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Old fashioned but uncommon boys names please!

68 replies

amyjaney1984 · 25/05/2014 08:30

Hello, we already have a Mary and love it because it is old-fashioned but not in the top 100 baby names at the mo. We have just discovered we are expecting a boy and are stumped!! I'm a teacher so I really don't want a super-popular name... Suggestions please! Smile

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Guin1 · 25/05/2014 10:00

Stephen and Andrew are both classics and outside top 100. And both with easy nn.

PaulinesPen · 25/05/2014 09:49

You don't hear of many boys called Richard or Andrew these days.

RoseberryTopping · 25/05/2014 09:43

Ooh what about Nigel or Norman

badtime · 25/05/2014 09:17

A lot of these names are actually quite popular. I don't want to look like I'm picking on anyone so I am just using the post above (when I started to write). Sorry, Squeezed.

James and William are top 10. Daniel is top 20. Henry is top 30. Edward is top 40. Michael, Arthur and David are top 60. Charles is top 70.

Peter and John are outside the top 100.

weatherall · 25/05/2014 09:15

John
Stephen
Francis
Alfred
Arthur
Albert
Alan
Robert
Andrew
Humphrey
Bernard
Cedric
Richard
Paul

WeAllHaveWings · 25/05/2014 09:14

Arthur
Gordon
Neil
Horace
Ian/Iain
Eric
John
Stuart
James
Frank

CharlesRyder · 25/05/2014 09:10

Ezra

CollieEye · 25/05/2014 09:08

I automatically associate the name William with Mary. Probably the old royal connection. Not exactly uncommon though.

Lazarus?
Ferdinand?

SqueezedMiddle · 25/05/2014 09:06

I love Laurence / Laurie.

Michael
Henry (although Harry is quite popular)
William
Arthur
Edward
Charles

Most of the 'classic' names that were popular when we were young - John, James, David, Daniel, Peter etc - are no longer that popular, and could be due a comeback

Swoosg · 25/05/2014 09:01

Leonard.

badtime · 25/05/2014 08:56

John (I think the most obvious equivalent of Mary)
Albert
Tristan
Alfred
Miles
Ralph
Francis
Victor
Timothy
Leonard
Laurence/Lawrence

Although some of these are MN favorites which distorts how these things look, none of the above were top 100 in the most recent ONS figures.

Hulababy · 25/05/2014 08:55

It's strange how regional these things are isn't it but many of these names I have taught at least one of recently. I'm in an infant school in Sheffield.

MsJupiter · 25/05/2014 08:54

I have a Laurence and haven't met another. People have commented that it's old-fashioned, I just thought it was a good strong name.

Four4me · 25/05/2014 08:53

I work in a hospital so have good supply of old fashioned names! One this week which has been a grower on me is Neville. Nev is so cute!! Of the Stanley ilk! Congratulations Grin

SquirrelledAway · 25/05/2014 08:52

Barbary Barnaby.

SquirrelledAway · 25/05/2014 08:51

Robert
Barbary
Edmund
James
Christopher
Benedict

RoseberryTopping · 25/05/2014 08:43

Vincent
Theodore
Sid

TerribleMother · 25/05/2014 08:32

Well I have an Eddie (which we love and haven't met many, if any others), but know that some people aren't keen on shortened names as actual names.