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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!

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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

mum2jakie · 31/03/2026 21:06

Barnaby
Josiah
Ace
Jodie
Sylvester
Wilbur
Edwin
Xavier
Conrad
Caleb
Digory

NigellaDelia · 31/03/2026 21:18

Jonathan (Jonty)

TomatoSandwiches · 31/03/2026 21:26

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

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.

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LilyLemonade · 31/03/2026 21:29

Corin
Lisle
Randall
Alban
Stuart
Ivan
Dimitri

Notmymarmosets · 31/03/2026 21:34

Earnest Kenneth Victor Michael Gerald Robert Clement Raymond Bernard

ChocolateCinderToffee · 31/03/2026 21:37

Crispin, Edgar, Gregory

ItalianChineseIndianMexican · 31/03/2026 21:40

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

whomadethatmess · 31/03/2026 21:41

Archer
Linus
Christian
Xander
Campbell
Struan
Jonas
Darragh
Mallachy
Kiefer
Lawrence

thisisajoke22 · 31/03/2026 21:52

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

MostlyGhostly · 31/03/2026 21:56

Edgar
Eduardo
Atlas
Rico
Rollo
Zain
Jasper
Basil
Sage

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?
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FredaMountfitchet · 31/03/2026 21:59

Seth
Tobias
Malachi

SorcererGaheris · 31/03/2026 22:09

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

TofuTuesday · 31/03/2026 22:11

Arlo
ambrose
atticus
digby
Rudy
alasdair

^^ all names dh vetoed

puddingandsun · 31/03/2026 22:15

Jess
Sam
Benjy
Lenny

*not unusual but very underused

Giraffehaver · 31/03/2026 22:15

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

NigellaDelia · 31/03/2026 22:17

Demetrius

Zebulon

Bramwell

Gwilym

Geraint

Keir

Matthias

Lloyd

Morgan

Owain

Rufus

Justin/Justyn

Cooper

NobodysChildNow · 31/03/2026 22:18

Zebulon? Rollo? Cornelius?

are you all taking magic mushrooms…

NigellaDelia · 31/03/2026 22:18

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

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 22:26

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 . . . .

NigellaDelia · 31/03/2026 22:29

Barnaby

MaraScottie · 31/03/2026 22:31

Thady

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