"Strong" boy names

BabyOnBoard1984 · December 2009

I've been hearing a lot about "strong" boy names, but what name do you think of when you think of a "strong" name?

ehiwv · December 2009

Jack

sophie206 · December 2009

According to DH, 'Leonitus' is a strong boy name. LOL!!

LMS05 · December 2009

John, Owen, Jacob, Matthew, Daniel, Adam, Timothy, Joseph, David

BrideBuddies · December 2009

When I think "strong," I think of very traditional, no-nonsense type names.

That's why our boy is Charles Henry.

LMS05 · December 2009

BrideBuddies:
When I think "strong," I think of very traditional, no-nonsense type names.

That's what I think of too.

BlueRidge8 · December 2009

BrideBuddies:

When I think "strong," I think of very traditional, no-nonsense type names.

That's why our boy is Charles Henry.

This. I think of hard consonants (Grant) and no trendy "_lee's and _den's"

EmmaRain · December 2009

Like some of the others, when I hear the term a "strong" name, I think of classic name like James, Ben, Thomas, Samuel, Patrick, Paul, Christopher, Luke, etc.

I think some people hear that term and think of names that sound like a man with big muscles (like Thor, Rocco, Bruno, or Duke).

mrs_tacos · December 2009

Hudson, Charles, William, Andrew, Henry, etc.

VanessaJoy · December 2009

LMS05:
BrideBuddies:
When I think "strong," I think of very traditional, no-nonsense type names.
That's what I think of too.

To an extent I agree with this. Mostly though, when I think of strong names, I think of "warrior" names. Names of strong historical figures, or names that actually mean warrior. Some of those names are very traditional, but a lot of them are quite unique: https://www.thinkbabynames.com/search/1/warrior

cjilla · December 2009

Angus

robinsokj · December 2009

jillyc:
Angus

Now I want a burger

halfnhalf · December 2009

ehiwv:
Jack

ehh not strong-sounding at all, imo.

I do agree with names like Charles, Thomas, Daniel, John, etc sounding "strong".

victoria1977 · December 2009

When I think of strong boy names I think of any name that could not be easily turned into a girl name.

sara1817 · December 2009

Marcus

ubermoose · December 2009

I guess I'm with the majority here... I think fairly traditional, non-stuffy, and versatile. Something that is also a bit masculine sounding, not over-the-top macho, but has a undisputable boyishness to it.

Yo me:

Strong=Andrew, Matthew, Anthony, William, Luke, Brandon, Tyler, Joshua, Russell, Eric, Isaac, Nathaniel, Zachary, Peter ... (pretty much all of the SSA top ten)

Not Strong IMHO: Jayden, Randy, Melvin, Gerald, Ryder, Beau, Dorian

Mrs.Gabortiz · December 2009

I always thought that DS's name, Alexander Robert, was a very strong name! Not that I'm biased

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ccw479 · December 2009

sara1817:
Marcus

Yes

sophie206 · December 2009

Mrs.Gabortiz:
I always thought that DS's name, Alexander Robert, was a very strong name! Not that I'm biased !

I think so too. DH wants to use Alexander as either a first or middle name, mostly because he feels it's such a good strong name. DH also thinks it's funny because the family teasingly calls him "Ivan the Terrible", so then we could have an "Alexander the Great", too. Haha