Looking for a strong, masculine boys name! Help!

My husband and I cannot come up with a boys name. The only name I love is [name]Jack[/name] but won’t use it because of its popularity (three of my friends just recently named their boys [name]Jack[/name]/[name]Jackson[/name]).

Here is some of my naming criteria:

  1. strong, masculine
  2. old fashioned charm
  3. not a popular name but not too unusual either.

Please help us come up with a few names that meet my criteria.

[name]Zachary[/name] ([name]Zack[/name] rhymes with [name]Jack[/name])
[name]Matthew[/name] ([name]Matt[/name])
[name]David[/name] ([name]Dave[/name])
[name]Samuel[/name] ([name]Sam[/name])
[name]Leo[/name]

Firstly welcome to nameberry! As popularity of names is different depending on where you live I’m not sure how popular these names are where you live but here are a few options :slight_smile:

[name]William[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Paul[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Timothy[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name] (although it’s popular almost everywhere)
[name]Henry[/name]

[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]
[name]Harrison[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Virgil[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Gilbert[/name]

[name]Hope[/name] some of these help!

[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Gregory[/name]
[name]Calvin[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]Warren[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Jason[/name]
[name]Clint[/name]
[name]Clive[/name]
[name]Troy[/name]
[name]Ian[/name]
[name]Ivan[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]

[name]Robert[/name]
[name]Andrew[/name]
[name]Jonathan[/name]
[name]Matthias[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]William[/name]/[name]Willem[/name]/[name]Wilhelm[/name]
[name]Nolan[/name]
[name]Tristan[/name]
[name]Maximus[/name]/[name]Maximillian[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Benedict[/name]
[name]Constantin[/name]
[name]Caelan[/name]
[name]Zachary[/name]
[name]Philip[/name]
[name]Tobias[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]
[name]Finnigan[/name]

[name]Everett[/name] would be my first suggestion.

Also:
[name]Hank[/name] or [name]Henry[/name] nn [name]Hank[/name]
[name]James[/name] / [name]Jameson[/name]

Other names that I would put in the same group as [name]Jack[/name] would be:

[name]Luke[/name]
[name]Nate[/name]
[name]Pete[/name]
[name]Max[/name]
[name]Jake[/name]
[name]Zack[/name] ([name]Isaac[/name] or [name]Zachary[/name])
[name]Nick[/name]

Thank you all so much for your suggestions! A few names that stuck out were:

[name]Clint[/name]
[name]Troy[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] (I also like [name]Benson[/name])

I will throw these by the hubby :wink:

Our last name is pronounced I-KER so I’m not sure I like the flow…

[name]How[/name] about:

[name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name]
[name]Evan[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Luke[/name]
[name]Reid[/name]

We have the exact same tastes so this will be easy.
[name]Xander[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name]
[name]Christoper[/name]
[name]Matthew[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Timothy[/name]
[name]Kyle[/name]
[name]Silas[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]River[/name]
[name]Reese[/name]
[name]Isaiah[/name]
[name]Elijah[/name]
[name]Preston[/name]
[name]Parker[/name]
[name]Jonathan[/name]
[name]William[/name]
[name]Quincy[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name]
[name]Zachary[/name]
[name]Tyler[/name]
[name]Aaron[/name]
[name]Eric[/name]
[name]Landon[/name]
[name]Landry[/name]

[name]Love[/name] love love [name]Lincoln[/name]!!

[name]IMO[/name], the ultimate masculine names are [name]John[/name] & [name]James[/name] or any of their variations. I also love [name]Jonathan[/name], [name]Jon[/name], or [name]Jameson[/name] :slight_smile:

[name]John[/name] or [name]Alexander[/name] or both :smiley:
[name]Evan[/name]
[name]Hugh[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Nathan[/name] or [name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Ian[/name]
[name]Kenneth[/name]
[name]Dean[/name]
[name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Andrew[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
Sorry for any repeats!

[name]Archer[/name] is a good strong solid name in my opinion and depending on the middle name it would flow great with your last name.

We have pretty much the same criteria - hubby and I are stuck as well. Check out my options on the link in my sig.

[name]Rhett[/name], [name]Andre[/name], [name]Dante[/name], [name]William[/name], [name]Levi[/name], [name]Ryder[/name]