The rest of the boys - THIS or THAT?

Thanks so much you’ve been so helpful! This is my final this-or-that post!

Honest opinions, new name suggestions, combo suggestions all welcome :slight_smile:

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] or [name_m]Lucius[/name_m]?
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m] or [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]?
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u] or [name_m]Mortimer[/name_m]?
GP MN Meriadoc or Mithrandir?
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m] or [name_m]Roland[/name_m]?
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m] or [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]?
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m] or [name_m]Oswald[/name_m]?
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] or [name_m]Severin[/name_m]?
[name_m]Phinean[/name_m] or [name_m]Phineas[/name_m]?
[name_m]Phoebus[/name_m] or [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]?
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m] or Rudigar?
MN [name_u]Rex[/name_u] or [name_u]Roux[/name_u]?
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m] or [name_m]Rutherford[/name_m]?
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] or [name_m]Solomon[/name_m]?
GP MN [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] or Samwise?
Family Surname as MN - Stobbart (stow-bart) or [name_m]Wellington[/name_m]?
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m] or [name_m]Torin[/name_m]?
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] or [name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]?
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u] or [name_m]Viggo[/name_m]?
[name_m]Victor[/name_m] or [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]?
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m], [name_m]Zebediah[/name_m] or [name_m]Zedekiah[/name_m]?

Thanks again :slight_smile:

These get my vote!

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] ([name_u]LOVE[/name_u])
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m]
[name_m]Mortimer[/name_m] (my cat’s name is [name_u]Maurice[/name_u]… so that ruins that for me. lol)
Meriadoc
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m] (such a gp for me)
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Phoebus[/name_m] (although, I can’t help but picture the character from Hunchback of Notre Dame)
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m]
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m] ([name_m]Torin[/name_m] sounds slightly feminine to me)
[name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u] (Looooove)
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] or [name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m] or [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u] or [name_m]Mortimer[/name_m]
Meriadoc or Mithrandir
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m] or [name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m] or [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m] or [name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] or [name_m]Severin[/name_m]
[name_m]Phinean[/name_m] or [name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Phoebus[/name_m] or [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m] or Rudigar
MN [name_u]Rex[/name_u] or [name_u]Roux[/name_u]?
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m] or [name_m]Rutherford[/name_m] I like both!
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] or [name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
GP MN [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] or Samwise
Family Surname as MN - Stobbart (stow-bart) or [name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m] or [name_m]Torin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] or [name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u] or [name_m]Viggo[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m] or [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m], [name_m]Zebediah[/name_m] or [name_m]Zedekiah[/name_m]

My favourites are: [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m] Meriadoc, [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] [name_m]Rutherford[/name_m] and [name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]/[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m] [name_m]Viggo[/name_m] X

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] or [name_m]Lucius[/name_m]? - both are wonderful names so this was tough
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m] or [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]?
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u] or [name_m]Mortimer[/name_m]?
GP MN Meriadoc or Mithrandir?
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m] or [name_m]Roland[/name_m]?
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m] or [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]?
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m] or [name_m]Oswald[/name_m]?
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] or [name_m]Severin[/name_m]?
[name_m]Phinean[/name_m] or [name_m]Phineas[/name_m]?
[name_m]Phoebus[/name_m] or [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]?
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m] or Rudigar?
MN [name_u]Rex[/name_u] or [name_u]Roux[/name_u]? - keep [name_u]Rue[/name_u]/[name_u]Roux[/name_u] for a girl and [name_u]Rex[/name_u] for a boy.
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m] or [name_m]Rutherford[/name_m]?
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] or [name_m]Solomon[/name_m]?
GP MN [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] or Samwise?
Family Surname as MN - Stobbart (stow-bart) or [name_m]Wellington[/name_m]?
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m] or [name_m]Torin[/name_m]?
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] or [name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]?
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u] or [name_m]Viggo[/name_m]? - [name_m]Viggo[/name_m] for first name and [name_u]Valentine[/name_u] for a middle name
[name_m]Victor[/name_m] or [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]?
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m], [name_m]Zebediah[/name_m] or [name_m]Zedekiah[/name_m]?

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] ( love )
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m] (because I dislike both [name_u]Maurice[/name_u] and [name_m]Mortimer[/name_m], so I went w/[name_m]Mathias[/name_m] which I love)
Mithrandir
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m]
[name_m]Severin[/name_m]
[name_m]Phinean[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Rutherford[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m]
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]
I must mention, although not all of these names are on my own list, I really like your unusual taste. Many of these could and probably will grow on me.
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[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m] [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] is handsome.

You may like: [name_m]Tobiah[/name_m], [name_m]Tobin[/name_m], [name_m]Zephaniah[/name_m], [name_m]Luther[/name_m], [name_m]Malachi[/name_m], Malachite, [name_m]Mordecai[/name_m], [name_m]Sherwood[/name_m]

[name_m]Evander[/name_m], [name_m]Dimitri[/name_m], [name_m]Demetrius[/name_m], Augustan, [name_m]Augustus[/name_m], [name_m]Quentin[/name_m], [name_m]Davian[/name_m], [name_m]Josiah[/name_m], [name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]

[name_m]Atlas[/name_m], [name_m]Atticus[/name_m], [name_m]Maverick[/name_m], [name_m]Gareth[/name_m], Merick, [name_m]Emrys[/name_m], Emerick

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] (love them both but [name_f]ADORE[/name_f] [name_m]Lysander[/name_m])
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Mortimer[/name_m]
Meriadoc
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
Samwise
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m] (the actor made me love this ;))
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m] (although I love all three!)

