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Unusual but not wacky boys names

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ThisLoftyGoose · 31/03/2026 13:21

Lots of great suggestions on the girls thread for unusual but not wacky names so I wondered if anyone had any good ideas for boys? Baby boy due any day and still struggling!

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TessSaysYes · 31/03/2026 21:56

Reuben is an accepted spelling, isn't it?
What country are you on?

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I spelt it Rueben which is incorrect, i was typing too quickly, but got told! The correct spelling is Reuben.

Fiddlesticks1 · 01/04/2026 17:21

Roland

thornbury · 01/04/2026 05:48

Wayne

MsSmartShoes · 01/04/2026 04:21

Roland
Maurice
Horace
Hector
Ptolemy
Clive
Clement
Cecil
Norman
Alain
Victor
Lars
Tobias
Christian
Bertram
Edgar

LivingTheDreamish · 01/04/2026 02:40

Asher
Bruno
Jago

Also like David and John which you don't hear much these days.

Squirrelsnut · 31/03/2026 22:59

Robin.
Luca.
Simeon.
Bram.

SorcererGaheris · 31/03/2026 22:55

Gwydion
Bran
Taliesin

Kay
Tor
Safir

Conn/Connla
Finn

TooBusyGazingAtStarss · 31/03/2026 22:38

thisisajoke22 · 31/03/2026 21:52

Some of these names have to be taking the piss surely?

Surely!

LeftBoobGoneRogue · 31/03/2026 22:38

Rex

CoffeeBerry · 31/03/2026 22:35

Ivan

maddiemookins16mum · 31/03/2026 22:34

Alec is a great name.

MaraScottie · 31/03/2026 22:31

Thady

NigellaDelia · 31/03/2026 22:29

Barnaby

NigellaDelia · 31/03/2026 22:26

NobodysChildNow · 31/03/2026 22:18

Zebulon? Rollo? Cornelius?

are you all taking magic mushrooms…

Zebulon and Cornelius are both Biblical names & Rollo is an old Viking name

No magic mushrooms involved . . . .

Divebar2021 · 31/03/2026 22:23

Well I’ve seen the MN most loathed name of Fox but I haven’t seen anyone suggest Kit.

NigellaDelia · 31/03/2026 22:18

. . . And I meant to add Shaw to the list

NobodysChildNow · 31/03/2026 22:18

Zebulon? Rollo? Cornelius?

are you all taking magic mushrooms…

NigellaDelia · 31/03/2026 22:17

Demetrius

Zebulon

Bramwell

Gwilym

Geraint

Keir

Matthias

Lloyd

Morgan

Owain

Rufus

Justin/Justyn

Cooper

Giraffehaver · 31/03/2026 22:15

Lemuel (Lemmy)
Edwin
Cedric
Ignatius (Iggy)
Abram
Gregor
Emrys
Rufus

puddingandsun · 31/03/2026 22:15

Jess
Sam
Benjy
Lenny

*not unusual but very underused

TofuTuesday · 31/03/2026 22:11

Arlo
ambrose
atticus
digby
Rudy
alasdair

^^ all names dh vetoed

SorcererGaheris · 31/03/2026 22:09

Gawain
Gaheris
Judah
Edmund (not really unusual, so much as not popular)
Alon

FredaMountfitchet · 31/03/2026 21:59

Seth
Tobias
Malachi

TessSaysYes · 31/03/2026 21:56

UDontaskUDontget · 31/03/2026 17:01

Blimey, ok, sorry. Hit the keys in the wrong order. Is that ok?

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Reuben is an accepted spelling, isn't it?
What country are you on?

MostlyGhostly · 31/03/2026 21:56

Edgar
Eduardo
Atlas
Rico
Rollo
Zain
Jasper
Basil
Sage

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