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Boys name you weren’t quite brave enough to use?

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Babyboynamehmm · 09/10/2022 03:28

Struggling to think of another boys’ name. I like names that aren’t super popular - so i’d love to hear your boy name choices that maybe were ever-so-slightly too “out there” for you to use!

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Elspethelf · 23/10/2022 08:05

I’m going with Mars! But also liked Geo, Banks, Oxford, Sid and Elio.

Binkybix · 23/10/2022 03:53

Ryu

shannonw123x · 15/10/2022 21:50

I absolutely love the name Cassius and Castiel

BonnieWeeJeannieMcColl · 14/10/2022 18:20

Also a couple of ancient saint's names, in particular Drostan.

BonnieWeeJeannieMcColl · 14/10/2022 18:12

Aeneas. DH said it was too close to "anus" and put me right off it. Still love the way Aeneas looks, though.

Aldith · 14/10/2022 16:44

Amyas
Aloysius
Ambrose
Hugo
Walter
Aelfric
Peredur
Edus

RobertaTheRobot · 14/10/2022 16:34

Idris
Falcon
Griffin
Oberon
Lysander
Caspian
Aslan
Mortimer
Killian/Cillian
Onyx
Wolfgang

Atmywitsend29 · 14/10/2022 15:59

Axel
Xander (but pronounce xaander not xarnder)
Lachlan
Gideon (too much bunge watching criminal minds!)

onionringcheeseypuff · 14/10/2022 15:57

Lucien

MadameOvary81 · 14/10/2022 15:53

Kaspian (Kasper). It wasn't that I wasn't brave enough to use it (despite a few eye rolls from friends), but when I went for my 4d scan, my son just didn't look like that would suit him. He's now a Gabriel!

Other names I had were Rafael, Karsten and Evan....though I don't think they are too "out there".

WWRGD · 14/10/2022 15:47

Cecil
Edmund
Lysander

Joystir59 · 14/10/2022 15:38

Romeo, Valentine, Wade

AnaglyptaBandersnatch · 14/10/2022 15:37

Bosco
Prentice

VivienneDelacroix · 14/10/2022 15:34

Virgil
Haldan
Galileo
Jupiter
Caster
Blaise
Fernand
Rothko

CloudPop · 14/10/2022 15:26

And Edgar

CloudPop · 14/10/2022 15:23

Montagu

Aria999 · 14/10/2022 15:22

I like Inigo too, the only place I know it from is the assassin in Terry Pratchet's Fifth Elephant.

Mommabear20 · 14/10/2022 14:55

Alexai
Bjorn
Lucian
Lucifer
Lukasz
Maliki

I love foreign names for boys particularly, but given that both me and DH are VERY British (as in, no foreign ancestry for at least 4 generations) we decided against using them as didn't want to offend anyone who may know more about the origin of the names and possible negative connections 🤷‍♀️

Snuzzle · 14/10/2022 14:46

Not too strange but DP's favourite name for our dc was Kellan,
I wasn't keen because it was too close to my brothers name but then we had a girl anyway.

DotBall · 14/10/2022 14:44

Seth. I now teach one, so it’s on its way up 😀

DS has a different name that is outside of the top 100 names and we only know another 2 with his name. I also have never come across another in 33 years of teaching. I like this!

TerfranosaurusVagina · 14/10/2022 14:36

I loved Mowgli but it was vetoed 😏 still think the meaning of little frog is so cute.

TerfranosaurusVagina · 14/10/2022 14:33

VeganSoulFood · 09/10/2022 18:48

But Rock of, to most people. And increasingly a service station…

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Or blue cheese...

Adultchildofelderlyparents · 14/10/2022 14:23

Corin and Kim. I adore these as boys names, which they traditionally are, but so many comments about them sounding too girly out me off.

cravingmilkshake · 14/10/2022 14:15

Ziggy! We chose it as a middle name instead!

AllyCatTown · 14/10/2022 14:12

Raphael

I guess it depends on where you live but some of these names I can’t imagine ever being out there. I guess though it depends what the definition is to people. My son’s name is traditional but was out of the top 200 names when I chose it. To some maybe that’s out there.

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