Timeless boys names

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In response to the existing thread regarding timeless or classic girls names, what about boys names? What are classic and timeless names? I find them so much harder than girls....

I am thinking possibly Nicholas, Michael, Thomas, Christopher....??

George, William, James, Edward. All in my class at school, all friends of DS.

Luke, David, Matthew, Jonathon,Alex, Andrew, Charles...

Frederick, Richard, Anthony

A lot of these re very cyclical names.

Who's calling their babies Nicholas, David, Richard, Christopher, Andrew and Anthony at the moment?

Old names, sure; solid names, definitely, but timeless? No.

Some people would even argue that William and Thomas are cyclical names, which are currently undergoing a resurgence, making them appear timeless because they're popular right now and people can't imagine them being anything but popular. I didn't grow up with any Georges, either. And even Michael isn't very widely used right now.

I think Matthew is definitely timeless, as is James. Otherwise, I think it's - once again, and as with girls' names - slightly left-field, unpopular names which are the most timeless.

Rafe
Ewan
Hamish
Angus
Robert
Daniel (although not sure about this one)
Benjamin
Hugh / Hugo

Alexander
Robert
Benjamin / Benedict

And Duncan, and Adrian, and Gavin.
Rafe and Hugo, although maybe not as popular as some, are in my mind posh names.

Quentin
Dominic
Angus

are all lovely, classic and never super trendy imo.

Some of the names mentioned have been very 'fashionable' during various periods e.g. Steve, Andy & Mike in the 1970s and Tom, Will and Edward currently.

Timeless boys' names that are never trendy (and therefore never sound dated) include imo

Jonathan
Matthew
Fergus
Angus
Gregory
Quentin
Benedict
Constantine

Agree that some of the names mentioned above (esp Michael, Andrew, Chris) may not be fashionable right now but have been and are therefore not 'timeless'. A timeless name imo is one that is never really trendy and so therefore doesn't date a person to an era.

A good test might be: when you hear someone's name, can you easily guess the age of the person (without looking at him, obviously )? If yes, it is not a timeless name imo.

Adam!

Philip. It's not too popular for babies at the moment. But it's been going for hundreds of years.

Daniel

Benjamin
Samuel
James
Adam
Matthew

I have done a fair bit of family history research and these names are the ones that will pop up somewhere in each generation. But IMO still sound fresh and are popular today.

Forgot to add Joseph.

I agree with Rachel234 - I know babies, teenagers, fully grown men with the following names showing theyr are found across generations and therefore suggest to me they are timeless:

Andrew
Michael
Christopher / Christian
David
Thomas
Jonathan
Adam
Matthew
Daniel
Samuel

'undateable' (and not overly popular currently) names imo include

Christopher
Nicholas
Benedict
Constantine
Lysander
Jonathan
Victor
Thaddeus
Roman
Miles
Ronan
Quentin
Gregory
Dominic
Lysander

Thomas
William
James
Adam
Matthew
I know babies boys and older men all with these names.

Thomas, Harry, Henry, Edward, Edwin, Herbert, Archer, William, Benedict, Benjamin, Tobias, Alfred, Hugo, Rufus, Wilfred

I would say Michael or James are timeless.

Some names like Harry very trendy currently, probably like Steve or Andy was in the 1970s.

James.I always think its timeless,understated and quite elegant.

Adam
James
Peter
Samuel

I know men and boys of these names of all ages from about 18 months to their 60s/70s/80s