Need a name for Sylvia's new brother!

Boy Names
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Hello Namers!!

I am in desperate need of help to find a name for our boy. We already have a daughter named [name]Sylvia[/name] (she’ll be 4 when the baby is born).

We have rules, which makes things difficult between my husband and I…

  • Traditional/real name; no weird spellings
  • Not too popular (<200 on the SS list, preferably)
  • Gender specific / masculine (my name is Toni and I’ve always hated having a “boy’s name”)
  • Cannot end in the “-ee” sound. Our last name rhymes with “Journey” and we find it too sing-songy
  • Positive or at least neutral meaning
  • No obvious surnames or place names

Names that have already been considered, but have been discarded (for some reason or another) are:
Arthur, Calvin, Desmond, Malcolm, Linus, Philip, Jerome, Simon, Theodore, Douglas, Francis, Milo, Rufus, Roman, Jasper, Jonas, Leo, Stuart, Lewis, Victor, Quentin, Frederick, Albert, Edmund, Dominick, Benedict

We’ve been working on this since we found out I was pregnant. I want to find the name!! Help please!!

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You have very classic, stately taste.

[name]Warren[/name]
[name]Laurence[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Alfred[/name]
[name]Ambrose[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Clement[/name]
[name]Conrad[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Alden[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]Giles[/name]
[name]Harald[/name]
[name]Hugh[/name]
[name]Julius[/name]
[name]Leopold[/name]
[name]Merrill[/name]
[name]Osmond[/name]
[name]Randolph[/name]
[name]Wallace[/name]
[name]Adrian[/name]
[name]Cyrus[/name]
[name]Elias[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Solomon[/name]
[name]Tobias[/name]

3

I love [name]Sylvia[/name]! Here are a few names based on the ones you’ve vetoed:
[name]Augustus[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Cornelius[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Cecil[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]
[name]Franz[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]

[name]Hope[/name] that helps!

4

I tried to come up with suggestions not yet listed.

[name]Vincent[/name]= Another V to complement [name]Sylvia[/name], but is it too similar to [name]Victor[/name] which you’ve nixed?
[name]Ezra[/name]= hard consonant sound to match the V in [name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name]= I just like the name :slight_smile:
[name]Rex[/name]=same as [name]Ezra[/name], but maybe too short? It needs the right middle name.
[name]Fabian[/name]=similar flow as [name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Evander[/name]= 3 syllables and a V.

5

[name]George[/name]
[name]Alastair[/name]
[name]Cedric[/name]
[name]Fergus[/name]
[name]Alfred[/name]
[name]Percival[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]

6

[name]Sylvia[/name] and…

[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Ethan[/name]
[name]Carl[/name]
[name]Jesse[/name]
[name]Leonardo[/name]
[name]Timothy[/name]
[name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Conrad[/name]
[name]James[/name]
Zaine
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Levi[/name]
[name]Noah[/name]
[name]Demetrius[/name]
[name]Russell[/name]

7

I love [name]Sylvia[/name]!!

[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Broderick[/name]
[name]Geoffrey[/name]

8

Apologies for any double-ups…
[name]How[/name] about:
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Barnabas[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Eric[/name]
[name]Clive[/name]
[name]Clyde[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]

I love the suggestion of [name]Cedric[/name]

9

[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Angus[/name]
[name]Davis[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name]
[name]Aaron[/name]
[name]Brandon[/name]
[name]Dean[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Elias[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Luther[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]

10

Ones i like:
[name]Caspar[/name]
[name]Alastair[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Sebastien[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]
Anthony
[name]Nathaniel[/name] (too long?)
[name]Emmerich[/name]/Emeric

11

[name]Caleb[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]Ronan[/name]
[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Levi[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Nolan[/name]
[name]Lawrence[/name]
[name]Adam[/name]
[name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Gregor[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Jonathan[/name]
[name]Richard[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name]

12

Sylivia is gorgeous! After seeing your boys list, this is what I would suggest. Lots of repeats here:

[name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Timothy[/name]
[name]Phillip[/name]
[name]Elliott[/name]
[name]Jeffrey[/name]

13

Ooh, nice names!

The ones that stick out to me are:
[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Nolan[/name] (my fav combo here)
[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Theodore[/name] ([name]Theo[/name]?)

14

[name]Arthur[/name], [name]Calvin[/name], [name]Desmond[/name], [name]Malcolm[/name], [name]Linus[/name], [name]Philip[/name], [name]Jerome[/name], [name]Simon[/name], [name]Theodore[/name], [name]Douglas[/name], [name]Francis[/name], [name]Milo[/name], [name]Rufus[/name], [name]Roman[/name], [name]Jasper[/name], [name]Jonas[/name], [name]Leo[/name], [name]Stuart[/name], [name]Lewis[/name], [name]Victor[/name], [name]Quentin[/name], [name]Frederick[/name], [name]Albert[/name], [name]Edmund[/name], [name]Dominick[/name], [name]Benedict[/name]

[name]Barnaby[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Casper[/name]
[name]Edgar[/name]
[name]Phineas[/name]
[name]Winston[/name]
[name]Eugene[/name]
[name]Lucien[/name]
[name]Monty[/name]/ [name]Montgomery[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]/ [name]Milo[/name]
[name]Ronan[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Bruno[/name]
[name]Alisdair[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]

15

Well, we’ve (finally) decided on [name]Felix[/name] [name]Simon[/name]!

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Well, we’d thought we’d decided on [name]Felix[/name] [name]Simon[/name], but now I’m second guessing. Ugh! I wish baby naming wasn’t so difficult.

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[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Clyde[/name]

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Gilbert[/name]

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Ross[/name]

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Duncan[/name]

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Bruno[/name]

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Harvey[/name]

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Frederick[/name]

Sylvia and Walter

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Abner[/name]

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Cormac[/name]

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Cornelius[/name]

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Gordon[/name]

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Guy[/name]

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Milton[/name]

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Otis[/name]

[name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Micah[/name]