Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Unusual but not wacky boys names

86 replies

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!

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
thisisajoke22 · 31/03/2026 21:52

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

whomadethatmess · 31/03/2026 21:41

Archer
Linus
Christian
Xander
Campbell
Struan
Jonas
Darragh
Mallachy
Kiefer
Lawrence

ItalianChineseIndianMexican · 31/03/2026 21:40

Amos
Tobias
Osian
Cornelieus
Cillian
Acer
Conrad
Ellis
Warren
Brett
Quinn
Tobin
Drake
Heath

ChocolateCinderToffee · 31/03/2026 21:37

Crispin, Edgar, Gregory

Notmymarmosets · 31/03/2026 21:34

Earnest Kenneth Victor Michael Gerald Robert Clement Raymond Bernard

LilyLemonade · 31/03/2026 21:29

Corin
Lisle
Randall
Alban
Stuart
Ivan
Dimitri

TulipsDaffsAndSunshine · 31/03/2026 21:28

Jrisix · 31/03/2026 18:26

Paul. I know a lot of baby Paul's now and it's adorable once you get used to it.

Stop

TomatoSandwiches · 31/03/2026 21:26

Fabien
Hamish
Ambrose
Mars
Harrison
Painter
Fox
Kent
Rudolph
Hudson
Gasper
Ares
Colm
Carey
Logan
Sullivan

NigellaDelia · 31/03/2026 21:18

Jonathan (Jonty)

mum2jakie · 31/03/2026 21:06

Barnaby
Josiah
Ace
Jodie
Sylvester
Wilbur
Edwin
Xavier
Conrad
Caleb
Digory

PinkCatCushion · 31/03/2026 21:05

70s names:
David
Christopher
Matthew
Mark
John
Stephen
Michael
Stuart
Percy
Geoff
Peter
Jason
Gavin
Robert
Richard
Stanley
Malcom

Echobelly · 31/03/2026 21:00

Adiel
Esmund
Eldred
Malcolm
Sebastian
Gabriel
Wilson
Edison
Florian

DisplayPurposesOnly · 31/03/2026 21:00

Amyas

MiddleAgedDread · 31/03/2026 21:00

Gary

MissingSockDetective · 31/03/2026 20:55

Aris
Robin
Douglas
Edgar
Eric
Matthew
Philip
Roger
Amos
Bernard
Walter
Idris
Cohen

GrillaMilla · 31/03/2026 20:50

Ray

TheDonsDingleberries · 31/03/2026 20:46

Amos
Clark
Edmund
Rufus
Lionel
Calvin
Noel
Gideon
Bruce
Edwin
Faris
Guy
Hector
Emil
Lorcan
Abraham
Jago
Fabian
Cyrus
Kingsley
Magnus
Franklin

BrickProblems · 31/03/2026 18:40

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 31/03/2026 18:31

These!
You’ll not meet many children with these names these days.

Also Stephen, Ian, Derek, Nigel

Show quote history

I do know a baby Derek and the reaction (not to his parents’ faces) has been horror.

BrickProblems · 31/03/2026 18:39

Giles
Diggory
Bart (Bartholomew)
Caspian
Ambrose
Victor

BrickProblems · 31/03/2026 18:35

Bertie
Evan
Gregory
Ivo
Philip
Anthony
Carlos
Michael
Carwen
Richard

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 31/03/2026 18:31

CurlewKate · 31/03/2026 18:16

John. Peter. Simon. Nicholas.

These!
You’ll not meet many children with these names these days.

Also Stephen, Ian, Derek, Nigel

moonstarsuns · 31/03/2026 18:31

Reuben is very popular

Jrisix · 31/03/2026 18:26

Paul. I know a lot of baby Paul's now and it's adorable once you get used to it.

tildathyme · 31/03/2026 18:25

Jonah, Jago, Rufus

applescentedcandle · 31/03/2026 18:19

I've always really loved Leo. Not sure if it's unusual though

Swipe left for the next trending thread