Old fashioned boys names not in top 100

[Missteacake]

I really love old fashioned names such as

Arthur
Alfred
Albert
Henry
Edward

But want something not overly popular it has to be a name that you could have used 100 years ago but these names seem to be popular at the moment. Any ideas?

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Psst - this thread is a little old. If you’re looking for old-fashioned baby names, these ones are due a comeback. MNHQ

[Toadsrevisited]

Percival
Wilfred
Herbert
Stanley
Austin
Rupert

[HilariousInHindsight]

Stuart
Arnold
Reginald
Frederick
Theodore
Victor

[Missteacake]

I know a Stanley and an Austin both babies the others are great though rupert is on my list not sure if it's too rupert bear though???

[littlegreengloworm]

I know a little stan, lovely name

What about

Dominic
Vincent
Brendan
Martin
Percy

[littlegreengloworm]

Ronald

[CaulkheadUpNorth]

Toby/Tobias
Richard
Daniel
Elijah
Abraham
Isaac
Josiah
Walter
Bartholomew
Gabriel
Andrew
Titus

[Missteacake]

Percy is good hadn't thought of that and I don't know any.

[FiveExclamations]

Dominic
Francis
Jerome
Ferdinand
Gerald
Tristran

[Kantha]

Nothing wrong with being "too Rupert bear" . I love Rupert (the bear and the name).

Some of these might be just inside the top 100 but you won't find too many children called these names, although someone is bound to come along and disagree.

Andrew
Robert
Christopher
Richard
Peter
Lance
Gilbert
Edwin
Edmund
Benedict
Steven
Anthony

[SignoraStronza]

I just came on here to write pretty much the same op!

I like (and am willing to share )

Eldred
Arthur
Robert
Wulfric (although am aware this is on the MN hated list)
Wilfred
Jacob
Toby

[CaulkheadUpNorth]

Hugh
Hugo
Emil
Ernest
Simeon
Frank
Raymond
Edmund
Saul

[Kantha]

Patrick

[Viatrix]

Sidney
Leonard
Edgar
Morris
Edwin
Bertram
Cecil
Ambrose
Clement
Eugene
Basil
Aubrey
Noel

[Wishfulmakeupping]

Walter?
Douglas
I like the suggestions if Wilfred and Percy too

[Wishfulmakeupping]

Edwin is a good suggestion too

[BlueStarsAtNight]

Edgar
Harold
Terrence
Roger
Gordon
Godfrey

[BlueStarsAtNight]

Syrill

[rachel234]

We have a Quentin. Also like Austin and Dominic.

[Toadsrevisited]

Francis
Cyril
Bertram
Monty
Frederick
Lancelot

(Wilfred nn Wilf and Percival nn Percy were choices 2 and 3 for DS )

[WaveorCheer]

Robin

[speak2me]

Timothy

[CanISayOfHerFace]

I have similar taste to you!

We went with Stanley in the end but on my list were:

Arthur
Albert (nn Albie)
Eugene (DH would never allow it!)
Franklin
Sidney
Ralph
Ray

I know a Percy, a Wilf, a Frederick, a Herbert, a Hector... The list goes on. These names are so popular at the moment you will be hard pushed to find one not in the top 100 and even if you don't as long as it's not in the top 50 you shouldn't come across too many others.

[princessdave]

Anything from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends seems to fit. Stanley, Sidney, Percy, Harold, Douglas, Donald, Gordon, Henry, Edward, Toby... There are some great names, I scoured the back of DDs books looking for names as there are so many engines. A lot of them can be shortened to "cute" nns as well for when they are babies.

My favourite is Percy and I also love Quentin from the lists above but my DH (a Robin himself so quite a cool, not hugely popular name) just makes this face when I suggest them.

[Missteacake]

Ha ha ha Thomas the tank engine names are the best! My favourites so far off these lists are

Percy
Harold
Wilfred

Will def run these by DH

[Stokey]

OP Harold would probably end up as Harry, so would have quite a popular name

Winston
Oswald
Rufus
Trevor
Ronald
Antony