What's your favourite (slightly) unusual boys name?

[strawberrypenguin]

Looking at boys names for DS2 and struggling a bit. DS1 has a traditional top 10 name but we can't find another similar we like for DS2 so I'm thinking we might need to go a bit more unusual. So I'm looking for some inspiration!

[DontKillMyVibe]

I like Oran/Orin too though DP has ruled it out as it can sound a bit harsh with our accents

[JeanGenie23]

I love kit, although have just seen that's the name of Wayne Rooneys little boy!

[LordOfMisrule]

Rooney's sons are Kai and Klay, not Kit

[LordOfMisrule]

Oh hang on, has she had a third? That whole pregnancy passed me by!

[DXBMermaid]

Faris ( knight in Arabic)

[DelphiniumBlue]

Alaric. Dh thought it was too unusual so didn't have it for any my boys, sadly.
Also like Kit and Jude.

[1lov3comps]

Nearly all the names we considered (and eventually chose one from are all mentioned already
Gideon
Nathan
Saul
Seth
Eli
Warwick

[Sometimesithinkimbonkers]

We loved Corbin but we had a girl and Huxley but DH vito'd that one!

[tormentil]

So many of you have mentioned Lawrence/Laurence. I have a Lawrence nn Lawrie. Everyone knows it, but it's not that popular. Great name.

He might have been Jamie, Murdo, Orlando. Glad we chose Lawrence.

Other names I liked:
Magnus
Christian nn Christy
Dominic

[JeanGenie23]

No, Lord his third child is called Kit, he has just announced it

[DontKillMyVibe]

I'm struggling to say the names of Rooney's 3 kids together - bit of a tongue twister when all said at once!

[myrtleWilson]

Ren, loved it but Dh less so...had a dd so moot point in the end ...still love Ren though!

[Blueberry234]

I wanted an Otis, H said no

[Underparmummy]

Warwick

[BikeRunSki]

Amos
Ambrose
Eben

[JeanGenie23]

Dontkillmyvibe- I know! I do love kit though but my DP is a man united fan so if we do have a boy, and decide to use that name, people we know are undoubtedly to make that connection

[Mrsw28]

Rex
Joaquin
Saint John (pronounced Sinjin)

My DH vetoed Saint John. We called DS Robert Christopher James instead. All family names. Nn. Bob!

[strawberrypenguin]

Laurence is growing on me, hunk we'll add that to the (very short at the moment) list. We've got Dexter, Evan and possibly Jarvis on it so far too.
Love Benedict we nearly used it for DS1 but it didn't seem to suit him. Can't use it for DS2 because it would be rediculous with DS1's name!

[BendydickCuminsnatch]

Jos (DS) :)

Reeeeeally want next boy if we have one to be Cal, but don't like Callum or Calvin enough. Or Caleb. Boo.

Also love Gregory/Gregor

[dementedma]

Laurence is lovely but really don't like it with the "aw" spelling.
I also like Dominic, Guy, Sebastian, Simon, Jude,Christian, Caspar, Reuben....

[Clueing4looks]

I Iove traditional names and both my DC have 'old people' names, but when I was having my son I loved the name Laszlo.

Saint John (pronounced 'sinjun') is a middle name tradition in my exH family for boys but I just couldn't bring myself to do it!

[Likeaninjanow]

Bendy - how about Callan?

[GingerFoxInAT0phat]

Yonah
I love Ira too.

Bendy, dh liked Cal for our second but it reminded me of calorie (might have been pregnancy brain!)

[RiverTam]

Keir
Ezra (though I think that's becoming more popular, still a gorgeous name though!)