If You Like Will, You Might Love...
Baby boy name you love but fear is overused? Here are some possible substitutes.
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Cal
A homey sitting-by-the fire-type nickname name. Read More
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Gus
Gus is a homey grandpa nickname name that can work as a short form for any of the above or stand on its own as a cutting-edge replacement for Max and Jake--though it dropped off the Top 1000 in 197... Read More
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Hal
Could Hal be the Jack, Max, or Gus of the future? It just might happen in the new nickname environment. Hank Azaria put it on his son's birth certificate. Hal is a venerable nickname for Henry, ... Read More
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Hank
Hank is a midcentury guy nickname (which actually dates back to the seventeenth century) of the Al/Hal/Dick school, which has been on recess from the playground for decades. Now it's just beginnin... Read More
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Harry
Harry was everyone's elderly uncle until Princess Diana, following British royal tradition, called her son Henry Harry and then Harry Potter became a rage. Harry is still much more popular in Engl... Read More
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Ike
Ike, once the quirky one-person nickname of President Dwight Eisenhower, has morphed into a cool kid nickname of the early 21st century. The rise of Isaac and the stylishness of short down-to-eart... Read More
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Jack
Jack was, until this year when he was unseated by Oliver, for years the Number 1 name in England and is firmly in the Top 50 here, having returned to the Top 100 in 1996. Jack is a durable, cheery ... Read More
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Joe
Joe is still the ultimate good-guy name, not at all diminished by its longevity or popularity or its everyman rep as Regular Joe, Cowboy Joe, G.I. Joe, Joe Millionaire, Joe Blow, or even Average Jo... Read More
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John
John reigned as the most popular of all boys' Christian names for four hundred years, from the time the first Crusaders carried it back to Britain until the 1950s, at which point American baby name... Read More
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Mack
Mack, when "formalized" with the final k, makes an engagingly amiable choice, a far more uncommon option to the ubiquitous Max, with a nice, every-guy feel. Mack entered the popularity lists brief... Read More
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