Traditional, strong, sturdy names that have been around a while?

Boy Names
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[name]Major[/name] thank you to Liviajoan for helping identify my husband’s naming style.

My husband likes:

[name]William[/name]
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]

His naming style is MUCH different than mine. I do not like top 100 names. The first three are names that we hear a lot around here - family, friends. I HATE the nicknames [name]Will[/name], [name]Mike[/name], [name]Alex[/name] and [name]Nate[/name]. The only one out of his that I would even consider for a child would be [name]Isaac[/name]. I sort of like it, but I don’t love it.

Any suggestions for strong and sturdy boy’s names that might go along with my husband’s style?

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[name]Do[/name] you like any other nicknames for these- [name]Liam[/name], [name]Nathan[/name], [name]Alec[/name], [name]Xander[/name], [name]Anders[/name], [name]Al[/name], [name]Sandy[/name], [name]Santo[/name]?

Other ‘traditional’ suggestions:

[name]James[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]*
[name]Edward[/name]*
[name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]*
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]Albert[/name]*
[name]Reuben[/name]*
[name]Edmund[/name]*
[name]Joseph[/name]

*I don’t know where you are, but I believe these are outside the US top 100 :slight_smile:

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[name]Andrew[/name]
[name]Brian[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Charles[/name]
[name]David[/name]
[name]Dennis[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Geoffrey[/name]
[name]Jeremiah[/name]
[name]Kenneth[/name]
[name]Lionel[/name]
[name]Matthew[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Ronald[/name]
[name]Stephen[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Victor[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]

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I’m not great at this, but a few popped into mind. I have no idea where they are ranked, though:

[name]Elijah[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Noah[/name] (this one is getting popular, I think)
[name]Andrew[/name]
[name]Adam[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Jonah[/name]
[name]Jeremiah[/name] (this is one of my faves, as are [name]Nathaniel[/name] and [name]William[/name], so maybe he’ll like it too!)
[name]Gregory[/name]
[name]Ansel[/name] (not sure this is either of your styles, but it just came to mind for some reason)

Good luck!

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[name]Philip[/name]
[name]Josiah[/name]
[name]Frank[/name]
[name]Matthias[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Malcolm[/name]
[name]Calvin[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Walker[/name]
[name]Levi[/name]

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[name]How[/name] about traditional, strong, sturdy boy names that aren’t as common like:
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Victor[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]Gilbert[/name]
[name]Walker[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Virgil[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Levi[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Andrew[/name]
[name]Malin[/name]
[name]Garrett[/name]

I hope some of these help! Good luck!

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Can’t get more classic than [name]John[/name], [name]Andrew[/name] or [name]Thomas[/name]. All of which have delightful nicknames, I think.
[name]How[/name] about [name]Max[/name] or [name]Henry[/name]?

I might also suggest [name]Charlie[/name].

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I don’t know if these have been mentioned already. I also am not the biggest fan of names that have I’ve just heard too many times over the years, but there are a few more traditional names that I appreciate:

[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Tomas[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]
[name]Marcus[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name] (but you don’t like that one)

Or what about slight variations or international variations of some of the ones he likes, like [name]Micah[/name] instead of [name]Michael[/name], etc.

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javad, your list was really good for me - those are some of the “plain” names I like. I showed him all the names and we added [name]Simon[/name] to our list. I think it would make a good sibset with our favorite girl name - [name]Molly[/name].

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There are going to be some repeats on this list, but all of the following names were popular during the twelfth to fourteenth centuries (so they’ve been around a long time). Many of them are still popular today. I think they meet your criteria perfectly.

[name]Adam[/name]
[name]Alan[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Andrew[/name]
[name]Bartholomew[/name]
[name]Benedict[/name]
[name]Clement[/name]
[name]David[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Ellis[/name]
[name]Geoffrey[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Gerard[/name]
[name]Gregory[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Hugh[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]John[/name]
[name]Jordan[/name]
[name]Luke[/name]
[name]Martin[/name]
[name]Matthew[/name]
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Philip[/name]
[name]Ralph[/name]
[name]Randolph[/name]
[name]Richard[/name]
[name]Robert[/name]
[name]Roger[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Solomon[/name]
[name]Stephen[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]William[/name]

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[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Isaiah[/name]
[name]Anthony[/name]
[name]Edgar[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]