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Unsual old names for a boy ??

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Lucafritz · 11/09/2019 17:30

So just found out im having a boy and i am totally stuck on names none of the ones i had picked out sound right now ive seen him Hmm
So far i like
Elliott
Alistair
Asa
Im wanting something English but old and unique any ideas ?

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Theredjellybean · 11/09/2019 17:35

Ptolomey... The p is silent

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Cyberworrier · 11/09/2019 17:35

Aidan? Just as you seem to like A names.
I have to say, Elliott is nice but not really unique, it’s fairly popular I think?

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TheMessyCleaner · 11/09/2019 17:37

Albion
Ido
Lysander
Merrick
Ernest

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MissHenty · 11/09/2019 17:40

Silas

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MissHenty · 11/09/2019 17:40

Peter

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MacavityTheDentistsCat · 11/09/2019 17:41

Bede

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MrsBertBibby · 11/09/2019 17:42

Conrad
Tobin

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IggyAce · 11/09/2019 17:44

Florian
Ivan
Ivor

David
Alan
Paul

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MacavityTheDentistsCat · 11/09/2019 17:45

Edgar
Not unique but old and rarely heard these days (or not by me, anyway!)

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BendydickCuminsnatch · 11/09/2019 17:46

Desmond
Peter
Wilbur
Derrick

All under-5s I know so not unique but certainly unusual.

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StarWanderer · 11/09/2019 17:47

Estcourt
Kingsley

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Shagged · 11/09/2019 17:48

Old & unique - isn't that an Oxymoron?

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TailsoftheManyPaws · 11/09/2019 17:50

You'd be pretty safe with Edred, Malcolm or Clarence, I'd say. Or Ethelbert.

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Skyejuly · 11/09/2019 17:52

Edgar
Duncan
Ian
Bertie

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RoseMartha · 11/09/2019 17:54

Magnus
Felix
Guy
Aldrich
Benedict

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moonpiggle · 11/09/2019 17:56

Ceef pronounced Keith

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Lucafritz · 11/09/2019 17:57

Ooook. I want my baby to have a sense of individuality not to be beaten up in tje2 playground..
Maybe its more Unusual quirky names im looking for Grin

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Ricekrispie22 · 11/09/2019 17:57

Laurence

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haverhill · 11/09/2019 17:57

Jude
Kit

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AutumnalLeaves38 · 11/09/2019 18:01

Cuthbert is due a revival Wink

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FawnDrench · 11/09/2019 18:16

Cecil
Cyril
Stanley
Sylvester
Hugh
Clive
Eric
Ernest
Bernard

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AutumnalLeaves38 · 11/09/2019 18:17

Joking aside, though, there's a local 2 yr old 'Beckett'.

Quite like it.

May not necessarily be inevitable he'll get shortened to Beck (though that's quite cool, IMO)...everyone calls the above toddler only by his full name!
And is a name which ticks the box you mentioned, as it's old and English.

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AutumnalLeaves38 · 11/09/2019 18:19

To clarify: the 'joking aside' referred to my 1st suggestion, not FawnDrench's list!

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EThreepwood · 11/09/2019 18:23

Emil is old fashioned but not popular and a lot like Elliot

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Lobsterquadrille2 · 11/09/2019 18:41

I know a Hereward.

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