help with baby boy names

[spu]

need help! looking for outdoorsy masculine crunchy or crisp names (not on the top 10 list...) DH's last name is snoonian which is a tough one to match up with... anything come to mind besides Hunter or Forest? (though I do like those names, they're kind of popular...)

thanks!!


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[lizajane]

my friend's brother in law lives in montana near a place called "bridger mountain." apparently, the cool outdoorsy people have adopted "bridger" as a boy's name. i think it is pretty cool.

fisher is another idea.

[alleyoop]

My DS's middle name is Field. It is a family name. Thatcher is a good name, too.

[janeybwild]

I've always liked Colum, Archie, and Max

[jillc]

I recently mentioned to a friend's DH that we're expecting a boy in December. He promptly gave me two "awesome" name suggestions... Atlas & Zeus. ;) Not really my style, but thought I'd share. You never know who might love them. :)

Jill

[Corie]

How about the name, Rogan?? (The 'Ro' is pronounced
like the word, Row.)

I just heard it recently and I think it sounds awesome.
This name sounds really tough to me.


Edited:

Thought of another name. How about Colter? And, you
could call him Colt.
I saw this name on a yard sign. Colter plays Varsity
football at a local high school here in town. The sign
was in their yard. :)

[ribbit1019]

How about Archer?

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[megs4413]

Hudson?

[Rachels]

Love Hudson. Leif? Sawyer? Lane? Porter? Soren? Rowan?

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[dotgirl]

Love Soren and Rowan. Also, what about Fletcher? I love that one.

[Tondi G]

Hmmm

Mason, Hudson, Gage, Griffin, Gavin, River, Reed/Reid, Emmett, Owen, Orion, Logan, Grayson, Kolton, Haze/Hayes, Vaughn, Finn, Warren, Warden, Ryder

I'll keep thinking!

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[rorycam]

Birch, Ash, Aspen, Lachlan, Orion, Haven, Brooks are some that come to mind.

[JBaxter]

Asher is one of my favorites

What about
Brock Rocky or Bruce?

[table4three]

A friend of mine has a DS named Reed. Not overly popular, yet outdoorsy.

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[B.A.F.]

I like the name Wilder. :-) I used to babysit for an adorable outdoorsy little boy named Robert Wilder Lastname and he went by Wilder, it's a family name. I would have named a third boy Wilder but dh wan't nuts about it, and we had a girl. :-)

I would also like to second Jill's suggestion of Atlas, that is VERY cool. Reminds me of someone I knew, a boxer from my grandfather's generation named Teddy Atlas.

[kimbe]

LOL! I was going to post Thatcher! However, when I say it in my head, I say it like Ross did on Friends!

[Lovingliv]

How about Helix or Cain?

[Jenn98]

I've always like Ocean. :)

[Mommy_Again]

Walker has always been on my short list for a boy or a girl.

[jasabo]

Ashley, I just had to laugh at your post (please don't be mad :) ) b/c it reminded me of the new Will Ferrill movie where he plays the race car driver - they named their two sons Walker and Texas Ranger b/c they were such strong names. I think Walker is a cool name too, I just laughed b/c it reminded me of that movie.

[jasabo]

Bridger is really cool!! VERY strong and unique - and Bridge would be a cool nick name.

I like Hudson too. Or Tallon, though that's probably kind of trendy now since that Laguna Beach MTV show.

[denna]

I LOVE ASHER!!! Also what about Logan ( I saw Rogan as a suggestion) or Landon!

Reid sounds nice to, especially w/ the last name!

[boolady]

I have always liked Gaven/Gavin.

[willow33]

I obviously love the name REED :)

[Mommy_Again]

OMG!! I havent seen that movie yet. I went to summer camp with a girl named Walker and we know a boy here DS's age with the same name.

Also, on a dorky Conservative note, Reagan's middle name was Wilson (my son's name), and the president-who-shall-not-be-named-on-these-boards' middle name is Walker.

