i’m posting for the second time today, sorry! but i’m feeling another shift in my favorite boys’ names.
i’m looking for twangy, retro, and southern names. these have a boy-next-door kind of quality, but could wear well on a folk-singing banjo player or a rancher.
some i currently love include retro southern choices like amos, jethro, rhett, and howie, and cowboy cool surnames like ford, brigham, avett, and twain.
i hope this makes sense, and thank you to everyone who has names to suggest!
I feel like the [name_m]Hanson[/name_m] Brothers have completely mastered this style
[name_u]River[/name_u], [name_u]Ezra[/name_u], [name_m]Viggo[/name_m], [name_u]Indiana[/name_u] (Indy), [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m], [name_m]Abraham[/name_m], [name_u]Quincy[/name_u], [name_u]Everett[/name_u] & [name_u]Monroe[/name_u].
@futuremama thank you so much for making those suggestions! truett is one of my current favorites! he’s just so handsome!
@tori101 these suggestions are amazing! wells, nash, oakley, and truett are old favorites, but lowell, bingham, willis, and abel are ones i haven’t considered! they’re rare and quirky and i love that!
@ellerbea oh, bea! i’m obsessed with wilkes, chapman, hastings, fielder, and mccoy! waylon is also one of my favorites lately. you really hit the mark here!
@love.endures i don’t think we’ve ‘met’ yet, olive! i’m phoebe, and it’s lovely to make your acquaintance! thank you for your suggestions, oren and obadiah are definitely retro cool, and kodiak and shilah are so cowboy!
@macy13 i’ve never heard of the hanson brothers, but i do love their names! i could really see your suggestions of roscoe, crosby, jem and sayer on my own little boy!
@camellia1 ashby is such a long-time love for me! i also love your suggestions of boone, harlan, silas and whit. whit in particular is all kinds of cool.
@Greyblue i love love love your suggestions of ridge, fletcher, wylie, calder and rocky! i am such a big fan of rocky in particular, though i’m not sure my boyfriend would go for it… maybe with more convincing, haha!
I literally have a character exactly like this
His name is Leland ‘Lee’ Rufus
Anyway, here’s some others, based on vibes and people I know with the vibe
Abijah
Asa
Booker
Cap
Cash
Cassidy
Clarence
Clifford
Clyde
Colt
Colvin
Denton
Des
Dixon
Duncan
Emory
Grant
Guthrie
Hickory
Ike
Ivan
Iverson
Jack
Jordy
Kenzo
Layne
Lester
Lyall (pro. like Lyle, only I think this spelling fits the vibe better)
Lucky
Maddox
Nelsen
Odie
Oz
Parks
Quentin
Racer
Ray
Sidney
Silas
Tate
Tobias
Townes
Vern
Wilbur
Willis
Wylie
@fiddlesticks leland is definitely twangy! i also love your suggestions of asa, colt, ike, iverson (i forgot how much i love this name!), maddox, ray, townes, and wylie!
@shanade213 first of all, i love to see jarvis at the top of your list! he is the name that started my love for this style! foster, huxley, and renner are amazing, and i know my boyfriend will love them too!
@janeybaby oh. my. goodness. twain and amos as brothers! amazing!! anyway, your suggestions of ephraim, wright, ogden, and rhett are spot on! and i just love that my dog’s first and middle name are on your list… murphy landon!
Without reading through the others’, I think maybe you’ll like…
Vesper
Lowell
Rufus nn Rue
Gus
Orville
Wyatt
Rowan
Meyer
Britton
Atticus
Austin
Hal
Jory
Rudy
Bramwell nn Bram
Sutton
Britt
Zay
Willow
Norm
Rebel
Chase
Wylie / Wiley
Wynn
Ransom
Dewey
Finnegan
Guthrie (I think I’ve suggested this a while back and you did like it! I think he’s a perfect fit here.)
Bing
Davy
Jarvis
Buchanan nn Buck or Bucky
Axel
Rhett
Jasper
Arrow
Lewis
Fritz
Casper nn Cap
Nathaniel nn Nat
Morgan
Rocky
Nash
Ryder
Wallis
Marlowe
Heath
@somemelodioussonnet i love some of your biblical choices! i have a biblical name, and while i’m not so keen on religion these days, i love how it honors my roots. gabe, samuel, levi, asa will definitely go on my middles’ list!
@elffff booker, banjo, levy!! i mean come on!! it doesn’t get any cuter than that! thank you so much for these unique and twangy names i overlooked!
@snowmaiden hazel! these! are! amazing! hal has been written all over my heart lately, jory, rudy, wiley, and guthrie are also perfect!