Respondents: 40 (This poll is closed)
I love most of these names…
[name_m]Cheever[/name_m] - for its happy sound and reminder of “achieving great things”
Maxfied [name_u]Parrish[/name_u] - for its “Englishness” (even though he was an American named [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] :)).
[name_m]Thoreau[/name_m]/[name_m]Walden[/name_m]/[name_u]Emerson[/name_u] - strong and distinguished one and all
[name_m]Aldo[/name_m] [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] - for its awesomeness
Odilon - unusual and romantic
[name_m]Hardy[/name_m] - what parent doesn’t want their child to have this quality?
[name_m]Thackeray[/name_m] - much more evocative than [name_m]Thatcher[/name_m]
I’m not feeling much love for…
[name_m]Rockwell[/name_m] [name_m]Kent[/name_m] - a bit heavy on the macho swagger for my comfort level
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m] - unless pronounced [name_u]Rafe[/name_u] like Mr Fiennes, this is clunky
Dicken - too much teasing potential
[name_u]Alcott[/name_u] - like the author but not the “cott” sound. [name_u]Alden[/name_u] is better.
[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Muir[/name_m] - the surname just sounds so depressed
[name_m]Franz[/name_m] [name_m]Marc[/name_m] - Not bad names by any means but neither one is my favourite version of the names. I prefer the Dutch [name_m]Frans[/name_m] with an “s” (artist Hals) and the Latin [name_m]Marcus[/name_m].
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] Nutting - A great Scottish hero but with the first name may come [name_u]Wally[/name_u] and don’t get me started on the surname (Nut?:)).
that [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] Nutting was a great Scottish hero - need to go do my research. I thought he was a skilled and famous American wood craftsman? Our neighbors’ dad was named [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] Nutting and we thought it was the coolest, most autumnal-sounding name (we were rather imaginative and odd kids!).
I was referring to the first name of [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] regarding Scottish hero (eg. [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_u]Wallace[/name_u]). 
I love [name_m]Rockwell[/name_m] paired with [name_m]Kent[/name_m]. I have liked [name_m]Kent[/name_m] for a while, especially as a nickname for [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m], but pairing [name_m]Rockwell[/name_m] with [name_m]Kent[/name_m] is magical to me…
[name_u]Alcott[/name_u] could grow on me. Interesting post.
Forgot to mention one of my favourite artists name, [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_u]Everett[/name_u] [name_u]Millais[/name_u]. [name_m]How[/name_m] wonderful is [name_u]Millais[/name_u]? I have a soft spot for the Pre-Raphaelites. 
as is [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]. I like [name_m]Morris[/name_m] from [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Morris[/name_m] too.
[name_m]Giotto[/name_m], which sounds so soft.
especially [name_m]Cheever[/name_m], the [name_m]Thoreau[/name_m] names, and [name_u]Wallace[/name_u].
The only ones I care for at all are [name_m]Walden[/name_m] and [name_m]Thackeray[/name_m], and [name_m]Thoreau[/name_m], as a middle. I think [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] works perfectly fine–I’m just not fond of it. [name_m]Maxfield[/name_m] works well, too–and I like [name_u]Max[/name_u]–but I’m not sure I’d ever use it. It’s not that it’s unusable–it just seems more like the name of a town, than of a child. Still not bad, though.
Usable [name_f]IMO[/name_f]:
[name_m]Walden[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_m]Kent[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxfield[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
[name_u]Alcott[/name_u]
[name_m]Aldo[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Franz[/name_m]
[name_m]Marc[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
I also like [name_m]Ansel[/name_m] a lot
[name_m]Currier[/name_m] and [name_m]Ives[/name_m] as separate names.
As well as Piet, Chirico, and Greco.
I voted for the [name_m]Thoreau[/name_m] option. [name_f]LOVE[/name_f] [name_m]Thoreau[/name_m] and [name_u]Emerson[/name_u].
I’m also fond of [name_u]Alcott[/name_u], [name_m]Hardy[/name_m] and [name_u]Wallace[/name_u].
I’m into literary names, so I have several on my long list that I think would work well on yours:
[name_f]Whitman[/name_f], [name_u]Ellery[/name_u], [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m], [name_u]Sullivan[/name_u], Convers, [name_m]Salinger[/name_m] and [name_m]Irving[/name_m]
[name_f]Whitman[/name_f] is wonderful, though bizarrely the last time I checked, Nameberry had it listed only as a female name (making me think, wow, do male poets not even get to keep their names any more?).
[name_u]Ellery[/name_u] I adore for males and [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] too. [name_m]Thorn[/name_m] or [name_m]Thorne[/name_m] are good nicknames I think, both cozy and edgy.
And [name_m]Irving[/name_m] I adore.