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usable boys names outside the top 1000

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oldbutnotpastit · 21/01/2014 14:21

as per girls thread
roger
terence
finnian
lucius
montague
murray
simeon
aneurin
aubrey
caspian
elisha
emlyn
augustine
derek
eugene
floyd
ivor
sydney
dara
allan
emmet
bartholomew
quentin
cornelius
julius
malcolm
nehemiah
rhodri
barnabas
lemuel
clement
clarence
claude
duncan
luther
linus
maurice
valentine
eoghan
roy
cassian
grant
humphrey
augustus
augustine
harold
bertram
desmond
graham
donald
geoffrey
keith
lucius
horatio
gerald
lysander
trevor
griffin
peregrine
zebedee
edmond
ulysses
ambrose
Zachaeus
godfrey
finbar
barry
pascal
crispin
llewelyn
lester
aurelius
zephaniah

i particularly like peregrine .augustine ,ambrose , barnabas , aubrey , crispin , caspian , cornelius and zebedee (not sure i'd be brave enough to use it )

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oldbutnotpastit · 22/01/2014 09:14

waded not wades

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oldbutnotpastit · 22/01/2014 09:12

i did miss out Cosmo and Kurt for that matter . By the time i'd wades through the name list a few times i was beginning to go cross- eyed . i would agree that Murray is considerably more popular in Scotland

curlew when i used the phrase brave enough to use the name , i meant brave enough to inflict it on a child as i'm fully aware it is the child who will have to live with the name .

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Mrsindecision · 22/01/2014 06:42

Interesting list but apart from a few that shorten to fairly mainstream names (Zachaeus - Zach, Finnian - Finn, Edmond - Ed) I would consider most to be completely unusable and I know my ds (secondary school age) would be horrified at the prospect of being named most of the above. Don't forget you are giving someone a name they have to wear for the rest of their lives. Imo, many of these 'stand out' for all the wrong reasons, and would only be used for the sake of being different.

BananaHammocks · 22/01/2014 05:50

Thanks for doing this, I did the girls one!

I like Floyd, Ivor, Lysander, Griffin, Caspian, probably wouldn't use any though!

Juno77 · 21/01/2014 22:37

'Useable names'

I beg to differ.

Jemimapuddlemuck · 21/01/2014 22:34

I know a little Trevor, I think it's quite nice :)

BikeRunSki · 21/01/2014 22:31

Surprised Duncan is not higher.

Ambrose rocks - never done my brother any harm!

minipie · 21/01/2014 22:26

Griffin is awesome (maybe as a middle name though...)

curlew · 21/01/2014 22:26

Brave, not brat!

curlew · 21/01/2014 22:25

Please can the "I'm not sure I'd be brat enough to use it" contingent remember that there is very little braver involved in giving somebody a name. If there is bravery involved it is in bearing of the name for maybe 90 years.

gruffalosfriend · 21/01/2014 22:20

Great list!

I love Aubrey, Clement, Finnian and Quentin (we have oneSmile)!

Theonlyoneiknow · 21/01/2014 21:21

Duncan is a great boys name. I know a few, they are all lovely men!

Mintyy · 21/01/2014 20:25

I like Sydney.

Lottiedoubtie · 21/01/2014 20:25

Dara
Eoghan
Duncan

Are the only three I'd consider from your list.

Theonlyoneiknow · 21/01/2014 20:22

I think Murray might be in the top 100 in Scotland

I love Cassian and Finnian

MsJJones · 21/01/2014 19:00

Lawrence/Lawrence are both around 400+

talulahbelle · 21/01/2014 18:24

I love Rhodri, but neither me nor DH are Welsh so I don't think we'd get away with it.

Oriunda · 21/01/2014 18:22

Hey you missed Cosmo off the list! Think no 1123 or something like that last year. From your list I like Cassian and Caspian.

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oldbutnotpastit · 21/01/2014 15:51

should have included piers and pierce

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HoneyandRum · 21/01/2014 14:24

I know a 6 yr old Valentine (Valentin) but he is Russian.

I like Terence/Terry! Although I know it's very 70s throwback.

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