_u] . [name_m]Malcolm[/name_m] nn mac . [name_m]Ignatius[/name_m] . [name_u]Onyx[/name_u] . [name_m]Collier[/name_m] . [name_u]Collins[/name_u]

[name_m]Chaplin[/name_m] . [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] . [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] . [name_u]Carlisle[/name_u] . [name_m]Cullen[/name_m] . [name_u]Alcott[/name_u] . [name_u]Schuyler[/name_u] . [name_m]Abram[/name_m] . [name_m]Atlas[/name_m] . [name_m]Atticus[/name_m]

[name_m]Irving[/name_m] . Emeric . [name_m]Forest[/name_m] . [name_m]Forester[/name_m] nn [name_m]Ford[/name_m] . [name_m]Gerard[/name_m] . [name_m]Jennings[/name_m] . [name_m]Manning[/name_m] . [name_m]Percival[/name_m]

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[name_u]Stanley[/name_u] is a family name. Winnimere was a way to get [name_m]Wim[/name_m] for my late father, [name_m]William[/name_m].

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I don’t think [name_u]Whit[/name_u] & [name_m]Wim[/name_m] works.

Winnimere [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] &

[name_m]Alarik[/name_m]
[name_m]Adler[/name_m]
[name_m]Albrecht[/name_m]
[name_m]Anders[/name_m]
Antinous
[name_m]Aramis[/name_m]
[name_m]Arledge[/name_m]
[name_m]Azriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Bainbridge[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnard[/name_m]
Barrington
Batiste
[name_m]Brandeis[/name_m]
[name_m]Bradshaw[/name_m]
[name_m]Brantley[/name_m]
[name_m]Breccan[/name_m]
[name_u]Brighton[/name_u]
[name_u]Britton[/name_u]
[name_m]Bromley[/name_m]
[name_m]Bronson[/name_m]
[name_m]Burgess[/name_m]
[name_u]Campbell[/name_u]
[name_m]Carmichael[/name_m]
Carswell
[name_m]Chancellor[/name_m]
[name_m]Christoph[/name_m]
[name_m]Claybourne[/name_m]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_m]Corvin[/name_m]
Dartagnan
[name_m]Daxton[/name_m]
Daylon
[name_m]Devereaux[/name_m]
[name_m]Eamonn[/name_m]
Elexander
Elkanah
[name_m]Etienne[/name_m]
Finnobar
[name_m]Forrester[/name_m]
[name_m]Gallagher[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Granville[/name_m]
[name_m]Halston[/name_m]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_m]Heathcliff[/name_m]
[name_m]Henderson[/name_m]
[name_m]Hercules[/name_m]
[name_m]Japheth[/name_m]
[name_m]Javen[/name_m]
[name_m]Johnston[/name_m]
Judairah
[name_m]Kearney[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenton[/name_m]
[name_u]Kingsley[/name_u]
[name_m]Kingston[/name_m]
[name_m]Leandro[/name_m]
[name_m]Lemuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Ludlow[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
Mackiaveli
Mandrake
[name_m]Marsden[/name_m]
[name_m]Melbourne[/name_m]
Michaelangelo
[name_m]Morrissey[/name_m]
[name_m]Naphtali[/name_m]
Norwell
Orrick
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
Pierpont
Radnor
Randson
[name_m]Ransom[/name_m]
[name_m]Raynor[/name_m]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
Rheese
Rigsford
[name_m]Rockwell[/name_m]
Rorick
[name_m]Royden[/name_m]
[name_m]Royston[/name_m]
[name_m]Sanderson[/name_m]
[name_m]Sargent[/name_m]
[name_m]Savin[/name_m]
[name_m]Sayer[/name_m]
[name_u]Seeley[/name_u]
[name_m]Sigmund[/name_m]
Sorren
[name_m]Stanton[/name_m]
Tandon
Tommick
Vernston

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[name_m]Denham[/name_m]
[name_m]Manfred[/name_m] ([name_u]Freddie[/name_u], [name_m]Manny[/name_m])
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] ([name_m]Seb[/name_m])
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamlyn[/name_m]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]

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I love [name_m]Whittaker[/name_m] “[name_u]Whit[/name_u]”! I actually think [name_u]Whit[/name_u] and [name_m]Wim[/name_m] are cute together; they’re only nicknames after all, and the full names would definitely be different enough.

I particularly like Valefor (pretty dark backstory, though), [name_m]Calloway[/name_m], Faraday, Finnobar, [name_m]Percival[/name_m] and [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] for you, of those suggested so far. You certainly need a magical name to go with the fabulous Winnimere [name_f]Ruth[/name_f]!

[name_m]Fidelis[/name_m]
[name_m]Caedmon[/name_m]
[name_m]Phinneas[/name_m]
[name_m]Celadon[/name_m]
[name_m]Endymion[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthasar[/name_m]
Caraway
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
Mariner
[name_m]Corentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Severin[/name_m]
[name_m]Montague[/name_m]
Vivendel
[name_u]Cerulean[/name_u]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
Elouan
Kesteven
[name_m]Cavanagh[/name_m]
Everild

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So I was looking through these- well, just the first page- and I feel like people are just throwing out the craziest names they can because of Winnimere’s uniqueness.

Faraday did stick out to me… but with the nickname [name_f]Fay[/name_f] or [name_u]Day[/name_u].

