Need Boy Name Suggestions! Naming is hard!

General Name Discussion
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My husband and I have tentatively decided on [name]August[/name] for our son due in [name]July[/name]. He is more sure than I am. The problem is mostly with my family not liking it. My moms step-dad’s middle name was [name]August[/name] and he was not a nice man to his stepchildren so my family has some very negative memories associated with the name. Plus my familly associates it with old, [name]German[/name] men they’ve known!
We haven’t crossed it off the list yet and so far it is the only name I even remotley like. I don’t want to choose it just because I can’t find something better. Please Help!
Here’s a few of the names we do like to give you an idea of our style:
[name]August[/name] (family history)
[name]Elias[/name] (too Biblical)
[name]Rhys[/name] (too popular, too many girls named [name]Reese[/name])
[name]Cooper[/name] (husband doesn’t like with last name…alliteration C.C.)
[name]Jasper[/name] (getting popular, too girly)

If it helps with suggestions, the girl names we loved were [name]Violet[/name] and [name]Phoebe[/name]. I really like old fashioned names, but seems like the ones for boys are still too old sounding. Any help you could give would be very appreciated.

BTW our last name is one syllable and is a first name also so that is making it hard because I did like some last names as first names, but you can’t tell which is which then.

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What about
[name]Alfred[/name] nn [name]Alfie[/name] - love
[name]Asa[/name]
[name]Carsten[/name]
[name]Elliott[/name]
[name]Ford[/name]
[name]Franklin[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name]
[name]Harrison[/name]
[name]Jules[/name]
[name]Lorcan[/name]
[name]Maxfield[/name]
[name]Miles[/name] - I love [name]Miles[/name] so much
[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Pierce[/name]
[name]Reed[/name]
[name]Stellan[/name]
[name]Sullivan[/name] nn [name]Van[/name]
[name]Vance[/name]
[name]Victor[/name]
[name]Walker[/name]
[name]Zane[/name]

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[name]Hi[/name]! Oooh! I love the name [name]August[/name] so much! From your list, [name]Elias[/name] is my other favorite. (I love [name]Violet[/name] and [name]Phoebe[/name], too!) :slight_smile:

Some more you may like with your last name (Sorry for repeats!):

[name]Augustin[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Byron[/name]
[name]Calvin[/name]
[name]Dashiell[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Lionel[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Maxwell[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Phineas[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Victor[/name]
[name]William[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name]

Names like [name]Cooper[/name]:

[name]Archer[/name]
[name]Abbott[/name] (nn [name]Abe[/name])
[name]Anderson[/name]
[name]Alden[/name]
[name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Beckett[/name]
[name]Conrad[/name]
[name]Donovan[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Franklin[/name]
[name]Grant[/name]
[name]Graham[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name]
[name]Grady[/name]
[name]Harrison[/name]
[name]Jameson[/name]
[name]Leland[/name]
[name]Lawson[/name]
[name]Maxfield[/name]
[name]Pierce[/name]
[name]Quinlan[/name]
[name]Reed[/name]/[name]Reid[/name]
[name]Sullivan[/name]
[name]Sawyer[/name]
[name]Shepherd[/name]
[name]Truman[/name]
[name]Wilson[/name]
[name]Wyatt[/name]
[name]Walker[/name]

Take care! :slight_smile: