Need More Boy Names & Struggling

So if you’ve been around the forums within the past week or so, you’ll have seen more than one thread from me looking for middle names for [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m] (my poll to that end is still up.)

I absolutely love the name [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m], especially in a sibset with my son, [name_m]Archimedes[/name_m]. But I also like to have options. I don’t want to look into my little’s eyes on delivery day and think, “Oh god, the name we picked doesn’t fit.”

I would like to try and find at least 2 more names to keep in the wings. I’m trying to avoid another A name so while there are many great ones like Alastsair, Astraeus, [name_m]Atlas[/name_m], [name_m]Amadeus[/name_m], [name_m]Aristotle[/name_m], [name_m]Atticus[/name_m], they are out. The other trouble with several of these, and some other great names, that they end with -us. -us, -is, -as and the like don’t work with our last name, [name_m]Harris[/name_m].

Here are some other names I like but am not in love with:
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Belvedere[/name_m]
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]/[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Othello[/name_m]
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u]

3 syllables is ideal, 4 if possible.
I feel so stuck.

[name_m]Abraxas[/name_m]
[name_m]Aleph[/name_m]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Arkady[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelian[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnabas[/name_m]
Bedivere
[name_m]Cadell[/name_m]
[name_m]Cadmus[/name_m]
[name_u]Calder[/name_u]
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Castor[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyprian[/name_m]
[name_m]Dermot[/name_m]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_m]Erasmus[/name_m]
Ferran
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
Galahad
[name_m]Gryphon[/name_m]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_m]Icarus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
[name_m]Inigo[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonidas[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucan[/name_m]
[name_m]Maksim[/name_m]
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m]
Nicomedus
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Perseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_m]Remus[/name_m]
[name_m]Reynard[/name_m]
[name_m]Roark[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Valerian[/name_m]
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
[name_m]Zorion[/name_m]

I really like [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m] :slight_smile:

Some suggestions would be:
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Beauregard[/name_m]
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
Galahad
[name_m]Bonaventure[/name_m]
[name_m]Parthalan[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Carmichael[/name_m]
[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyprian[/name_m]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m]
[name_m]Hercules[/name_m]
[name_m]Coltrane[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Victorien[/name_m]
[name_m]Endymion[/name_m]
Ganymede
[name_m]Everhart[/name_m]
[name_m]Melchior[/name_m]
[name_m]Apollo[/name_m]
[name_m]Pericles[/name_m]
[name_m]Havelock[/name_m]
[name_m]Helios[/name_m]
[name_m]Essex[/name_m]
[name_m]Ossian[/name_m]
[name_m]Octavian[/name_m]
[name_m]Roosevelt[/name_m]
Patrocles
[name_m]Maximilien[/name_m]
Theophanes
Heratio
[name_m]Leonardo[/name_m]
[name_m]Lancelot[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
Spyridon
[name_m]Gavriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]
Beaumont
[name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Calixto[/name_m]/[name_m]Kalixto[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrano[/name_m]
[name_m]Castor[/name_m]
[name_m]Sigmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Spiro[/name_m]
[name_m]Gareth[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
Zelophehad
Sarpedon
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Luciano[/name_m]
[name_m]Mortimer[/name_m]
Faramond
[name_m]Orestes[/name_m]
[name_m]Donatello[/name_m]
Sophocles
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
Manasseh
[name_m]Xerxes[/name_m]
Xenocrates
[name_m]Theodoric[/name_m]

Oh I love [name_m]Leopold[/name_m]!
I’m not sure why I didn’t think of [name_m]Endymion[/name_m] or [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m], I recommend thise all the time to other people. :lol:

And I’m actually considering [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] as a middle for [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m] currently.

[name_m]Gavriel[/name_m] is nice too, I’ve actually never head thay name before!

One last shot at some additional recs. I know the parameters here are pretty narrow but I’m hoping somebody might have a name or two up their sleeve.

[name_m]Archimedes[/name_m] is such an awesome name! :smiley: I think [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m] [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] would fit perfectly!

[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonardo[/name_m]
[name_m]Constantin[/name_m]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
Theodorik

I’ll give it another go.

[name_m]Valerian[/name_m]
Asterion
Herclenium
[name_m]Aladdin[/name_m]
Palladium
Thackery
[name_m]Viridian[/name_m]
Carnelian
[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m]
Ophion
Hyperion
Polaris
[name_u]Halcyon[/name_u]
[name_m]Finnegan[/name_m]
D’Artagnan/Dartagnan
[name_m]Videlio[/name_m]
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m]
Aquarian
[name_m]Hesperos[/name_m]
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
Abraxos
Apollon/Apollion
[name_m]Tristram[/name_m]
[name_m]Jabez[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u]
[name_m]Ichabod[/name_m]
Faelan
Adoniram
[name_m]Hadrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Philemon[/name_m]
[name_m]Parsifal[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_m]Tarquin[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m]
[name_m]Eliseo[/name_m]
[name_m]Gawain[/name_m]
[name_m]Geraint[/name_m]
Pharamond
[name_m]Pollux[/name_m]
Melanthios
[name_f]Pallas[/name_f]
[name_m]Marcellus[/name_m]
Vespasian
Hippocrates
Nicander
[name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m]
Sophocles
[name_m]Theron[/name_m]
Tryphon
Xenon/[name_m]Zenon[/name_m]
Antares
Procyon
Celaeno
Meridian
Deimos
[name_m]Galileo[/name_m]
Dardanelles
Phrixus
Lycaon
Caelum
Phaeton

Thank you everyone! You’ve given me some great names to consider.

My short list to play with is now:
[name_m]Endymion[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Viridian[/name_m]
[name_m]Eliseo[/name_m]
[name_m]Isadore[/name_m]
[name_m]Galileo[/name_m]

I’ll be closing this thread momentarily but just wanted to express my appreciation for thise that helped to brainstorm on this one.

Another thread will be coming soon with poll for middle names with [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m] and my other two picks after I make a condense this list back down.