🔎 on the look-out for a name like harvey

hello friends, old and new! :white_heart:

great news! a dear friend recently had a baby boy, whom she’s called harvey. in slightly less great news, the combination harvey john is mine and my fiancé’s second favorite for a future boy. while we do plan to move, i’m not sure if we could use harvey. i’m just the sort of person that finds it hard to use a name once i know someone it belongs to.

this is where y’all come in. i was wondering if you’d humor me with your lovely suggestions of rare vintage names for boys. i don’t mind something a bit stuffy or dated. i’ve been playing around with herschel, horace, hiram, and henry, and orville, irving, jarvis, but i’d love a few more ideas. my fiancé is in love with names like hank and bill. our current list for a little boy includes george victor, (harvey john,) silas robert, and thatcher dean. i’m also trying to convince him on edward thomas ‘ward’ and albert henry ‘hal’, which are family names!

i appologize for the rant-like post, and am grateful for any suggestions you can toss my way.

thank you all! :honeybee:

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[name_u]Alwyn[/name_u] /Alwin is a favorite of mine (DH doesn’t like it so it won’t be used) and it has a lovely meaning!

Others:

[name_m]Gerard[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerald[/name_m]
[name_u]Shane[/name_u]
[name_u]Thaddeus[/name_u]
[name_u]Lennox[/name_u]
[name_m]Thane[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]

Hopefully these help :slight_smile:

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oh i love thaddeus :camping:

phineas and matthias are fun too! i guess i love those clunky -s ending names. i’d never have thought of alwin, but it is pretty darn cute- a fun alternative to albert and winston!

thank you for the suggestions :white_heart:

Maybe…

[name_m]Horatio[/name_m] ‘Rio’

[name_m]Osborne[/name_m] ‘Ozzy’ / [name_m]Oswin[/name_m] ‘Ozzy’ / ‘Oz’

[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] ‘Wilf’ ‘Will’ ‘Fred’ (or even Bill?)

[name_u]Clarence[/name_u] ‘Clancy’ ‘Ren’ ‘Clark’

[name_u]Howard[/name_u] ‘Howie’ ‘Hal’ ‘Ward’

[name_m]Benedict[/name_m] ‘Benny’ ‘Beck’

[name_m]Roland[/name_m] ‘Ro’ ‘Landry’ ‘Rollo’

[name_m]Roger[/name_m] ‘Ro’ ‘Rory’ ‘Rodge’ ‘Dodge’

[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] ‘Bill’ ‘Bertie’

[name_u]Nelson[/name_u] ‘Sonny’

[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m] ‘Kit’

[name_u]Clifford[/name_u] ‘Cliff’ ‘Ford’

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wilfred, clarence, and howard are right up our alley, and i love the idea of roland “landry” :socks:

thank you! :white_heart:

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maybe…
wilbur
oscar / ozzy
atticus
angus
abel
alfred
conrad
everett
franklin
florian
ferris
fraser
freddie
harold
hamish
hugo
ira
leonard
lucian
leon
lewis
montgomery / monty
nathaniel
otis
philip
rupert
robin
ralph
sullivan
tobias
teddy
vincent
warren

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apologies for any repeats!

some that came to mind

[name_u]Murray[/name_u]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]
[name_m]Cliff[/name_m]
[name_m]Aaron[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_u]Dale[/name_u]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u]
[name_u]Elton[/name_u]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u]
[name_m]Nestor[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_m]Fred[/name_m]
[name_u]Clarence[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
[name_m]Benson[/name_m]
[name_u]Gus[/name_u]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Chester[/name_m]
[name_m]Luther[/name_m]
[name_m]Clive[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
[name_u]Addison[/name_u]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_m]Enoch[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Gawain[/name_m]
[name_u]Earl[/name_u]
[name_u]Ray[/name_u]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_m]Willem[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Elvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m]
[name_m]Art[/name_m]
[name_m]Newton[/name_m]
[name_m]Kermit[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]

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[name_m]Just[/name_m] spitballing here –

