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Need a baby boy name that's unique

142 replies

Littleraindrop15 · 26/06/2022 21:19

hey

please help me find a baby boy name that's unique I have so far liked Lucien and that's as far as I got but I'm not 100% keen on it either.

I have had a look on baby websites but nothing is inspiring me

please help

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Ikeameatballs · 26/06/2022 23:00

I think you have to be really careful that, in your desire to be “unique” (really unusual), you don’t just end up giving your child a name that is rare because it’s bloody awful! Or, as in Cillian, a perfectly nice name that you don’t know how to pronounce because you’ve never heard it said in real life.

Blue4YOU · 26/06/2022 23:00

Sylvester
Caius
Andrei
Jerome
Jeremiah
Dorian
Claude
Wilhelm
Fergus
Silas
Lucius
Elian

MissBattleaxe · 26/06/2022 22:58

Why does his name have to be 'unique'? Every child is unique. It doesn't mean you have to saddle them with a name they have to constantly explain or spell just because his parents wanted to stand out.

Em308 · 26/06/2022 22:58

Only unique name I’ve ever heard - Cashel - but it wouldn’t be unique anymore if you used it.

hammsalllad · 26/06/2022 22:56

Faaris

PragmaticWench · 26/06/2022 22:55

saddowizca · 26/06/2022 21:56

Joaquim? Not to my taste but used by a distant relative. Pronounced Jo a kim…

No it really isn't. More like Wa-keem.

WingBingo · 26/06/2022 22:53

Jo-A-Kim? He’ll be mortified when he is older 😁

Louise0701 · 26/06/2022 22:53

I love the name Zephan but wasn’t brave enough to use it and DH hates it

dropthevipers · 26/06/2022 22:52

Until mum put her foot down, dad was going to call me Hereward (anglo saxon head case)

MumofSpud · 26/06/2022 22:51

There's a reason names remain unique!
As PP has suggested - these will be the only ones in their class/year:
Gary
Alan
Keith
Barry

DandelionPocket · 26/06/2022 22:50

Evin
Fawn
Bertrum
Ned

usernamealreadytaken · 26/06/2022 22:47

saddowizca · 26/06/2022 21:56

Joaquim? Not to my taste but used by a distant relative. Pronounced Jo a kim…

Isn't it pronounced more like whack-eem?

sixtiesbaby88 · 26/06/2022 22:44

Torin

titchy · 26/06/2022 22:44

saddowizca · 26/06/2022 21:56

Joaquim? Not to my taste but used by a distant relative. Pronounced Jo a kim…

Errrr it's really not...

TabithaTittlemouse · 26/06/2022 22:39

Gdhxff

daisypond · 26/06/2022 22:30

Littleraindrop15 · 26/06/2022 21:50

I personally thought lucien was not very unique just slightly unusual.. I did like Cillian but husband said it sounds to close to silly.

live in UK but open to any names to be honest I just so far don't like any I've come across

Cillian is pronounced Killian.

If you like an S sound along with an L:
Cecil
Solomon
Sylvester
Cyril
Selwyn

RosesAndHellebores · 26/06/2022 22:24

@RhubarbFairy Marmaduke is wonderful. When I was a little girl I had a magazine called Diana and one of the characters, very into fashion, was called Hermione and she had a brother called Marmaduke. Off topic - my apologies.

BruceWaynettaSlob · 26/06/2022 22:24

toastofthetown · 26/06/2022 21:56

Here are the names are my list that were unranked in 2020 (that is that there were not three or more uses of them in England and Wales). I don't think all of them are usable, but with so little to go on for your taste - unique was the only factor I could match. I'd make sure to double check the popularity of any names which are suggested here if popularity is a concern to you. I've seen Luca suggested and that's the 25th most popular name and way too popular for me to consider. The Dark Greener website is a great resource if you are in England or Wales.
Algernon
Anselm
Artemas
Bart
Cassander
Castor
Digory
Epke
Etienne
Florizel
Jean-Baptiste
Loïc
Melchior
Mungo
Nemo
Odysseus
Pippin
Pollux
Theseus
Wulfric

I'm sure I've seen Etienne popping up on lots of threads on here. It might not remain rare for long.

RosesAndHellebores · 26/06/2022 22:22

Gawain
Merlin
Gulliver
Tristan
Horatio
Gaius
Hector
Fabian
Cnut
Osrick
Conrad
Edgar
Ethelred
Balthazar
Ebenezer
Alaric

RhubarbFairy · 26/06/2022 22:20

BlackTourmaline · 26/06/2022 22:15

Malcolm
Colin
Keith
Gary
Hudson
Atlas
Atticus

Well I know three Atticus's so that's definitely not unusual in my area.

One had a brother called Marmaduke. Now that is unusual.

Riverlee · 26/06/2022 22:18

Damien
Alban
Cuthbert
Jaybez
Cadfael
Giles
Swithin
Wilfrid
Petroc
Pancras
Bede
Olaf
Ethelbert

BlackTourmaline · 26/06/2022 22:15

Malcolm
Colin
Keith
Gary
Hudson
Atlas
Atticus

Gloschick · 26/06/2022 22:15

Crispin
Cambrian
Tristan
Ranulph

Hellocatshome · 26/06/2022 22:15

Ok so assuming you mean unusual:

Calverton
Lombarde
Donatello
Marroquin
Raich
Korrello
Morrelo

isthatwhatyoureallywanted · 26/06/2022 22:14

Nigel

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