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Original poster

Uncommon baby BOY name ideas please!

165 replies

minnierose3 · 26/08/2018 22:03

Why are baby boy names so much harder?!?

I really like uncommon (not unusual!) names

Can anyone offer any ideas I feel like I'm really struggling 😩

So far I like Wilf and Evan 💙💙

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SheisMammyof2 · 09/09/2018 01:06

Malachy
Neville
Paul
Mark
Patrick
Niall
Eric
Anthony
Trevor
Silas
Jonathan
Toby
Gareth
Gerard
Tim
Fergal
Finian
Eunan
Peter
Leonard
Leon
Terry
Ronan
Dermot

Thinking of people I went to school with and their fathers.

EarlyModernParent · 09/09/2018 00:58

Philip
Henry
Carl
Eric
Raymond
Lewis

JeremyCorbynsBeard · 09/09/2018 00:49

Lawrence
John

Shadow1234 · 09/09/2018 00:46

Kaden
Peyton
Colton
Miller
Parker
Lincoln
Hudson
Lonnie
Vincent (vinnie)
Jed
Rhett
Kai
Tre (pronounced tray)
Shay
Dre (pronounced dray)
Klay
Klayton
Keegan
Regan
Mason
Ernie
Ronnie
Bryn
Laurie
Reed

iggleypiggly · 29/08/2018 03:47

Rui - means Regal in French

cherubpie · 29/08/2018 03:38

Watched first dates hotel tonight - reminded me how much I love the name Merlin!!

Redteapot67 · 29/08/2018 02:58

Ps Evan nice
How about Alvin?
Or Austin?

Redteapot67 · 29/08/2018 02:54

Milo is very popular

Kevin
Mark
Morris
Keith
Leo

BlueSky198080 · 29/08/2018 02:44

Soren
Dorian
Nico
Tate
Miles
Grayson
Eli
Elijah
Cooper
Miles
Horatio
Seth
Riley
Bennett
Chase
Ashton
Aston
Sean
Dylan
Ivor
Emrys
Geraint
David
Tomos
Max
Jude
Dalton
Ian
Glenn
Nate
Elliott
Addison
Kingsley
Avery
Aubrey
Jackson
Leo
Milo
Oisin
Paul
Reed
Samual
Sebastian
Theo
Roman
Alexander
Mason

dmvnqpkejnvejrfnpwdkfjvn · 28/08/2018 07:37

Rhodri
Arnold
Gerald

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minnierose3 · 28/08/2018 07:20

@scatteredglitter I like Liam but don't think I would choose it - I like Evan, it's already on my list x

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minnierose3 · 28/08/2018 07:18

@pixelateme I like Milo it's quite cute, I remember suggesting that first time round and my dh said it was tpo much like a cartoon character 🙈 you also picked my DSs name in your list too! xx

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Rainbowqueeen · 28/08/2018 05:44

Not in the uk but names I never see on here are
Ethan
Mitchell
Fletcher

Also not in the USA in case you were wondering!

scatteredglitter · 28/08/2018 05:12

Declan
Marcus
Raymond
Kevin
Michael
David
John
Peter
Evan
Liam
Frank
Gerard
Aidan
Ivor
Elton
Thom
Rory

moredoll · 28/08/2018 04:28

Xavier

Enko · 27/08/2018 23:03

OP dh and I had that criteria too I call them " unusual but not weird" names.

Suggestions
Reginald
Conrad
Bertram (NN Bertie)
Douglas
Edmund
Frank
Richard
Carl
Melvin
Clyde
Clive
Glenn
Roger
Roland
Bruce
Orville
Cecil
Basil
Rodney (that one for certain is uncommon but well known - but would the ever get called Rodney? or Dave?)

MollyMallyMindy · 27/08/2018 20:51

Martin, Simon, Paul, Peter - all underused atm.
Edwin, Jago, Rupert, Stephen, Canute, Hadrian, Adrian, Cecil, Gregory, Abel...

goose1964 · 27/08/2018 20:43

This is probably outing but we have Drake, Emrys Magnus and Harvey.

None overly common or too out there

PixelAteMe · 27/08/2018 16:32

Giles
Angus
Milo
Elliot

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minnierose3 · 27/08/2018 15:51

@icklepup ahh that's cute think, think my in laws would think I'd gone mad though haha

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Icklepup · 27/08/2018 15:41

Otis

SentToTheSynByn · 27/08/2018 11:49

Or Iver.

SentToTheSynByn · 27/08/2018 11:48

Has anyone suggested Ivan?

UatuTheWatcher · 27/08/2018 11:36

How about Piper?

fromdespairto · 27/08/2018 11:15

Fraser
Hamish
Cohen
Ruan

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