Brother for Percy

[BlueberryPoppy123]

Wondering what names would go well with Percy, for a boy. I don't like names that are common and I don't like way out there names. I'm more a old man kind of baby namer... Thanks in advance for suggestions

Horace. I think Horry would be a cute nickname.

Some great names one here! The only ones that I have to add that i don't think have been mentioned yet are:
Laurence
Anthony
Wallace
Solomon (with the great nn Sol)
Magnus
Ansel

Conrad might fit the bill

Charlie
Bill
Fred
George
Ronald
Ginny

What about Stirling?

Oh another...my DH wanted Archibald for a boy (Archie?) I wanted Theodore. We're having a girl though.

Reggie
Toby
Bertie
Lawrence
Henry

I have a Theodore (Teddy). Also really liked Ivor.

Ivo
Innes
Hugh
Leo
Benedict
Benjamin
Fabian
Lucien
Florian
Phineas
Dunstan
Julius
Piers
Quentin
Raymond
Roy
Edmund
Augustine/Gus
Ignatius
Cornelius
Atticus
Crispin
Cuthbert
Alastair
Humphrey
Byron
Walter

(Idris was a dragon in a programme called Ivor the Engine.)

Seth
Silas
Rex
Trevor
Ambrose
Amos
Frank

Stanley, Sidney and Arthur v popular

Idris was a Welsh king. The name also has Asian/Indian origins too.

BNmum I don't know how to post a link but look at britishbabynames.com it is a fantastic blog and where I found the boys names from 1900. I just picked out the ones that didn't seem to have been mentioned. At the top of the list were the usual suspects William, John, Thomas etc. I saw Lawrence and assumed it must've been posted already. Percy and Larry don't sound so good together IMO though. Larry is too soft against Percy.

Raymond? Rex is a great one!

On the front page of her blog the author shows names on the upswing - those that have gained popularity in the last few years. Ronnie, Reg and Rex are all on the upswing and I'm not surprised as I love them all! I think we have been missing "R" names for a while so the sound feels fresher and quite strong. I would put Victor and Ray in this category for the emphasis on the "R".

Can someone please post to the blog and hopefully to the 1900 list on there? Thank you

Thanks honey, britishbabynames is my favourite name blog. I'm on there so often I should know he whole thing off by heart. I'm having to wean myself off it though as DH hates it (he's a top 20 man) and he says its feeding my eccentric taste. It's my guilty treat at weekends and guess what it's the Weekend!

Sorry to hijack thread op but you are getting some great suggestions on here.

I know a ten year old wilfred. I think it's v cute!

Selwin

Rex

IkeaMeatballs I also know a Percy with brothers George and Henry - maybe the same family (NE)?

I like Arthur, Wilfred, Albert (Albie or Bertie as nn).

Edmund

"don't like to sheep though I'd rather my child was an individual"

So joining the flock of old man names will ensure that, will it? Don't worry, your child will be an individual even if he shares a name with 6 other children in his class- children are like that!

I had the same name as four other girls in my life all through primary school, and it was a bit grim, to be honest. Not from the UK, and in the 70s there was a smallish, conservative pool of names, so it wasn't just my class, the damn name was everywhere. To this day, if an Irish novelist wants a generic name for a minor forty-something female character, that's the one they go for.

I did choose a name for my son in part on the grounds of its unusualness, as a result.

OP, why choose something to 'go with' Percy? Siblings aren't some kind of matching teaser. I have only one child, but if he had had a sibling, I would have wanted an entirely different 'style' of name.

Cornelius. Augustus (Gus). Thornton.

Four other girls in my class, not in my life!

LadyDowager, yes! Newcastle. I think it is the same family. R and P are the parents?

IkeaMeatballs yes, that's them! How funny. I wonder if we know eachother, I will PM you!

Ernie
Hector
Eric
Rufus