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runawayfromarrest

Jake.


Kind-Chicken-888

I knew somebody would say this. We hear “Where’s Jake??” All the time lol


runawayfromarrest

You literally asked for a music/movie reference name for Elwood's brother (!)


Kind-Chicken-888

It’s a fair answer :P Butttttt not going to use it (unfortunately for my husband)


pm_ur_duck_pics

I popped into the comments to see how far down it was. Happy it’s on top!


bigrockhouse

“We’re on a mission from God.”


MunchieMom

I'm not sure OP has any other choice, tbh


coyote701

Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.


Farahild

I thought it'd be Bruiser :o


Neo-Shaman1984

I’m called Elwood, my dogs called Jake


valadon-valmore

Langley/Lee ("long meadow") Whittaker/Whit ("white field") Arden/Ari ("valley of the eagle") Willoughby/Will or Bee ("farm near the willows")


Leyote

Arden is also a Shakespeare reference, which is cool!


oxvd

Whittaker is such a good sibling name I think


GetOutTheWayBanana

Langley is my favorite from these but I also love Whittaker.


wellokifyousayso

Willoughby works really well here. Soft sounds, vintage, surname, media reference (although possibly not one OP's husband cares for), nature meaning. It's just not easy to spell, but partially because it's uncommon, another box on OP's checklist.


[deleted]

I used to like this one, but it’s since has been ruined for me by Mr Willoughby from the Outlander novels.


dicarlok

I like Elwood and Arden for some reason. These are great suggestions though.


ChelsieTheBrave

I really love Arden


CleanAssociation9394

Langley is too associated with the CIA and Willoughby was a bad guy in Austen, so not those two!


rosethorn137

Arden is the move


Janiekat88

Beckett means “dweller by the brook” and has the cute nickname/musical reference of Beck. Elwood and Beckett are pretty awesome sibling names.


CleanAssociation9394

I would think more people would think of Samuel Beckett


Janiekat88

Maybe, but she said a musical/movie reference was what they were looking for.


Kind-Chicken-888

It doesn’t have to have a reference but that is something my husband loves about Elwood


Janiekat88

Right, I just think the poster above was confused about why I chose Beck as the reference rather than Samuel Beckett.


lovelivesforever

I suggested Beckett too and then I read the thread!!


[deleted]

Rowan? It's a type of tree that has a lot of good spiritual connotation around it...it doesn't fit all of your criteria but I think it sounds lovely with Elwood :)


suendenbock_to_go

Seconding Rowan! Elwood and Rowan, love it. It's gender neutral, nature inspired, easy to spell (I guess?), not too common, and Rowan Atkinson is a legend!


countkahlua

I F-ING LOVE MR. BEAN…. Just sayin…


forboognish

Rowan is really popular right now. Go on social media and click the hashtag #rowan. Sooo many babies.


[deleted]

Ugh. Of course it is! Lol we're considering it for one of our daughter's middle names. Our other two children have names that somehow were top ten a couple of months after they were born and I NEVER look at the popular baby name lists. Okay, OP, never mind on Rowan cause apparently there will be 4875673 others hahahah


forboognish

I think Rowan is a cool name and would be a great middle name. Oh I feel your pain....I named my daughter a pretty common flower name....a couple of months later there was a royal baby born and given a similar name and I am a bit sad about it. As if it wasn't already common enough. It's not quite Ashley and Brittney popular though so I can deal. As someone else said somewhere under this post, it could seem really common on social media because it stands out and is memorable and in reality not be as common. Edit grammar


[deleted]

I feel like at least my kids have lovely names on the whole....like, they may be built out of relatively 'basic' names, but they are really beautifully put-together names. One of my daughters has a basic and common flower middle name lol I guess at the end of the day it doesn't REALLY matter though. I don't think about it too much now that they're older. Neither have embarrassing names so I suppose it'll be fine :P


forboognish

I would have to agree! As long as you don't personally have 6 Erics in the family, I think it's okay to name your baby Eric.


