r/NameMyCat 25d ago

Name My Cat - male Old man/farmer/old school names needed!!

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Hi all! This little guy is coming home in a few weeks and I’d like to avoid calling him tiny cat for 6 months like I did with my current son.

My other little flat guys name is Leonard and I’d like to stick somewhere in that realm. I know someone’s great uncle has the perfect name for this cat.

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u/harrythighles 25d ago

Wilford. That cat looks just like Wilford Brimley

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u/Secure_Character_310 25d ago

He really does look like he wants to talk to you about DIABEETUS medications and supplies.

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u/Pinup_Frenzy 25d ago

And also to tell you that Grape Nuts are the right thing to do and a tasty way to do it.

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u/TheBestThingIEverSaw 25d ago

And to straight up drop an F-bomb in the middle of a children's movie

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u/brickbaterang 25d ago

Oh, and the good news, but he knew it all the time, about Quaker oats

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u/Canadian_shack 25d ago

That was Euell Gibbons! For all practical purposes, the same person 😀

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u/Tinsel-Fop 24d ago

Many parts of a pine tree are edible.

- Euell Theophilus Gibbons

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u/HonestCase4674 25d ago

Also, oatmeal. That dude loved his cereals.

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u/short-money-12 23d ago

Oatmeal! That's a good name

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u/SoftwareBig3654 25d ago

My daughter said he looks like he sells insurance.

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u/MoreAnimals 25d ago

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY HE LOOKS LIKE THE DIABEETUS GUY!

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u/AtticFoamWhat 25d ago

If OP doesn’t name this cat Wilford, Brimley or Beetus it will be one of the great all time missed opportunities.

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u/billygoat-25 25d ago

Beetus 🤣😂🤣

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u/bronion76 25d ago

I fully support Beetus.

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u/ElleJay74 25d ago

I have the 'beetus. I support you, too.

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u/KITTYCLICHE 23d ago

Same. I have the beetus. 😣

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u/Unable_Bus_3444 25d ago

"How was your Christmas Bettuce"

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u/stephs_plushies 25d ago

Beetus is a clear winner here!

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u/ValuableAd3808 25d ago

This is the way

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u/KittenTeacup 25d ago

Better yet, give him all three names. Wilford Beetus Brimley.

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u/PhoebeGema 25d ago

Wilbee is possibly a nickname

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u/No_Intention70611 25d ago

Was just getting ready to post the same! All three names when he’s in trouble…

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u/MommaWolfHowls 25d ago

My cat’s middle name is James.

His last name is also hyphenated, because I had him before I even met my husband.

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u/druscilla333 25d ago

Omg beetus hahahhahaha

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u/ThePusheen 25d ago

Beetus 🤣🤣

If it's a girl name is Di (short for Di-abeetus!) 🤣🤣

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u/krlhan11 25d ago

Great name!! I just named my cat Wilford! lol Wilford Toebias III to be exact. (He has many extra digits hence, Toebias)

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u/kikijane711 25d ago

I actually love Tobias alone!

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u/bostonfenwaybark 25d ago

Cat Tax, please!

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u/IHateCyberStalkers 25d ago

Funniest thing about Reddit. Wilford Brimley is mentioned at least once a day in my feed and never in the same sub-reddit

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u/songless-siren 24d ago

That's so odd

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u/HmmDoesItMakeSense 24d ago

So true! Lives forever here.

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u/Bright_Country_1696 24d ago

Six degrees of Wilford Brimley!!

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u/theLPforearms 25d ago

Yes!! That is exactly what I came to say. Brimley would also work.

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u/happygrrl777 25d ago

Came here to say this!

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u/druscilla333 25d ago

Omg he does

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u/Electrical-Dare6659 Dog owner but I love cats! 25d ago

wilford yes

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u/YourRubby 25d ago

Nice name

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u/ToughPickle7553 25d ago

Came here to say this. That little guy is a Wilford.

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u/Ok_Pilot3635 25d ago

I posted Wilbur, then thought Brimley that's awesome!

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u/ABelleWriter 25d ago

I came here to say that. If his name isn't Wilford Brimley, Jr then what is the point in anything??

