A boys' name to rival Huckleberry

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A friend at work has a little boy called Huckleberry (known as Huck).

I LOVE it but obviously can't copy it, as it's SO unique.

Can anyone think of any 'similarly' out-there but cute/cool names for boys?? Ds2 is due in the summer and I am struggling with an awesome, strong, interesting, unique name for him.

Interested in names from nature, literature, don't mind surnames-as-forenames in some cases...just something that stands out a bit from the kings and saints...

I DONT like: the trend for old-man names, or boys' names that sound too soft/feminine (I would put things like Robin, Caspar into this camp).

Help! Any ideas! What's the most awesome boys name you've ever heard??

Bramwell makes me think of the teddy from Old Bear

I know somebody who wanted to use Dandini, but wasn't brave enough.

Harrison and Reuben don't fit the OP's brief at all. I know about 6 Harrisons and 3 or 4 Reuben's

Fletcher makes me think of Porridge (the sit com)

"Norman Stanley Fletcher"

BOOP, there's a Fletch in Wentworth. Ironically, he's a screw...

Nature names:
Sage
Heath
Rowan
Birch

BOF is there?

And can I apologise unreservedly for that grocer's apostrophe in Reuben's down there

I think my DS has a trendy "old-man" name

Ajax
Alonzo
Orion

Che

I met a little boy the other day called Oren. I'd never heard it before and loved it so much I briefly considered having another baby

A good name really can do that to you...

Oren means orange in Welsh.

Ooo Clement - now there's a name.

How about Claude?

Some leftie options:

Evo - sounds nice with Keir
Noam

I think 'Oren' mentioned above might have been Odhran or Oran - Irish/Scottish Gaelic. A follower of St Columba. Pron. approx = OAR-unn. Either that, or his parents were trying a 'yooneek' spelling ...

Don't wish to sound impolite, but Evo make me think of glue (brand name Evostick etc). Perhaps Ivo instead?

Agree that Clement is a good name.

Hmm..the 'Oren' I met had an Asian mum, not sure where she was from though.

I have nothing to add except:

Aw, I wanted Huckleberry for DS!! DH vetoed it. The swine.

Favs from some great lists:

Caspian
Orson
Huxley
Rex
Chester
Stanley
Rafferty
Conrad
Jude

Have only really read the first and last pages, but I love the suggestion of Atticus. A proper literary name fitting the brief nicely. And a counter-weight to all the girls being called Harper these days :)

Yes, Atticus is a great name. Atti is nice as a nickname too. I wouldn't have dared, though.

I do think you have to be careful with names and give ones that allow introvert DC to sink into the background if they prefer. There's a dad in our local park who brays 'Clementine!' at his daughter all the time and I just wish he'd at least call her Clemmy or something that doesn't make everyone turn and stare.

Io (eye-o, not Lo!)
Lorcan
Orlando
Esian
Silas (I LOVE this and wanted it for DS3 but doesn't go with our surname at all)

Sorry not read 7 pages to see if already suggested but what about Sebastian

Agamemnon

Hereward. Gregor. Lysander. Laurence.

Bede. Caesar. Kester. Lachlan.

Agamemnon, wow. Can't top that.