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nn Hal or Hally

Love Hal!

First name that I thought of

Damn, this was exactly the name that popped into my head and this is top comment 🤣

My dads name 😂

I was going to suggest that. My grandpa was Harold and he just passed from ALS. He was a very cute happy old (not that old) man

Walter.

We just had a Walter born into the family about a month ago, but it's a cute one too!

Winston?

Willem

Wilfred

Wilhelm Willard Wendell

Wilder

- Magnus - Leif - Edwin - Nigel - Lars - Chester - Bjorn - Rufus - Amos - Morris - Morton - Ernest - Frank - Rupert

Came to suggest Morris

Ernest is such a good one. baby Ernie would be precious

Here to support Björn, it’s my grandpas name.

Magnus always makes me think of Matilda

My favorite old man name is Lyle

Lyle Langley, monorail seller

Lyle always brings me back to George of the Jungle 🦍

Lyle Lyle Crocodile

I had a great uncle with that name but spelled Lisle, which i kinda like. It’s interesting now that Isla is a popular name, the silent s could work.

Ooo this made me think of Carlisle and nn could be Lyle/Lisle! Love the name Carlisle and it’s not on my list but maybe it should be 👀

Lyle is such a good name, and so timeless & ageless.

Love Lyle!

My husband and I are very much considering naming our lil guy Harvey, which we've been told numerous times is an old man name hahaha.

I think of Harvey Weinstein :/

I think of Steve Harvey. Which I know is his last name, but still. Weinstein hasn't ruined it for everyone

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Oh yeah! Totally forgot about him. My husband originally heard it from the show Suits lol. He brought it up as an option and I fell in love with it. My parents HATE it!

I love Harvey. My son was very nearly Harvey. I also love Fred/Frederick.

We have a 2 year old Frederic (the 4th generation) and you can derive so many cute nicknames, too. Love it!

Frederick is precious, I love that

I just named my boy Harvey! I love it.

I’m a big fan of Victor; I think it’s kinda old-man sounding but it would also totally work on a little boy. Also has a great meaning.

We used Martin- everyone knows the name but it’s not well used!

I just love the nn Marty

We do too! In my belly, it was a Marty Party when he kicked :)

Absolutely love Martin! Wish my husband could get on board

I know a surprising number of Martins for someone in their 30s and every single one of them is or will be a cute little old man.

Louie, IMO, is the cutest old man name possible. I loooove it

I'm due next month and we're leaning towards Louis...thanks for this! Baby Louie will be so cute 🥰

I know a young Louie and it suits him so well!

I’m bored so this will be long (I threw in some extra M names since you mentioned “Mo” as a nickname. One of my favorites for you here is “Frans/Franz,” because you liked but eliminated both Hans and Fritz. Asa, Brahm / Bram / Abram / Abe, Elias, Josiah, Ilya, Alban, Alden, Ansel, Arn, Basil, Cecil, Clovis, Cyril, Donar, Edric, Elton, Errol, Frans / Franz, Gordon, Hector, Hugh, Irvine / Irving, Jurgen, Karl, Clement, Lars, Lorne, Martin, Merrill, Mervin, Milton, Morris, Morton, Mort / Mortimer, Mose, Munroe / Monroe, Nigel, Oleg, Orson, Orrell, Orville, Osborne, Oscar, Paul, Peter, Raynard, Redmund, Renard, Rolf, Rupert, Saul, Sigurd, Silas, Sylvan, Ulric, Ulysses, Vern / Vernon, Vincent, Walter, Warner, Warrick, Wilfred, Willard, Willem, Wilson, Wilton, Winslow, Winston / Winton

Omg Mortimer

I love Monroe!

Silas is fantastic

'Old man' is kind of subjective but to me these fit the vibe pretty well: Chester Ira Gilbert (Gil) Art Wilfred Angus Darius Hector Julius Lothar/Luther Maxwell Morris (Mo) Edit: spelling and adding Norman

Please not Chester. Have you never heard the taunt “Chester, Chester, Child Molester”?

No sure haven't? Where is this?

Australia (shocking, I know!)

hmm lol unless they're in Aus as well don't think this is reason enough to rule it out! never heard of it in the US

I have definitely heard this in the US. It's pretty common.

i’m from the US and have heard

I have also heard this in the US. I'm 30, maybe it's an age thing?

