[name]Silas[/name] and [name]Jonah[/name] are bounding on up the chart, so I’m not sure how truly they’re hard to wear and disliked by people : D. To me they actually both have a clear western vibe so they could fit in with the cowboy names, although the cowboy names are much more surname-y.
[name]Wyatt[/name] came to mind for you guys immediately. [name]Noah[/name] too. Then [name]Nolan[/name]. Then [name]Wesley[/name].
[name]Ingrid[/name] and [name]Ophelia[/name]…rarer, but I don’t think of them old and hard to wear. [name]Ophelia[/name] maybe a little bit because it’s tragic, but I do think it’s very beautiful. I’ve always preferred [name]Odelia[/name]. [name]Penelope[/name] and [name]Ophelia[/name] have a similar feel to me, you guys maybe could find common ground. [name]How[/name] do you both feel about [name]Persephone[/name]?
I went to nymbler and tried [name]Silas[/name], [name]Jonah[/name], [name]Cooper[/name], [name]Walker[/name], [name]West[/name], and [name]Weston[/name] for boys. Some of the better suggestions and why I think they’re better are:
[name]Asher[/name] - Biblical name that works on a cowboy, sounds surnameish.
[name]Benjamin[/name] - Biblical name that sounds cowboyish with the nn [name]Ben[/name]. Plus if he he likes [name]Penny[/name], maybe he likes [name]Benny[/name].
[name]Colton[/name] - surname-y name with the O from [name]Jonah[/name]
[name]Jude[/name] - Bible-based name that works on a cowboy. Which made me immediately think of [name]Luke[/name].
[name]Levi[/name] - a cowboy name because of the jeans, but also an “old-mannish” Bible name. Because of this, maybe you’d both like [name]Eli[/name]? [name]Elias[/name]? Although that might rule out some [name]Ellie[/name] names for him.
[name]Owen[/name] - takes the O from [name]Jonah[/name] but puts it in a surname-y name.
[name]Wylie[/name] - cowboy name that has some sounds from [name]Silas[/name]
Any of those sticking? There are more but that’s a starting point.
For girls I typed in [name]Penelope[/name], [name]Ellie[/name], [name]Ophelia[/name], and [name]Ingrid[/name]. Suggestions I liked and why included:
[name]Adela[/name] - rare vowel name that has “el” in it.
[name]Antonia[/name] - unpopular like your taste, feels Western because of My [name]Antonia[/name], vowel name and elaborate like [name]Penelope[/name].
[name]Celia[/name] - similar feel to [name]Ophelia[/name], but the nn [name]Celie[/name] is very cowgirl to me.
[name]Hazel[/name] - to me has a similar vibe to [name]Ingrid[/name], has ‘el’ in it and feels like a cowgirl.
[name]Iris[/name] - a vowel name like 3 of them, and it’s old-lady-turned chic like [name]Penelope[/name].
I realize btw that the cowboy thing wasn’t clearly stated for girls (i.e. it’s not clear he likes cowgirl/western girls names. But [name]Penny[/name] and [name]Ellie[/name] fit that mold to me).
Also working across genders [name]Ingrid[/name] makes me think of [name]Ingram[/name], which is a surname that feels cowboyish to me. The nn [name]Ingo[/name] is wonderful [name]IMO[/name]. [name]Ingram[/name] makes me think of [name]Bingham[/name]. [name]Bing[/name] is old man because of [name]Bing[/name] [name]Crosby[/name], and yet zippy and young.
[name]Ingrid[/name] and cowgirl/Western makes me [name]Indigo[/name] and [name]India[/name].
Good luck!
numerous times before, but we do tend to have divergent tastes. He tends toward occupation names and names that are conducive to nicknames that feel fresh and energetic. His favorites are [name]Cooper[/name], [name]Walker[/name], and [name]West[/name]/[name]Weston[/name] for a boy, and [name]Penelope[/name], nn [name]Penny[/name] for a girl or otherwise any name that will get him to the nickname [name]Ellie[/name]. What’s interesting is that though I don’t particularly like any of these names, I do understand and appreciate why he finds them attractive – they sound like sunny, cheerful, easy-going, good-natured names and nicknames.
