Let's talk about the Hipster boys!

I can only describe my taste in boys names as ‘hipster’. Whether you view the label as positive or negative, these collections of names just appeal to me. So I’m looking for opinions on these names (my current favourites), comments on what you think constitutes a 2016 hipster name or any suggestions- just for fun!

I’m currently loving-
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Jarvis[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Crosby[/name_m]
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Orson[/name_m]
[name_m]Axel[/name_m]
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_m]Elmer[/name_m]
Finbarr
[name_m]Odin[/name_m]
[name_m]Luther[/name_m]
[name_m]Fergus[/name_m]
[name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m] ‘[name_m]Huck[/name_m]’
[name_m]Marmaduke[/name_m] (I know this is crazy but I love it!)
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]

As a little added extra- which of these two names would you pick for brothers?

I don’t really “get” what makes a name hipster, I guess. However out of your list I really like [name_m]Axel[/name_m]. I’ve been pushing it on my husband for 4 years lol.

[name_m]Levi[/name_m] and [name_m]Otis[/name_m]

[name_m]Otis[/name_m], [name_m]Jarvis[/name_m], [name_m]Crosby[/name_m], [name_m]Orson[/name_m], [name_m]Elmer[/name_m], [name_m]Finbarr[/name_m], [name_m]Odin[/name_m], [name_m]Fergus[/name_m], [name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m] ‘[name_m]Huck[/name_m]’, [name_m]Marmaduke[/name_m], [name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]: These are not my style, and most of them seem unwearable as a first, at least to me. [name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m] for instance. I would consider that one crazier than [name_m]Marmaduke[/name_m].

[name_m]Linus[/name_m], [name_m]Levi[/name_m], [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m], [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] , [name_m]Axel[/name_m], [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u], [name_m]Luther[/name_m]: I think these are the more wearable variety of names. I actually have been warming up to the name [name_m]Axel[/name_m] recently. From these, I’d choose [name_m]Levi[/name_m] and [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] as brothers.

I can’t really say I have a definition for the word hipster, but I definitely think a lot of classic literature names and pseudo-nerdy names could fit the bill.

[name_m]Fox[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Edison[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Holden[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_u]Lennon[/name_u]
[name_u]Poe[/name_u]
[name_f]Tesla[/name_f]
[name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_u]Pax[/name_u]
[name_m]Gavin[/name_m]
[name_u]Corin[/name_u]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Lance[/name_m]
[name_m]Osric[/name_m]
[name_m]Caliban[/name_m]
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_m]Ajax[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonardo[/name_m]
[name_u]Lennox[/name_u]
[name_m]Dmitri[/name_m]/[name_m]Demetrius[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]/[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]

[name_m]Levi[/name_m] and [name_m]Otis[/name_m] as a pairing is awesome!
Like the suggestions of [name_m]Ajax[/name_m], [name_u]Lennox[/name_u], [name_u]Lennon[/name_u] and [name_m]Otto[/name_m].

[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Jarvis[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_m]Odin[/name_m]
[name_m]Luther[/name_m]
[name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m] ‘[name_m]Huck[/name_m]’
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]

I love all of the above names. [name_m]Jarvis[/name_m] and [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] are high on my personal favorites list. I’m not entirely sure what constitutes “hipster” names but if these are hipster then I love hipster names ;D
Side note: I also love the name [name_m]Giles[/name_m] and I think it might be something you might like as well.

[name_u]Love[/name_u] so many of these
[name_u]Tennessee[/name_u]
[name_m]Fox[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m]

[name_m]Otis[/name_m] and [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]!

[name_m]Otis[/name_m] and [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]!

[name_m]Otis[/name_m] and [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u] is perfect [name_f]Pam[/name_f]! Thanks!

What do y’all think of [name_m]Otis[/name_m] and [name_m]Crosby[/name_m]? ([name_u]Love[/name_u] the music associations of both!)