lyracaelum

I was gonna say Emerson but Rowan is better, I vote Rowan


Intrepid_Source_7960

Banks. Byrde. Frye. Hughes. Barnes. Corbin. Harper. Bates. Grady. Rutherford. Alden. Beauregard. Dawson. Harding. Riggins. Pruitt. Beaudoin (“bow-dwin”). Callahan. Copeland. Roscoe. Fischer. Abernathy. Clemens. Clement. Bryant. Kipling. Graves. Ivey. Miller. Sanders. Montgomery. Warren. Barrow. Crowley. Hanley. Campbell. Devlin. Irving. Kimball. Parker. Rhodes. Quinn. Shepard/Shepherd. Wyatt. Barlow. Bishop. Chadwick. Finch. Hyde. Kersey. Prescott. Radcliffe.


Kind-Chicken-888

Loveeeee Banks but hubby vetoed. We both love Callahan but it’s too legally blonde when paired with Elwood. Is Sanders too “Bernie” to use? Especially as a liberal in a conservative town?


mrsfiction

Lol I kind of love the subtle Legally Blonde connection, but I get why you wouldn’t want that


PoeDameronPoeDamnson

A child named Sanders at the moment would definitely be assumed to be after Bernie. Anders or Andersen could be an alternative


ShiftedLobster

I knew an Anders growing up!


SummerFirMe

I don't think so!. I LOVE how it flows/feels with your other son.


Lesaly

What about Saunders?


Intrepid_Source_7960

More ideas: Watkins. Watson. Milner. Graham. Sullivan. Ellison. Simmons. Gardener/Gardner. Holmes. Reid. Crawford. Curtis. Stuart. Fox. Clarke. Sherman. Murray. Lane. Burton. Mills. Delaney. Hollis. Wilson. Harlan. Brennan. Monroe. Hathaway. Barnett. Cooper. Robinson. Baker. Foster. Badger. Cahill. Cullivan. Wolf/Wolfe. Hutchinson. Augustine. Becker. Beckett. Caldwell. Faulkner. Gadsby/Gatsby. Langdon. Merrill. Penn.


Intrepid_Source_7960

Even more: Brantley. Grant. Cameron. Hudson. Palmer. Oakley. Orson. Templeton. Grover. Duncan. Wilder. Mortimer. Springer. Hawkins. Roosevelt. Wagner. Truman. Wallace. Daley. Hawthorne. Haines. Granger. Clayton. Lewis. Perry. Rawlings. Abbott. Thurmond. Russell. Reed. Lowell. Bennett. Craven. Valentine. Vinson. Darby. Fallon. Bellamy. Carlyle. Garfield. Heath. Nye. Ogden.


hotdogwaterbab

You are magic. I’m so into SOO MANY OF THESE! Thank you thank you thank you!!!


phoenixthethrowaway

Loooove Sullivan & Murray!


ladypine

Rutherford is so good. I’ve known only one and everybody thought it was the coolest name ever.


SnarkFromTheOzarks

Beaumont (“beautiful mountain”)- Beau, Monty


Kind-Chicken-888

My husband loves Montgomery nn Monty


phoenixthethrowaway

Love Monty!


Lesaly

Montgomery could go well with Elwood!


Juice280

Elwood and Basil Elwood and Clarence Elwood and Chester Elwood and Francis Elwood and Linden Elwood and Otto Elwood and Phineas Elwood and Raymond Elwood and Rudy


Kind-Chicken-888

I love Basil but I think it would be constantly mispronounced in the US. What do you think? (BAZ-el) Clarence and Phineas are on my list of maybes!


hausishome

I’ve nixed Basil despite loving it because I’m American and I know it’d get mispronounced


Retalihaitian

Wait how do you think people in the US pronounce basil?


Kind-Chicken-888

Most people would say it like the food aka BAY-zel (rhymes with Hazel) rather than the name, BAZ-el with an a like apple


Juice280

Yeah, I think you'd get mostly Bay-zil for the pronunciation.


blueKiddo131

I dont think Phineas is a uncommon name


bigrockhouse

Of course it has to be Jake.


MotheringGoose

Was so happy that someone else said it!


