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I’ve already gotten into all the grannyish little old lady names that we no longer think twice about, and now its time to dig up the male names as well. All mothers want their sons to have a strong, respectable name, which will be the first thing that people identify them by in life, but you also don’t want your son laughed at in school. Here are a couple of boy/grown man names that probably won’t get your son on top of the popularity list:

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Clarence

This name does have a respectable sound to it but let’s be real, what  4-year-old boy wants to go by a name more fitting of his grandpappy?

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Tyrone

Tyrone isn’t all that bad, bu it has an old school bad boy ring to it and definitely doesn’t hold as much of an influence as it did in the 70’s or 80’s.  Let’s just say the last time a woman in her 20s called a brotha by the name of Tyrone, Erykah Badu was singing about him.

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Julius

Being that it’s the name of the characterized father of Chris Rock on “Everbody Hates Chris,”  when I hear this moniker all I picture is an older, working jumpsuit-wearing dad type who is most likely old enough to be my grandaddy.

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Otis

Once again, who remembers Martin posing as the pot-belly, missing -eeth, gray haired ‘Otis’ on his first 4 seasons of the show? If you remember you most likely see what I see when you hear this name. RIP Otis Redding who brought the name much more class.

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Larry

The longer version of this name, Lawrence, is actually a better pick if you had to choose between the two. Otherwise,  all your friends are going to picture when you mention this name ia balding man in his 50’s. It just doesn’t scream youthfulness. Same goes for Harry.