Need boy suggestions!

Boy Names
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For some reason, I have a really hard time with boy names. I need to flesh out my list, because I don’t know if ANY that I have currently will work. Most of my girl names are nature-y, so if it works with that, cool. MUST HAVE POTENTIAL NICKNAME OPTIONS BUILT IN (if it’s a longer name at least). We’re big on nicknames, and if there isn’t an intuitive short form I’ll have a hard time with it. I like a lot of long vowel sound names usually (but big sister would be [name_u]Juniper[/name_u], so maybe long U is out for a boy?). Any suggestions welcome!

Names I like:
[name_m]Callum[/name_m], [name_m]Malcolm[/name_m], [name_m]Graham[/name_m]: not sure if I can use any of these, our last name starts with M and they kind of run together.
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]: I just don’t know if I actually like it enough, and I’m not sure if I like [name_u]Sully[/name_u] as a nickname.
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]/[name_m]Julian[/name_m]: [name_u]Love[/name_u], but can’t use because of big sister
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]: I like the idea of [name_m]Shep[/name_m], but it might just be a little too out there.
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]: love, but have [name_m]SIL[/name_m] and an aunt named [name_f]Amy[/name_f], and I don’t know if I would want them to be so close.
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]: pretty popular here, would probably be more likely to be used as a middle

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I like Sheperd. I don’t think [name_m]Shep[/name_m] is too out there at all. As a middle school teacher I’ve seen plenty of “out there” names. [name_m]Shep[/name_m] is not one of them :slight_smile:

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I love [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]/[name_m]Shep[/name_m]!! I have considered using it too.

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I love the name [name_u]Juniper[/name_u]! What about-

[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_u]Adair[/name_u]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_m]Alisdair[/name_m] nn [name_f]Dair[/name_f]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Anderson[/name_m] nn [name_m]Anders[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] nn [name_m]Cas[/name_m]?
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Darius[/name_m] nn Dare
[name_m]Declan[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Eli[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m] nn [name_m]Zeke[/name_m]
[name_m]Fabian[/name_m] -nn [name_m]Ian[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m]
[name_m]Fraser[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] nn [name_m]Gabe[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m] nn [name_m]Ian[/name_m]??
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
[name_m]Kane[/name_m]
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m] nn [name_m]Joe[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachy[/name_m]/[name_m]Malachi[/name_m] nn [name_u]Mal[/name_u] or [name_u]Cai[/name_u]
[name_m]Maverick[/name_m] nn [name_m]Eric[/name_m]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_u]Reid[/name_u]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]
[name_m]Thatcher[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]

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[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] is one of my favs!

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Bumping for more suggestions… Thanks for making me feel better about [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] though!

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[name_m]Faulkner[/name_m]- [name_f]Flick[/name_f]- I like this name to match with [name_u]Juniper[/name_u].