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Unusual boys names ideas please

32 replies

MrsRuby · 04/01/2015 18:28

We're expecting our 3rd boy in May and I'm looking for some unusual names to add to my existing unusually named boys!
We have a Byron George, and a Digby Gulliver so as you can tell from that we like English sounding names that are definitely not in the top few hundred lists :-)

So far our favourites are
Larkin
Stirling
Rufus
Griffin
Cornelius

Any other suggestions please?
Not looking for any hate on my children's names! :-)

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MrsRuby · 04/01/2015 18:29

Also we lost our twins in 2012 who were Cecily Blossom and Percy Autumn.

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nottheOP · 04/01/2015 18:30

Harrison
Quinn
Rafferty

fudgefinger · 04/01/2015 18:31

Larkin is absolutely gorgeous!! That gets my vote.
I'm so sorry about your twins.

itsnothingoriginal · 04/01/2015 18:59

Love Larkin - such a fab name! I also like Rufus on your list.

So sorry about your loss Sad

Peregrine (Perry)
Gilbert
Aubrey
Corin

Only1scoop · 04/01/2015 19:03

Keats....

Yeats....

To add your little literary family Smile

sleepdodger · 04/01/2015 19:03

Gryff
Rory
Seth
Wilbur
Montgomery

Deerhound · 04/01/2015 19:12

Barnabas, Albion, Albany, Theodard, Ludric

Figuregettingbigger · 04/01/2015 19:18

I remember on one of Sarah Beeney's programmes, her brother Diccon made an appearance. Thought he had a great name, and it suits your family names.

SunshineAndShadows · 04/01/2015 19:22

Diggory

love your taste in names btw

LittleBoyBlues · 04/01/2015 19:47

Liking Larkin and Stirling. Would love a Digby myself but DH won't countenance it.
What about:
Dunstan
Wilberforce
Loftus
Montague
Mungo

Bluestocking · 04/01/2015 19:53

Gilbert
Kingsley
Caradoc
Uther
Piers/Pierce
Darwin
Rudyard
Anselm
Ambrose

Stace27 · 04/01/2015 20:05

My fave is Larkin off your list :-) if mines another boy Weve decided on Jude :-) English name.

MrsRuby · 04/01/2015 20:06

Ooh some lovely unusual ones there - thank you so much everyone!

Lots I like there, some bit too close to what we've got / themed but I know I'd be continuing the poet trend with Larkin anyway!
Any other ideas gratefully received and thanks again for those ideas :-)

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MrsRuby · 04/01/2015 20:08

And I'm glad Larkin is getting all the votes! Hope that doesn't mean there'll be hundreds more in a few years!
Still deciding ...

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AlpacaYourThings · 04/01/2015 20:37

Larkin and Rufus are brilliant!

myotherusernameisbetter · 04/01/2015 20:58

Dorian
Aldrid
Whitaker (Whit)
Winston
Crispin

Rhubarbgarden · 04/01/2015 21:03

Rufus is not all that unusual. I know two small ones.

BikeRunSki · 04/01/2015 21:04

Amos
Ambrose
Corin
Corvid
Gideon
Rudyard
Eldridge

Rhubarbgarden · 04/01/2015 21:05

Isambard

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BikeRunSki · 04/01/2015 21:08

Isambard is fantastic.

DH and I agreed on "Sam". I wanted it as a nn for Isambard (I am a civil engineer) but DH won out with Samuel.

MrsRuby · 04/01/2015 21:25

Thank you again for these great ideas! Honestly there are definitely some there I will be adding to the list to mull over.

Love the Horatio suggestion - it's actually something I sometimes call my boys now (don't know why!) but then I saw someone on another board write Horatio/Fellatio and it somewhat put me off! :-D

You're also all right about Rufus - I checked it on nameberry and there are quite a lot around - it's my H's choice and very unusual as far as his suggestions go, but I think it'd be more of a middle name choice for us.

Thank you all!

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Sophronia · 04/01/2015 21:26

My favourites are Larkin and Stirling.

Artandco · 04/01/2015 21:30

Magnus
Quinton
Lionel
Albus
Merlin

florascotia · 05/01/2015 20:16

OP This sounds nit-picky but that's not my intention. You say you like 'English-sounding names'. But Stirling, on your list, is a town in Scotland, with a massive castle (home to one of Scotland's most famous medieval kings) and the Wallace Monument, which commemorates a very well-known terrorist/freedom fighter who fought against the English. It's not exactly the Scottish equivalent of Windsor, but along those lines. Perhaps this will not matter to you, in which case I apologise for mentioning it, but Stirling is a very Scottish, rather than English, place name - though, strangely, it's hardly ever used as a personal name in Scotland. There was just one baby with that name in Scotland in 2013: www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/popular-forenames/2013/babiesnames-2013-t4.pdf