Most Attractive Male Names?

Boy Names
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I find myself drawn to certain male names because they would be cute for a toddler boy. [name_m]Timmy[/name_m], [name_m]Benji[/name_m], etc.

Others because they are old-fashioned Uncle or Grandpa names. [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_m]Fred[/name_m], etc.

And then there are the names I wish I had dated!

What are your top ten male adult names that you find devastatingly attractive?

Mine are:

  1. [name_m]Graham[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Keir[/name_m]
  3. [name_m]Tavish[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Roger[/name_m]
  5. [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
  6. [name_m]Bram[/name_m]
  7. [name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
  8. [name_u]Dane[/name_u]
  9. [name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
  10. [name_u]Galen[/name_u]

(and [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], [name_m]Archie[/name_m], and [name_m]Torsten[/name_m]!)

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  1. [name_m]Donovan[/name_m]
    2.[name_m]Dion[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Ramone[/name_m]
  3. [name_m]Raoul[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
  5. [name_u]Dean[/name_u]
  6. [name_m]Roman[/name_m]
  7. [name_u]Lane[/name_u]
  8. [name_m]Miles[/name_m]
  9. [name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
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  1. [name_m]Felix[/name_m] (Not only I adore the sound of it, it fits all my naming criteria. It’s a win-win!)
  2. [name_m]Milo[/name_m] (Feels modern and vintage, international and slightly exotic, cool and nerdy at the same time.)
  3. [name_u]James[/name_u] ([name_f]My[/name_f] ultimate guilty pleasure… Doesn’t fit my naming criteria at all, but I love it and I adore [name_u]Jamie[/name_u].)
  4. [name_m]Archer[/name_m]/[name_m]Archie[/name_m] (The only name that I thought was just okay before and than it grew on me this much because of personal association.)
  5. [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] (Sophisticated with a tint of eccentric aristocratic. Would so fit in my family!)
  6. [name_m]Silas[/name_m] (A new entrant. It makes me think of my dad all the time and I can’t figure why.)
  7. [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] (Fits my naming criteria perfectly except that it’s getting too popular…)
  8. [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] (Wilde would make such an amazing namesake.)
  9. [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] (Not one but two amazing personal associations and the adorable nickname [name_u]Theo[/name_u].)
  10. [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] (Probably shouldn’t be there. Too hipster/trendy/tried-too-hard, I know, but I love the sound.)
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[name_m]Graham[/name_m]! I find vulnerability infinitely sexy on a guy, haha, whether it be kindness, loving children, humility, or even just liking “softer” subjects like music and literature. I couldn’t tell you why. I’m not against rough-and-tumble, but soft boys’ names are my [name_m]Achilles[/name_m] heel, especially with English/British (or just European in general!) roots. [name_m]Graham[/name_m] fits all those for me, and any guy I imagine with the name [name_m]Graham[/name_m] sounds like a really great guy. :slight_smile: The others are fine (and I like [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Silas[/name_m], and [name_u]Galen[/name_u] a lot!), but I find [name_m]Graham[/name_m] the most attractive, in that way. :slight_smile:

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Oh, this is a great one.
Note: names are not in order.

  1. [name_m]Anthony[/name_m]/[name_u]Tony[/name_u]. It feels very smooth and handsome and friendly, and yet sensitive at the same time.
  2. [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] (strong and classic)
  3. [name_m]Jack[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Mark[/name_m]
  5. [name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
  6. [name_m]Erik[/name_m] (much sexier with the K!)(I guess I find K endings very sexy)
  7. [name_m]Andreas[/name_m]. Very continental feeling.
  8. [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]/[name_m]Tom[/name_m]
  9. [name_u]Rory[/name_u]
  10. [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] (I prefer [name_m]Eli[/name_m] as a name, but [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] feels very appealing to me as a potential partner)
  11. [name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
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  1. [name_m]Callen[/name_m] :slight_smile:
  2. [name_m]Russell[/name_m]
  3. [name_m]Jack[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Tucker[/name_m]
  5. [name_m]Alec[/name_m]
  6. [name_m]Declan[/name_m]
  7. [name_u]Max[/name_u]
  8. [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
  9. [name_m]Eamon[/name_m]
  10. [name_m]Holden[/name_m]

All of those were the first that came to mind when I thought of “attractive” boy names. They aren’t necessarily my favorite, but they definitely read handsome to me. :slight_smile:

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a lot of your choices: [name_m]Russell[/name_m], [name_m]Ramone[/name_m], [name_m]Javier[/name_m], [name_m]Anthony[/name_m], and of course, my beloved [name_m]Graham[/name_m], which IS both soft and manly, yes!

Some of these are great husband type names, but a number of them have that lover energy as well, which [name_m]Fred[/name_m], much as I like it, lacks.

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[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Lennox[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Ford[/name_m]
[name_u]Seth[/name_u]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Zander[/name_m]
[name_m]Christian[/name_m]

Some of my names surprised me. This was hard to do since I am not straight, but I am going by the vibe and look and sound of these names. I have no clue where [name_m]Balthazar[/name_m] came from and how I knew how to spell it.

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[name_m]Lennox[/name_m], [name_m]Ford[/name_m], [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m], [name_m]Raphael[/name_m], and [name_m]Balthazar[/name_m] are perfect.

It would be fun for me to do a similar list of female names:

Wow. This is hard. It turns out I like mostly old-fashioned, grandmotherly names! :slight_smile:

Maybe [name_f]Nigella[/name_f], [name_f]Danika[/name_f], [name_f]Danae[/name_f], [name_f]Petra[/name_f], [name_f]Caledonia[/name_f], [name_u]Kelsey[/name_u], [name_f]Leonie[/name_f], [name_f]Thora[/name_f], [name_f]Jemma[/name_f], [name_f]Neva[/name_f]…

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I’m answering without reading any other replies, but I’m looking forward to reading the other responses once I’m done!