Out of your list, I like [name_m]Denholm[/name_m] most. Surname or place name type sounds go well with Winnimere, I think. Like [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] or [name_u]Chandler[/name_u]- or maybe that’s too plain for you…

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What a clever way to honor your dad!

I was curious if [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] was a family name or if it was chosen as a straight laced middle to help anchor a more adventurous first name (much the way [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] helps ground Winnimere. I love honor middles.

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First off, I must say, Winnimere is lovely, and I just adore the nickname of [name_m]Wim[/name_m]. I love it.

My vote would go to [name_m]Whittaker[/name_m] Otter as my favourite of the three, however, the two together are quite matchy, which while not a big deal, might get to you after a while, especially if questioning it now, beforehand.

I think something long, and classy yet still quite quirky would work well with both Winnimere & Otter (because I love that middle), like [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_m]Seraphim[/name_m], [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m], [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m], Gwydion, [name_m]Casimir[/name_m], Emeric & [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] (just from pulling names from my own long list).

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I love your naming style, not one I’ve come across on nameberry yet! Very unique. [name_m]Wim[/name_m] / Winnimere is lovely!

I do like Bowyer, but agree [name_m]Bowie[/name_m] is too ‘trendy’ at the moment for your style. Although you have a ‘[name_u]Win[/name_u]’ name and have avoided the popular [name_f]Winnie[/name_f]. Could you do the same for Bowyer? Wyer perhaps?

[name_m]Denholm[/name_m] doesn’t feel enough next to Winnimere and [name_m]Whittaker[/name_m] feels too close that they almost wash each other out.

I love [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] and Otter in middle spots.

Bowyer [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] from your choices is what I would go with.

Although some suggestions if I may:

[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] - nn [name_m]Ross[/name_m], [name_f]Amber[/name_f], Brose.
I’ve always loved [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], and it doesn’t sound particularly feminine with [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] in the middle. I don’t see it as feminine anyway, but I know that’s the problem for some.

[name_m]Gerrit[/name_m] Bowyer

[name_m]Halifax[/name_m] (feels slightly equestrian) love the nn [name_m]Hal[/name_m] but even better is nn Fax!

[name_m]Gulliver[/name_m] [name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
Looove this combo! nn [name_m]Iver[/name_m] or Gully… though I prefer [name_m]Iver[/name_m].

[name_u]Sterling[/name_u] and [name_m]Havelock[/name_m] I like with Winnimere, although I’m not 100% taken on these two.

[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] and Bowyer [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] I love!

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Thanks everyone. We still aren’t quite there, but these are some great names. Please, keep 'em coming.

[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] is also an honor name for the woman who taught me to sew and craft. Bowyer is a bow maker and when DH and I took our first trip to my hometown, he and I went to an archery range (both of us for the first time), and loved it–he’s also a woodworker and if time would permit (ugh, we wish) he would make his own bows. [name_m]Denholm[/name_m] is for the actor [name_m]Denholm[/name_m] [name_u]Elliot[/name_u], who just had such great comedic timing. Otter is my daughter’s favorite toy, “[name_m]Guy[/name_m]” Otter–and I mean like the Velveteen Rabbit favorite; he could be loved into life. [name_m]Whittaker[/name_m] would get the nickname [name_u]Whit[/name_u] which is a possible way to honor [name_m]Pruitt[/name_m]. I left out the personal connections to get a barometer without sentiment (I don’t know, but I have a feeling that knowing the personal meanings might change opinions, and it isn’t like my kid will get to explain this all the time).

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Would you use [name_m]Pruitt[/name_m] as a first name?

NN: [name_f]Pru[/name_f] or [name_u]Whit[/name_u]

[name_m]Pruitt[/name_m] [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] and Winnmere [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] would make a great sibset

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I love [name_m]Pruitt[/name_m]! I think Winnimere/[name_m]Wim[/name_m] & [name_m]Pruitt[/name_m] go perfectly together, if you are open to using it as a first name.

From your other three, I like Bowyer best with [name_m]Wim[/name_m]. I personally like the full Bowyer better than [name_m]Bowie[/name_m] though and it’s really not any longer (they are both two syllables) so I wouldn’t even use a nickname. That way you don’t have to even worry about the [name_m]Bowie[/name_m] popularity. [name_m]Boyer[/name_m] is also another alternative that means “bow-maker” just fyi.

17

[name_m]Pruitt[/name_m] [name_u]Stanley[/name_u]!!! nn [name_f]Pru[/name_f]! I love this!

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From your list, I like [name_m]Holmes[/name_m] the best with with Winnimere.

Archery/wood names:
[name_m]Boswell[/name_m] (Boz)
[name_m]Silvano[/name_m] ([name_m]Ivo[/name_m])
[name_m]Banyan[/name_m]
[name_u]Yardley[/name_u]
[name_m]Calhoun[/name_m] ([name_u]Cal[/name_u])
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] ([name_u]Van[/name_u])

I would not use [name_m]Pruitt[/name_m] as a first if you are in [name_u]America[/name_u]. Anyone paying the slightest bit of attention will immediately think of [name_m]Scott[/name_m] [name_m]Pruitt[/name_m]…

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I did not make the [name_m]Scott[/name_m] [name_m]Pruitt[/name_m] connection, but good call. I just feel [name_m]Pruitt[/name_m] is more of a girl’s name.

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While it’s typically regarded as a masc name, I could see it working on any gender, and I think I’m with you on preferring [name_m]Pruitt[/name_m] for a girl.

There is so much thoughtfulness going into your naming, I know you’ll find the right fit.