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What boy names would you use if you were bold enough?

196 replies

TheNameNerd · 07/11/2025 19:20

Which unusual or old fashioned boy names would you use if you were given free rein and no negative judgement was allowed? (I’ll make another thread for girls names)

I love Tycho and Darwin.

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Fern346 · 08/11/2025 22:37

Caspien, Casper, Cosmo. Wasn’t allowed any of them and went with Alistair instead

fedupandraging · 08/11/2025 22:34

Napoleon

pambeesleyhalpert · 08/11/2025 18:33

Cedric but i had 2 girls

Zitroneneis · 08/11/2025 15:34

Snugglemonkey · 08/11/2025 10:55

My ds's name has been mentioned too.

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My ds’s name has been mentioned at least 3 times!

Politicians247UnderwearExtinguishingService · 08/11/2025 14:02

3flyingducksarrive · 08/11/2025 03:41

4 of the names we used have been mentioned already.

I liked Arkady, we have a Eastern European surname so it would have worked fine.

I think Arcadia would work beautifully for a girl.

MrsBeltane · 08/11/2025 12:49

Orlando
Caspar
Fabian

Weligama · 08/11/2025 12:30

Jolyan

doopdoopdidoop · 08/11/2025 12:25

Gideon

goldenautumnleaves25 · 08/11/2025 12:11

BauhausOfEliott · 08/11/2025 11:41

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Why? i guess its regional?
They are all standard classical names, like William, Oliver, Samuel etc.
Why are they bold? I get unusual names, or creative names. But fairly common classical names I don’t get.
Maybe what you would consider a standard name is bold for me!

IHaveItPrintedOut · 08/11/2025 11:53

Lando, I love it, I think it's so cool.

I could live with people asking if I love Star Wars as I've never actually seen all the films, but alas, we are big F1 fans and it would be far harder to convince people that it wasn't linked 😬

battenburgbaby · 08/11/2025 11:41

Conrad

BauhausOfEliott · 08/11/2025 11:41

goldenautumnleaves25 · 08/11/2025 06:58

Nathaniel, Hugo, casper, Caspian, Tristan , Sebastian, Florian are very common around here. What on earth are “normal” names if these are not????

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BauhausOfEliott · 08/11/2025 11:40

Maximilian, Lucifer, Jasper, Serge, Dmitry.

(I appreciate Serge and Dmitry are not unusual names for plenty of cultures, but they would be for mine.)

CloudPop · 08/11/2025 11:25

Edgar

Abhannmor · 08/11/2025 11:20

Amairgin
Cosmo

Ghostofborleyrectory · 08/11/2025 11:03

HugoYorway · 08/11/2025 09:46

@Ghostofborleyrectory , how do you say Jabez? Is it Jab-ez , Jay-bez or something else?

I think 'Jay-bez' pronunciation

Yogagrandmum · 08/11/2025 10:56

Hector

Snugglemonkey · 08/11/2025 10:55

JaninaDuszejko · 07/11/2025 20:33

Ds's name has been mentioned 😂.

For me:
Ptolemy
Sholto

My ds's name has been mentioned too.

Shamesame · 08/11/2025 10:29

I love Rafferty so much! My husband was a firm no on it though

DarkEyedSailor · 08/11/2025 10:09

HugoYorway · 08/11/2025 09:46

@Ghostofborleyrectory , how do you say Jabez? Is it Jab-ez , Jay-bez or something else?

Jay-bez.

Julesni77 · 08/11/2025 09:57

Fergus love that name

HugoYorway · 08/11/2025 09:46

@Ghostofborleyrectory , how do you say Jabez? Is it Jab-ez , Jay-bez or something else?

Ghostofborleyrectory · 08/11/2025 09:27

I loved Jabez so used it as my boy's middle name- he hates it! Love a strong old fashioned name. Ebeneezer!

FlossieKirkpatrick · 08/11/2025 09:24

Tarquin

greglet · 08/11/2025 09:21

Godfrey