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Unusual boys names ideas please

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MrsRuby · 04/01/2015 18:28

We're expecting our 3rd boy in May and I'm looking for some unusual names to add to my existing unusually named boys!
We have a Byron George, and a Digby Gulliver so as you can tell from that we like English sounding names that are definitely not in the top few hundred lists :-)

So far our favourites are
Larkin
Stirling
Rufus
Griffin
Cornelius

Any other suggestions please?
Not looking for any hate on my children's names! :-)

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BrightestAndBest · 06/01/2015 19:35

From my immediate family I give you:
Marmaduke (this was my great uncles name - he was known as Duke)
Nelson (my other great uncle - no idea how my granddad ended up with the much more normal name of Thomas)

Or how about:
Carter
Cyrus
Elvis
Erasmus
Ferdinand
Jasper
Jerome
Lysander
Niall
Quentin

Szeli · 06/01/2015 19:26

ooh oberon too

Szeli · 06/01/2015 19:17

no way your sons first and middle
name is exactly the same as my son!

anyway vetoed names we had;

aldous
benedict
sebastian
ezekiel
all of the ninja turtles

i also like

ezra
rudi
edwin

myotherusernameisbetter · 06/01/2015 19:15

I prefer Stirling to Sterling - that is both a currency and a massive furniture shop not too far from Stirling. :)

Angelto5 · 06/01/2015 19:15

These are names in my family tree-

Abiathar
Titus
Enoch

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MrsRuby · 06/01/2015 19:08

Thank you for the further suggestions everyone. You're absolutely right flora scotia - of course Stirling is a very Scottish name! I have both Sterling and Stirling on my list but think I like the Scottish spelling better. Neither of my boys names are technically completely English really, with roots in Irish and Latin. I guess I just meant British sounding as opposed to obviously from a different culture eg Nasim, Mathias which I feel just wouldn't go with my other children's names. My grandfather was Scortish too so I can always use that as an excuse! Thank you for the information too :-)

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BlueChampagne · 06/01/2015 16:05

Conrad - another literary connection.

florascotia · 05/01/2015 20:16

OP This sounds nit-picky but that's not my intention. You say you like 'English-sounding names'. But Stirling, on your list, is a town in Scotland, with a massive castle (home to one of Scotland's most famous medieval kings) and the Wallace Monument, which commemorates a very well-known terrorist/freedom fighter who fought against the English. It's not exactly the Scottish equivalent of Windsor, but along those lines. Perhaps this will not matter to you, in which case I apologise for mentioning it, but Stirling is a very Scottish, rather than English, place name - though, strangely, it's hardly ever used as a personal name in Scotland. There was just one baby with that name in Scotland in 2013: www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/popular-forenames/2013/babiesnames-2013-t4.pdf

Artandco · 04/01/2015 21:30

Magnus
Quinton
Lionel
Albus
Merlin

Sophronia · 04/01/2015 21:26

My favourites are Larkin and Stirling.

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MrsRuby · 04/01/2015 21:25

Thank you again for these great ideas! Honestly there are definitely some there I will be adding to the list to mull over.

Love the Horatio suggestion - it's actually something I sometimes call my boys now (don't know why!) but then I saw someone on another board write Horatio/Fellatio and it somewhat put me off! :-D

You're also all right about Rufus - I checked it on nameberry and there are quite a lot around - it's my H's choice and very unusual as far as his suggestions go, but I think it'd be more of a middle name choice for us.

Thank you all!

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BikeRunSki · 04/01/2015 21:08

Isambard is fantastic.

DH and I agreed on "Sam". I wanted it as a nn for Isambard (I am a civil engineer) but DH won out with Samuel.

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Rhubarbgarden · 04/01/2015 21:05

Isambard

BikeRunSki · 04/01/2015 21:04

Amos
Ambrose
Corin
Corvid
Gideon
Rudyard
Eldridge

Rhubarbgarden · 04/01/2015 21:03

Rufus is not all that unusual. I know two small ones.

myotherusernameisbetter · 04/01/2015 20:58

Dorian
Aldrid
Whitaker (Whit)
Winston
Crispin

AlpacaYourThings · 04/01/2015 20:37

Larkin and Rufus are brilliant!

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MrsRuby · 04/01/2015 20:08

And I'm glad Larkin is getting all the votes! Hope that doesn't mean there'll be hundreds more in a few years!
Still deciding ...

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MrsRuby · 04/01/2015 20:06

Ooh some lovely unusual ones there - thank you so much everyone!

Lots I like there, some bit too close to what we've got / themed but I know I'd be continuing the poet trend with Larkin anyway!
Any other ideas gratefully received and thanks again for those ideas :-)

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Stace27 · 04/01/2015 20:05

My fave is Larkin off your list :-) if mines another boy Weve decided on Jude :-) English name.

Bluestocking · 04/01/2015 19:53

Gilbert
Kingsley
Caradoc
Uther
Piers/Pierce
Darwin
Rudyard
Anselm
Ambrose

LittleBoyBlues · 04/01/2015 19:47

Liking Larkin and Stirling. Would love a Digby myself but DH won't countenance it.
What about:
Dunstan
Wilberforce
Loftus
Montague
Mungo

SunshineAndShadows · 04/01/2015 19:22

Diggory

love your taste in names btw

Figuregettingbigger · 04/01/2015 19:18

I remember on one of Sarah Beeney's programmes, her brother Diccon made an appearance. Thought he had a great name, and it suits your family names.