The rise of cowboy names

[Anonymous]

My son is only 4 months but out of 10 baby group babies, 3 of the boys were Waylon, Colton and Nash. I’m in rhode island too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a bunch of cowboys and I would never consider Remy a cowboy name, although it's my favorite French boy's name.

Real cowboys I know: Bill, Bob, Dick, Rod, Randy, Andy, Cody, Winn, Lucky, and Tejun.

Real cowgirls: Dessa Lou, Shania, Sierra, Kat, Romelle, and Cheyenne.

Re:the boys' names: my friend's teenager asked her why so many cowboys were named Dick, Rod, or Randy and she said, "Compensation?"

I would assume Remy is short for Remington (I know one). That’s definitely a cowboy name. I also grew up in cow/horse country and knew someone named, Pistol.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This cracks me up a bit as someone who grew up in real cowboy country -- not the Old West, of course, but a small cowboy town out west where lots of my classmates actually ran cattle with their families and pretty much everyone went to the rodeo several times a year. There's also a corner of my family who were real cowboys in California as recently as the 1940s and 50s, when much of what is now developed around Los Angeles was still horse country and desert.

Some of the names I grew up with include Lee, Dick (yes, in the 80s!), Billy (not a nn for William, a standalone name), Ryder, Levi, and Luke. No Coltons or Wyatts, both of which would have been considered too on-the-nose. Among the girls, I knew multiple Cheyennes, a Winona, and a Juniper (called Junie) that I can remember.

I actually really love a lot of these names as they remind me of the place and people I grew up with. But I would personally never use them because I was a hard-core townie and I'd feel like a poser.

NP and I'd love to hear from this PP more about their upbringing. What town out west? And where in Los Angeles area? Do you mean the valley before it was paved over? Or maybe the westside? My uncle went to UCLA in the 40s and said he had to walk through orchards in Westwood to get there.

As an aside, I've been at the age for a while where I find it strange to look at a place and remember how it was. Like when my car broke down on the 101 at Las Virgenes and all there was besides land was a Bob's Big Boy and a gas station with a pay phone; now it's Calabasas. I contrast that with an opposite experience; I also used to live in a main section of Boston (Back Bay, Commonwealth Ave) and there is something very comforting to be able to go back 25 years later and the whole area fells exactly the same.

PP here. I don't want to give myself away but I grew up in Montana.

Regarding my California family, it was all Orange County, before Disneyland was built. It was all ranch country and most of my family worked with horses and cattle from a young age. They rode horses to school and most people did not have cars. When they tell stories about how things changed in that area between 1950 and 1970 it's crazy. Disneyland was built in 1955 and LA was exploding too. That area went from incredibly rural to massive development in a very short period of time, that also coincided with a lot of technological adoption (cars obviously existed before, but they became much cheaper and more accessible in California in the 50s, plus the influence of things like television and fast food which really shaped that area). By the time I was born, my cowboy uncles were older and their sons (no daughters) were all surfers or trying to work in the film/television industry.

One reason we were close to this part of the family growing up is because my cowboy uncles loved to visit us in Montana, because it reminded them of their childhood. Even though I grew up 40 years later, I really related to some of their experiences because moving out of Montana for college and later relocating to the East coast was a massive culture shock for me. My family was MC and we didn't travel a ton when I was a kid except to CA to visit family, or occasional trips to Colorado (not the fancy parts) or Utah, all of which is also so different from out here. I stills sometimes struggle with the pace and values system out here. Just very different from where I grew up.

[Anonymous]

Some of these names may be derived from country music, which is different from a cowboy name. Like Waylon Jennings was a singer songwriter, Nash could be a reference to Nashville, etc. Cowboys and country music are not the same. There's overlap, but the cultures are different. The cowboys who grow up roping cattle and going to the rodeo are not necessarily the same as the musicians and singers who built Nashville.

Levi, Cody, Randy, and Billy are cowboy names.

Cash, Waylon, Brooks, Buck, and Autry are country music inspired names.

[Anonymous]

Darla!

[Anonymous]

So funny, OP! Let’s see, the Deadwood characters were:
Cy, Al, Seth, Bill, Charlie, Wyatt, Dan

[Anonymous]

Thats an unbelievably large roster for 6 year old soccer. I dont believe you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thats an unbelievably large roster for 6 year old soccer. I dont believe you.

She named 11 kids and said there were a few more. That's utterly reasonable. You may want to work on your deduction skills.

[Anonymous]

Riley
Jackson

[Anonymous]

Is Larlo a cowboy name??

[Anonymous]

we have karenna gore to thank for this.

[Anonymous]

I think Tristan is a cowboy name. Some of you may know why.

But the real cowboys I know are named: Frank, Jerry, and Al.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is Larlo a cowboy name??

Laso is the cowboy Larlo

[Anonymous]

colton is the jason of this generation.

[Anonymous]

Lee is a cowboy name??? I had no idea.

Is it a cowboy name because of the brand jeans?