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Vintage / grandad boys names?

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almostmumto3 · 31/07/2017 17:24

I really like vintage / granny names for little girls but what are the alternatives for boys?

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YellowPaisley · 02/08/2017 07:31

I'm way past having a note kids but I enjoy when people ask for baby names.

Leonardo
I'm really liking Stanley
Alexander
Callum
Iain
Colin
Murdo

dowhatyouwish · 02/08/2017 07:22

Oh and Henry

dowhatyouwish · 02/08/2017 07:22

Robin
Albert
Spencer
Christian

BikeRunSki · 01/08/2017 19:21

There's a wool weaving company near me called "Zaccheus Hinchcliffe and Sons" and a haulage company called "Claude Hellowell". I do a lot of driving and see their wagons out a lot.

I imagine Claude and Zaccheus to be old chaps, best friends, putting the world to rights in the public bar of an old stone pub, over a couple of pints of bitter.

Aquamarine1029 · 01/08/2017 12:15

Ephraim Joseph. My granddad Smile He was wonderful.

auntym · 01/08/2017 11:24

Hal
Robert
John
Stanley
Sidney
Clarence
Duncan

17caterpillars1mouse · 01/08/2017 09:04

Bertram
Ned
Stanley
Alfred
Wilbur
Walter
Harold

chowmeinchick · 01/08/2017 08:45

I just called my baby boy Stanley - really like Louis too... that was on my list.

sandgrown · 01/08/2017 08:43

Love Louis but my DP was not keen.

grufallosfriend · 01/08/2017 08:37

Frederick
Quentin
Vincent
Arthur
Alfred

WoofTweetWoofTweetWoofWoofWoof · 31/07/2017 23:34

My favourites are Frank, Abraham, and Eric. :)

SuperBeagle · 31/07/2017 23:14

Humphrey
Dudley

NipInTheAir · 31/07/2017 22:10

Jeremy, Clive, Nigel, Julian.

Reg, Ron, Sid,Stan, Dennis, Trevor, Geoffrey, Arnold, Roger, Brian, probably not far off Simon, Martin and Mark.

Doilooklikeatourist · 31/07/2017 22:06

Trevor
Wilfred
Peter
Leonard
Paul

chipscheeseandgravy · 31/07/2017 22:03

Sydney
Earnest (actually know someone who's just called there baby this!)
Reginald
Roy
Ron/Ronald
Leonard
Bert
Frederick
William (but that's still popular)
Percy
Vincent

Mrsknackered · 31/07/2017 21:27

My favourites are:

Stanley
Rudy
Otis
Sonny
Reggie
Albert
Leonard/Lenny

BellaVida · 31/07/2017 21:03

I know a little Seth- didn't see that on any post

Epipgab · 31/07/2017 20:58

How about a traditional name which would have been used back then, but wouldn't be out of place today?

James
Peter
Oliver
Luke
Matthew
Gregory
Daniel
David
Anthony
Jacob
Joshua
Tobias/Toby
Samuel
Thomas
William
Nathaniel
Christopher
Maxwell
Alexander
Edward

LadyKyliePonsonbyFarquhar · 31/07/2017 20:57

I love Louis.

Violetcharlotte · 31/07/2017 20:39

Alfred
George
Archie
Ronnie
Freddie
Stanley

Blossomdeary · 31/07/2017 20:35

Eric

TroysMammy · 31/07/2017 20:33

Horace, no-one has mentioned Horace.

Tortycat · 31/07/2017 20:33

Look on war memorials for names. Sad but helpful

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almostmumto3 · 31/07/2017 20:29

Thanks all,
I'm not sure I like the boys versions after all 🙈 I like Arthur but I don't like when it's pronounced with an F rather than th lol

My favourite is Louis but DH isn't keen so trying to come up with alternatives

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Chaffinch4 · 31/07/2017 20:00

I like trawling the ONS historical baby names data

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/babynamesenglandandwalestop100babynameshistoricaldata

Top 100 names from 1904.

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