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!

DS's name has been mentioned preens

Gabriel
Sebastian
Jay
Evander
Vincent\Vinnie
Xavier\Xavi
Daithi-gaelic version of David, pronounced (sort of!) like dah-hee

Maverick

Had one at a school I worked at. I loved it!

Wow so many people like Silas

Silas
Tristan
Wolfgang

Elim

From the oasis in the desert in the bible?

I really like Inigo

Wyatt
Gabriel
Atlas
Archer
Saul

Mine are varying degrees of unusual but

Darwin
Christian
Gregory
Angus
Ezra
Isaiah
I never got to use them as I have a load of daughters

Balthazzar.

Yes! And Wolfgang. I so wish I had the nerve...

Benjamin, nn ben, benji, benny, benno

Rudy
Angus
Franklin
Hamish
August
Glenn
Bing
Nate
Elvis
Elijah

Also love Jonah, Josiah and Tobias. All were vetoed but we had a DD anyway.

Oh! Boaz and Hector are just fabulous.

My son is due to be born on Thursday and he will be called Ezra.

If dd2 was a boy she was going to be called Ezra or Elias, although I think both are getting more popular now. dd1 was going to be Xander if a boy. T

There was a thread on here about Archer the other day, it wasn't hated at all.

Love Asher too.

Roderick
Diggory
Christopher (which isn't an unusual name but is amongst the under 30s)

My son's name is on here. The glory!

But what is stopping you all using lots of these names, the vast majority of which are really nice, and in no way remotely strange or off the wall? The village where I live seems to have wall to wall Jacks, Maxs (that looks odd, but it can't be Maxes, can it?), Harrys, and Georges. Please liven up the outlook with a baby Innes, Boaz or Jago.

Agree Heavy.

Boaz looks pretty cool. Is it said like boze or bo-as or...?

Ezra's on his way! My waters broke at 7.40 this morning!

Sorry to derail, OP

BOE-azz, as far as I'm aware. I think I've always liked the name because the illustration of the Boaz in the Book of Ruth in an illustrated Bible I had as a child was rather good-looking, standing about in his grain field looking all dark and masterful. I'm deep like that...

Good luck, Thirty, and to little Ezra!

Just asked DH if we can have Boaz and he said: 'Absolutely NOT'

Ezra
Wyatt
Ira
Indio
Jasper
Felix
Roman
Jude
Gabriel

I generally go for quite traditional/popular names it seems but among my quirkier choices are...

• Harrison nn Harry
• Grayson nn Gray
• Ellis
• Reuben (family name - my gt gt gt grandfather)

I love Grayson but I know DP would veto because he is uber-conservative with names.

Edsel