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Mousse1990 · 2024-01-12T11:44:46+00:00

Looking for some more potential boys' names that are unusual but not out there. The current list for names includes: Zephyr Oakley Phoenix Jax Marley Any ideas welcome? 😊

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NotFastButFurious · 12/01/2024 15:00

Phoenix is apparently widely used by the trans and non-binary community as it symbolises rebirth / rising from the ashes if that bothers you at all.

OttilieKnackered · 12/01/2024 14:59

Unusual names just aren’t that unusual anymore. My friend called her now four year old Arlo thinking it was very unique and it’s now pretty much top ten.

I know a Zephyr! Twin named Atlas and sister named Birdie! Also know of a Malu, Cassius, Silas, Wyatt, Heath as well as lots of more common names.

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 12/01/2024 14:55

I've always loved Moss, Roman and Ari for a boy.

Cooper is cute, but I had a dog with that name so couldn't personally use it.

Murphy is another

EveryDayIsASchoolDayOnMN · 12/01/2024 14:53

sawnotseen · 12/01/2024 14:51

@Purpleavocado my friend has a Phoenix - he's a wonderful 18yr old at university. He has a brother Spike - 24 with a very successful career in the city after completing his degree. Their names have never given them a problem. Get over yourself.

I love that name "Spike" - so cool

Quinn
Micah
Zethan
Zavier

sawnotseen · 12/01/2024 14:51

@Purpleavocado my friend has a Phoenix - he's a wonderful 18yr old at university. He has a brother Spike - 24 with a very successful career in the city after completing his degree. Their names have never given them a problem. Get over yourself.

sawnotseen · 12/01/2024 14:48

I have a Dexter and Otis. They are both adult now and have always liked their names.

We also considered:

Hunter
Cooper
Chester
Eden
Raff
Tadhg (my favourite but I didn't want him to have a lifetime spelling his name)
Felix
Sasha
Red (one of mines middle name)

viques · 12/01/2024 14:34

In our family the word Zephyr is code for a fart , as my dad used to say “a warm wind from the south”.

(Though technically it is a gentle wind from the west.)

DesertSnow · 12/01/2024 14:05

Malachi

Caszekey · 12/01/2024 13:54

Balthazar
Thaddeus
Gideon
Xavier
Atticus
Ignatius
Castiel
Ezekiel
Torbien
Cornelius
Horatio

SleepingStandingUp · 12/01/2024 13:53

Purpleavocado · 12/01/2024 12:09

Can you imagine working in an office, or seeing a mechanic, or having an every day conversation, with a man called Zephyr or Pheonix? When he's middle aged, balding and a few stone over weight?

Maybe he'll keep his health and his waistline. Maybe 90 Zephyr will be the ladies man in the old people's home.

I don't see what's worse about a mechanic named Zephyr than Jack or why is recoil at a casual convo with Phoenix but not Oliver.

Maybe you need wider horizons.

greenparrots · 12/01/2024 13:49

KirstenBlest · 12/01/2024 13:08

Typhoon
Kingsley
Godfrey
Pax
Baxter
Marlon
Austin
Tucson
Rayburn
Dennis
Stanley

Edited

Typhoon?

As in the tropical cyclone? Let's hope he's nothing like it!

Floralnomad · 12/01/2024 13:49

Levison
Thaddeus
Dashiell

Falkenburg · 12/01/2024 13:45

Zephyr
Oakley
Phoenix
Jax
Marley

Jax is especially abhorrent out of those names that are better suited to a Border Collie than a child.

Felix.
Connor
Sebastian
Rafe
Maxwell
Luther
Luca
Nico

Zephyry · 12/01/2024 13:45

Caspian
Kaspar
Inigo
Levi

Enko · 12/01/2024 13:44

Zander
Bastian
Conrad
Zeus

Zephyry · 12/01/2024 13:42

Isaac
Ely
Raphael
Sacha
Tristan

Neodymium · 12/01/2024 13:40

I love Zephyr and Phoenix.

I also liked Kade and Hunter.

heartofglass23 · 12/01/2024 13:40

Cosmo
Harley
Robson
Rowan
Chase
Cairn
Braxton
Jasper
Tristan
Flynn
Walter
Stetson
Corrin
Monty
Farelly
Xander
Broxden
Bohdi

Onelife2024 · 12/01/2024 13:37

Koby
Bohden
Jackson
Hudson
Carter
Cayton
Otis
Austin
Rio
Jesse
Jude

ConcealDontFeelPutonaShow · 12/01/2024 13:36

Names I considered were:

Archer
Tristan
Rowan
Nathaniel (Nate)
Nicholas (Cole)
Drew

Just remember that names are much more diverse these days and people are much more likely to deviate from standard names. On the plus side, it's means a more unusual name won't be considered 'out there'. On the other hand, it means you can never rule out the two in one class thing.

WilsonandNoodles · 12/01/2024 13:29

We've got a Jax and a Phoenix (female) in our small rural school. Also a Bob but no Brian's!

I love Marley. Similar names I like,

Cooper
Fletcher
Flynn
Archer
Darwin

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Mousse1990 · 12/01/2024 13:28

viques · 12/01/2024 13:15

Great names, and win win, they will be trendy for newborns in about five years time, but you can almost guarantee that there won’t be another one in the school year group! It’s all about keeping ahead of the trend.

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Peter will be their middle name after my dad. I'm not specifically about a trendy name, but I don't want a first name that anyone I personally know/know of/once knew has/had as names always attach to specific people in my mind 😊

OP posts:

bringon2024 · 12/01/2024 13:16

Hector?

TrustPenguins · 12/01/2024 13:16

Wilson
Amos
Otis
Ashton
Micah
Otto
Silas
Cornelius
Rafferty
Heath
Drake
Tobias

viques · 12/01/2024 13:15

MrsMoastyToasty · 12/01/2024 13:09

Dave
Mike
Steve
Simon
Pete
Richard

Great names, and win win, they will be trendy for newborns in about five years time, but you can almost guarantee that there won’t be another one in the school year group! It’s all about keeping ahead of the trend.

🙂