Can you help me find a traditional name that no one has used yet????

Leo Leo Leo - Fabulous! I love it...
It was on my list for Jacob (hmm, maybe he should have been called Leo?! )

Also on my list was:

Oscar
Noah
Daniel
Luca

Good Luck - love Leo, I don't think you would have anything to worry about with that one. Cool and classic.

Murray

I think if I wanted a traditional but unusual boys name I'd look at the top 100 from the 1920s, 1940s or whatever period inspires you, then see which of them have declined in popularity or fallen out of use. There's bound to be a hidden gem in a list somewhere.

George, Marcus or Hugh all good and solid and can't be mucked about with too much

Albert
Wilbur
Stanley
Frederick
Walter

Not exactly traditional but I think Sequoia is beautiful.

Edison, Addison, Ellery, Dexter, Maxamus, Maxwell, Maximilian, Seth, Edmund, Edgar, Frederick, Brook, Ash, Charles, Chip, Christopher, Kit, Alfred, Tobias, Hector, Boris, Barnaby, Barney, Jeremiah, Jeremy, Niall, Moses, Harold, Howard, Donald, Ronald, Victor, Francis, Frank, Patrick, Fergus, Albert, Hubert, Abraham, Stirling, Rufus, Monty, Biff, Pierce, Piers, Blythe, Neal, Niles, Wilbur, Wilfred, Theodore, Teddy, Monty, Judah, Geoffrey, Godfrey, Bruno, Jarvis, Horace, Blake, Brodie, Bobby, Herbert, Robin, Walter, Clarence, Hugh, Ernest, Tobin, Roman, Cassius, Lucas, Luca, Laurence, Hugo, Carter, Brogan, Innes, Avery, Linden, Mungo, Monroe, Lorcan, Perry, Merlin, Orion, Bjorn, Elmer, Elmo, Torin, Silvanus, Corbin, Cosmo, Tyrone, Richard, Gregory, Nicholas, Stephen, Stefan, Benedict, Michael, Rowan, Ian, Caleb, Scott, Russel, Graeme, Martin, Kieron, Jude, Philip, Pip, Robert, John, Jonty, Johnny, Ray, Rae, Silas, Evan, Magnus, Angus, Augustus, Gus, Tristan, Saul, Gabriel, Emmanuel, Inigo, Nico, Raphael, Alexis, Alexei, Alessio, Archibald, Hector, Munro, Peter, Paul, Xavier, Fabio, Fabien, Conrad, Carlos, Marco, Mario, Victor, Raul, Roger, Guy, Rodrey, David, Derek, Bryn, Flynn, Simon, Stuart, Christian, Felix, Otis, Casper, Bartholomew, Barry, Yannic, Yann, Jonah, Jonas, Joby, Florence, Solomon, Gyles, Shaun, Zebedee, Zebadiah, Orville, Anthony, Gerald, Gerard, Marcus, Bruce, Jared, Josiah, Isaiah, Bruno, Vernon, Edwin, Vinny, Malachi, Gerry, Lionel, Norbert, Zachary, Zachariah, Alastair, Lucien, Clement, Draco, Elijah, Quentin, Ned, Chad, Oscar, Raul, Griffith, Nathan, Nate, Tate, Woody, Woodrow, Rocky, Rocco, Spike, Logan, Todd, Wallace, Sven, Alan, Kevin, Gareth, Gary, Jordan, Nigel, Trevor, Keith, Craig, Melvin, Mervyn, Darren, Euan, Timothy, Orlando, Milo, Andrew, Joey, Glen, Ross, Connor, Basil, Cyril, Kirk, Jason, Pascal, Leo, Blaise, Dante, Sacha, Attila, Blair , Adrian, Hadrian, Alden, Allen, Anton, Colin, Dean, Finnian, Gillean, Cillian, Julian, Julius, Declan, Bryan, Dennis, Alistair, Neil, Guy, Kenneth, Kevin, Bernard, Leonard, Percy, Alec, Royston, Norris, Ashley, Lloyd, Darryl, Malcolm, Grayson, Douglas, Ambrose, Maurice, Oswald, Waldo, Ivan, Ivor, Atticus, Tarquin, Hercules, Herakles, Jerome, Cuthbert, Marcel, Reginald, Damien, Gilbert, Pierre, Kelvin, Terence, Andreas, Dale, Delvin, Dalton, Delbert, Delphin, Delphinus, Delphino, Delroy, Delrick, Alexander, Grant, Clyde, Sidney, Vincent, Vinnie, Desmond, Cyrus, Lewin, Curtis, Ezra, Eli, Ashton, Mercury, Leon, Kendrick, Neville, Gavin, Wilton, Dara, Lennon, Donovan, Lachlan, Humphrey, Rudolf, Rudy, Harrison, Hamilton, Lysander, Horatio, Ralph, Ludovic, Elwyn, Alvin, Norman, Elwood, Eugene, Lars, Lorcan, Paris, Indigo, Beau

I respect your POV, SonnieB. There's nothing wrong with (almost!) any name, imho, even if some people regard it as poncey/chav/dorky/whatever.

However, OP did mention that her husband wanted to avoid 'poncey' names -- and frankly, I think there is a tendency for MNers to favour names that many in wider society would regard as 'poncey'.

My DS2 has a name that is frequently deemed ultra chav or ultra poncey on MN, btw! Needless to say DH & I never asked anybody else's opinions about any of our DC names -- and I don't regret that, either.

Mark (haven't met a small one for ages)
Robert
Michael
Matthew/Hugh
Christopher
Aiden
Stephen

All quite traditional but not often heard for babies.

Is there something 'wrong' with poncey names?

I really am astonished how some of us regard perfectly classical, timeless names (e.g. Charles, Henry, Quentin, Leo etc) as 'poncey' and comment negatively on them.

Also, lets try to be less insular. Many names that we regard as 'poncy' are very common names in other countries. E.g. Quentin is a very popular/common name in France. And Leo is very common in Germany for example. With an increasingly global world we need to broaden our mind regarding name associations imo.

Simon

love that name

George

Kevin has quite a pedigree, but is not poncey either.

Mumsnetters do tend to favour poncey names.
That said, I would say Henry, Charles and Leo are potentially poncey, too, to my ears.
Surely John, Bruce and Mark are not "poncey", are they??

John
Matthew
Andrew
David

My DS is a Leo, so I obviously like it. I wanted Gabriel but DH not keen, other names I like are:

Elliot
Dominic
Jude

Luke
Frederick
John
Matthew

Weirdly thought I had replied to this but cant see my response

Conrad
Neil
Vaughan
Carradoc
Emmerson
Emmett

Henry Charles is really nice
I think Charles goes really well as a middle name (is ds middle name with one of your vetoed choices)

Tobias (Toby) is really nice

Derek, Owen, Peter, Jonathan, Nathan are all favourites of mine.