Favourite unusual boy's name?

[Mollbie]

There's a great thread at the moment about girl's names but I'm having a boy...

I'm hoping for a (very far off) ds so I can have a Cassius. Fairly uncommon but not so uncommon that it's odd and I just love it!

Bruno

Barnaby

Sterling

Conrad
Wreford
Torin

Amos
Idris
Both vetoed!

DS' name! 😇

It is SO hard to find non-overused boys names. Is it just because there are fewer boys names? how can that be?

Anyway, I like:
Gregory (which an MNer called their newborn after my suggestion, totally made my life 😄 I love thinking about little Gregory out there somewhere)
Franklin
Calvin
Dominic
Nicholas (perfect name but I have a cousin called Nicholas so won't use it :()
Jonah (too much like DS' name)
Clark

Isambard

But DH wasn't having it at all.

Lots of surnames make great boys names, some very obvious eg Stuart, Lewis etc but some less so. Any family maiden names you like for example?

Rudyard or Mycroft

Jago (Cornish for James)

I'm hoping for a (very far off) ds so I can have a Cassius. Fairly uncommon but not so uncommon that it's odd and I just love it!

And then every time you called him for his dinner you could say "yon Cassius hath a lean and hungry look" It would be worth it for that alone.

I know a Stetson. His father is Darwin.

I think Galen is cool.

Is your cousin Jarleth from Galway, Hereatnumber7?

Ieuan it's strong and masculine

Caedmon
Byron

Conrad
Ernest -Ernie

I had a great-uncle Ludo. Still kind of wish I'd foisted it on DS2. It would have suited him, and he thinks his actual name is soooo boring.

Leonard. I think Lenny is cute, and Len is a strong nn too.

Dashiel.

Elgin

If my DDs had been boys they'd have been Valentine and Laurent after my grandfathers. I don't hear of them very often, but I suppose they aren't unusual. I love the name Elvin, too. Also, Clement, Amos, Florent, Bellamy, Percy and Orson are some of my unusual favourites.

I met a baby Kester about 15 years ago, and have always thought it was lovely. A version of Christopher, apparently.

Hector, Atticus and Demeti

Oops Demetri

Osian (Welsh and quite common in Wales)
Taliesin (Welsh but not common in Wales)
Jory (Cornish version of George)
Silas
Cyrus
Jarvis
Tristram
Orson
Erasmus
Lachlan (quite popular in Scotland and Australia)