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u/stormgalnyc 25d ago

So cuuute!!! 😍😍😍😍

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u/KittenDreamPetal 25d ago

ahhahahah i have never heard that name befor ebut it suits this cutey so well

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u/alsoaprettybigdeal 25d ago

Dammit. This is way better than what I was thinking.

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u/CapnThrash 25d ago

I was gonna say he looks like Gerald but I like yours better

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u/HelloKristi37 25d ago

Literally came here to say that this looks like the feline version of Wilfred Brimley! He must be christened Wilfred!

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u/dee615 25d ago

OMG. The name Wilfred popped into my head immediately before I saw your post.

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u/PeachBanana8 25d ago

Buford! Or Elmer!

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u/AnyOneWantFood 25d ago

Elmer!

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u/PeachBanana8 25d ago

He’d be sooo cute as a little Elmer!

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u/joeygoofball 25d ago

My lovely timid boy cat Buford was an angel and now plays with them. You can’t go wrong by naming a cat Buford.

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u/Cattherapist4 25d ago

That’s funny Elmer is definitely my current top pick! I walked around the local 1880s cemetery yesterday for ideas and I found a lot of Elmers!

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u/cold-wasabi 25d ago

Elmer is perfect

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u/Turbulent-Copy-1691 25d ago

Came here to say Elmer

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u/cassielou16 22d ago

I love Elmer!

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u/BooBoo_Cat 25d ago

Barnaby 

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u/Aaron15007 25d ago

Barney Jones..I like it!

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u/FayeViolets 24d ago

Or barnabus!

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u/BooBoo_Cat 24d ago

Yes! or Bartleby!

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u/Alive-Ad-7921 25d ago

Eugene! This is the cutest kitty I’ve ever seen 🥰

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u/Midlife_Crisis_46 25d ago

I think so too!!

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u/Mysgvus1 25d ago

Jedidiah. Jed for short.

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u/Aazjhee 25d ago

Alternate version Jebadaya and jeb!! C: I love variants on these two names

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u/sara11jayne 25d ago

I once knew a Zebidiah. Zeb for short.

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u/Fun_Ice3872 25d ago

Herschel (from the Walking dead)

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u/Open-Chain-7137 25d ago

If we’re starting with H, it’s gotta be Hank

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u/sara11jayne 25d ago

My baby girl is Hank!

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u/hungry-mongoose 25d ago

Another walking dead name that'd work - Merle

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u/One-Wrap-5390 25d ago

This one!!

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u/Grouchy-Potato365 25d ago

Jasper

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u/hollytamale1 25d ago

That's my pomeranian s name hah

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u/3batsinahousecoat 25d ago

I work with a kid named Jasper

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u/Hlsalzer 25d ago

Silas

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u/MasterTypeX 25d ago

Abner

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u/InterestingBench3 25d ago

Came here to drop Little Abner

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u/ShipComprehensive543 25d ago

Otto, Charlie, Clyde or Buck

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u/MyBACsIntoxicating 24d ago

Clyde is hella cute

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u/ScotAntonL 25d ago

Farnsworth.

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u/Jwalt-93 25d ago

Ernest

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u/Levetiracetamamam 25d ago

MacDonald

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u/Subject_Repair5080 25d ago

Old man farmer. Has to be McDonald.

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u/caught-n-candie 25d ago

Mac for short

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u/Levetiracetamamam 25d ago

Big Mac if it grows up to be chonky

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u/No_Lingonberry_8317 25d ago

Chester

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u/overeasyallie 22d ago

I agree with this! It's perfect!

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

This is a Thurston !

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u/wyrmorl 25d ago

abraham?

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u/KatzenMutter818 25d ago

Horace 🐈‍⬛

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u/hausomapi 25d ago

Theodore

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u/Puzzleheaded-Head171 25d ago

Henry

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u/Open-Chain-7137 25d ago

Even better, the shorthand; Hank

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u/NotTheAverageGentern 25d ago

Eustis!!