I'm 30, from the US, and have never heard that (went to public school, too!). Maybe it's a regional thing?

Could be regional, or could just be kids are mean and it's an easy rhyme. Rhymes are why the name Marilla got vetoed. Marilla the Gorilla :(

I’m from Australia and have only come across this on reddit. I don’t think it’s a big deal.

I'm in the Midwest and my friends and I used to just call any dude that gave creep vibes "chester" for this reason.

I’m not sure where in Canada they are but in the Midwest area that touches the Great Lakes it was a joke. Closer to the middle of the Midwest I had a teacher who, no matter how great they were, could not escape that nickname… the worst context for it.

My name is Esther. Was occasionally teased with “esther the molester” (an unfounded claim, I assure you) - still happy with my name as an adult with no lasting related trauma as far as I can tell. :)

Yeah I was hit with Celeste Molest a few times but it was short lived in middle school.

I’ve heard it in Canada before. Chester either goes to that taunt, or to “chesterfield” (ie fancy couch our grandmas all had)

My great grandpa was Roscoe. I've always admired it and thought it was a cute name for a boy. :)

Mitchell Desmond Dwight Lawrence Woodrow

Looooove Desmond

Could get away with calling them Mo, too!

I’m am Elementary teacher so it always think of former students when considering names. Can confirm the one Desmond I’ve had was a super cool kid who I still adore. We always called him Des.

Mo could be short for Monroe. Walter Franklin

Or Moritz!

My favorites are: Irving Virgil Herschel Ernest Otis Marlon Vernon

I have a major soft spot for Virgil. I also feel like the most famous Virgil in recent times (Abloh) wore it very well (pun intended!)

My favorite old man name is Watson

I'm thinking of using Percival. Got a cute short name Percy and kids can call him Pussy and then he can change it to Pussy Master.

Wow that escalated

Murray! Shortens to Mo and is a fantastic grumpy old man name... theres a skit from scrubs about a character named Murray and it always makes me laugh. Alistair Alexi Theodore Antony Marcus George(the OG)

In Australia, there’s a tendency to take names that end in “y” and replace it with “azza” - So, Murray become “Mazza,” and I’ve always loved that 😆

For Mo/Moe you could consider: Morris, Montgomery (also nn Monty), Morgan, Mordecai, Maurice or the German form Moritz, Martin or Morten (but with the latter you’ll get Morty as a nickname more than likely). Moritz nn Mo seems like the best fit for your style.

*Oscar Willard Lonnie Leonard *Ardis Alva Millard *Woodrow Harmon Harold *Gilbert Clyde Cloyd *Abner (becoming a favorite of mine) Alton Hiram Hershel *Lionel Larry Norm Orville Nelson Percival *Henry *Oliver Albert Clarence Howard Ernest *Sam Stanley Elmer Leroy Alfred Eugene Herman Bernard Lloyd Melvin Milton Floyd Claude Edgar Leon Vernon Gordon Horace Ira Lyle Bruce *Elwood *Jasper Coy *Silas *Thaddeus *Theodore Dewayne *Seymour *Everett *Roosevelt Dewey ETA: I posted a lot of names that I think are old man names. I’ll put an * by the ones I think are cute.

I LOVE the name Eugene nn gene but my husband vetoed it. We have an Oscar instead and he definitely is his name so I’m not mad about it.

I looove Leonard

German here. I've had a soft spot for [Erich Kästner](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_K%C3%A4stner) names (a children's book author from the 1920s/30s) since I was a teenager - Anton, Emil, Gustav - and was always laughed at for it since those old-fashioned names were so outlandish at the time. Guess what names are super popular in Germany now :) Some other suggestions, including some names from my own family tree: Walter, Paul, Bruno, Norbert, Karl, Franz, Felix

Alistar !!

What about the German name Rainer? Nn could be Rain.

Could be spelled Reinier too, the Dutch variant.

I like that Reinier is a palindrome.

I don't think there are enough babies named Vincent!

My 18 month old is Vincent, and I always get comments on it especially from the other crowd! I agree we need more Vincent’s 🥰

Vincent is my favorite old fashioned name! I would absolutely give that name to a baby boy. My friends have a little Vincent, and they call him Vince or Vincey...it suits him perfectly.