[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Ari[/name_u]
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Finn[/name_u]/[name_u]Finley[/name_u]
[name_u]Max[/name_u]

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[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_u]Ari[/name_u]
[name_m]Joaquin[/name_m]
[name_u]Andre[/name_u]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Raoul[/name_m]
[name_m]Dmitri[/name_m]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]

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  1. [name_m]Clive[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]/[name_m]Alessandro[/name_m]
  3. [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]/[name_m]Nikos[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
  5. [name_u]James[/name_u]
  6. [name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
  7. [name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
  8. [name_m]John[/name_m]/[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
  9. [name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
  10. [name_m]George[/name_m]
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Names that are attractive sounding to me are:
[name_m]Dimitri[/name_m]
[name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Sherman[/name_m]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]
[name_m]Callum[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Vladimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Melchior[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
I don’t know why, but these names sound really attractive and almost sexy to me.

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Really fun topic! Sorry, this is a few more than 10. :slight_smile:

  1. [name_u]Rhys[/name_u] / [name_u]Reese[/name_u] (Thank you [name_m]Jim[/name_m] Caviezel & [name_m]Person[/name_m] of Interest lol!)
  2. [name_m]Callen[/name_m] (NCIS LA anyone?)
  3. [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] (I have no explanation for this one)
  4. [name_m]Nate[/name_m] (I see [name_m]Nate[/name_m] as the boy next door who is tough… likes motorcycles, leather jackets, & football, but is still the sweet, protective type & every girl has a crush on him… it’s been my favorite boys name for ages! Nothing more attractive than a guy who can & will protect you right?!)
  5. [name_m]Archer[/name_m] / [name_m]Asher[/name_m] / [name_u]Ash[/name_u]
  6. [name_m]Ezra[/name_m] (Why do people want to steal this for girls? I can’t see it being a girls name at all!)
  7. [name_u]Seth[/name_u]
  8. [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] (Can anyone else get beyond Disney-Pixar’s the Incredibles & see that this is a handsome, grown-up name?)
  9. [name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
  10. [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
  11. [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] / [name_m]Gil[/name_m]
  12. [name_u]Nick[/name_u] (not [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m])
  13. [name_m]Gabe[/name_m]
  14. [name_u]Logan[/name_u]
  15. [name_u]Shane[/name_u]
  16. [name_m]Brent[/name_m]

I also have this tendency to think that some first / middle or first / last combos are attractive, even if they aren’t necessarily attractive on their own. Anyone else think this?

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I don’t have ten, but when I picture a fantasy guy his name is [name_u]Cameron[/name_u], [name_m]Quentin[/name_m], or [name_m]Alexander[/name_m].
Funny that I wouldn’t give any of these names to my own child. They’re great names but a bit too safe/classic for me

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Looking over the names we are attracted to, I find a lot of “r” names:

[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_m]Russell[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_u]Rhys[/name_u]/[name_u]Reese[/name_u]
[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_m]Ramone[/name_m]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m]

and names with “r” in them:
[name_m]Keir[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_m]Ford[/name_m]
[name_u]Cameron[/name_u]

Is there something about the “r” sound that is appealing in a man’s name? I think so. Something to do with its softness and warmth and at the same time, its strength and manliness. What do you think?

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[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] ([name_u]Lou[/name_u]-EE, thank you [name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_m]Tomlinson[/name_m]!)
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]/[name_u]Sam[/name_u]
[name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u]
[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Harrison[/name_m]
[name_m]Jake[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]

That’s all I can think of right now, :smiley:

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[name_m]How[/name_m] could I forget [name_m]Rhett[/name_m] off my list?! I agree with you there, there’s a few letters that just sound manly but soft. For me, It’s J.

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I think I totally misunderstood when I read it the first time, haha. I thought you were asking for which one from your list we found most attractive. [name_f]My[/name_f] top 10:

  1. [name_m]Peter[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Declan[/name_m]
  3. [name_m]Grant[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Charles[/name_m]/[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]
  5. [name_m]Henry[/name_m]
  6. [name_m]Louis[/name_m]/[name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
  7. [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]/[name_u]Sam[/name_u]
  8. [name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
  9. [name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
  10. [name_m]Aaron[/name_m]

[name_f]My[/name_f] first five are the most sure–I could easily see me falling for a [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], [name_m]Declan[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], or [name_m]Grant[/name_m], in particular, but also some of the others. The others are mainly based off of dreams I’ve had that I’ve fallen in love with a guy with one of those names. Not that they exist in real life, but I remember waking up really WANTING those guys to be real, so, I guess I find them sexy and attractive on some level, haha.

ETA: I don’t have a guy in my life right now, but I always seem to imagine that my husband will be a [name_m]Josiah[/name_m], [name_u]Bailey[/name_u], or [name_m]Peter[/name_m], so maybe that’s saying something? Maybe [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] should have made this list instead of [name_u]Sam[/name_u] or [name_m]Calvin[/name_m]…

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[name_f]My[/name_f] list is mostly made up of names of celebrities I find attractive - but I do see myself marrying a [name_m]Matthew[/name_m], [name_m]Joshua[/name_m], [name_m]Adam[/name_m] or [name_m]Andrew[/name_m]. I knew a boy when I was 16 named [name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u] who was absolutely gorgeous and so sweet, gah. I totally get dreaming/imagining your husband’s name. I used to see myself marrying a [name_u]Cameron[/name_u] or a [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] too.