Boys name with a historical feel

[BabyAcorn]

Ok ladies 37 weeks and we cant decide!

Have girls name ready to rock, but boys....

We would like something that either:

Has some sort of meaning to our lives
Maybe some one who has done something great in the world
History/Greek maybe something with a bit of omph!

We got engaged at a lovely Restaurant called "Edwins" At first I wasn't sure, but now kinda like it? I would probably call him Eddy, but nice to think when he's older there is a grown up name there if he wishes to use it.

Saw Sarah Beanies little one called Raffety - quite like that?

I also like:
Hugo, Monty,Archie but Hubbie not sure.

Any thoughts ladies??

Here´s my list for boys:

Aiden
Ashton
Armand
Apollo
Avery
Chase
Dalziel
Denholm
Ethan
Francis
Isaac
Ivan
Julius

Luke
Marius
Nathan
Saul
Tavish
Troy
Zion
Elijah

Lysander
Aurelien
Morgan
Ignatius
Cary

How about -Roman, Darwin, Inigo, Albert, Marcus?

For a historical feel, my mind went into the gutter and I came up with Jasper (oh, Sir!)

On a Greek theme: Perseus (nn Percy, like Jackson), Hector, Lysander, Ares, Pavlos, Lysander, Alexander, Phillip, Dionysus

Other historic: Ug, Stig, Wulfric, Edward, William, Arthur, Uther, Pendragon, Ruprecht, Geoffrey, Kenelm, Nelson, Wilberforce, Marlowe

Archie is very popular, if that bothers you.

Julius?

I rather like Edwin, and the story behind it for you.

Sounds as though you want a slightly unusual name so would avoid Archie. Absolutely love Montgomery nn. Monty which has an historical feel.

Paris (obviously not so great now because of Ms Hilton)
Troy (reminds me of a Porn star but maybe you'll like it...)
Achilles
Ulysses (maybe a bit OTT)
Odysseus (maybe a bit OTT)
Hercules (hmm..)

Fitzwilliam

Like the Edwin story though.

Rufus

Atticus?

Dickon - or and purely because to the Beeny - Diccon.

William
William
Henry
Stephen
Henry
Richard
John

Oops, have been watching too much Horrible Histories..

Diogenes
Androcles
Agrippa
Hercules
Julius
Octavius
Augustus
Justinian
Marcus
Antonius
Polydorus

Arthur

Lots of names on here

I like the idea of Edwin with its special meaning.

Edwin is nice :)

I like Edgar more than Edwin (a bit 'stronger') and also Edwy (but I think the King Edwy may have met a sticky end).

Aethelwuf

I know of several Hugos, Monties and lots of Archies - but they are nice names.

Edmund?

Alec, Hugo and Hector are also strong names.

Instead of Rafferty (which always reminds me of 'seven old ladies were locked in the lavatory') how about Raftery? Anthony Raftery (Antoin O Raifteiri) was an Irish poet, 'the last of the wandering bards', and a major voice in 18th and early 19th century Irish poetry.

Dunstan, early English saint
Roland
Theodore
Justin
Franklin
Lincoln
Truman
Marc
Anthony
Julius
Augustine
Solomon
Abraham
Winston
Clement
Aneurin
Alaric
Loic
Wallace (William Wallace)
Isambard
Balthazar

There are some fab names from Classical history/mythology, but it depends what you think you could get away with on a daily basis (unless, of course, you want to stick with Alexander or Marcus):

Themistocles (founder of the Athenian navy)
Demosthenes (Athenian statesman and orator who stood up to Alexander the Great's father)
Thucydides (Athenian general and historian)
Hector (crown prince of Troy in the Iliad)
Astyanax (Hector's son... although he does come to a sticky end)
Neoptolemus (Achilles' son)
Cato (two Roman statesmen, both considered awe-inspiring republicans, but there's the Clouseau problem, I suppose)
Cicero (very famous Roman politician and writer - would be cool to revive his name as a first name)

Peter, there are no baby Peters

Athelstan, definitely Athelstan.

Leofric!

Quentin

Agree that Archie is very popular round here.