The Perfect List of Old Fashioned Baby Boy Names

Trish
October 29, 2018

Hey guys! Welcome back to our baby name round-up lists! If you are looking for the perfect old-fashioned baby boy name you have come to the right spot. We decided to ask around and search a little deeper this time and found FIFTY-FOUR boy names! We wanted to give you guys a more extensive list of baby boy name with meanings, cause we all love a name with a rocking meaning, right?

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Hey mama, I am Trish— AKA Labor Nurse Mama. I am a labor and delivery nurse with over 15 years of high-risk OB experience. I am also a mama to 7 kids and have given birth to 6. This means I am quite familiar with the postpartum period and how to navigate it. I am the online birth class educator for Calm Labor Confident Birth and The VBAC Lab birth classes and the mama expert inside our Calm Mama Society, a pregnancy & postpartum membership community! I am passionate about your birth and motherhood journey! You can find me over on IG teaching over 230k mamas daily. I am passionate about your birth and motherhood journey!

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Otto

~ wealth, prosperity

Amos

~ strong, carried, brave

Ward

~ guard

Emil

~ excellent

Luther

~ people, army

Gus

~ majestic (from Augustus) (This might be one of my favorites of our old-fashioned baby boy names!)

Roscoe

~ from the deer forest

Cornelius

~ horn

Oliver

-Ollie “the olive tree”

Elias

Jehovah is God (We used this Vintage Baby Boy Name on our Baby Boy!)

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Emerson

~ brave, powerful

Tucker

~ fabric pleater

Levi

~ joined, attached

Jasper

~ bringer of treasure

Walter

~ ruler

Arthur

~ bear

Josiah

~ God support or heals

Isaac

~ laughter

Oscar

~ champion warrior

Henry

~ estate ruler (This baby boy name happens to be my husband's totally random nickname!)

Louis

~ renowned warrior

Samuel

~ told by God (I love this old school baby boy name!)

Oakley

~ from the Oak

Ira

~ watchful

Sterling

~ of high quality

Langston

~ Tall Man’s town

Tobias

~ The goodness of God (Love this name for your baby boy!)

Emmett

~ powerful

Felix

~ favored by Luck

Wyatt

~  hard, brave

Maxwell

~ stream

Victor

~ conqueror

Hugh

~ heart, mind, spirit

Nils/Niles

~ victory

Nicholas-

visitors of the people (My baby boy's middle name ~ well he's in his twenties but he is still my baby boy!)

Rudolph

~ fame, glory

Willian

~ will, desire

Mickey

 ~ who is like God

Theo

~ gift of God

Humphrey

~ peaceful warrior

Dean

~ Valley

Ben

~ son of my right hand

Arlo

~ fortified hill

Bernard

~ brave as a bear

Calvin

~ terrible meaning “bald” (maybe your adult son would eventually not like this one)

Julian

~ youthful

Max

~ greatest (This baby boy name is the sweetest of them all!)

Norman

~ Norseman

Otis

~ wealthy

Percy

~ pierces the valley

Phinneas

~ Oracle

Wallace

~ Welshman

If you are looking for a creative way to decorate those baby walls, we love Brush or Hand lettering! It's a wonderful alternative for creating a visual display of the old-fashioned baby boy name that you choose for your son! For ideas, lifeasmama.com wrote a great post on 7 ways to display your child's name. I'm so excited that you stopped by in your search for a perfect baby boy name! If you are interested in starting your own mom blog check out our post on how Pinterest has been an incredible tool for us on this journey!

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Just a little Disclaimer: As always, I am just writing my thoughts and what I’ve learned along the way. Although I am in fact a labor and delivery RN, This is not medical advice. You should always seek and follow the advice of your care provider.

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