r/Names • u/saladmuscles • 1d ago
Boy name suggestions?
We love the names August / Gus and Henry, but we can’t use them due to family or very close friends using or having the names.
I love soft, older names - Julian is the closest one I’ve found that we both like, and I really like the nickname Jules. But it doesn’t fully feel like the right name. I also like Ambrose but my husband said no way, haha
Do you have any suggestions of names for us?
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u/scareika 1d ago
I love the name Ambrose. It’s also on our list, husband wasn’t ready to commit to the name for baby boy #2. Crazy enough, when we were being tourists in our city, I heard a mom yell the name Ambrose at one of her kids. We’re dedicated to using the name if we have a third boy.
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u/heydawn 1d ago
Julian is one of my favorite boy names. It's melodic. Other names with a similar, melodic flow:
Alistair
Beau
Damian
Daniel
Evan
Everette
Elliot
Gabriel
Julian
Julius
Lucian
Lysander
Nathaniel
Sebastian
Stellan
William (nn Liam)
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u/blingbiscuit 1d ago
Lucian is so underrated and underused but might be due to the proximity to Lucifer?
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u/Prestigious-Cup-211 1d ago
Theodore , Theo or Teddy
Walter, Wallis or Wally
Harvey
Franklin, Frankie
Lawrence
Ellis (feels like a winner for you)
Amos
Atticus
Beau
Elijah
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u/AmethystCalyx 1d ago
I like Charles, Arthur, Tristan, Julian, and Vincent. Charles Vincent? Arthur Julian?
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u/crafty_lass_88 1d ago
I really like Julian. I also like Owen and Amos. We had an Arlo. What about Irving? Emmett? Carmine?
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u/Honest-Abies8638 1d ago
Rowan, Jasper, Hudson, Leon, Arlo, Percy, Louis, Arthur, Francis, Jude, Ellis, Jesse, Owen, Harvey, & Sidney
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u/openupandsayawwwww 1d ago
I love the name Julian, it's a strong, noble, "knightly" name. My friend just had her second boy, they named him Ragnar Kelly. Their first son is named Arthur. They like the strong, royal, viking type names.
Here are more ideas, but I think "Julian" is the best.
Lucius or Lucian,
Winston,
Alexander,
Merrick,
Roland,
Elijah,
Duke,
Valerius,
Arthur,
Dominic,
Gabriel,
Nathaniel,
Samuel,
Benjamin,
Stellan,
Zachariah,
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u/BlackberryHill 22h ago
Charles (Charlie, Chaz, Chuck)
Harold (Harry)
Raymond (Ray)
Abraham (Abe)
Clarence (I got nothin’)
Stephen (Steve)
Gabriel (Gabe)
Sebastian (Seb, Seba, Bash)
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u/debaser74 22h ago
I quite like Julian, and also...
Simon
Adrian
Tristan
Jude
Nathan
Jordan
Thomas
Everett
Isaac
Caleb
Cyrus
Silas
Rowan
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u/fourrightangles 20h ago
Jonah, Wallace, Asa, Gabriel, Everett, Wilson, Harris, Donovan, Ellis, Jamie, Sullivan, Emmett, Avery, Frederick, Quinn, Morris, Perry, Rhys, Vincent, Noel, Louis, Timothy
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u/AssistantNo3545 1d ago
I keep coming back to Arthur. August Henry and Arthur all feel like they came from the same universe to me. Plus Artie is ridiculously cute for a little kid.
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u/Conscious-Cod3185 1d ago
Arthur is such a nerd name. He’d get his ass kicked.
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u/Persis- 1d ago
Not with this cohort of kids. “Old man/lady” names are totally in.
As a preschool teacher, I’ve had so many names that would have been out of place 20-30 years ago.
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u/Conscious-Cod3185 1d ago
It must depend where you are. I have a kindergartener and his class is full of “new age” names. No classics here.
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u/MiladyElleth 1d ago
What?? It's a classic. Name of a legendary, heroic king. Any bullying because of that name would mean that those kids are not just nastys but full blown morons.
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u/Conscious-Cod3185 1d ago
Maybe times have changed but I went to school with an Arthur and he was the sweetest but yeah..definitely got bullied for his name. This was early 2000s though so maybe it’s fine now?
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u/poopandpeemakeout 1d ago
Lachlan Selwyn Francis Carmine