Just can't find any traditional but not too popular boys names.

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We don't know the sex yet but have lots of nice girls names to call our baby expected in May. But boys we are really struggling with. I love Charlie, Thomas and Oliver but these are all in the top ten names.

Other ones I like are Frederick or Edward but DH not keen on either as he doesn't like the nn for them.

Any ideas? Can't begin with an A as have family middle names x2 that start with A and can't begin with H as our surname begins with it.

I'm a bit fearful of the Kate / Wills popularity, but William is still at the top of our list. I like Will as a NN.

We also have James, although I'm not that keen on any of the NNs although can live with Jamie or Jay.

Also like Thomas / Tom.

The difficulty with boys names is that there are far fewer which are nice, not whacky but not completely run of the mill. I feel like you can 'get away' with more with girls' names. Boys you need them to sound solid without being boring, so is v tricky!

I think Matthew is less used these days. Also Peter, David and Robert.

Exactly Bona that's my problem. I like James but it is DH's best friend's name which would be weird.

Like Thomas and Tom too. I just love Charlie though, it is by far my favourite but it is just too popular!

Will has been ruled out by DH

Matthew is my BIL name. Again would be too weird.....

I chose DS2's names from the index in the Bible. Not because I wanted a biblical name, but because I wanted a "real" but slightly unusual name. I came up with quite a list. Most of the names we think of as traditional (rather than old fashioned) feature somewhere in the Bible.

Michael?

Joe/Joseph?
Alexander
George
John
Martin
Grant
Hugh
Alister

I love Montgomery, nn Monty, for a boy.

Keir
Edgar

Quentin (ds's name)
Dominic
Gregor
Patrick
Tristan

Have a look at the ONS lists of all names used, there are lots of lovely classic names outside the top 100.

Robin
Simon
Laurence
Benedict
Guy
Paul
Graham
Edmund
Jonathan
Ian

Nicholas
Jonathan
Peter
Patrick
Dominic

FWIW, me, DH and DD are all As - and DS is not! Not deliberate. In fact, DH,DD and I have all the same initials first, middle and surname.

love love love Timothy (nn Timmy) I don't know that its ever really had a super-popular phase, yet so classy.

Ooh, yes to Patrick. Forgot that one.Also like Martin

Michael
Christopher
George
Bernard
Bruce
Julian

John
Seth
Ellis
Bradley
Tobias
Rory
Christopher
Austin
Nathaniel
Dominic
Patrick
Theodore
Albert
Felix
Tristan
Rowan
Jasper
Hugo
Andrew
Ewan/Euan
Philip
Jonathan
Nicholas
Anthony
Peter
Jason
Eli
Flynn
Milo
Jonah
Marcus
Roman
Reuben
Spencer
Jesse
Miles
Fraser
Joshua
Matthew
Barnaby
Ralph
Scott
Justin
Martin
Stephen
Victor
Eric
Isaiah
Paul
Mitchell
Francis
Julian
Fabian
Robin
Timothy
Ian/Iain
Niall
Simon
Wilfred
Josiah
Angus
Hugh
Lawrence/Lauren
Douglas
Rafferty
Alistair
Otis
Benedict
Asher
Calvin
Montgomery/Monty
Heath
Samson
Otto
Arran
Jago
Christian
Barney
Ernest
Caspar
Wesley
Jonas
Guy
Iwan
Gideon
Bruce
Colin
Walter
Magnus
Raymond
Simeon
Jerome
Percy
Ronald
Russell
Gareth
Aled

Joel

Elliot

Harry

Conrad
Eli
Solomon
Jeffrey

I have a John (nn Johnny) aged 7. Never met another one under the age of 40

I would suggest Warwick - a strong name for a boy. Also like Patrick....

Conrad