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

160 replies

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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ChurryBun · 09/10/2022 11:19

Cassius
Digby
Willoughby
Leroy
Axel
Sigge
Søren

It wasn't so much I wasn't brave enough to use them, more that DH loathed them!

theremustonlybeone · 09/10/2022 11:16

Troy
Kit
Peter

sageandbasil · 09/10/2022 11:13

Florian
Casper
Axel
Barnaby
Rufus
Percy
Oswald
Guy

LokiDokiArtichoki · 09/10/2022 11:10

Balthazar
Azazel

Jleome · 09/10/2022 11:03

Nicolai
Neil

Hoppinggreen · 09/10/2022 10:01

Lucifer

CornedBeef451 · 09/10/2022 10:00

Castiel or Rowan

ChakaKhanfan · 09/10/2022 09:59

Gabriel is a great name, don’t think that’s out there at all.

I really like Fife and Colm but didn’t feel I could use them sadly ☹️
also loved Nouri but couldn’t bring myself to do it

Lilacsunflowers · 09/10/2022 09:52

So many 'brave' names mentioned on this thread are pretty standard around where I live. At our Secondary we have boys called
Sebastian, Quentin, Caspar, Alister, Dexter.

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 09/10/2022 09:51

Rheneas, Kirby and not at all out there but I love Riley but couldn’t use it due to all the negative connotations.

Fivebeanchilli · 09/10/2022 09:45

OP do be aware that some of these names that people weren't "brave" enough to use are pretty much top 20 in lots of parts of the UK eg Felix and Gabriel.

For me it was Taliesin. I would have loved to use that but wouldn't have been brave enough.

JimLaheysWhiskeyBottle · 09/10/2022 09:44

I always loved Blaise or Etienne. We finally chose Etienne, butvthen when he was born looked nothing like an Etienne, so now we have something completely different!

somethingischasingme · 09/10/2022 09:40

Soren Lorenson (just really liked it from Charlie and Lola)
Thorben (Thor for short

MagnoliatheMagnificent · 09/10/2022 09:40

Ambrose, Fox, Bramble

LaSenoraPerez · 09/10/2022 09:37

I was keen on Rufus a few years ago. I thought it was unusual and super cool. Then a Rufus moved in a few doors up. So much for it being unusual....
I'm glad I went with James instead....Not even trying to be unusual or cool!!

Outsideinsideout · 09/10/2022 09:11

Spyral · 09/10/2022 08:15

Grover

... but it was dh that wasn't brave enough - I still would've.

Oh I love this name!

AlinaSquareQueen · 09/10/2022 09:09

Some of the names mentioned here are not that uncommon.

I work in a very diverse secondary school, and we have an Elvis in Y7, amongst other unusual names that have come through the school, such as Bright, Treasure, Queenette, to name but a few.

Also, my DS knows a young male, first name is Vegas, which I think is really cool.

I think anything goes these days.

Ravenglass83 · 09/10/2022 09:07

Romeo

Thisbastardcomputer · 09/10/2022 08:55

Alistair went for Nicholas instead

SheWoreYellow · 09/10/2022 08:53

Monty

loving the Lysanders ☺️

MsJuniper · 09/10/2022 08:53

Kester
Douglas

isittheholidaysyet · 09/10/2022 08:51

Bede

Luana1 · 09/10/2022 08:50

Wulfric, Zephyr, Caspar and Oberon.

LividLaVidaLoca · 09/10/2022 08:49

Zephyr and Zebedee.

His actual name is pretty out there 😆

BooksAndHooks · 09/10/2022 08:48

Herbert
Edwin
Percy