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Unusual boys names

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17caterpillars1mouse · 04/05/2018 07:42

I tend to prefer lesser used boys names so could I please have opinions on the following names:

Bastian
Emrys
Errol
Rafferty
Eustace
Angus
Samson
Ivor (pronounced I-Vore)

Also do you know any? And any suggestions of other names might like?

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Agustarella · 06/05/2018 02:11

Errol was Roland Rat's best friend wasn't he? Never met one in real life, maybe because everyone who was a kid in the 80s associates it with rodents. :)

Samson is cool but you'd better hope he doesn't turn out to be weedy looking. A bit like how Apollo (mentioned in another thread) would have to be very hot. Kind of a hostage to fortune.

I like blairsey's suggestion of Julius.

blairsey · 06/05/2018 01:43

I like Samson and Emrys. :) Angus, Eustace and Erroll sound like grandpa names imo, way too dated. Bastian would be nn bastard in high school by mates, an immediate no. Purely dislike Rafferty and Ivor.

What about:
Roman
Elias
Emilio
Stefan (don't hear this often!)
Lorenzo / Vincenzo (nn Enzo)
Jett
Tristan
Julius
Damian

Agustarella · 06/05/2018 00:26

I will second Emile, Raoul and Victor. (Whichever way you want to spell the first two.) Victor was my top boy's name choice for many years and I only didn't use it because another family member had the same name and it would have confused people.

Auguste
Numa
Claudius
Raphael (sounds slightly like Rafferty but classier and more 'proper')
Marius

C0untDucku1a · 06/05/2018 00:08

Barry!

C0untDucku1a · 06/05/2018 00:08

Gary

C0untDucku1a · 06/05/2018 00:08

Raffferty and angus from your list.

John and Paul.

Dixiestampsagain · 05/05/2018 23:59

It’s actually really refreshing to hear names like Darren/Gavin (and things like Stephen or Gareth) on little ones, LovingLol -it’s really distinctive nowadays!

LovingLola · 05/05/2018 23:57

Kevin.
Colin.
Darren.
Gavin.

Dixiestampsagain · 05/05/2018 23:54

Brinley

Enko · 05/05/2018 23:52

Conrad
Eli
Reginald

Traditional solid names however not names you hear a lot so unusual to boot.

WaxOnFeckOff · 05/05/2018 23:50

In Scotland and know quite a few Angus and an Ivor but none of the others. I only like Angus really from those.

Others (not necessarily my taste) that fit the brief:

Dorian
Whittaker
Crispin
Edgar
Edwin
Struan
Brodie
Lorne

TinklyLittleLaugh · 05/05/2018 23:45

Eustace in Narnia comes good in the end though.

But always makes me think of Useless.

llangennith · 05/05/2018 23:40

Not keen on any of them but that’s my problem. Ivor will NEVER be pronounced I-vor so forget that one.

RoundaboutSnail · 05/05/2018 23:26

Samson and Angus are both good solid traditional names.

YoucancallmeVal · 05/05/2018 23:13

Ivor is an engine.
Eustace is the mean cousin in Narnia.
Samson is a shire horse.
Love rafferty!

Buntysoven · 05/05/2018 22:31

I love Emrys. I knew one years ago who was a real charmer!

tobee · 04/05/2018 16:01

Is it just me that thinks Ivor Biggun? Shows my age I know. Shame coz I love Ivor the engine

Beads83 · 04/05/2018 15:55

Love Angus, Samson and from someone else list Chester :)

ButterflyOfFreedom · 04/05/2018 15:52

I know of one Rafferty.

I like Samson best.

Other suggestions:
Amos
Rafe
Ivan
Victor
Fergus
Magnus
Quentin
Ambrose

justabunchofbunting · 04/05/2018 15:48

Ivor, Angus and Errol are all particularly gorgeous but I like all the names you have listed!

I know a toddler Rafferty and I know a grown man called Angus.

I love Alaric which was on a pps list.
I also love Peregrine, Aldous, Isambard and Phinneaus

StopBeingNosey · 04/05/2018 15:44

I like Samson and don’t know any kids with that name. Rafferty is also ice but there’s a lot of them about now.

starkid · 04/05/2018 15:41

I like Samson from your list

princessdaffodil · 04/05/2018 12:26

Really like Samson and my friend has just had a little boy called Saxon. Love it!

BlueChampagne · 04/05/2018 12:21

I like Rafferty. Always thought that Bastian was just a NN for Sebastian.

How about Conrad?

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 04/05/2018 11:40

Not keen on Eustace, makes me think of a bully (think it was the name of an unpleasant character in the Narnia books). Other names are fine.

How about:
Emlyn
Alwyn
Anton
Rhett
Ivan
Benton