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] or [name_m]Lucius[/name_m]?
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m] or [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]?
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u] or [name_m]Mortimer[/name_m]? toss up
GP MN Meriadoc or Mithrandir?
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m] or [name_m]Roland[/name_m]?
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m] or [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]?
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m] or [name_m]Oswald[/name_m]?
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] or [name_m]Severin[/name_m]?
[name_m]Phinean[/name_m] or [name_m]Phineas[/name_m]?
[name_m]Phoebus[/name_m] or [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]?
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m] or Rudigar?
MN [name_u]Rex[/name_u] or [name_u]Roux[/name_u]?
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m] or [name_m]Rutherford[/name_m]?
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] or [name_m]Solomon[/name_m]? - [name_u]Love[/name_u] both!
GP MN [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] or Samwise?
Family Surname as MN - Stobbart (stow-bart) or [name_m]Wellington[/name_m]?
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m] or [name_m]Torin[/name_m]? like both
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] or [name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]?
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u] or [name_m]Viggo[/name_m]? - like both
[name_m]Victor[/name_m] or [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]?
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m], [name_m]Zebediah[/name_m] or [name_m]Zedekiah[/name_m]?

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u]
Meriadoc
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
Samwise
Stobbart
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]

[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Mortimer[/name_m]
Meriadoc
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m]
[name_m]Phinean[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_u]Roux[/name_u]
[name_m]Rutherford[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m]
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Zebediah[/name_m]

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] (only as a middle name)
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m] (although I prefer [name_m]Finnian[/name_m], [name_u]Finn[/name_u], or [name_u]Finley[/name_u])
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
Family Surname as MN - [name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Torin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]

[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u]
GP MN Meriadoc or Mithrandir? Niether
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Severin[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Rutherford[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m]
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Torin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]

Lysander
Mathias
Maurice
Meriadoc (Not so sure about the “[name_f]Mary[/name_f]” sound on a boy if that is how this is pronounced)
Roland
Ulysses
Ozias
Peregrin
Phinean
Thaddeus
Rainier
Rex ([name_u]Rex[/name_u] is NMS but [name_u]Roux[/name_u] seems really feminine to me. I am not sure why)
Rupert
Solomon (very biblical)
Sherlock (this would be hard to wear, everyone would make comments about THE [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m]. I also frequently hear it sarcastically used when someone discovers something obvious “way to go [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m]”)
Stobbart (This would make a very unique and meaningful middle)
Thorin
Tobias
Viggo
Victor ([name_m]Wilbur[/name_m] screams little pig to me)
Zachariah

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]- just adore the nn [name_m]Nate[/name_m]/[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u]
GP MN Mithrandir- this name interests me
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]- [name_u]Love[/name_u] this name
Rudigar
MN [name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
GP MN [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m]
Family Surname as MN - Stobbart (stow-bart)
[name_m]Torin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Zebediah[/name_m]

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u] ([name_m]Mortimer[/name_m] reminds me of post-mortem.)
Meriadoc
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m]
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Zebediah[/name_m]

I’d love the combos [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m] [name_m]Rupert[/name_m], [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_m]Victor[/name_m], [name_m]Lucius[/name_m] [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], and [name_m]Zebediah[/name_m] [name_m]Oswald[/name_m].

[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u]
Meriadoc
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Rutherford[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
Samwise
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Zedekiah[/name_m]

As for Stobbart and [name_m]Wellington[/name_m], it really depends on what you pair it with. If the first name is something short and quirky - think [name_m]Cormac[/name_m] or [name_m]Linus[/name_m] - I would use [name_m]Wellington[/name_m]. If the first name is something relatively common or familiar - think [name_m]Henry[/name_m] or [name_m]Julian[/name_m] - I would use Stobbart.

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u]
Meriadoc
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m] (Can’t help but think of [name_f]Clara[/name_f] :))
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m]
[name_m]Phinean[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m] (I dislike the ‘ebus’ sound in [name_m]Phoebus[/name_m])
Rudigar
[name_u]Roux[/name_u]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m], definitely- Really, really want to use this as a mn, sounds so good in my fave combo as well, plus it fits the theme. Doubt I’d get away with it though. :frowning:
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Torin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] or [name_m]Lucius[/name_m]? - [name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m] or [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]? - [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u] or [name_m]Mortimer[/name_m]? - [name_m]Mortimer[/name_m]
GP MN Meriadoc or Mithrandir? - Meriadoc
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m] or [name_m]Roland[/name_m]? - [name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m] or [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]? - [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m] or [name_m]Oswald[/name_m]? - [name_m]Ozias[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] or [name_m]Severin[/name_m]? - [name_m]Peregrin[/name_m]
[name_m]Phinean[/name_m] or [name_m]Phineas[/name_m]? - [name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Phoebus[/name_m] or [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]? - [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m] or Rudigar? - [name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
MN [name_u]Rex[/name_u] or [name_u]Roux[/name_u]? - [name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m] or [name_m]Rutherford[/name_m]? - [name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] or [name_m]Solomon[/name_m]? - [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
GP MN [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] or Samwise? - Samwise
Family Surname as MN - Stobbart (stow-bart) or [name_m]Wellington[/name_m]? - [name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m] or [name_m]Torin[/name_m]? - [name_m]Thorin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] or [name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]? - [name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u] or [name_m]Viggo[/name_m]? - [name_m]Viggo[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m] or [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]? - [name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m], [name_m]Zebediah[/name_m] or [name_m]Zedekiah[/name_m]? - [name_m]Zebediah[/name_m]