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Boys names - if we like Frank, Stan, Ruben & Silas...

28 replies

Wale90 · 06/05/2023 20:27

We're struggling to really love a boys name for up coming birth.

We really like the above but we're not totally sold. We like traditional but unusual.

What are you're favourites along the same lines...

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Luredbyapomegranate · 07/05/2023 23:43

Guy
Saul
Seth
Joel
Jerome
Jethro
Corin
Linus
Rufus
Amos
Moses
Idris
Gawain
Ronan
Lachlan
Lorcan

Riverlee · 07/05/2023 19:53

@UsernameIsHarderThanBabyName Couldn’t use Frank and Stan for twins though - Frankenstein!

UsernameIsHarderThanBabyName · 07/05/2023 18:42

Love Frank & Stan!

Ray
Roy
Sid/Sidney
Victor
Vincent/Vinnie
Herbie
Abraham/Abe
Alf
Ned
Jim

sunshineandmango · 07/05/2023 08:22

Frank is such a fabulous name!

how about Eric or Ernie/Ernest?

TheDonsDingleberries · 07/05/2023 07:34

Names like Frank & Stan:
Roy
Ralph
Bruce
Eddie
Eric
Bert
Len
Dennis
Vince
Alf
Lloyd
Sid
Vernon

Names like Ruben & Silas:
Joel
Cyrus
Asher
Ephraim
Abe / Abram
Eli
Oren
Zeke
Elijah
Gabriel
Amos
Jonah
Malachi (Mal)
Nathaniel (Nate)
Isaac
Elias
Sol
Noah
Jesse
Ambrose

Theoldwoman · 07/05/2023 04:22

I love Reuben but not the others on your list at all.

Jeremy
Kane
Lincoln
Cameron
Dane
Patrick
Thomas
Richard
Wade

CallieQ · 07/05/2023 01:06

Milo
Dylan

Firebird83 · 07/05/2023 00:31

Abel
Solomon
Otto
Edmund
Otis
Judd
Alec
Saul
Eric
Abraham
Isaiah

Fuckitydoodah · 06/05/2023 22:55

ShandaLear · 06/05/2023 20:41

Frankenstein
Jarlath
Cuchullain
Fodor
Aaron
Amos
Moses
Cyrus
Thaddeus
Elias

Frankenstein??!! Please tell me that's a joke. You'd have to be cruel to call a kid that.

JeanieJo · 06/05/2023 22:52

Linus

Ikeameatballs · 06/05/2023 22:49

Amos
Ambrose
Cy
Elias
Vaughan
Lyle
Hal
Lorcan
Bennett

JeanieJo · 06/05/2023 22:38

Johan
Micah
Ezra
Marcus

Sofiatheworst · 06/05/2023 22:32

I love all of those names. Others on my list are;
zachary
henry

mathanxiety · 06/05/2023 22:23

Frank, Stan, Reuben, Silas

Walter
Austin
Sigmund
Rex
Jonas
Ethan
Amos
Raphael
Felix
Barnaby
Nathaniel
Bram
Everett
Beckett

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 06/05/2023 21:50

Reuben
Sid
Austin
Wilfred
Jonas
Arlo

Riverlee · 06/05/2023 21:48

Wesley
Cecil
Aloysius
Josiah
Leonard
Felix
Cyril
Hugh

Mumofgirls2017 · 06/05/2023 21:43

Sidney
seth
owen
rupert
rudy
rufus
rowan
tobias
jasper
rafe
zach
wilfred
evan
jonah
eric
jude
maxwell

Original poster
Wale90 · 06/05/2023 21:42

Some really good suggestions, thank you everyone.

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ODFOx · 06/05/2023 21:15

Frank, Stan, Reuben, Silas;
Seth
Sean
Paul
Mark
Joseph
Peter
Jude

grayhairdontcare · 06/05/2023 21:04

Avery
Beau
Eden
Guy
Jude
Kit
Lance
Miles
Nial
Ottis
Rafe
Tomin
Vince
Xander
Yannis
Zane

bravotango · 06/05/2023 20:58

Sid
Fred
Gus

beachsandseaicecream · 06/05/2023 20:53

Jonah
Jethro
Dylan
Otis
Rory
Sidney
Fred
Evan
Nate
Ivan
Ivo
Tobias
Arlo
Milo
Zeph
Isaac

ShandaLear · 06/05/2023 20:41

Frankenstein
Jarlath
Cuchullain
Fodor
Aaron
Amos
Moses
Cyrus
Thaddeus
Elias

SkyeBlue28 · 06/05/2023 20:41

Dominic

Monkeytapper · 06/05/2023 20:40

Saule
Jonas