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Rare but not too bonkers boys names?

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BettyBi0 · 13/04/2016 11:41

Any good suggestions from outside the top 100?

Other names that I like but can't use are:
Felix
Inigo
Tate
Milo
Atticus
Griffin

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Mouthfulofquiz · 13/04/2016 11:46

Weirdly I have heard Atticus being shouted in local parks a LOT over the last two years! There must be a lot of them round here!

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Diddlydokey · 13/04/2016 11:49

Quinn
Elijah
Xander

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MiniMover · 13/04/2016 11:50

Rowan?

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DoItTooJulia · 13/04/2016 11:51

Asa
Orson
Buzz (I know, I know, but I LOVE it)
Jesse

All were on my lists, but unused. Tricky isn't it?

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Ludways · 13/04/2016 12:00

Atticus is in the top 10 for the year so far... I saw it in Facebook so it must be right!

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emsyj · 13/04/2016 12:03

Otto
Peter

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Thurlow · 13/04/2016 12:05

If I could say 'S' properly, Saul would be my go-to familiar but not overly used name.

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Scone1nSixtySeconds · 13/04/2016 12:13

DS is Hugh - nice solid name, well known but hardly any other children seem to be named it! To me at least it doesn't seem as try hard as Hugo.

Love Atticus dh vetoed that one
I knew twins called Raphael (nn Raph) and Remus
Rupert
Jago

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ABitAsleep · 13/04/2016 12:16

Dale
Dion
Drew
Devon
Leon
Robin
Ralph
Calvin
Clifford
Kieron
Kade
Wade
Warren
Wesley
Garth
Gareth
Tyger
Asa
Jasper
Seth
Spencer

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ABitAsleep · 13/04/2016 12:16

Guy
Grant

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guerre · 13/04/2016 12:21

Hector
Hugo
Rufus
Linus
Magnus
Gordon
Duncan
Tristan
Jasper
Russell
Cosmo
Arlo
Ivo
Jonathan

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guerre · 13/04/2016 12:23

Gregory
Gilbert

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PresidentCJCregg · 13/04/2016 12:29

Round here there's

Artie
Spencer
Hamish
Barclay
Fergus
Clark
Santiago
Innes
Matty

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glasg0wmum · 13/04/2016 12:30

I think it really depends where you live. We're in Scotland so I know quite a few boys called things like Hector, Gregory, Duncan, Grant, Fergus, Rory, Euan, Blair - go to Oxfordshire or Cornwall and there are probably very few.

On the other hand, I've never come across a Rupert or Guy north of the border.

And as for Tyger - just don't.

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cornishglos · 13/04/2016 12:31

Fabien

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DXBMermaid · 13/04/2016 12:31

Lars
Toby
Avery
Teo
Morris
Quentin
Sven
Boris
Leon
Brent
Otis

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YourLeftElbow · 13/04/2016 12:33

Scone Hugh is a lovely, lovely name- very underused (though we have a fair few Huws here in Wales.) Hugh always makes me think of lovely smiley men :)

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MiniMover · 13/04/2016 12:38

Ha, Guerre, ds1 has 4 boys in his class from your list and ds2 has 2.

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LarrytheCucumber · 13/04/2016 12:41

Surely is is time to bring Gary back from the cold.

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Helmetbymidnight · 13/04/2016 12:42

Steve. Darren. Jason. Mark.

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Alyx80 · 13/04/2016 12:46

Otto
Corben
Dashiell
Huxley
Carter
Cooper
Miller
Trent
Arlen

You have one of my son's names listed in your can't use list, these are others that we have considered at various times.

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MyFavouriteClintonisGeorge · 13/04/2016 12:54

Philip
Miles
Alaric
Gavin
Kes
Corin
Victor
Mungo
Rufus
Garrett
Godric/Godwin
Arne
Gael
Arjan
Bastian
Arvin
Galen
Bart
Darius
Gray
Huxley
Madoc
Rhys
Ace

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toofarfromcivilisation · 13/04/2016 13:11

Theo.

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oldlaundbooth · 13/04/2016 13:15

Quentin.
Vincent.
Karl.
Caspar.
Victor.

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NameChange30 · 13/04/2016 13:17

Ezra

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