Something Fresh Please

[quirkflower]

Hello Berries!

As always, I can't seem to find any boys names that really stick. The only name I have consistently liked is James and I think it's a bit boring and it doesn't really match a lot of my girl names. I just never know where to start with boys! Girls' names are endlessly fascinating, and I feel like boys' names all sound the same.

What are some boys names that are fresh and spunky and not too formal?

Here are some of my favorites for girls, to give you a rough idea of my style, though I'm open to names that are totally out there!

Amelia
April
Clementine
Daisy
Gwendolyn
Marigold
May
Poppy
Susannah
Tansy
Thisbe
Tuesday

Thank you so much! I'm not pregnant, but it's frustrating for a name lover to have so much to think about on the one side and a total dead end on the other.

Quirk

[chelseamae]

Lovely list of girl's names!! So many of my personal favorites, here are some of my favorites for boys:

Calvin
Dougray
Leon
Lyles
Morris
Wallace
Walden/Walter/Walt

[bethlow]

Here's a few for you to think about;

Alby/Albie
Evan
Archie
Hugo
Noah
Caleb
Seth
Rhys
Toby
Rupert
Keelan
Elijah
Maxwell
Niall
August

[claireelise]

First of all, I love James, it's a handsome, enduring classic with wonderful nicknames like Jem and Jamie.

Some fresh suggestions:
Archer
Adrian
Edwin
Winston
Wyatt
Jude
Owen
Henry
Austin
Asher
Luca
Seamus
Julian
Miles

[stripedsocks]

Jethro - short, unexpected, classic enough to not sound made up, but unusual. Cuts down to Jet. Not hard to spell. More uncommon than the currently current Hugo and Leo. Sound fitting with Susannah, Tansy, and other retro-lively picks.

Cassius - Okay, part of it is I just love the NN Cash, but Cassius has a relaxed but not kreative sound I really like. I am thinking of the Cash-us pronunciation, Cass-ee-us is valid too. Cashel could be another option.

Corbin, Callum - Callum has the advantage of laid back nickname Cal, like the recommendation of Calvin upthread. Corbin has a nature meaning I like with Marigold and Poppy but doesn't sound out of place with current boys' trends - though its not very popular.

Other options, closer to home when you're talking James, could be Hamish or Seamus, both of which are international versions of James, just like James is an international version of Jacob.

James is nice, too, though.

[thetxbelle]

I love James, I have a good association with almost every James ive ever met and my friend and I had a discussion recently about how a majority of James' are good looking lol

[consultantmeghan]

Hugo
Owen
Oliver
Noah
Calder
Benjamin
Holden
Leo
Dexter
Felix
Caleb
Nigel
Isaac
Arden
Joseph
Andrew
Thomas
Lucas
Simon
Logan
Clarence
Clark
Jackson
Bradley
Emmett
Roger
Colin
Lawrence
Nicholas
Clyde
Aaron
Christopher
Patrick
Cooper
Mason
Sebastian
Brady
Maxwell
Theodore

[quirkflower]

Thank you so much for the lovely lists! These ones really struck my fancy.
Toby
Miles
Oliver
Rupert
Archie

Got me thinking about Tolliver, Arlo and Milo as well. Thoughts on those?

I'd love to hear suggestions for word names for boys. Virtue names, nature names, whatever.

Quirk

[ribbons-and-soldiers]

I'd love to throw in some suggestions!

Vetiver - is a perennial grass
Mungo
Kestrel
Arctium - a genus of plants
Bartleby
Noble
Valerian - an herb
Elm
Oberon
Zephyr
Hawthorn
Linden
Vermilion
Octavian
Merit
Royal
Justice
Sage
Lysander
Percival
Esmond

[augusta_lee]

I just posted this list on another thread about unusual boys names -- it also fits here! I'll add a few as well.

Valentine
Pollux
Thaddeus
Roscoe
Ferdinand
Wallace
Marlowe
Waldo
Willoughby
Darwin
Baxter
Auberon
Winslow
Ruskin
Magnus
Otto
River
Merlin
Ivor
Arrow
Jabez
Rafferty
August
Everett
Gareth
Calvin
Calder
Sinclair
Prospero