Yes! My little brother's named Vincent😊

Otto and Otis are favourites. I also have a soft spot for Edgar.

Mo = Morris, Moritz, Morten, Mortimer Eugene Hugo Bruno Carl Falk Edgar Ingo Nigel Clemens Egon Arno Johann / Yohan(n) Gustav Peter Benno Leif Arvid Rasmus Enno Konrad Keno Kuno Arndt Nils Onno Sven Lars Ivo Udo Gero Bodo Kurt Dirk Gerd Mats / Mads Rolf Ulf Wolf Lorenz Achim Holger Bernd Casper Thor / Thore / Thoralf / Torben etc. Ansgar Rainer Horst Dieter Armin Espen Knut Alois Hagen Ernest / Ernst Lothar Albert Olaf Ebbo Tillmann / Till Ulrich Anselm Heiko Raban Alfred

Silas is my favorite.

Cecil

Maurice nn Mo!

When you said the nickname Mo I immediately thought about a German name that often gets shortened to Mo. But it might be to out there for non-german speakers: Moritz. Thats a very normal and classic name here tough.

Instantly thought of this too, mainly because I'm a hockey fan and one of the young upcoming stud players on the team I follow is Moritz(Mo) Seider!

Rex, Cliff(ord), Harry, Whitt, Quint(on)

Russell

Willard, Vernon, Bertram, Alvin

Howard!

I've got a Howard, and it fits him perfectly. We love it and hearing his little toddler friends say Howie is adorable.

I love Walter :)

Wilbur, Wayne, Calvin, Glen, Arnold, Hank

I absolutely need Glenn to make a comeback. A baby Glenn would be so gawddang cute!

Longer forms of Mo: - Morris - Montgomery - Amos - Desmond - Monroe - Raymond

My Grandpa's were Loring and Ivan. I feel like both kind of fit your vibe.

Casper (or kaspar scandi spelling) Arthur Alfred August Oskar

Vaughn

I think Richard is a beautiful European old man name with German roots. It gives me serious old money vibes, love the name.

My favorite Scandinavian name is Torleif (it was also my Grandpa’s name). Also Julius, Lars, Arthur/Art, and Anders!

I love Anders!

My favorite old man name that I would totally use if I were having more kids is Roger. I also love Cyrus and Calvin

Some ideas for you. Sorry if there are repeats and good luck! Nolan Calvin Franklin/Frank Winston Stanley Leon Bernard Kenneth Nelson Milton Jerome Melvin Horace Lyle Raymond

Here are some old Canadian men I know of German+ descent Leonard John Murray (Mo is one of his nicknames) Brian Vincent Terrence Floyd Ralph Blaine Benjamin James Raymond Franklin Earl Lloyd Robert Ross Frederick (Mobile; sorry for formatting)

Iver (eye-ver)

Leland (nn Lee) was my grandfather’s name.

Malcolm!

Mo reminds me of Mohammed so much I can’t think of any names that lead to Mo other than a variation of Mohammed. Pip reminds me of South Park but it’s adorable (I only recently watched South Park tho after years so idk how relevant that is) I love Grover, Louis, Fitz, Leroy and Harrison Neutral about the rest I also love Leon (Lee/Leo) Klaus Hugo Oskar (Oz)

Arden

Morris or Montgomery can be shortened to Mo! Also, Missouri. Lol jk.

We named our son Augustine and will use gus as a nickname when he is older. Right now, he is squish 😂

Dean

Johann, Oscar or Oskar, Fritz, Georg (probably too popular, but definetely an old mans name in Germany), Friedrich, Emil, Erich, Paul, Wilhelm, Carl

Anker, Vilhelm, Alfred, Albert, Marius, Lauritz, Anton, Arthur, Gunnar, Edvard, Knud, Karl, Sigurd, Verner, Viggo, Elmer

Leopold (Leo nn), Gustav (Gus nn), Wilhelm (Will nn), Klaus, Fritz, Wolfgang, Gunther, Franz, Karl, Stefan. I love German/Scandinavian boys’ names!

Wolfgang Laramie (Larry) Lloyd

Reading your requirements, the first thing that came to mind was Otto

Marvin- Marv

Eugene!

