Whimsical, playful boy names?

Names like [name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m], [name_m]Finnegan[/name_m], Wistric, [name_u]Puck[/name_u], maybe [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m], [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u], or [name_m]Wesley[/name_m]. Could [name_f]Briar[/name_f] work for a boy or is it too [name_f]Briar[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]? [name_m]Light[/name_m], airy, pleasant names that conjure images of young boys in overalls splashing water on each other in a river, or children’s tales of rabbits chasing and playing games in a meadow. Perhaps silly names, with a feel like Bimberi Bon but preferably something usable. A brother for a daughter named something like [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] or [name_f]Susannah[/name_f]. Not nature names like [name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_u]Ash[/name_u], [name_u]River[/name_u], or [name_u]Sage[/name_u] (well, besides Huckleberry.) No harsh, masculine, cowboy names like [name_m]Colton[/name_m], [name_f]Kodiak[/name_f], or [name_m]Clifton[/name_m], and nothing too mystical like [name_m]Alaric[/name_m], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] or [name_m]Alistair[/name_m]. Not grand like [name_m]Tiberius[/name_m], or high-brow like [name_u]Quincy[/name_u] or [name_m]Evander[/name_m]. [name_u]Bright[/name_u], folksy happy names. I hope any of this made sense and I don’t just sound like a rambling hippy, haha. Please help!

The first name thought of would be [name_m]Elian[/name_m]. Pronounced EH-lee-ahn.

These seem folksy to me:
[name_m]Boaz[/name_m]
[name_u]Galen[/name_u]
[name_u]Jameson[/name_u]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_u]Memphis[/name_u]
[name_m]Crosby[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Perry[/name_u]
[name_m]Benson[/name_m]
Thackery
[name_m]Pol[/name_m]

Thackery is nice!

I see these as being folksy and bright. Also [name_m]Lafayette[/name_m] and [name_m]Toulouse[/name_m], but that’s probably only me…

[name_f]Cricket[/name_f] {couldn’t resist – I love it on a boy}
[name_m]Eamon[/name_m]
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]
[name_u]Rafe[/name_u] or [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_m]Pip[/name_m] or [name_m]Pippin[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m] or [name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Sullivan[/name_m] or [name_m]Sully[/name_m]
[name_m]Callum[/name_m] or [name_m]Colum[/name_m] “[name_m]Cully[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] “[name_m]Teddy[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Monty[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Moby[/name_m]
[name_m]Davy[/name_m]
[name_m]Boone[/name_m]
[name_u]Keats[/name_u]
[name_m]Fitz[/name_m]

These are very vague and subjective criteria. You can’t tell us something like “I want names that remind me of children’s tales of rabbits chasing and playing games in a meadow” and expect us to give you what you’re looking for.

This is so fun! I like to call names like these, storybook names. :slight_smile: Here’s some that might work…

[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] ([name_u]Teddy[/name_u])
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m] ([name_u]Ollie[/name_u])
[name_m]Boone[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
Thackery
[name_m]Knox[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Jax[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] ([name_u]Sully[/name_u])
[name_m]Hart[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] ([name_m]Walt[/name_m])
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_u]Porter[/name_u]
[name_u]Sailor[/name_u]

Sorry for any repeats!

[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]
[name_m]Giacomo[/name_m]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_m]Eero[/name_m] (prn “arrow”)
[name_m]Donal[/name_m] or [name_u]Donegal[/name_u]
[name_m]Zebedee[/name_m] or [name_m]Zebediah[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_u]Perrin[/name_u]
[name_m]Pippin[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthasar[/name_m]
[name_m]Dmitri[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_m]Montague[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_u]Ariel[/name_u]
[name_m]Hansel[/name_m]
Jacobin
[name_u]Corbin[/name_u]
[name_m]Arto[/name_m]
[name_u]Tobin[/name_u] or [name_u]Toby[/name_u]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]

Edit: thought of a load more for you! (this is fun)
Diggory
Cassimir
Rocco
Oriel
Zadoc
Oberon
Janiusz (yan-yush)
Ringo
Finbar
Wilbur
Dedalus
Dorian
Fabio
Ivo
Gulliver
Rhodri
Jupiter

Thank you!

Let’s see…

[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Teddy[/name_u]
[name_m]Hans[/name_m]
Mattis
[name_m]Pippin[/name_m]

I believe I really feel the style you’re getting at (and I love it, by the way), but these are the only ones that came to me off the top of my head.

Tolly
> Short for [name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m].

Wilf or Wilfie
> Short for [name_m]Wilfrid[/name_m].

