Old man names?

Boy Names
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For girls names I find it easy to differentiate between old lady cool and good classic…

ie. [name]Pearl[/name] (old lady cool)… [name]Elizabeth[/name] (good classic)
And I tend to like both…

BUT… with boys I only seems to find classic names that I like but WANT to find a more “old man” name that is USABLE…

Classic names I like are…

[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]/[name]Tomas[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Lewis[/name]/[name]Louis[/name]
[name]Martin[/name]

To me these are classics… used consistantly over the years… Can you help me find some OLD [name]MAN[/name] names??? (still usable please… not like [name]Herman[/name] etc.)

Thanks!

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[name]Archibald[/name]
[name]Arnold[/name]
[name]Bernard[/name]
[name]Clarence[/name]
[name]Clifford[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Ernest[/name]
[name]Gerald[/name]
[name]Herbert[/name]
[name]Horace[/name]
[name]Hubert[/name]
[name]Hyman[/name]
[name]Kenneth[/name]
[name]Leslie[/name] (too girlie?)
[name]Maurice[/name]
[name]Norman[/name]
[name]Reginald[/name] (I love this!)
[name]Roy[/name]
[name]Stanley[/name]
[name]Trevor[/name]
[name]Wallace[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]

3

I love “old man” names, and I have the same problem!

[name]Frank[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Donald[/name]
[name]Roger[/name]
[name]Raymond[/name]
[name]Warren[/name]
[name]Francis[/name]
[name]Lawrence[/name]
[name]Alan[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Robert[/name]

4

I would also recommend [name]Stanley[/name], [name]Reginald[/name] and [name]Edwin[/name]. Here are a few more for you to look at.

[name]Glenn[/name]
[name]Victor[/name]
[name]Phillip[/name]
[name]Harold[/name]
[name]Percy[/name]
[name]Gus[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Rufus[/name]
[name]Russell[/name]
[name]Amos[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Alfred[/name]
[name]Kenneth[/name] (I know a little boy named [name]Kenny[/name] and it was so refreshing to see!)
[name]Grant[/name]

5

[name]Luther[/name]! :slight_smile:

[name]Stanley[/name]
[name]Angus[/name]
[name]Wolfgang[/name]
[name]Basil[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Alfred[/name]
[name]Eugene[/name]
[name]Earl[/name]

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@uselesskitty… You suggested luther on one of my previous posts and since then I keep thinking about it!

It has never been a name that has even crossed my thoughts until you suggested it… [name]Luther[/name] vandros is what comes to mind ( not bad… just the other luther I can think of… well and [name]Martin[/name] [name]Luther[/name] king…)

I will present it yo DH and see what he thinks! I like the nn [name]Lou[/name]/[name]Lu[/name] for a boy or girl so thats a plus for me!

I also really like [name]Lawrence[/name] but my sons name is [name]Josef[/name]… and all I can think is [name]Joey[/name] [name]Lawrence[/name] (the 1980s sitcom actor… i think he has a new show as well)

some of the others are soemthing to think about… i like them but maybe not love…

[name]Victor[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Grant[/name]
[name]Raymond[/name] ( but [name]Ramona[/name] is my Fav for girls… and I would be afraid to use [name]Raymond[/name] in case I had a girl after and would be so sad I couldnt use [name]Ramona[/name]!)

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[name]Harold[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Melvin[/name]
[name]Ralph[/name]
[name]Howard[/name]
[name]Clarence[/name]
[name]Roy[/name]
[name]Eugene[/name]
[name]Stanley[/name]
[name]Lester[/name]
[name]Gordon[/name]
[name]Virgil[/name]
[name]Orville[/name]
[name]Orrin[/name]
[name]Wilbur[/name]
[name]Clifford[/name]
[name]Woodrow[/name]
[name]Maury[/name]
[name]Amos[/name]
[name]Marvin[/name]
[name]Russell[/name]
[name]Otis[/name]
[name]Clyde[/name]
[name]Chester[/name]
[name]Cornelius[/name]
[name]Douglas[/name]

8

I strongly second [name]Luther[/name], [name]Simon[/name], [name]Clarence[/name], [name]Phillip[/name]~!
[name]Franklin[/name]
[name]Lincoln[/name]
[name]Howard[/name] nn [name]Ward[/name]
[name]Walter[/name] nn [name]Walt[/name]
[name]Calvin[/name] nn [name]Cal[/name]
[name]Harold[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]
[name]Martin[/name]
[name]Hiram[/name]
[name]Wilbur[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Ivan[/name]

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I think I can only offer repeats, but here are some I really like:

[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Ernest[/name]
[name]Stanley[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]
[name]Jed[/name]
[name]Gilbert[/name]