We are so stuck on boy names and need suggestions. I like classic, old fashioned, and mid-century names. I don’t like overly trendy names or surname style names. I like old man names that still sound contemporary.
Some examples of names I like that can’t be used because of friends/family: [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], [name_m]Franklin[/name_m], [name_m]Anthony[/name_m], [name_u]Max[/name_u], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] etc. I like that they sound masculine yet friendly.
Husband has suggested [name_m]Walter[/name_m], [name_m]Bruce[/name_m], [name_m]Grant[/name_m], and [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] which I don’t hate much but I’m not sold on them.
These may be way off the mark of what you are looking for but I’m going to give it a shot!
[name_m]William[/name_m]-- cool nns like [name_m]Will[/name_m] an sister [name_m]Liam[/name_m]
[name_m]Harrison[/name_m]
[name_m]Ford[/name_m] (not intentionally making a [name_m]Harrison[/name_m] [name_m]Ford[/name_m] reference, just super cool old school names)
[name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]-- love nn [name_m]Dex[/name_m]
[name_m]Arnold[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
[name_m]Cliff[/name_m]
[name_m]Clay[/name_m]
[name_m]Clint[/name_m]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_u]Beau[/name_u]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Emile[/name_m]
[name_m]Garret[/name_m]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Harold[/name_m]
[name_m]Martin[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerard[/name_m]
[name_m]Heath[/name_m]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]-- on of my personal favs that hubby won’t get on board with
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u] (maybe?)
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Ian[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] (maybe?)
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]/[name_m]Frank[/name_m] (too close to [name_m]Franklin[/name_m]?)
[name_m]Todd[/name_m]
[name_m]Scott[/name_m]
[name_m]Ross[/name_m] (or [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u] nn [name_m]Ross[/name_m]? For some reason I think [name_m]Ross[/name_m] is adorable.)
[name_u]James[/name_u]/[name_u]Jamie[/name_u]
I second [name_m]Paul[/name_m], [name_m]Patrick[/name_m], [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m], [name_m]Gerard[/name_m], [name_m]Philip[/name_m], and [name_m]Heath[/name_m]! (And maybe unintentionally some of the above. I didn’t read all the posts yet.)
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m], [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_m]Calvin[/name_m], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]David[/name_m], [name_m]George[/name_m], [name_m]Edgar[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] are some that fit into that catergory to me. (Sorry for any repeats!) These are also all names where I prefer the full name to nick names, with the exceptions of [name_m]Ben[/name_m]/[name_m]Benji[/name_m] and [name_m]Art[/name_m] which I like about the same.