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The most unusual boys name?

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verytiredmummy1 · 17/02/2016 20:57

I'm looking for some unusual boys names. Any inspiration for me? Xx

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expatinscotland · 18/02/2016 13:41

Aethelstan is an old Saxon name. There was at least one king called that, a grandson of Alfred the Great, IIRC.

AStreetcarNamedBob · 18/02/2016 13:22

John

It's not even in top 100 anymore

expatinscotland · 18/02/2016 13:19

Everest.

I climbed with a guy called Nevada. Yes, that was his real name.

GloriaHotcakes · 18/02/2016 13:17

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MamaLazarou · 18/02/2016 13:16

We know a little Marcello and a Kiyarn.

CityFox · 18/02/2016 12:33

Nephew by marriage is Gary.... He's 7...

I know a Lazarus and a Bozwell.

Lightbulbon · 18/02/2016 12:31

Cosmo
True
Fox
Paris
Norman
Dill
Basil
Lachlan
Herb
Geoff
Wolf
Wesley
Malachi
Echo
Coby
Seamus
Diesel
Ford
Malcolm
Chester
Shane
Zeus

purplemeggie · 18/02/2016 12:10

Grin. We are expecting triplets at the moment. Don't know what we're having at the moment, but DS (aged 8) has named them Burt, Derek and Mildred.

I was at school with an Athelstan. Stan for short. I thought it was weird at the time, but I like it now.

Sixinabed · 17/02/2016 22:21

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SpotOn · 17/02/2016 22:20

Trevor.

SpotOn · 17/02/2016 22:20

Shaggy.

Very few boys called Shaggy.

Elvis.

xalyssx · 17/02/2016 22:17

Jeffrey
Taliesin
Kian
Zion

VocationalGoat · 17/02/2016 22:14

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AvengingGerbil · 17/02/2016 22:10

Brian. No one has been called Brian for decades.

FrancisdeSales · 17/02/2016 22:08

Dennis

iknowimcoming · 17/02/2016 21:49

Wayne, dwayne, Adolf, ebeneezer, sadam?

thisisbloodyridiculous · 17/02/2016 21:49

Larry. Or Barry.

msgrinch · 17/02/2016 21:48

Keith

DelphiniumBlue · 17/02/2016 21:44

Alaric.

OTheHugeManatee · 17/02/2016 21:42

Gary is pretty rare these days too. Gary Prendergast Smith has a nice ring to it.

OTheHugeManatee · 17/02/2016 21:41

Prendergast.

iknowimcoming · 17/02/2016 21:37

Most unusual boys names I know of are Braxton, Journey, Enamol, and drum roll please ....... L-a (pronounced ludasha, I shit you not!) Hmm

SmallBee · 17/02/2016 21:35

Zanzibar? I think it'd be a great name for a future explorer.
Jupiter - God of thunder and lightening.
Nebuchadnezzar.
Horace.
I met a toddler called Alan the other day. You don't see many Alans these days.

My 2yo likes the name Jumpy if we have a boy.

regularbutpanickingabit · 17/02/2016 21:31

Seeing as we are in the era of anything goes, I would say a name like Nigel, Roger, Gaylord, Derek or Herman would be unusual.

Might not be what you are looking for, mind.