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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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maddiemookins16mum · 31/03/2026 22:34

Alec is a great name.

CoffeeBerry · 31/03/2026 22:35

Ivan

LeftBoobGoneRogue · 31/03/2026 22:38

Rex

TooBusyGazingAtStarss · 31/03/2026 22:38

thisisajoke22 · 31/03/2026 21:52

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

Surely!

SorcererGaheris · 31/03/2026 22:55

Gwydion
Bran
Taliesin

Kay
Tor
Safir

Conn/Connla
Finn

Squirrelsnut · 31/03/2026 22:59

Robin.
Luca.
Simeon.
Bram.

LivingTheDreamish · 01/04/2026 02:40

Asher
Bruno
Jago

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

MsSmartShoes · 01/04/2026 04:21

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

thornbury · 01/04/2026 05:48

Wayne

Fiddlesticks1 · 01/04/2026 17:21

Roland

UDontaskUDontget · 01/04/2026 22:40

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.

BewleyBear · 01/04/2026 22:52

Spence
Vaughn
Wilbur
Mycroft
Tim

Calliopespa · 02/04/2026 19:19

Dorian

As in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Calliopespa · 02/04/2026 19:19

Egbert

Calliopespa · 02/04/2026 19:20

Clarence

MayasJamas · 02/04/2026 19:22

Jesse
Solomon
Asher
Dashiel (nn Dash)
Atticus
Aneurin (nn Nye)

peaceinourtime · 07/04/2026 16:07

Elvis 😀

Silverbirchleaf · 07/04/2026 16:33

Alban

Eugene

Aloysius

Simeon

Blair

Drew

Dewi

Trent

Bellybellas · 09/04/2026 08:10

Solomon
Quentin
Raphael
Magnus

user1492757084 · 09/04/2026 15:02

Charles
Victor
Marcel
Dominic
Warwick
Leomin
Gavin

ToadRage · 09/04/2026 15:26

Winston is an incredibly underused name. My husband has always had his heart set on Mercury after an American football player who shares our surname.

farmlass · 09/04/2026 15:27

Caleb
easily spelt and pronounced .
Just right !

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 09/04/2026 16:11

farmlass · 09/04/2026 15:27

Caleb
easily spelt and pronounced .
Just right !

Except for Kaleb, CAY-leb, CAH-leb.

Its not a straightforward name at all!

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 09/04/2026 16:36

Wayne
Barry
Gary
Kai
Bradley
Jaxxon
Mason
Jason

PrincessHoneysuckle · 09/04/2026 19:53

Cade
Oakley
Kingsley
Blake