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Rare but not too bonkers boys names?

119 replies

BettyBi0 · 13/04/2016 11:41

Any good suggestions from outside the top 100?

Other names that I like but can't use are:
Felix
Inigo
Tate
Milo
Atticus
Griffin

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Narp · 16/04/2016 19:44

Evan
Gregory
Philip
Victor/Vic

Narp · 16/04/2016 19:43

Asa
Raphael
Levi
Leon
Malachi
Lorcan
Ezra

OrlandaFuriosa · 16/04/2016 17:18

Timor/Timur
Iago
Rollo
Humphrey
Godfrey
Jasper
Jocelyn
Joel
Caleb
Callum
Ralph
Aubrey
Herbert
Cecil
Randolph
Guy
Giles
Edmund
Martin
Daniel
Ezra
Timothy
Patrick
Jeremy
Jeremiah
Elias
Samson
Jude
Joshua
Amyas

albertcampionscat · 16/04/2016 17:10

Thaddeus
Adlai
Dashiell
Remus
Apsley.

Leigh1980 · 14/04/2016 22:35

Landon
Storm
Michel
Leo
Shaun
Hugo
Lawrence
Laurie
Fabian
Maurice
Nigel
Dita
Barry
Patrick
Raul
Richard
Lesley

margiebargie · 14/04/2016 22:28

Lev
Lisle
Tibor
Knox

IHeartKingThistle · 14/04/2016 22:26

I love Oren.

AKissACuddleAndACheekyFinger · 14/04/2016 22:16

Also Kimber. I love that name but again not with our surname.

AKissACuddleAndACheekyFinger · 14/04/2016 22:15

Asher, lovely name and I would have used it for every one of our sons if our surname didn't also end in -er!

polkadotdelight · 14/04/2016 21:16

Wooooooop, my DSs name has made the list (not risking outing myself though!).

Stokey · 14/04/2016 21:13

Lazlo
Horace
Xerxes
Isambard

Too bonkers?

JamieVardysParty · 14/04/2016 12:46

Close, like Yack-u.

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BettyBi0 · 14/04/2016 12:35

What is the South African way? Is it like Jay-Co? Or Yack- o?

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JamieVardysParty · 14/04/2016 12:32

Asher
Stellan
Byron
Auben
Soren
Trent
Maxwell

My current favourite is Jaco, said in the South African way

NameChange30 · 14/04/2016 12:07

My favourite boy's name is Leo but I know it's not particularly rare. It might be among your friends, though, given the names they've chosen!

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BettyBi0 · 14/04/2016 12:01

Eli is lovely but also on our can't use list.

Dang it I wish my friends and family had all called their kids George and Henry

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ugottabekidding · 14/04/2016 10:37

Jagger

NameChange30 · 14/04/2016 10:36

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it just but what about Elijah (Eli)?

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BettyBi0 · 14/04/2016 08:37

Huxley was on our short list too but it had a rubbish reception from friends I tried it out on - mainly because of the pug thing. Someone helpfully suggested that he would get nicknamed Fuxley or Fux which is all I can hear now.

I LOVE Fox but that might be a bit too out there even for me.

Magnus is great too but we don't have any Scandinavian connection and DS is already going to be mixed ethnicity so adding another whole culture into the mix feels weird. Same goes for all the gorgeous Scottish names.

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Lancelottie · 14/04/2016 08:28

I'm surprised, as there are plenty of under-10 Bens around here (where most families seem to have a default Ben, Rebecca, Alex or Charlotte), which is why I wondered if they were all Benedicts and I'd just not heard their full names.

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BettyBi0 · 14/04/2016 08:25

Love Kester! It sounds a bit too close to DC1's name though. Bum!

YY to how much it depends on where you live. I've heard all the 'like but can't use' names locally. Even Atticus - love the NN Atti but DP has ruled it out.

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velocitygir1 · 14/04/2016 04:32

My son is called Ewan, he is 9 and there are no other Ewan's in his school nor in my daughters high school.
He's named after Mr. McGregor BlushBlush

mathanxiety · 14/04/2016 03:24

Lancelottie, all the Benjamins around here are in their 20s. It's a name that just came and went about 20-25 years ago it seems. It wasn't replaced by Benedict -- the pope was a bit of a turner-offer.

Alexander was a name that had real staying power however.

Izzyathome · 14/04/2016 01:00

Love Magnus.

Also how about;

Archer
Angus
Arto (it's the 'new' Arthur😄)
Conrad
Cormac
Gabriel
Mathias
Fife
Cameron
Ezra
Otto
Xavier

I also love Duncan, Douglas and Patrick for slightly more traditional options that are underused, without resorting to Gary;)

Marmalade85 · 13/04/2016 22:43

My 4 month old son is called Magnus and I'm often complemented on having such a strong name. My family hate it though