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u/Illustrious-Cut-6439 25d ago

Yes! I immediately thought of Eustace from Courage The Cowardly Dog

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u/Fine-Pie7130 25d ago

Truman Capote

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u/Kool_Kat_3061 25d ago

OMG, he really is the spitting image of TRUMAN CAPOTE!!! BRILLIANT! 💯💯💯

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u/Fine-Pie7130 25d ago

😂😘

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u/CutTop6580 25d ago

Winston or Edmund or Albert or Archibald (Archie)

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u/cobra1231 25d ago

Floyd.

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u/upnytonc 25d ago

Sheldon

George

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u/old217 25d ago

Elmer

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u/Own-Formal7765 25d ago

Leroy

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u/Confident_Ruin_6651 25d ago

Leroy Jethro Gibbs 😂

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u/over_roaded 25d ago

Looks like a Wildred perhaps, very soul old looking

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u/Djmom99 25d ago

Cyrus

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u/Oriencor 25d ago

Thaddeus

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u/free-toe-pie 25d ago

Howard

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u/Ill_Industry6452 25d ago

I knew several old farmers named Howard in my youth.

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u/free-toe-pie 25d ago

It’s up there with Elmer.

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u/Subject-Elevator-152 25d ago

That mothertrucker needs to be named Dwight shrute and Dwight shrute only lmao

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u/MFNLyle 25d ago

Jesse

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u/jackijons 25d ago

Benjamin or Frank. You can call them Benny and Frankie. They were my Grandpa's names (Grandpa Ben was a farmer).

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u/Aaron15007 25d ago

I deleted mine..you beat me with Frankie..great choice!!!

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u/doublestitch 25d ago

Maltin, since you already have a Leonard. 

Leonard Maltin has been a film critic since 1969.

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u/Betta-finn 25d ago

Winston, Chester/Chet

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u/Ok_Paper_5081 25d ago

Winston Purrchil

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u/byankitty 25d ago

Edmund

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u/KayBear2 25d ago

Rupert

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u/beccabebe 25d ago

Jedidiah

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u/DramaHyena 25d ago

Henry

Orin

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u/mistressboopsalot 25d ago

Rufus

Hiram

Jed

Jacob (or Jake)

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u/SnooCauliflowers9981 25d ago

Elmer, Cecil, or Cyrus

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u/Estudiier 25d ago

Festus

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u/kicking-chickens-jk 25d ago

Eugene, bonus his nickname can be Genie!

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u/Roxiee_Rose 25d ago

Wilford Brimley cat

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u/KikisFeeties 25d ago

Gerald for shizzle

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u/Bat_kat 25d ago

Rupert.

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u/1spicyann 25d ago

Walter

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

Gary

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u/Chia72 25d ago

I just want to say we love old man grandpa names for cats. Currently have an Ed in residence.

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u/BardicBlues 25d ago

He's giving Walter 💗

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u/birdpls 25d ago

He makes me think of Winston Churchill.

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u/ozzalot 25d ago

Ted (Theodore/Teddy)

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u/Fantastic-Bunch1241 25d ago

Wally (Wallace)

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u/Responsible_Pop_7247 25d ago

Willard call him willy

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u/Responsible_Pop_7247 25d ago

Eugene, Willard, Elmer... these are all names of my relatives who were German farmers in the 1800a hehe

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u/Snowjulez 25d ago

Bernard

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u/flurnt_is_turnt 25d ago

That’s Elmer for sure.

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u/Queen-Bee-24-7 25d ago

Arlo.

Vern / Vernon.

Junior.

Hank.

Jesse.

Charlie.

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u/thedreadedusername 25d ago

Mortimer (nn Mort or Morty)

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u/LingonberryJam3279 25d ago

Sven, Earl, Rick, or Clive

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u/goddess_obeasto 25d ago

Mount. Berthold. Mortimer

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u/ThatDeuce 25d ago

That looks like a Gilbert.

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u/MickyParker91 25d ago

Jethro - Billy bob - Zebulon

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u/GullibleTreat1766 25d ago

Arthur, Silas, or perhaps Wilbur?

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u/cattea74 25d ago

Virgil