Looking for the perfect sibling set!

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Hi everyone!

I feel like I am so close to the perfect name, but I haven’t quite found it yet.

I’m looking for a boy’s name that is inspired by 1800s literature or civil war history. I don’t want names that are in the top 100 if at all possible and to make it a little trickier, the name cannot end in the letter ‘n’ because our last name is only one syllable and starts with ‘n’.

For reference, my daughter’s name is May Louise and here are some names that my husband and I like:
Susie Abigail
Wilder (as a middle name probably)
Clifford
Stuart
Dale?
Thomas is a family name that we could use as a middle name
Paul

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Fun challenge!
[name_f][/name_f]I’ll suggest…

[name_f][/name_f]

[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] (McArthur)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Jasper[/name_m] (Maltby, [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] J. [name_f]Collins[/name_f], [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] [name_m]Christian[/name_m] “The Lost Soldier”)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] (Burnside)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Cassius[/name_m] (Clay [name_f][/name_f]- civil war abolitionist)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Baird[/name_m] (fn Absalom)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ellis[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]- [name_f]Emily[/name_f] Bronte’s pen name
[name_f][/name_f]Heath(cliff) [name_f][/name_f]- Wuthering Heights
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Silas[/name_m] (Marner)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Darcy[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- [name_m]Pride[/name_m] & Prejudice
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]August[/name_m] (Dupin) [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Allen[/name_m] Poe’s detective character

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Maybe: [name_m]Percival[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m], [name_m]Irving[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m], [name_m]Norwood[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]Reuben[/name_m] [name_m]Clifford[/name_m], [name_f]Abbot[/name_f] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]

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[name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Rhett[/name_m], [name_m]Grant[/name_m]

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[name_m]Ancil[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Darrell[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Douglas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Elmer[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Mart[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ray[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Rex[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Russell[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Scott[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Walter[/name_m]

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Here are some suggestions:

[name_f][/name_f]

[name_m]Silas[/name_m] [name_m]Clifford[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Wilbur[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Roscoe[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Walter[/name_m] [name_m]Clifford[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Wallace[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Rufus[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]

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Fwiw, I prefer [name_m]Paul[/name_m] to [name_m]Dale[/name_m] though not a massive fan of either. I’m not so keen on [name_m]Stuart[/name_m], don’t mind as a second but and I don’t like the nickname options [name_f][/name_f]- [name_m]Stu[/name_m] and Stuey.

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[name_m]Ford[/name_m] (Antonia [name_m]Ford[/name_m] Willard)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Granger[/name_m] (Robert S Granger)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Hardy[/name_m] (Thomas Hardy)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Perry[/name_m] (Perryville)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Thackeray[/name_m] (William [name_f]Makepeace[/name_f] Thackeray)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Conrad[/name_m] (Joseph Conrad)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Hugo[/name_m] (Victor Hugo)
[name_f][/name_f]Fenimore (James Fenimore Cooper)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Red[/name_m] (The [name_m]Red[/name_m] Badge of Courage)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Alcott[/name_m] (Louisa [name_f]May[/name_f] Alcott)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Wilkie[/name_m] (Wilkie Collins)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Prosper[/name_m] (Prosper Merimee)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Cranford[/name_m] (by [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Gaskell)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Earnest[/name_m] (The Importance of Being Earnest)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Isidor[/name_m] (from [name_m]The[/name_m] Woman in White)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Clarke[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Kirby[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Davis[/name_m] (Rebecca [name_m]Harding[/name_m] Davis)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Jethro[/name_m] (character in Across [name_m]Five[/name_m] Aprils which is not written in the 1800s but is about the Civil War)

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[name_m]Clive[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Percy[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Alcott[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Otis[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Elias[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Walter[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Roscoe[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]

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These are inspired by literature from the 1800s…

[name_f][/name_f]

[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ozias[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Fergus[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Herbert[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Phillip[/name_m]

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[name_f]My[/name_f] first thought was [name_m]Bram[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]!
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Bram[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] or [name_m]Bram[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]

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Literary:
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Darcy[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Doyle[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Bertram[/name_m] ( might work as a long name for Bram)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Jarvis[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Elwood[/name_m]

[name_f][/name_f]

American Civil War
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Sumner[/name_m] / [name_m]Sumter[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Davis[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]Morill
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Beauregard[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Claiborne[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Spencer[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Shiloh[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Perry[/name_m]