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Baby boy names, help!

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Sunflower2018 · 08/08/2018 17:59

Help!! I am due to have my son in November. I think of a name, then it seems to become popular all of a sudden!

I like unique and unusual names but not ones that are really difficult to pronounce. Any suggestions at all please? Grin

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Shadow1234 · 08/09/2018 18:10

Forgot to add

Shay
Dre (pronounced dray)
Tre (pronounced tray)
Carlton
Peyton
Kai

Shadow1234 · 08/09/2018 17:56

Oakley
Ryder
Parker
Blaze
Jude
Reed
Miller
Hudson
Jedd
Blue
Keegan
Rhett
Aston
Ash

PenelopeThePufferfish · 01/09/2018 09:35

Hahahaha huggy! How the hell did I miss that??

I have been truly out pedant-ed. Bravo!

sexnotgender · 01/09/2018 09:30

We’re having a boy and our front runner is Giles.

Huggybear16 · 01/09/2018 08:52

@PenelopeThePufferfish

A true pedant would know it's not 'pendant' (also hating myself a bit for pointing it out).

PenelopeThePufferfish · 31/08/2018 09:50

I don’t think you mean “unique”, as unique means there is only one. Sorry - I hate myself a bit for needing to point that out Blush.

Now that’s out of the way, how about one of these ‘not unique, but you don’t hear them every day’ names?

Guy
Asa
Abraham
Hector
Hamish
Francis
Wulfric
Fergus (Gus)

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 31/08/2018 09:40

If I have a boy I'm naming him Gabriel (Gabe). However it's not unusual. I'm slowly but surely starting to trip over them.
I also love Cooper, Conrad
Douglas (Dougie)

Smoliver · 31/08/2018 08:56

Abraham
Ezekiel (Zeke for short)
Declan
Phineas
Dominic
Anthony
Cooper
Leopold
Raphael
Rafferty
Marcus
Johnathan
Julian

moredoll · 12/08/2018 21:26

Alasdair
Matthew
Benjamin
Franklin
Ciaran

GirlFliesHome · 12/08/2018 20:57

Richard

David

Peter

John

I recently came across a 5 year old Peter and after my initial 'ugh' it really grew on me. Cute, underused, strong name.

Jasquers · 12/08/2018 20:17

Leo. My son was born in November too. Leo Edward.

itssquidstella · 12/08/2018 20:15

@bridgetreilly I love Alaric!

auntyflonono · 12/08/2018 20:14

Gareth

auntyflonono · 12/08/2018 20:13

Wolfric
Idris
Ulric
Alaric
Beowulf

MikeUniformMike · 12/08/2018 13:40

Thijs. It is a real name pronounced Tice.
is a Dutch form of Matthew.

flumpybear · 12/08/2018 13:29

Hunter
Tate
Sage

Movablefeast · 12/08/2018 13:20

Gabriel (Gabe)

bridgetreilly · 12/08/2018 13:15

Hereward
Edwin
Edgar
Errol
Alaric
Richard
Humfrey
Henrik
Clement
Gervase
Gregory

pipilangstrumpf · 12/08/2018 10:41

Have a look at the ons lists of all baby names given last year. There are lots of lovely classic names outside the top 500 that are well known but rarely used.

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Sunflower2018 · 12/08/2018 09:58

I'm not wanting something ridiculous just something different that isn't as popular/ used a lot... this is really tough. Boys names would be easy(ish) Hmm

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firsttime17 · 11/08/2018 20:40

Grayson
Hunter
Jenson
Ryder
Cody
Hudson
My son has one of these names, I wanted something a bit different but not really out there and wacky x

Quangot · 11/08/2018 18:03

How "unique" do you really want to go? A truly unique name would be a one-off which you invented.

There are lots of names which are classic or not unheard of but which aren't overly popular at the moment.

Kirdypurdy14 · 11/08/2018 10:04

My boys are Taylor and Harley. Other boys names I like are Harrison, Leo, Danny, Harry, good luck i think boys names are the hardest!

Cariadxx · 09/08/2018 21:55

There's a kid by me called Bonzo..... that fits the brief!

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Sunflower2018 · 09/08/2018 21:40

Thanks for the suggestions! Still struggling even with all of those... I may just have to put some names in a hat and pull a name out Hmm

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