traditional boys names

[Annie456]

Hi all,
On the hunt for boys names today....
So far we only have Thomas on our list but want to try a few more. We want a traditional name, nothing that's "now" but I also don't want anything too stuffy. We're quite keen to have a very English name too so would be happy to draw inspiration from writers, composers, royals etc! (the non stuffy ones anyway!)
Looking forward to hearing your suggestions! [smaile]

Benjamin (my one was born on the anniversary of the composer Benjamin Britten's birthday. Which is also St Cecilia's Day (patron saint of music).

Edward

Henry

William

Sebastian or Elliott?? nephew is called Sebastian its lovely & friends son is Elliott, think they are strong, individual names.

Adam
Peter
Jonathan
George
Charles
Samuel
Sebastian
Laurence

Well, Thomas is certainly very 'now' - isn't it in the top 10 most popular names?

How about:
Quentin (Quentin Blake)
Arthur (King Arthur)

Jacob
James
Harry
Richard
Albert
Louis

I don't mean "now" in terms of the top 10 as lots of those names have been around forever and will stay around. I mean the names that suddenly become popular for a few years and then drop off (I'm thinking Dexter, Finn etc) Sorry to anyone who has those names - I like them but want something more traditional!

I love Sebastian but hate Seb...
I like Benjamin too

Keep them coming!!

Dashiell
Barnaby
ernest
Elliot
James
Jonah
Frank
Fred
Stanley
Hugo
Hector
henry
Hugh
wickham
Isaac
Luke
Tobias
Quentin
Miles
Leo
Leon

Christian
edward
Fraser
Harley
Robert
Philip
Charles
Harry
Conor
Felix

Lemuel
Samuel
Oscar
Oliver
Joshua
Peter
Christopher
Richard

Daniel
Asa
Asprey
Vincent
Victor

Spencer

Leonard
Patrick
Quentin
Christian
Andrew

Benedict
Joseph
Alexander
Gregory
Samuel
Thomas
William
Robert
Richard
Jonathan
Christopher
James
...

Christopher
Matthew
Samuel
Jamieson
Leo

Thanks for these- we both really like George although DH said I can't call him "georgie" as a nn....so would he just be George or are there other nn's??

Hi Annie, i was thinking along the same lines, we have a Jack William and are having another boy, think he's going to be Thomas Daniel but it nice to see other suggestions, we considered Harry James as well, will decide when we see the little man xx

Frederick
Aidan
Matthew
Patrick
Dominic
James
Ambrose
Andrew
Anthony
Peter

I have a George. We call him George (not Georgie) or G-Man or G-Star.

Other ones I liked are Edward, Samuel, Oliver, Felix, Henry, William, Robert (nn Bobby), Theodore, Magnus, Fergus, Arthur...

I have Oliver and Elliot as twin boys and Harry as a singleton :) and also twin girls lol - very hard choosing one name let alone 2!

Err... David?

I'm thinking of Alexander. I love traditional names but I wish everyone wouldn't keep shortening them. I don't mind Alex so much. Like Gabriel also but don't like Gabby which people may end up calling him. Keep us posted with what you chose.

George is ok but Georgie is a girls name im (I know too many Georginas called Georgie).

I really like
Fergus
Quentin
Patrick
Christopher
Oliver (but perhaps now too popular)

Peter
John (hardly ever used for this generation)
Jared (Josh has been done to death)
James
Marcus
Anthony
Michael
Matthew
Andrew
Nicholas
Timothy
Charles
Amos
Tristian (or Tristram)
Luke
Ethan

Sidney is a lovely name :) i may be slightly biased though as my ds, 3 months has that name.

Mark
Julian
Nathaniel
Aaron
Edwin