Desperately in search of name suggestions!

[babeinthewoods]

We’re 22 weeks pregnant with number 2, and have absolutely nothing for boy’s names. Please help!

Here are my criteria for a name (but nothing is set in stone! If you think of something that doesn’t quite fit, please throw it out there.)

We’d like something relatively unknown – neither my husband, my daughter or I, have names in the top 1000, and while I’m OK with a bit higher popularity than that, a top 100 or so name is out. I’d also like to avoid names that aren’t super popular now, but have been commonly used in the last 100 years or so.

I like names to have some history, but I’m more concerned with usability than “legitimacy” so nature or word names are OK but nothing made up or spelled creatively.

It’s very important to me that a name has a positive meaning.

DH and I both have Irish/Scottish/English heritage and while I’m definitely opened to names from other cultures, I’d rather avoid anything that strongly points to a cultural heritage we don’t have a claim to.

Oh, and I’m OK with somewhat gender ambiguous names, as the rest of us all have them.

Last name will be Johnston. Our Daughter’s name is Sylvan Belle

Here’s our list so far:
Rohan – DH’s suggestion; I like the sound and the meaning, but I’m hesitant about the LOTRs connection.
Ronan/Ronin – DH likes the Samurai connection. I don’t love the flow with our last name and the popularity is getting high.
Caspian – DH isn’t sure on this one. I like the sound and nickname, but it’s somewhat devoid of meaning.

Names DH has vetoed:
Gareth
Torin

Names I’ve vetoed:
Angus
Stetson

Names I like but can’t use for one reason or another:
Linden
Eamon
Emmett
Forrest
Anders
Rowan
River

So, as you can see we need all the help we can get!

Thank you!

[bcl23]

I'm going to give this a try but let me know what you like so I can help you!
Roman
Marshall
Everett
Bennett
Baker
Bentley
Hudson
Hunter
Lander
Wayland
Phoenix
Boyd
Caden
Bryce
Callan
Darby
Darcy
Dayton
Chanson
Griffin
Ellis
Tucker
Spencer
Grant
Brant
Brantley
Wade
Jasper
Harper
Bryden
Farrell
Larson
Lennox
Remington
Sawyer
Slater
Whelan
Lane
Kane
Jameson
Jagger
Nash
Boone
Kingston
Gunner
Sebastian
Ezra
Whitley
Thane
Miller
Cohen
Drake
Truman
Jefferson
Beau
Tennyson
Dodger
Tameron
Lincoln
Archer
Asher
Jacoby
Holden
Beckett
Dallas
Easton
Tanner
Reed
Parker
Porter
Portland
Fletcher
Stryker
Ryder
Harmon
Turner
Tobin

GOOD LUCK

[babeinthewoods]

Thanks Jill!
Here's what I like from your list:
Everett - love but 2 cousins have already used this.
Bennett - OK, but way too popular
Hunter - This is a family name, so might be a middle name option
Lander - Might be a possibility
Phoenix - Guilty Pleasure name for me. DH doesn't like.
Callan - Like but too close to my name (Carlin)
Spencer - this was my favourite boy name as a teen. Unfortunately my cousin used it.
Lennox - like, it was on my list but I can't quite decide if it's usable.
Miller - My DH's biolgical family name. Might be a middle name possibility
Cohen - I so wish this was usable. It would be my #1 choice but I'm not comfortable with the cultural implications
Drake - OK
Tennyson - Like the literary connection, but all the "son" ending names are iffy with DH's last name.
Archer - I like Archer but don't like Archie, and I'm not sure it's avoidable
Holden - OK, popularity is a little high
Ryder - GP name, but I think the teasing potential is too hight with a last name that sounds like slang for a piece of the male anatomy.
Tobin- OK. We aren't religious so the meaning makes me a bit uncomfortable.

So as you can see, we're picky! Lots of good suggestions here though, thank you!

[augusta_lee]

Sorry for any repeats.

Otto
Calvin
Arden
Sinclair
Vaughn
Caradoc
Roderick
Ferdinand
Wallace
Duncan
Byron
Harmon
Cashel
Cedric
Ivo
Luther
Fletcher
Clive
Auberon
Alair
Cosmo
Corbin
Adair
Cyrus
Rafferty
Callum
Merrit
Beale
Cato
Evander
Crispin
Beale
Huxley
Dashiell
Matteo
Pollux
Octavio
Desmond
Prosper
Reeve
Dawson
Rupert
Thaddeus
Sorrel
Virgil
Winslow
Waldo
Reuben
Lorcan
Matthias
Orlando
Newton
Gawain
Roland
Jarvis
Truman
Otis
Peregrine
Lionel
Errol
Roarke
Gideon
Spencer
Thatcher
Flavian
Jethro
Perseus
Quentin
Remy
Laszlo
Linus
Hadrian
Bayard
Rufus
Shiloh
Booker
Morris
Heath
Ignatius
Solomon
Atlas
Dmitri
Ozias
Edmund
Alistair
Jago
Tristram
Barnaby
Gatsby
Bellamy
Penrose
Peregrine
Orion
Casimir
Nicabar
Calder
Thayer
West
Quince
Yarrow
Crane
Altair
Hale
Darby
Brom
Aram
Cormac
Baylor
Dorian
Rainer
Aloysius
Wesley
Zephyr
Basil
Gale
Waylon
Casper

[augusta_lee]

Sorry, I don't know why my list was posted twice.

[augusta_lee]

ARGH and it cut off my list! The rest:

Arbor
Tiernan
Rune
Seneca
Sullivan
Jedidiah
Ash
Halcyon
Bowie
Ark
Japheth
Garrick
Flynn
Joss
Alban
Royce
Declan
Murphy
Wyatt
Edison
Beck
Christopher
Ivor
Alaric
Ishmael
Ashton
Absalom
Chadrick
Shae
Asa
Joachim
Saul
Dexter
Rocco
Tucker
Boaz
Auden
Mordecai
Amon
Rafe

[thrallamanda89]

Okay. Love the name Sylvan. Sorry for any repeats.
Abbott
Adder
Alder
Alston
Barker
Berkeley
Booth
Brigham
Clive
Collier
Davis
Fitch
Gates
Hatcher
Herrick
Jarvis
Kendrick
Lowell
Olin
Orrick
Palmer
Red
Revere
Smith
Thorpe
Ward
Whit
Woodson

[strawberry36]

Hopefully no repeats.

Brice (number 935)
Bart
Caesar
Clarence
Darcy
Duncan (number 799)
Ferdinand
Nigel
Percy
Roderick (number 913)
Stan

[holbs]

Off the top of my head...maybe..

Derrial
Riordan
Niall
Eames

[random]

How about:

Talon
Torben
Tymen
Florian
Merlin
Jowan

Good luck! Sylvan is a beautiful name.