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Unusual boy names beginning with A

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Mynamesblurryface · 10/10/2018 06:36

Struggling to come up with names beginning with A that aren't the usual Archie/Alfie done to death names.
Any suggestions for old usual names with an A that have fallen out of favour over the years ?

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CaptSkippy · 10/10/2018 08:41

Anton, Adam, Adrian, Alex

mammmamia · 10/10/2018 08:40

Aneurin is a great name sake (bevan of course) but it’s not a nice name. It actually auto corrects to aneurysm!

mammmamia · 10/10/2018 08:39

Artemis is a Greek goddess.

AvonCallingBarksdale · 10/10/2018 08:35

*keep not kept 🤦‍♀️

AvonCallingBarksdale · 10/10/2018 08:35

OP have you seriously not heard the name Aneurin before Shock
I’d kept that to myself if so 😂
On the names front:
Arlo
Atticus

Serendopety · 10/10/2018 08:31

Alec
Arran
Aled

Nettled · 10/10/2018 08:29

Aneurin Bevan, OP. Could not be a better namesake and as the son of a coal miner who spearheaded the NHS when he was minister for health, could not be less try-hard.Hmm

overmydeadbody · 10/10/2018 08:28

Augustus

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Mynamesblurryface · 10/10/2018 08:25

Anuerin sounds like aneurysm Confused sounds painful and try hard

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Mustangsallyis · 10/10/2018 08:25

Algernon
Art

ogglet · 10/10/2018 07:56

Archer / Asher

hoping2018 · 10/10/2018 07:55

Aneurin (nn nye) But you might need a welsh connection to pull it off!

Cosmoa · 10/10/2018 07:54

We were considering Aurelius nn Auri

tootstastic · 10/10/2018 07:46

Ooh yes, in list above Aldous, after Aldous Huxley also cool (Love Brave New World as well as Brideshead).

sparklyllama · 10/10/2018 07:37

Athol

Jeippinghmip · 10/10/2018 07:29

Antonio
Abraham
Aaron
Asher
Archer
Adrien

AuntieStella · 10/10/2018 07:28

I have an old Baby Names book (middle of last century)

Here are some if the ones which I think are not common now (and not totally sure they were then either)

Abimelech, Abner, Achilles, Adair, Adalbert, Addis, Adelgar, Aelfric, Aethelstan, Agamemnon, Alaric, Alban, Aldous, Alphonse, Alroy, Alvin, Amyas, Anchitel, Angel, Archer, Arne, Astrophel, Attila, Aulay, Azarias

IVflytrap · 10/10/2018 07:26

Athelstan.

tootstastic · 10/10/2018 07:25

Push harder for Aloysius...just look at this bear 😍

Unusual boy names beginning with A
megletthesecond · 10/10/2018 07:21

Aldrin.
Traditional English but with a cool space twist.

Chwaraeteg · 10/10/2018 07:17

Aneurin?

CottagePied · 10/10/2018 07:15

Atticus is lovely

aleC4 · 10/10/2018 07:15

What about Arlan?

auntyflonono · 10/10/2018 07:15

Alaric

TwoGinScentedTears · 10/10/2018 07:13

Acer is a beautiful tree!

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