[Corie]

Love the name Walker! Although I have to admit that
I like it better for a girl. (I prefer unisex names for
girls.) I saw a little girl in a magazine named Walker Grace.
Totally cute!

[mommyto4]

An old co-worker of mine named his son Jace (might be spelled Jayce) Gavin. I like it. How about Cole or Stone.

[brittone2]

A lot of the ones that came to mind were already mentioned...

I like Asher, Colton, Holden, Ashton, Archer, Logan, Rogan, Rowan, Harper, etc.

I don't think I saw it mentioned above, but came across this and though it might work...Locke?

[BeachBum]

I know a family with a Cliff, Clay, Hill and Reed.

[american_mama]

I've known two boys named Chance, a boy named Brook, a distant cousin named Breck, and a boy named Shore (their family lives on the beach). Then there's Stone (Phillips) and Rock (Hudson).

Making some up here, but I could see any of these as boy's names: Ridge, Rain, Summit, Storm.

Or Grey/Gray/Grayson, Nash, Gabe, Winston, or Bennet, although I confess none of those are too outdoorsy sounding.

You might look in the book "Beyond Jennifer and Jason..." which is not a traditional name book. It has categories of names, and I think there is probably a nature section.

You might also consider a name from another language or culture that has a nature meaning. "The New Age Baby Name Book" or something close to that title is good for that.

ETA: Thought of three more names: Lake, Cooper, and August.

[lizajane]

me again. speaking of mountains, how about denver?

[niccig]

We wanted a strong, unusal but no too unusal name and we went with Barrett

Nicci

[kelly ann]

Just a couple of more names for you...

Canyon or Roman???

[Corie]

Thought of one more name...

How about Oakley?

[boys2enough]

Someone mentioned "Denver." I would like to second it!

How about Kayden? Irish origin, meaning warrior.

Shane?

Can't wait to hear which name you eventually use!! :)

Edited: Just reread your post and realized that Shane won't go well with your DH's last name. DUH!


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[american_mama]

Thought of the name Everest, which was a big hit with my DH. It might get confused with Everett, however, but that might be just because I have relatives named Everett. I really liked your name criteria and had fun thinking of options.

[spencersmommy]

How about Slade? Dakota? Anderson? Our friend's new grandson is Canyon. Our Dh is Cooper, which isn't outdoorsy, but crisp. Evan? Tegan? Kyle?

[buddyleebaby]

Declan?

[jasabo]

>Also, on a dorky Conservative note, Reagan's middle name was
>Wilson (my son's name), and the
>president-who-shall-not-be-named-on-these-boards' middle name
>is Walker.

Too funny - I thought of that too, but figured I'd be safer with a Will Farrell reference ;)

I never thought of using Walker for a girl, but it's kind of cool. I like unisex names for girls - I think it's really unique. One of my top choices for a girl was Finley, which I'd heard as a boy's name originally.

[maestramommy]

Jordan? Aiden? Axel? Zachary?

[southernaccent]

Wyatt.

Though not sure about it w/last name, but really, that's a hard one, isn't it?

[spu]

what great name ideas, everyone! thanks so much!

Funny, some of the names already have personal context - we live next town over from Hudson, we used to live on Fletcher pond, my friend's last name is Wilder, guy I used to work with last name was Logan...

I love Rock (Hudson) and Stone (phillips) - I never thought of Rock and Stone as names... they're so cool! and I love ravine, summit, ridge... all those 'places' where DH and I have spent time together.


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[vdrake71]

I was looking at this name for DS#2. The other names we thought for DS#2 was Ansel and Axel. A person a work named her DS - Anton.

[tarahsolazy]

My son's name is Forrest, and it was number 834 on the social security list in 2004. So not too common, and a great name, IMO (obviously)

How about Marsh? Ash?

[JFC]

Raven?

Wolf?

(Okay, I knew a boy growning up whose name was Raven Wolf Lastname.)

I like PPs suggestion of Stone.

ETA: Anson?