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Names for a boy

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Renaissance227 · 03/08/2011 15:49

Has anyone any ideas of strong/unusual English names for boys?

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WheelsOnTheBike · 11/08/2011 20:57

Thaddeus (not sure of the spelling).

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Renaissance227 · 11/08/2011 09:12

I would have thought you'd llike unusual names because you called your son Jolyon!
Thanks anyway busybee1983

Still looking for suggestions if anyone has any new ones. Don't know why but we just cannot decide on one. We both like unusual names but not too unusual. This is a hard decision!

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WheelsOnTheBike · 09/08/2011 21:15

How about Harcus, named after the WW2 war hero, who then emigrated to Canada and had a mountain named after him - Harcus Strachan.

MorallyBankrupt · 08/08/2011 15:05

Arlo is lovely, really underused.

Getdressed · 07/08/2011 14:26

Jonty
Zachary
Rafferty
Monty
Sebastian
Jake
Max

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first1 · 07/08/2011 01:50

Zachary
Xavier
Maxwell
Rowan (I love!)
Elliott

WheelsOnTheBike · 06/08/2011 22:38

Cormac

WheelsOnTheBike · 06/08/2011 08:09

Xander
Nathaniel
Caleb
Josiah
Edmund

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Renaissance227 · 05/08/2011 15:21

That's great. Thank you so much x

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evamummy · 05/08/2011 15:13

6 - Boys names - E&W'!A1

This should be the list of ALL boys names used last year.

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Renaissance227 · 05/08/2011 13:52

Thank you. Smile

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BikeRunSki · 05/08/2011 13:50

ONS names

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Renaissance227 · 05/08/2011 11:17

Thanks for that!
Where do I find the ONS statistics?

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BikeRunSki · 05/08/2011 10:59

Uther
Ambrose (origin name Ambrosius is Greek, so not sure if this in English enough for you)

evamummy · 05/08/2011 10:53

Have a look at the ONS statistics from last year. There is a list with ALL boys name given last year (well, all those used at least twice). If you look beyond the top 100 or even top 250 you'll find some lovely underused names. There are around 5,000 to choose from Smile.

I like Arlo and Quentin but they seem to be getting more popular.

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Renaissance227 · 05/08/2011 10:34

There are some good names here. Thank you.
Still haven't agreed on one yet though.
Any more suggestions? Slightly more unusual (but not silly) names?

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IssyStark · 04/08/2011 16:58

Going through cousins/uncles/father/in laws etc, I get the following list:

Thomas
John
Iain
Nicholas
Miles
William
Andrew
Cornelius (ny grandad, not really that serious a suggestion!)
Neil
Joseph
Matthew
Alexander
Kenneth
Daniel
Oliver
Peter
Christopher

Not that unusual (Cornelius excepted) but certainly strong names.

InstantAtom · 03/08/2011 19:54

Aaron
Gregory
Oliver
Jacob
Nicholas
Aidan
Leon
Maxwell
Luke
Patrick
Matthew
Edward
Liam
Fergus
Peter

rachel234 · 03/08/2011 19:04

How about Quentin, Tobias, Thaddeus, Theodore or Dominic?

Incapinka · 03/08/2011 17:58

My son is Arlo! Love the name!Grin

4madboys · 03/08/2011 16:40

was...that should be IS as was makes her sounds deceased or something!

4madboys · 03/08/2011 16:39

my ds4's middle name is Arlo :) i like that.

my ds2 is Oscar Reuben! but you dont like those so...

we liked Emmet for baby no 5, but she was a girl... so we didnt get to use it!

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Renaissance227 · 03/08/2011 16:30

John - Too popular and already three in the family
Arlo - Not bad, so I'll put to my DP tonight!
Stanley - Stan?! No
Seth - No, no, no
Reuben - DP doesn't like this one, so it's out!
Oscar - Not keen
Alexander - My DP's name and we both don't want an Alexander junior situation!

Thank you.

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