My Niche

Boy Names
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I finally found my boy’s name niche. My style is… DAD NAMES!

I already have [name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m] and [name_m]Conrad[/name_m] on my list. I’m looking for one more to take my last opening on my list.

I want to avoid using names of my uncles, so unfortunately [name_m]Craig[/name_m], [name_m]George[/name_m], [name_m]David[/name_m], [name_u]Douglas[/name_u], [name_m]Gregory[/name_m], [name_m]Philip[/name_m] and [name_m]Harry[/name_m] are off the table. [name_m]Mitchell[/name_m] also has to be crossed off, as it sounds too similar to [name_m]Mitt[/name_m] [name_u]Romney[/name_u].

What dad name suggestions can you throw my way? I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I have faith you wonderful people can help me. Thanks!

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[name_m]Bill[/name_m], maybe?

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What about…?

[name_m]Nelson[/name_m]
[name_u]Bradley[/name_u]
[name_m]Garrett[/name_m]
[name_m]Ross[/name_m]
[name_m]Russell[/name_m]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_m]Kevin[/name_m]
[name_m]Clark[/name_m]
[name_u]Neil[/name_u]
[name_m]Alan[/name_m] or [name_m]Allen[/name_m]
[name_m]Mark[/name_m]
[name_m]Brian[/name_m] or [name_m]Bryan[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]

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Let’s see…middle-aged men I know…
[name_m]Dennis[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_m]Steve[/name_m]/[name_m]Steven[/name_m]/[name_m]Stephen[/name_m]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m]
…are the best I can think of.

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[name_m]Lowell[/name_m]
Linford
[name_m]Kenton[/name_m]/[name_u]Kendall[/name_u]
[name_m]Randall[/name_m]
[name_m]Jason[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerald[/name_m]
[name_m]Mark[/name_m]
[name_u]Bevan[/name_u]
[name_u]Cameron[/name_u]
[name_m]Arlin[/name_m]

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Interesting niche, but hey, if it works, then that’s sweet!
[name_m]Steven[/name_m]/ [name_m]Stephen[/name_m]
[name_u]Gary[/name_u]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Donald[/name_m]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronald[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruce[/name_m]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Martin[/name_m]
[name_u]Glen[/name_u]
[name_u]Darrell[/name_u]
[name_m]Todd[/name_m]
[name_u]Howard[/name_u]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m] (omg I love [name_m]Norman[/name_m]!)

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[name_m]Robert[/name_m], [name_m]Gordon[/name_m], [name_u]Sheldon[/name_u], [name_m]David[/name_m], [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]

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[name_m]Cliff[/name_m] ([name_m]Clifford[/name_m])
[name_m]Robert[/name_m] ([name_m]Bob[/name_m]) [name_m]Rob[/name_m]) [name_u]Bert[/name_u])
[name_m]Jim[/name_m] ([name_u]James[/name_u])
[name_m]Mark[/name_m]
[name_m]Al[/name_m] ([name_m]Alexander[/name_m])([name_m]Allen[/name_m])([name_m]Albert[/name_m])
[name_m]Fred[/name_m] ([name_m]Frederick[/name_m])
[name_m]Dennis[/name_m]
[name_m]Steve[/name_m] ([name_m]Steven[/name_m])
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m] ([name_m]Rick[/name_m]) ([name_u]Pat[/name_u])
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m] ([name_m]Ken[/name_m])
[name_m]Joe[/name_m] ([name_m]Joseph[/name_m])
[name_m]Tom[/name_m] ([name_m]Thomas[/name_m])
[name_m]Donald[/name_m] ([name_m]Don[/name_m])
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m] ([name_m]Greg[/name_m])
[name_m]Pete[/name_m] ([name_m]Peter[/name_m])
[name_u]Howard[/name_u] ([name_m]Howie[/name_m])
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]

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Sorry for any repeats!
[name_m]Keith[/name_m]
[name_m]Allen[/name_m]
[name_m]Frank[/name_m]
[name_u]Ray[/name_u]
[name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
[name_m]Lloyd[/name_m]

And that’s all I can think of that I’m not sure have been said yet.

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When I think of my dad and his friends (50s and 60s), they almost all go by nicknames. [name_m]Bill[/name_m], [name_m]Bob[/name_m], [name_m]Don[/name_m], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_u]Marty[/name_u], [name_m]Hank[/name_m], [name_m]Chuck[/name_m], [name_m]Doug[/name_m], [name_m]Ted[/name_m], [name_u]Gene[/name_u], [name_m]Tim[/name_m], etc. So, that is what a “dad name” is to me - a short, business-like nickname.

