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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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MoonlightAndDadDancing · 07/11/2025 21:02

Atticus or Nathaniel

blabbermouth12 · 07/11/2025 21:01

Jethro

Elephantangel1991 · 07/11/2025 20:58

Caspian
Zebedee
Taliesin
Rollo
Dashiell
Basil
Humphrey
Wulfstan

MiddleAgedDread · 07/11/2025 20:53

Montague or Montgomery aka Monty

Velvethoneydew · 07/11/2025 20:51

Agamemnon

TheScottishPlay · 07/11/2025 20:50

Thane

Baninarama · 07/11/2025 20:50

Also - Denholm, which I nearly chose but then realised people where I lived would probably pronounce it Denim.

Squarestones · 07/11/2025 20:48

Aneurin - not because it's a massively unusual name but because I'm neither Welsh nor live in Wales so it would have been a bold choice. I love it and also Nye, which would have gone excellently with our surname.

Baninarama · 07/11/2025 20:48

Tycho
Thorlac
Diggory

I've come across boys called Tycho and Diggory, but never a Thorlac

Velvethoneydew · 07/11/2025 20:47

Jeremiah

ASuitableName · 07/11/2025 20:45

Balthazar
Solomon
Cornelius

Blackcountryexile · 07/11/2025 20:44

Tybalt
Othello
Mercutio
Piers

FlatErica · 07/11/2025 20:42

Balthazar

ownturmericgrower · 07/11/2025 20:41

Stavros

ilovelamp82 · 07/11/2025 20:41

Elvis. Not an Elvis fan, but love the name.

ReignOfError · 07/11/2025 20:40

Not necessarily brave, but I liked Lorcan. However, a) although my sons are half-Irish, we live in the UK, and b) their dad went to school with a Lorcan, who was, by all accounts, a wanker. On both counts, it was vetoed.

Zimniy · 07/11/2025 20:34

Tycho, Jonty, Percival.

CurlewKate · 07/11/2025 20:33

Susan, Flora and Jemima.

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 07/11/2025 20:33

Beauchamp. Talked out of it twice now.

JaninaDuszejko · 07/11/2025 20:33

Ds's name has been mentioned 😂.

For me:
Ptolemy
Sholto

fedupandraging · 07/11/2025 20:32

Rasputin

Zitroneneis · 07/11/2025 20:32

Many of the names mentioned are fairly normal here. We know little boys called Sebastian, Christopher, Quentin & Amos.

I quite like the suggestion of Valentin but agree that that would be potentially tricky for a boy in the UK

goldenautumnleaves25 · 07/11/2025 20:30

I understand most of these, but Caspian, Sebastian and Tristan are really common here (as in several of each in year at primary school).
Florian and Magnus aren’t rare either

17caterpillars1mouse · 07/11/2025 20:27

Camelot, Merlin and Florian

harrietm87 · 07/11/2025 20:18

Iarlaith (doesn’t work in England at all)
Magnus
Ferdia and Ferdinand
Corrin

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