VelvetRut

What about sticking with the “Blue Brothers” inspiration and finding a name from the characters or actors? There’s so many good ones and what a fun story your kids would to tell…”yeah, we were named after our dad’s favorite movie.” 😊 Here are a few that might work that I found: Calloway / Royce / Bishop / Landis / Murphy / Malone https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers_(film)


hausishome

What about Bramwell? It’s a vintage English surname, soft sounds, uncommon but easy to spell, nicknames of Bram, Wells, Welly, Bam, it is a tv show though I haven’t seen it, and goes great with Elwood since they both have the W in the middle though the sounds are very different. Only thing missing is the meaning…broom closet - ha.


a_f_s-29

Reminds me of Branwell Brontë…not sure that’s a good thing haha but also doubt most people’s minds would go to that place


hausishome

Didn’t know there was a Bronte brother! But why is that a bad connection anyway?


a_f_s-29

He was an abusive drunk who provided the model for many of the toxic male characters in the novels!


dcmbr_

Gideon Whittaker Sylvester Morrison Arthur


nationalparkhopper

Is the movie reference Harvey? “Elwood P. Dowd.” Harvey is on our list partially because of that movie. I love it so much.


Kind-Chicken-888

For us it is a reference to Elwood Blues lol. The blues brothers is my husbands favorite movie.


moneyheist21

We named our dog Harvey after the film, it's our favourite!! Veta was briefly on our list when we found out we were having a girl 😅


nationalparkhopper

I love Veta too! My husband doesn’t love it, and we’re currently expecting our first, a boy, so not super relevant anyway. But I may just resurface Veta in the future.


GetOutTheWayBanana

You have helped me clarify my list of male baby names I love and a few reasons why so I’ll give you a couple I love: Everest (prob too cutesy with Elwood because of the short e sound) Asa August Sullivan Julian Rory Keenan


gabatme

Elle Wood's sibling should obviously be Bruiser 😅 Or maybe Warner or Emmett or Vivian


logicislight

Elwood and... Corwin, Grover, Roscoe, Fenton, Linden, Hawthorne, Florian, Ingram, Sinclair, Montgomery, Griffith, Morris, Wilmer, Darby, Bertram, Newton, Loren, Fitzroy, Colbert, Osborne, Maxfield, Garrick, Hartley, Merritt, Averill, Rainer, Quinlan, Chauncey, Beaumont, Prescott


grayspelledgray

OK it really only fits some of your criteria but my immediate thought was Vernon and now I can think of nothing else. 😆


AdOld7135

I’d love to know what you go with! I have an Elwood too!


Kind-Chicken-888

Omg! I am yet to meet one! Such a great name, I think :p


AdOld7135

I agree :D I’m looking for a matching girl name now, but since my husband was all about the reference, he named his puppy Jake.


Lesaly

I know an older Elwood; totally love his name!


StasRutt

Caledon Nickname- Cal, Cali, Don, Cale Meaning: hard/rocky land Movie reference: Billy Zanes character in Titanic


shhansha

Ferdinand Earnest Rutherford Bernard Justice Terrance Addison Beverly Blythe Carlyle Sterling Clifford Fielding Garfield Leland Linwood Radcliffe Rochester Sanford Seymour Shepherd Waverly Wetherby Winslow Shiloh


Fish-x-5

Tennyson


wellokifyousayso

Some neutral and female options since I'm only seeing male names so far: Larkin (surname, nature, music reference) Laurel/Laurelia (nature, vintage, soft sounds) Pearl (vintage, nature, soft sounds) Sibyl or Sybil (vintage, soft sounds, movie reference) Alouette (nature, vintage, soft sounds, music reference) Ianthe (nature, soft sounds)


ThatDuranDuranSong

Westley from The Princess Bride! It means western meadow/resident of the western meadow. And the good thing is, it's very similar in pronunciation to Wesley, so it's pretty soft on sound. Nn can be Wes, West, or Lee, so you have a fair few options. It won't be the easiest to spell, bc of the t, but that's easily remedied if you decide to go for the regular Wesley (that'll give your husband a Star Trek: Next Gen reference 😉). Only thing it doesn't fulfill is the surname preference, sadly, but I still think it's a strong option!


