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Favourite unusual boy's name?

129 replies

Mollbie · 11/08/2016 17:38

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

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VanellopeVonSchweetz99 · 12/08/2016 15:20

Hugo
Hector
Ellis
Sylvan
Osian
Mordecai (yes we are massive Regular Show fans ...)

itssquidstella · 12/08/2016 15:24

Godfrey

Pootles2010 · 12/08/2016 15:28

If you really want an unusual boys name - Brian? Gavin? Neil?

BikeRunSki · 12/08/2016 17:26

John

Ilovewillow · 12/08/2016 17:31

I love Atticus and Bartholomew - hubby did not, he preferred Crispin! We ended up with a Seth!

JacquelineChan · 12/08/2016 17:34

Ralph

ButterBeanSoup · 12/08/2016 17:35

Mortimer - I bloody love it!

GastonsPomPomWrath · 12/08/2016 17:40

Raphael

hollyisalovelyname · 12/08/2016 18:03

Tarlach
Breifne ( Breff knee)
Both Irish names.

finova · 12/08/2016 18:07

Names I've come across that are fairly uncommon:

Asher
Lars
Laurence
Heath
Otis

Ememem84 · 12/08/2016 18:12

Gary. Apparently gary is a name that is dying out.

uggerboff · 12/08/2016 18:22

Berrigan
Duncan
Claude

workshyfop · 12/08/2016 18:52

Lysander

NoncommittalToSparkleMotion · 12/08/2016 18:56

Oz

BikeRunSki · 12/08/2016 19:16

Eliezer
Otto
Anders

PurplePidjin · 12/08/2016 19:51

I'd have loved to call one of my ds's Ezekiel or Santiago but wasn't quite brave enough.

Ds1s name is on here already, and ds2s often crops up as a suggestion on threads like this

StubbleTurnips · 12/08/2016 19:57

Montgomery - love it.

DerelictMyBalls · 12/08/2016 19:58

Interesting to see Hugo mentioned - Hugos are ten a penny round here.

I love Loic, Otto, Bernard and Vern.

And DS's name! We have never met another... Smile

ineedamoreadultieradult · 12/08/2016 20:00

Arlo
Hunter
Fox
Raphael
Romeo
Skylar

Rosaaa · 13/08/2016 15:04

Dexter
Cary
Roman

GiddyGiddyGoat · 13/08/2016 17:56

Moses. Best boy name ever.

soundsystem · 16/08/2016 06:28

Ooh, some great names on here!

My current favourites:

Jago
Otto
Ludo
Casper
Jasper
Zebedee (Zeb)
Zebediah (also Zeb)

Otto would be my top pick but it doesn't work with my German-sounding surname (neither DH or I are at all German, and so Otto German-surname would be a bit much in the circumstances)

Also love Taliesin but my daughter has a Welsh name and we're not Welsh so have ruled that out.

Really like Gilleathan but living outwith Scotland and with a hard-to-spell double-barrelled surname would probably be a bit unfair on the poor child, so not for me!

Love Ambrose, DH has vetoed it, but agreed to it if we ever have a dog Grin

blinkowl · 16/08/2016 06:32

Inigo
Osian

Tangoandcreditcards · 16/08/2016 06:38

pootles - Grin Right there you've hit on my DP, BIL and my best mate's DH.
Ah. The 70s.

I'll throw in Dennis and Roger for good measure.

fluentinsarcasm · 16/08/2016 10:12

Riker
Hudson
Hendrix

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