Cool Cowboy Names

Rugged, rustic Wrangler evokes cowboy charm, bootcut denim, and SUVs.

This cowboy-ish surname has an equine connection — Larimer originally denoted someone who made and sold spur bits, along with other hardware needed for riding horses.

A rowdy name nobody ever heard of, till Nick Nolte gave it to his son.

Just the kind of old-fashioned nickname coming back into style.

The charming Hitch played by Will Smith in the eponymous movie put this into the lexicon. Also known as the nickname of director Alfred Hitchcock and writer Christopher Hitchens, who titled his autobiography "Hitch."

Lucchese is a luxury cowboy boot company that was founded in San Antonio by the Lucchese brothers. The Luccheses were Sicilian immigrants, but their surname originally denoted someone from Lucca, a Tuscan city.

Any name that combines two big trends -- in this case, occupational and western names -- has potential.