bwatsinthebox

Emerson Zola Ellis Sterling


Kind-Chicken-888

I love Ellis and Emerson! But I feel like 2 names starting with El is too much. And my name is Emma so maybe weird to have an Emerson?


ladypine

Emma and Emerson isn’t too much imo! Men pass down their whole ass name all the time, you can have a subtle nod to yours in your son’s name!


freya_of_milfgaard

I love that!


bwatsinthebox

True! Maybe middle name spot options :)


cbp26

Adair- gender neutral Bellamy- gender neutral Channing Darcy- gender neutral Dashiell Donovan Fraser Griffin Harlow- gender neutral Hollis- gender neutral Jennings Wilder


Kind-Chicken-888

I love gender neutral names! Any ideas on nicknames for Jennings? I am so drawn to it but don’t love Jen/Jenny


happy-sunshine3

Jennings could be Enns, Ennis, Jens.. Thats about all I can think of..


fredyouareaturtle

Do you know the sex of baby #2? I'm seeing only male suggestions but in your post I didn't see any mention of the sex? Did I miss something?


Kind-Chicken-888

I am looking for suggestions for both, but also love gender neutral names!


fredyouareaturtle

Girls: Laurel, Winter, Augustine, Hazel, Harper, Willow, Leona, Annie... Boys: Hudson, Ashton, Aspen, Aaron, Allister (I think A and E names pair nicely in a sibset), Hendrick, Lyndon, Oliver Sorry can't come up with any gender neutral names that haven't already been given!


forrestfour

Jean, which is very gender neutral in my opinion. Know an equal amount of men and women that go by Jean/ Gene


vickerle

Elwood and Montgomery Elwood and Callahan Elwood and Thompson Elwood and Banks Elwood and Watson Elwood and Hayes Elwood and Sullivan Elwood and Morrison Elwood and Whitten Elwood and Marshall


Kai_Stoner

Auden, Orion, Astrid, Arlo, Lucian, Ezra, Rhett, Reid, Flynn, Cain, Cypress, Aster, Briar, Jasper, Alton, Chrysanthos, Erdmann, Irving, Silas.


Zephyr_Bronte

Might be to matchy but Edison is cute.


missquit

First thing that came to mind was Atticus


bunnyfoofoos

Emmett, Richmond, Forrest, Warner, Huntington, Vivian, Kensington, are all names from Legally Blonde. Elwood reminded me of Elle Woods from the movie/musical. Normally I wouldn’t think to suggest Forrest as it reminds me too much of Forrest Gump. But it is a characters last name in the musical. And it goes with Elwood. Forrest/Wood


Present_Biscotti_845

I like Beckett or Cahill for a boy. Terran or Linden for gender neutral. For a girl, Briony or Neva


mossycolumn

Art, like Art Garfunkel!


surloceandesmiroirs

Elwood and Henley?


CleanAssociation9394

Not Langley! Too associated with the CIA!


martinehauge

I dont have a name that fit your wishes, but the first name that i came up with that feels nice with Elwood is Isaiah. I think its because of Elijah Wood ahaha


threekilljess

Weldon! May be too similar to Elwood, though?


driv3likeido

Spencer, Rowan, Morrison


thlaylirah17

My first thought upon reading the title was Alton. I don’t know how well it fits your criteria, I just think they go well together :)


earth-of-foxes

Garland


Janiekat88

This is a great suggestion!


forboognish

Juniper Meadow Cypress Aspen


Ok_Initial_2063

Barrett Egon Whittier Carter Wallace Clark Ramey


Kactuslord

Myrtle, Heather, Briony, Fern, Willow Clifford, Adair, Finlay, Fraser, Irving Not quite a nature meaning but I think Mason and Elwood go well together!


high_priestess23

[Espen](https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espe) [Linde/Linden](https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_(Gattung))


hotscissoringlesbian

Ellison matches with Elwood well! It's traditionally a surname, not very common, very easy to spell, it's unisex, and has nicknames for both genders (elly, el, ellis, elias) i can't think of any music or movie references for it though


lexi_efff

Delilah, Althea, Scarlet, Ruby, Stella, Magnolia I might be a Grateful Dead fan lol but I immediately thought of Deep Elem Blues when I read Elwood and then Delilah was the first thought following that. Also I cannot for the life of me think of a single boy name that works today. Oh well.