[name_m]LINUS[/name_m] - I like [name_m]Linus[/name_m] a lot; some people think it’s too strongly tied to the Peanuts character, but I think it’s a sweet, smart name with more than one notable namesake, and it’s uncommon enough (in the U.S.) that he won’t be [name_m]Linus[/name_m] LastName his whole life.
[name_m]LEVI[/name_m] - I know a few grown-up Levis who are so different from one another that the name has taken on more versatility than the original sort-of-cowboy vibe I got from it.
[name_m]CROSBY[/name_m] - The musical connection is cool, but if I were considering it to honor either [name_m]Bing[/name_m] [name_m]Crosby[/name_m] or [name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Crosby[/name_m], I’d ask myself whether I wanted to be more or less specific. [name_m]David[/name_m] is more subtle, [name_m]Bing[/name_m] is more obvious, and [name_m]Crosby[/name_m] is a middle ground, although since it’s a surname it does quickly bring to mind its famous bearers. It just depends on how much flexibility you’d like when telling the world how you came up with your son’s name.
[name_m]SHEPHERD[/name_m] - [name_m]Say[/name_m] “Yep” to [name_m]Shep[/name_m]! I don’t know what it is I like about this name, but it’s so good. I’ve been suggesting it to my sister, who wants an alternative to her partner’s favorite, [name_u]Shaw[/name_u], but it hasn’t taken hold. I can picture it on a cosmopolitan gentleman or a good ol’ boy. It’s tough but gentle, straightforward but poetic.
[name_m]DASHIELL[/name_m] - My partner and I have this on our short list for the little one due in [name_f]September[/name_f]. The only strike against it is it meaningless meaning. Otherwise, it has a great sound, a fun nickname, a talented namesake, and is just beyond “too popular” for us.
[name_m]ORSON[/name_m] - This name is so classy, but I have a hard time picturing it on anyone other than a big, rugged, broad-chested bear of a boy/man. It’s the kind of name I couldn’t settle on until meeting the baby, but then I might say something like, “Here you are, of course, it’s [name_m]Orson[/name_m].” (Here’s hoping for that much certainty when the baby arrives!)
[name_u]ROSCOE[/name_u] - We named our dog [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u] a year ago, and it took a while to stick (he was briefly [name_m]Zeke[/name_m], [name_m]Django[/name_m], [name_m]Aldo[/name_m], [name_m]Japhy[/name_m], and [name_m]Jupiter[/name_m] before [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]), but we love the name so much now that I sort of wish we’d saved it for a baby (maybe because we love the dog so much, or because I got pregnant only six months after adopting the dog). I like the sound; I like the meaning; I like the idea of a kind, laid-back, adventurous guy named [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]. I basically just anthropomorphized my dog into a little boy, but whatever. It’s an awesome name.
[name_m]FINBARR[/name_m] - probably the best variation of the [name_m]Fin[/name_m]- names out there.

Brothers [name_m]Orson[/name_m] and [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m], [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] and [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m], [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u] and [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m], [name_m]Finbarr[/name_m] and [name_m]Orson[/name_m], [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] and [name_m]Levi[/name_m], [name_m]Linus[/name_m] and [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u], [name_m]Crosby[/name_m] and [name_m]Levi[/name_m].

From your list I like [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]. I think [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] would be a good sibling name. I don’t think names I like are particularly “hipster”, but you might like [name_m]Ramsey[/name_m]. [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] and [name_m]Ramsey[/name_m] would be great brothers!

I like [name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m], [name_m]Fergus[/name_m], [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m], [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m], [name_m]Linus[/name_m], [name_m]Otis[/name_m], [name_m]Orson[/name_m] :slight_smile:

Let me try:
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Hawthorn[/name_m]
[name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Maxen[/name_m]
[name_m]Ajax[/name_m]
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Atlas[/name_m]
[name_u]Everest[/name_u]
[name_m]Zaccheus[/name_m]
Exupery
Berlioz
[name_m]Apollinaire[/name_m]
Zadig
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Griffin[/name_m]
[name_m]Angus[/name_m]
[name_m]Gustave[/name_m]
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
[name_m]Nils[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_m]Tybalt[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_f]Atlantis[/name_f]
[name_m]Orpheus[/name_m]
[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Castiel[/name_m]
[name_m]Dermott[/name_m]
[name_u]Alcott[/name_u]
Alioth
Numa
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_m]Fox[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]

I like:
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Crosby[/name_m]
[name_m]Odin[/name_m]

Brothers- [name_m]Otis[/name_m] & [name_m]Crosby[/name_m]

Off of your list, I like [name_m]Levi[/name_m] and [name_m]Axel[/name_m] the most. [name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m] is a guilty pleasure of mine, and I’m not sure if I would use it on a real person.

Hipster-ish names:
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_u]Bellamy[/name_u]
[name_m]Fox[/name_m]
[name_u]Quincy[/name_u]
[name_u]Theo[/name_u]
[name_m]Maddox[/name_m]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] / [name_m]Kian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cove[/name_m]
[name_f]Lark[/name_f]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_u]Everest[/name_u]
[name_m]Ryker[/name_m]
[name_u]Jameson[/name_u]
[name_u]Grey[/name_u]
[name_m]Atlas[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]

Ooh [name_m]Draven[/name_m] is very interesting! Great suggestion!