Malcolm-ISH names?

Boy Names
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My hubby loves [name_m]Malcolm[/name_m], and I like it well enough. But, for a variety of reasons, it’s not usable for us. I’m wondering if anyone has ideas of other names LIKE [name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]? [name_m]Even[/name_m] though this is a Scottish name, I’d generally prefer not to go in that direction with other suggestions. We’re not Scottish/Irish and for whatever reason I’m not in love with Celtic names. I don’t think that’s the vibe hubby is going for either – he just likes a two syllable name with strong consonant sounds. Ideas? Other names we’ve considered: [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] (I love but he’s meh), [name_u]Percy[/name_u] (he likes, I can’t quite get myself there), [name_m]Orson[/name_m] (we both like but first names ending in -son don’t work with our Scandinavian surname), [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] (no fatal flaws, just neither of us super excited about it), [name_m]Rufus[/name_m] (hubby likes, I have reservations), [name_m]Silas[/name_m] (I love but possibly too popular and hubby is meh).

Thanks in advance!

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[name_m]Callum[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Torin[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Colin[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Henrik[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_u]Douglas[/name_u]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]

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[name_u]Alton[/name_u]
[name_m]Alvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Anselm[/name_m]
[name_m]Byron[/name_m]
Caldwell
[name_m]Callum[/name_m]
[name_m]Coleman[/name_m]
[name_m]Colin[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
Gilroy
[name_m]Heath[/name_m]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_u]Lindon[/name_u]
[name_m]Luther[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Morris[/name_m]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]

4

[name_m]Kenelm[/name_m]?

[name_u]Leslie[/name_u]

5

The good news is that you do seem to have a style family you can agree on. Here are some ideas I think are in the same vein:

[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Foster[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Ross[/name_m]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Martin[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_u]Cato[/name_u]
[name_m]Quentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_u]Campbell[/name_u]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]Oren[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregor[/name_m]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Jerome[/name_m]
[name_u]Curtis[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Angus[/name_m]
[name_u]Monroe[/name_u]
[name_m]Virgil[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]

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Thanks for these! This is definitely the right style family (for me) but I feel like hubby is more unpredictable and less likely to choose these types of studious/vintage names, even though quite a few of the examples he gives me fit that category! I think he needs something that has a bit of a modern-leaning edge, and I can’t put my finger on how to find it. I think I’ll ask him about [name_m]Quentin[/name_m]. Something about that seems to be more his style. Any thoughts with [name_m]Quentin[/name_m] added to the inspiration list?

7

[name_m]Linus[/name_m] is the first name to come to mind

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[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_m]Tobias[/name_m], [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u], [name_m]Eamon[/name_m], [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_m]Linus[/name_m].

Nickname for [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]? [name_m]Law[/name_m]?