Crazy Nicknames for Boys

Macho-er than thou.

A casual take on Corbin.

Cuthbert is unlikely to make a comeback anytime soon, so Cuddy too may be lost to history.

Upper crust pet form still used in some old money families.

Actor Rhames's imaginative shortening of the prosaic Irving, giving it new life and energy.

A Robert nickname out of use for hundreds of years, but now sounds cooler than Bob or Rob for a modern boy.

Briefly used as a male name in the early 20th century. Doll is a surname with a variety of origins and meanings, some more desirable than others.

Ancient nickname that sounds cuter than its modern alternatives -- but be aware that in the days of the horse and buggy, it was most often used for the horse.

Once you get past thinking of it as a red-painted building where they keep cows and hay, has a nice plainspoken country-like feel and may make a cooler diminutive than the still-purple Barney.

NBA player Damian "Dame" Lillard is the influencer behind this unusual nickname. Dame made the charts for the first time in 2021, following Lillard's gold medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

A bouncy midcentury TV nickname name.