Cool Cowboy Names

Texas

Place-name

After Dallas, Austin, and Houston, the new cowboy on the block. Old-school Western nickname: Tex.

Townes

English surname

"one who lived in a town"

America has fallen in love with Hayes and Brooks and Banks and Rhodes, and now, parents are turning to Townes. With its fashionable S ending and image that can read as preppy or country or cowboy,…

Breck

Scottish

"speckled"

Sudsy name that could be a new character on "Days of Our Lives."

Tuck

Diminutive of Tucker, English

"fabric pleater"

Sharp and preppy. Parents of young children may recognize it as the name of the turtle from the television show Wonder Pets .

Breaker

English word name

One of the aggressive new boys' names, ala Tracker and Heller, that have become fashionable among parents who are courting trouble.

Brawley

English

"meadow at the slope of the hill"

A rowdy name nobody ever heard of, till Nick Nolte gave it to his son.

Utah

American place name, Ute

"people of the mountains"

This would make a startling but likable choice; poet Dylan Thomas used it for a character in his play "Under Milk Wood."

Wagner

German occupational name

"wagon maker"

Whether pronounced like the wag of a tail or as the correct German VAHG-ner, this might be something a devoted opera buff could consider as a middle name.

Bingham

British surname

"homestead at a hollow"

Bingham is the unusual surname name chosen by Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy for their son. It was Bellamy's mother's maiden name, and the nickname Bing, coincidentally, belongs to almost-stepfather…