usable boys names outside the top 1000

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as per girls thread
roger
terence
finnian
lucius
montague
murray
simeon
aneurin
aubrey
caspian
elisha
emlyn
augustine
derek
eugene
floyd
ivor
sydney
dara
allan
emmet
bartholomew
quentin
cornelius
julius
malcolm
nehemiah
rhodri
barnabas
lemuel
clement
clarence
claude
duncan
luther
linus
maurice
valentine
eoghan
roy
cassian
grant
humphrey
augustus
augustine
harold
bertram
desmond
graham
donald
geoffrey
keith
lucius
horatio
gerald
lysander
trevor
griffin
peregrine
zebedee
edmond
ulysses
ambrose
Zachaeus
godfrey
finbar
barry
pascal
crispin
llewelyn
lester
aurelius
zephaniah

i particularly like peregrine .augustine ,ambrose , barnabas , aubrey , crispin , caspian , cornelius and zebedee (not sure i'd be brave enough to use it )

I know a 6 yr old Valentine (Valentin) but he is Russian.

I like Terence/Terry! Although I know it's very 70s throwback.

should have included piers and pierce

Hey you missed Cosmo off the list! Think no 1123 or something like that last year. From your list I like Cassian and Caspian.

I love Rhodri, but neither me nor DH are Welsh so I don't think we'd get away with it.

Lawrence/Lawrence are both around 400+

I think Murray might be in the top 100 in Scotland

I love Cassian and Finnian

Dara
Eoghan
Duncan

Are the only three I'd consider from your list.

I like Sydney.

Duncan is a great boys name. I know a few, they are all lovely men!

Great list!

I love Aubrey, Clement, Finnian and Quentin (we have one)!

Please can the "I'm not sure I'd be brat enough to use it" contingent remember that there is very little braver involved in giving somebody a name. If there is bravery involved it is in bearing of the name for maybe 90 years.

Brave, not brat!

Griffin is awesome (maybe as a middle name though...)

Surprised Duncan is not higher.

Ambrose rocks - never done my brother any harm!

I know a little Trevor, I think it's quite nice :)

'Useable names'

I beg to differ.

Thanks for doing this, I did the girls one!

I like Floyd, Ivor, Lysander, Griffin, Caspian, probably wouldn't use any though!

Interesting list but apart from a few that shorten to fairly mainstream names (Zachaeus - Zach, Finnian - Finn, Edmond - Ed) I would consider most to be completely unusable and I know my ds (secondary school age) would be horrified at the prospect of being named most of the above. Don't forget you are giving someone a name they have to wear for the rest of their lives. Imo, many of these 'stand out' for all the wrong reasons, and would only be used for the sake of being different.

i did miss out Cosmo and Kurt for that matter . By the time i'd wades through the name list a few times i was beginning to go cross- eyed . i would agree that Murray is considerably more popular in Scotland

curlew when i used the phrase brave enough to use the name , i meant brave enough to inflict it on a child as i'm fully aware it is the child who will have to live with the name .

waded not wades

That's a great list!

My favourites are Julius, Sydney, Quentin and Finnian. I'm surprised they are not in top 1000.

I love the name Duncan. I'm always a little surprised though quite glad it hasn't become more popular in the resurgence of traditional names up here.
I also like Grant, Lucius and Eoghan (Eoin).

The best is duncan by quite a mile. Def due a revival.

I think some of them are far less weird than many within the top 1000, or even 100!

I love names that are 'normal' but out of favour.

Those that stand out for me are..

terence - terry is great
emlyn
ivor
sydney - i presume sidney is higher
allan
malcolm - ulrika johnson has a son with this name?!
barnabas - amazed this is not higher. I know two barneys
clement - lovely as a middle name
clarence
duncan
maurice
roy
harold - so many harrys why not harolds?
graham
donald
geoffrey - geoff is a fab name
gerald - gerry is good
edmond - presume edmund is higher

the others are too way out for me

on the other hand, IMO the following names are unpopular for a reason and should not be revived..

barry
trevor
keith
derek

I know what you mean about Barry , Derek ,Keith and Trevor . They just seem to dated .
Yet Barry sounds so similar in style to the ubiquitous Harry while Derek is not that far from Eric which appears to be growing in popularity .
I wonder how long it will be for these names do feel useable again .

You think Barry, Trevor, Keith and Derek are dated, but ROY is okay? Baby Roy?!

Graham is dated
Terry is dated
Allan is dated
Gerry is dated