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I don’t like many Dad names but there’s a few I find sweet:

[name_m]Alan[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] NN [name_m]Hank[/name_m] (hate [name_m]Harry[/name_m] though, middling on [name_m]Hal[/name_m])
[name_u]Michael[/name_u] NN [name_m]Mick[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m] - [name_m]Greg[/name_m] is fine but only as a NN, I don’t like [name_m]Greg[/name_m] alone
[name_m]Gareth[/name_m] - My feelings on [name_u]Gary[/name_u] are the same as my feelings on [name_m]Greg[/name_m].
[name_m]Joel[/name_m] - This one is put in the dad category over my objections. Other people tell me it’s dated. I still love it and find it cool.
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] - NN [name_m]Jon[/name_m]/[name_m]Jonny[/name_m], never [name_m]John[/name_m].
[name_u]Roy[/name_u]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m] - This is more granddad-ish maybe though.
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] - [name_m]Archie[/name_m].
[name_m]John[/name_m] - NN [name_m]Johnny[/name_m], [name_m]Jack[/name_m]. “[name_m]Johnathan[/name_m]” is not a name, don’t do it.
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_m]Keith[/name_m]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m]

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Wow, so many suggestions everyone! I was a little worred, because I know dated dad names aren’t generally people’s style. It started all started with [name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m], and has spiraled since then.

There have been some wonderful suggestions particularly"
[name_m]Russell[/name_m]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_u]Glen[/name_u]
[name_m]Keith[/name_m]
[name_m]Frank[/name_m] - I love [name_m]Frank[/name_m], but Mr. E has said no to [name_u]Francis[/name_u]. I’ll have to find some alternatives so I can have [name_m]Frank[/name_m].
[name_m]Hank[/name_m]
[name_m]Martin[/name_m]-!!!
[name_m]Joel[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Marshall[/name_m]
[name_u]Darren[/name_u].

Thanks for all of the amazing suggestions.

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You could always used [name_m]Franklin[/name_m] for [name_m]Frank[/name_m].

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Did anyone say [name_m]Hugh[/name_m]? Or how about: [name_m]Simon[/name_m], [name_m]Scott[/name_m], [name_m]Tom[/name_m], [name_m]Tim[/name_m], [name_m]Ted[/name_m], or [name_m]John[/name_m].

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Dad names are awesome! I think a lot of my style is ‘trendy-dad’.
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m] would have been my suggestion. It’s so lovely, it means ‘‘heart’’ or ‘‘intellect/intelligence’’ but it doesn’t get much appreciation, I feel.

[name_m]Wesley[/name_m] is another one - or [name_m]Wes[/name_m], actually. Sorry for any more repeats…
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_u]Nick[/name_u]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Fred[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Neils[/name_m]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m]/[name_m]Reg[/name_m]
[name_m]Colin[/name_m]
[name_m]Sol[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Ian[/name_m]
[name_u]Niall[/name_u]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_u]Shay[/name_u]

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Ladies and Gentlemen: [name_m]Conrad[/name_m] and … [name_m]Albert[/name_m], [name_m]Alfred[/name_m], [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_m]Archibald[/name_m], [name_m]Armand[/name_m], [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_m]Augustus[/name_m], [name_m]Bernard[/name_m], [name_m]Bertram[/name_m], [name_m]Cecil[/name_m], [name_m]Chester[/name_m], [name_m]Clarence[/name_m], [name_u]Claude[/name_u], [name_m]Clement[/name_m], [name_m]Clifford[/name_m], [name_m]Cornelius[/name_m], [name_m]Cyril[/name_m], [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m], [name_m]Edmund[/name_m], [name_m]Edward[/name_m], [name_m]Edwin[/name_m], [name_m]Ernest[/name_m], [name_m]Eugene[/name_m], [name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m], [name_u]Francis[/name_u], [name_m]Frederick[/name_m], ([name_m]George[/name_m]), [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m], [name_m]Harold[/name_m], [name_m]Herbert[/name_m], [name_m]Herman[/name_m], [name_m]Hiram[/name_m], [name_m]Horace[/name_m], [name_m]Hugh[/name_m], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m], [name_m]Julius[/name_m], [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], [name_m]Louis[/name_m], [name_m]Luther[/name_m], [name_m]Oswald[/name_m], [name_m]Otis[/name_m], [name_u]Percy[/name_u], [name_m]Prescott[/name_m], [name_m]Randolph[/name_m], [name_m]Rupert[/name_m], [name_m]Sylvester[/name_m], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_m]Virgil[/name_m], [name_u]Wallace[/name_u], [name_m]Walter[/name_m], [name_m]Willis[/name_m]

Mid-Century: [name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m] and … [name_m]Alan[/name_m], [name_u]Barry[/name_u], [name_m]Bruce[/name_m], [name_u]Cary[/name_u], [name_u]Darrell[/name_u], [name_u]Dean[/name_u], [name_m]Dennis[/name_m], ([name_u]Douglas[/name_u]), [name_m]Duane[/name_m], [name_m]Dwight[/name_m], [name_u]Gary[/name_u], [name_m]Gerald[/name_m], [name_u]Glenn[/name_u], ([name_m]Gregory[/name_m]), [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m], [name_m]Kent[/name_m], [name_u]Perry[/name_u], [name_m]Mark[/name_m], ([name_m]Philip[/name_m]), [name_m]Randall[/name_m], [name_m]Reginald[/name_m], [name_m]Rodney[/name_m], [name_m]Roger[/name_m], [name_m]Russell[/name_m], [name_m]Stephen[/name_m], [name_m]Terrence[/name_m], [name_m]Timothy[/name_m], [name_m]Wayne[/name_m]

Source: “The [name_u]Baby[/name_u] Name [name_m]Wizard[/name_m]”