[name_m]Hosea[/name_m]
[name_m]Homer[/name_m] (!!)
[name_m]Elwood[/name_m]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_u]Ollie[/name_u]
[name_u]Alcott[/name_u]
[name_m]Walden[/name_m]
[name_m]Morris[/name_m]
[name_m]Lonan[/name_m]
[name_u]Calder[/name_u]
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Justus[/name_m]
[name_u]Harlan[/name_u]
[name_u]Teddy[/name_u]
[name_u]Wilson[/name_u]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_m]Eben[/name_m]
[name_m]Orwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Truman[/name_m]
[name_u]Cal[/name_u]
[name_m]Zeb[/name_m]
[name_m]Ike[/name_m]
[name_u]Will[/name_u]
[name_u]Bennett[/name_u]
[name_u]Jem[/name_u]
[name_u]Davis[/name_u]

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Horace, Hiram, Irving, and Jarvis are lovely! I’d suggest (sorry for repeats)…
Gilbert “Bertie”
Edmund
Sylvester
Tobin “Toby”
Rupert
Wilbur
Clive
Martin “Marty”
Jerome “Jem”
Vincent “Vinny”
Abner
Enoch
Morris
Montgomery “Monty”
Ransom
Watson
Wallace
Ephraim
Linus

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Oh I loooove [name_m]Hank[/name_m]!

Other ideas:

[name_m]Hal[/name_m]
[name_u]Wade[/name_u]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_u]Alfie[/name_u]
[name_u]Roy[/name_u]
[name_u]Gus[/name_u]
[name_u]Eddie[/name_u]
[name_m]Travis[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]

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[name_m]Otis[/name_m] or [name_m]Clark[/name_m]?

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@tallemaja wilbur, abel, everett, franklin, harold, ira, montgomery, ralph, and tobias are adorable, and my fiancé loves warren and hugo, as well! thank you for your suggestions!

@the_common_fool benson and ray came up in a discussion we had on our evening walk tonight! you hit it right on the nose! i love gus, wallace, and enoch, too! thank you!

@seawillow how cute are hosea and homer? i mean we’ve considered marge and maggie, but homer totally slipped my mind! and well, i’ll show you what he had to say about homer…

furthering the homer discussion

maybe you could help us out with a middle too :wink:

@Larryisalittledog i absolutely adore tobin, watson, ephraim, and morris. couldn’t get him on board with the latter, unfortunately, but thank you so much for your time and ideas!

thank you all! :white_heart:

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been loving this one :man_cartwheeling:

maybe henry is the best choice for us, after all!

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[name_m]Herschel[/name_m] nn [name_m]Hershey[/name_m]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_m]Hewitt[/name_m]
[name_m]Harris[/name_m]
[name_u]Hartford[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_u]Elmer[/name_u]
[name_m]Chester[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]

[name_m]Homer[/name_m] is adorable!
Middle name ideas…

[name_m]Homer[/name_m] [name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_m]Homer[/name_m] [name_m]Donovan[/name_m]
[name_m]Homer[/name_m] [name_m]Archibald[/name_m]

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I’m going to offer up [name_m]Farley[/name_m]. It has the lovely meaning of ‘fern clearing’.

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i love hewitt, harris, victor, and wilbur! we’ve been discussing hartley, but i has totally forgot about handsome and preppy hartford! :deer:

and this is just adorable!

thank you :white_heart:

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i’m going to run farley by him! he absolutely loves -ley names. :bug:

this meaning sold me :white_heart:

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What fun names!

[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Dave[/name_m]
[name_m]Delbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Ed[/name_m]
[name_m]Erick[/name_m]
[name_u]Garry[/name_u]
[name_m]Harris[/name_m]
[name_u]Ira[/name_u]
[name_m]Irvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_m]Tim[/name_m]

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[name_m]Garvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Myron[/name_m]
[name_m]Mortimer[/name_m] nn [name_u]Mo[/name_u]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_m]Thane[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulric[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Chester[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
Murphey
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m] nn [name_u]Reggie[/name_u]
[name_m]Jethro[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m] nn [name_u]Sol[/name_u]
[name_m]Bruce[/name_m]
[name_m]Latimer[/name_m]
[name_m]Morris[/name_m]
[name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
[name_m]Cliff[/name_m]

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i absolutely love ira and irvin; thank you! :white_heart:

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