Old-fashioned boy names that work today!

[Taggys]

Hello,

We are struggling to decide on a boy's name. I like old-fashioned baby names...but they have to feel fresh and not too old-man if you know what I mean.

Big sister is called Agnes. Which one of these baby boy names do you think go with her name?

Otto
August
Edmund (Eddie)
Rufus
Bernhard (Barney)
Timothy (Timo)
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Edmund

Otto is trendy and I know several. It would kind of cheapen the classiness of Agnes. August is too similar.

😃I actually really like Edgar...it almost has more edge to it than Edmund! Thanks for the suggestions!

Thanks! 😄Agree that Otto is trendy, and August is a bit too similar yes.
A few have suggested Edgar and I actually quite like it! It's almost a bit stronger and quirkier than Edmund, even though I really like both. Agnes & Edgar sound cool!

Schmendrick
Morgrebe
Leandro
Lir
Ethelred
Marduk
Aethelstan
Uhtred

I like Otto, August (Gus) and Rufus. But I think Otto goes best with Agnes. The other two don't quite sound right.

Other suggestions

Vincent
Patrick
Frank
Stanley
Ralph
Julian

thank you! I adore Patrick and Frank and Ralph are nice too! 😍

Otto would be my first choice.

Have you considered Ned instead of Eddie (Edward)? I love it.

Also like Raef.

Might want to re read the spelling of Richard then if you don't like 'hard' in the spelling 😂😉

Wilbur or Edwin. I do love Gus as a nn but can't stand Augustus.

I love the name Henry

Don't you think of the fat mouse from Cinderella?

Robin

Agnes and

Rupert
Maximilian
Vincent
Ralph
Rollo
Benedict
Sylvester
Aubrey
Leopold

Arlo
Walter
Wilf/Wilfred

Haha, yes - but Richard is more of a CH sound (though it does also suffer from the NN Dick)..

Throwing
Bertram
Victor
Claude
Gardiner
Vincent
Edwin
Barney
Kingsley
Pongo
Ludo
Peter
Pip
in the mix :)

@PixiePirate , Ned has a slang meaning.

Yes I like Edgar, agree stronger than Edmund.

Agnes and ..

John - Johno, Jock, Johnny
Wilfred - Will or Freddie
Rupert - Roo
Montagu - Monty
David - Dave
Timothy - Tim
Barry - Baz
Basil - Baz

Rocco (if you have any Italian heritage)
Dominic
Ned (love this, who cares if some people in Scotland claim it means non educated delinquent), its stoutly middle class where I'm from.
Dennis
Patrick
James
Ambrose

Otto or Timothy get my vote

Frederick

My favorite old man name that feels usable again and it's not trendy is Clarence. But maybe I'm wrong.

August and Edmund are both lovely.

(FYI, I know two dogs called Otto. It screams 'Labrador' to me.)

Ernest. But I would go for Otto.