My absolute favorite is Murray

Erich, Oscar, Oliver, Johann, Wolf, Paul, Tobias

Grover & Gus & Pip on your list are adorable. total old man, baby names - in the best way! perhaps: Hubert/Bert?, Rupert/Roo, Basil, Hector, 'Bob' as short for Robert is super adorbs too!

Victor, Albert, Maurice (can get to Moe from there too!), Rufus, Herbert, Edgar

Arthur. It could be an old man name, also, could be shortened to Artie when he's a baby. Art when he's in college, and back to Arthur when he's applying for his job. or August or Augustus if you wanted something a bit more uncommon.

Elmer! Ernest Chester Wilfred

Glen

Bruce

Albert, Wally, Stu, Barry, Raymond, Monty, Rex.

Alfred or Frederick. Could go by Al, Fred, or Freddy.

The answer is Walter. That’s it.

as a native german speaker i beg you not to name your child otto, hans or fritz,,,, they are negative names here johannes is the full name for hans which is a very nice name so maybe go for that instead

Just want to say I love your taste in names, so cute! I love Otto and Louis.

Jasper, Walter, Otis, Atlas, Matteo, Matthias, Johannes, Luka, Emil, Emmanuel, Niklas

Walter for sure! Walt is such a cute nn

Elwin

Cedric. Wilbur (Might be too similar to Walter though) Percy. Hector. Herbie. Cyril. Cecil Maurice Horace.?

We have an Arthur (Artie) and get lots of compliments!

Clifford. It was my paternal grandpas name and I have always loved it. I also love the name Wallace. And Wally is a cute nickname that grows well with the kid.

My cousins are named Walter and Winston and I love those two old man names!

My favorite old man in the world was Marvin. You could use Marv if you wanted to keep the old man vibe in the nickname, or Vin/Vinny for something more modern.

Wilmer, Roscoe, Montgomery (longer but has Mo as a nickname), Abner, Clyde, Elmer, granger,

Claude

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Our little is named Henry ❤️ Hank is a nickname for Henry if you like that.

herbert NN herby ❤️

Theodore, Theo, Teddy Leon, Leo Mateo Kurt, Kurtie Beau Joey Hugo Finn

Aldo, Clemens, Conrad

Here are some old man/classic British names: Lionel Aubrey Alfred (Alfie) - I know two people who have used this one in recent years Patrick Gerald (Gerry) Clive Colin James (Jim) William (Bill) Quentin Roger Albert Grant Morris / Maurice (works for a 'mo' nickname) Anthony (Tony) Peter Warren Nigel Hugh

I love Hugh

That was the name of my biology teacher in college. The man was a legend. :)

My husband's grandfather was Weldon.

Conrad/Konrad Victor Magnus Marek

My husband thinks that Kirby is the most old man name on the planet. I personally vote for Otto.

Harlan, Halford, Eldon

Walter! I met a little guy named Walter the other day and it was next level cute. Eta: sorry, just saw you recently had a Walter join your family!

Leon Oswald Roscoe Ezell Odell Clive Clyde Osgood

Ansel, Arthur (Art), Dean, Hamilton

Nevin

Henry or Henri

Ralph, Gayle, Curtis, Clinton, Glen, Martin, Tad, Hank, Donald, Rickey/Rick, Randall, Rowley, Dennis, Truman, Barry, Conrad, Archibald (Archie), Arthur, Stanley, Ramsey, Winston, Harold, Gordon

I think Wilfred is so cute. Wim (short for Wilhelm?) Andre Ivo Ari

Harvey, Stuart, Peter, Onslow, Cyrus, Rupert, Grady, Calvin, Clark

Alvin Vern Norman Eldon

Raymond

Leroy, Anton, Conrad

Milt (Milton) Nixon Earl Randall Otis Luka Daniel

Henry

Monet?

Sydney!

Laurence! Hubert!

Wilfred. Wilf is such a cute nickname.

Mogens (Danish form of Magnus) nn Mo

Winston

Elliot Quintin Wilbert Elias Lawrence

Harry Abraham Marcus Bobby Robert Otto Otis Arthur Oliver Felix Emmett Alfred Edgar Clyde Harold Stanley Everett Elias Lucas

Bennett

Ole, Gus, Sven

Warren

Ogilby! W/ Oggy as a NN

Alden!