[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
> [name_u]Robin[/name_u] Goodfellow is another name for [name_u]Puck[/name_u]. This also makes me think of [name_u]Robin[/name_u] Hood.

[name_m]Hob[/name_m] or Hobbie
> Makes me think of folktales because of the cheeky mythical creatures called hobs and hobgoblins. Like [name_u]Robin[/name_u], traditionally a nickname for [name_m]Robert[/name_m].

[name_m]Pip[/name_m]
> Short for [name_m]Philip[/name_m].

[name_m]Clovis[/name_m]
> I’m not sure if this is the right style; I through it in because it makes me think of fields of clover and boys in caps and knickerbockers, with toy boats.

I don’t think they’re spot-on, but I’m still thinking…
Best of luck!

[name_u]Adair[/name_u]
[name_u]Ainslie[/name_u]
Alpin
[name_m]Aries[/name_m]
[name_u]Aspen[/name_u]
[name_m]Basie[/name_m]
[name_u]Bertie[/name_u]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m]
[name_m]Cael[/name_m]
[name_m]Calix[/name_m]
[name_m]Callen[/name_m]
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_m]Clovis[/name_m]
[name_m]Conan[/name_m]
Corduroy
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]
[name_u]Cuba[/name_u]
[name_u]Dash[/name_u]
[name_u]Emory[/name_u]
[name_m]Espen[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_u]Finch[/name_u]
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnick[/name_m]
[name_m]Flint[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
[name_m]Forest[/name_m]
[name_m]Foxen[/name_m]
[name_m]Frey[/name_m]
[name_u]Gale[/name_u]
Gamble
Gingham
[name_m]Glover[/name_m]
[name_m]Golding[/name_m]
[name_m]Huxley[/name_m]
[name_m]Innes[/name_m]
[name_m]Jax[/name_m]
[name_u]Jem[/name_u]
[name_m]Keir[/name_m]
[name_m]Kitt[/name_m]
[name_f]Lark[/name_f]
[name_u]Laurie[/name_u]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_m]Leif[/name_m]
Loden
[name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
[name_u]Loren[/name_u]
[name_m]Lucan[/name_m]
Lulach
[name_m]Lynx[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Maddox[/name_m]
[name_u]March[/name_u]
[name_m]Matteo[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_u]Norrie[/name_u]
[name_u]Oak[/name_u]
Orri
[name_u]Perry[/name_u]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u]
[name_m]Quill[/name_m]
[name_m]Quillen[/name_m]
[name_u]Reed[/name_u]
[name_u]Reeve[/name_u]
[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_u]Rhys[/name_u]
[name_u]Roan[/name_u]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_m]Sorley[/name_m]
[name_u]Sorrel[/name_u]
[name_u]Tait[/name_u]
[name_m]Tarquin[/name_m]
[name_u]Teddy[/name_u]
[name_m]Thatcher[/name_m]
Thistle
[name_m]Thorne[/name_m]
[name_m]Torin[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
Twill
[name_u]Utah[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_m]Willis[/name_m]
[name_u]Yale[/name_u]
[name_m]York[/name_m]

Umm. Hello? It’s all subjective! Lighten up!

[name_u]Love[/name_u] these kind of names!! I’ll add [name_m]Pim[/name_m] and [name_m]Kip[/name_m]. I just love [name_m]Pim[/name_m]!

  • [name_m]Julius[/name_m] -
  • [name_u]Leland[/name_u] -
  • [name_m]Monty[/name_m] -

Some more I thought of…

Wilcock
> An old nickname for [name_m]William[/name_m].

[name_m]Jack[/name_m] a Nory
> There’s a nursery rhyme…I’ll tell you a story, about [name_m]Jack[/name_m] a Nory, and now my story’s begun…

I’m still thinking!

[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
[name_m]Jethro[/name_m]
[name_u]Indiana[/name_u]/[name_f]Indy[/name_f]
[name_u]Poe[/name_u]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Finbar[/name_m]
[name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_m]Ottis[/name_m]
[name_m]Orville[/name_m]
[name_u]Elan[/name_u] (Ee-lun)

I think [name_f]Briar[/name_f] could totally work for a boy. I had never thought of it but I think it could work.
I really like [name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m] as well.

Suggestions:
[name_u]Beau[/name_u]
[name_m]Gable[/name_m]
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]
[name_m]Deveraux[/name_m]
[name_u]Cruz[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_m]Koa[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_m]Adler[/name_m]
[name_m]Talon[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Bodhi[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Caius[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Atlas[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_u]Leland[/name_u]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Greyson[/name_m]
[name_m]Tanner[/name_m]

It sort of sounds like your saying [name_m]Zachary[/name_m] with a lisp though :confused:

A lot of these are so nice!