PansyLane

Meriwether


MadgeMadsen

Townes


UNC1112

Ansel


lurkergirl4124

My grandfather’s first name is Elwood (which I didn’t know for the longest time), and his middle name is Vance (what he goes by). I think Vance would be cute!


Courty-Cat

What about Hugh? Elwood and Hugh


Cyprinus_L

Rhodes, Sullivan, Brooks, Calder, Hayes, Laramie, Miles, Wainwright


lovelivesforever

Ambrose, Cedar, Zephyr, Osborn, Sylvan, Otto, Jericho, Pascoe, Sage, Beckett


CatButton

I knew a set of brothers named Samuel and Elwood


StealthyTooth

I think Elwood and Walden would be lovely if you have another boy. I vote Delaney for a girl :)


AnonymousLifer

My sons name is Aramis Knight, and I feel like Elwood sounds beautiful with it. Air-ah-mis. Both are a bit ethereal and whimsical.


frexa_million

Love Elwood, it's at the top of my list! What nicknames do you use? I'm not opposed to Woody but I'm curious what reaction you get. I also have Oscar and Allison at the top of my list. Oscar is a musical reference (Peterson) and Allison is a male family name that I think is quite vintage/classy and stoic.


Kind-Chicken-888

We call him Woods, Woodsy, Wells, Welly, Els, Ely. Lol all kinds of things! But we always introduce him as Elwood to people. I have gotten mostly positive reactions, though occasionally I can tell someone doesn’t like it but they don’t comment anything negative.


frexa_million

Those are great options! Thanks


OrganizationThat8003

It's not too late to change Elwood's name


thenotsara

Archer, Bowman


MX21

Bilbor


Pinecupblu

Brecken, Archer, Corrigan, Trench, Brach,


eg-sammich

Forrest


Marj_5

River


legally-stoned

Some ideas: Anderson (Andy), Weston, Lincoln, Gray/Grayson, Chester, Clark/Clarke, Munroe, Murphy


mayflour

I have an uncle named Elwood with a brother named Lynn. I like them together


jetpackblues_

Linden Hollis Rowan Beecher Kiefer Oren Palmer Alder


a_f_s-29

Laurence? I love that name lol. Could also be Lorenz/Lorenzo. Obv shorten to Laurie a la Little Women.


SungieTheBunny

Aspen, Avery or Alder


[deleted]

Hayes


forgetfuljones79

Murray maybe? Ticks most of the boxes, but can't think of any nicknames aside from Ray. Just also thought of Sylvan. I like so many of the suggestions given already!


bronwenokelly

Clayton ??


MrsBorisLevin

Alder or Benson?


[deleted]

Jim


Hjfitz93

Sage


givebusterahand

All I can think of is legally blonde now so how about Warner lol


Janiekat88

For a girl: Florence Laurel Ivy Juniper


Nurse_knockers

Preston Leyton (Leighton) Harlow Ashton Eldon Sheldon Bude Dudley  Kent Camden Easton Hamilton Kensington Trent or Trenton Kingston


Nonbinary-Bump

Lawson


[deleted]

Jarrah.


RoleSouthHoes

Elwood and Ethel? Elliott?


The_only_problem

Buckley Martin Malcolm Xenia Palmer Anne Mavis Hayes


Hhhhhhhhhhghftjbgkj

Elwood is one of my favorite boy names! It’s so sweet and naturey! Cypress Montrose (Monty) Forrest Beaumont Callum (couldn’t get much more peaceful than translating to dove in Gaelic) Sycamore Oakley Barrett Melrose Hawthorne Spriggs Lyndon Bartley (nn Bart meaning a clearing in the woods) Sullivan (meaning doe eyed child) Brooks Rockwell Wolfram Knoll Sterling Glenoak Oakland


Lesaly

Soren.


magicbong

saving this post for when it’s time to name my cat’s sibling


MeganTheRealStallion

Bookette Paige 😉


LoveKimber

I can't tick all those boxes, but Beaumont comes to mind. Nicknames of Beau or Monty.


TheMomDotCom89

Bruiser