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Rarely used old-fashioned boys name

102 replies

sj257 · 20/11/2016 12:03

Are there any around?

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Psst - this thread is a little old. If you’re looking for old-fashioned baby names, these ones are due a comeback. MNHQ

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Ohtobeskiing · 20/11/2016 18:58

Austin
Cornelius

Dizzybintess · 20/11/2016 19:07

Hubert
Harold
Baden
Byron
Elias

Dizzybintess · 20/11/2016 19:10

Clarence

OrlandaFuriosa · 20/11/2016 19:12

Aubrey
Edred
Wilfred
Mungo
Ninian
Adrian
Hadrian
Justin
Justinian
Claud
Callum
Claudius
Darius
Barnabas
Barnaby
Humbert
Herman
Julian
Julius

chocolatecakemakesmefat · 20/11/2016 19:24

My sons Mark Smile don't know another one his age

SaltyBitch · 20/11/2016 19:25

Colin.

Alan.

The best two boys names imo.

Diamondsandpurls · 20/11/2016 19:29

Ah sorry hoolio, there are two hot thads, this was 1999.

OrlandaFuriosa · 20/11/2016 19:43

Austin or Austen is the English version of Augustine..

Bruce
Reginald
Brian
Renfrew
Kim
Japheth
Diggory
Clym
Aeneas
Laban
Reuben
Giles
Guy
Abner
Damon
Damian
Cuthbert
Donald
Enoch
Job

Branleuse · 20/11/2016 19:52

Steve
Brian
Ethelred

pklme · 20/11/2016 20:23

Lance
Ralph
Richard
Robert
Jeremy
Jesse

2kids2dogsnosense · 20/11/2016 20:24

Has anyone said Eustace yet? Or Ernest?

Thelastusername · 20/11/2016 20:28

Cornelius
Ernest
Maurice
Walter

pklme · 20/11/2016 20:37

George

Artandco · 20/11/2016 20:38

Clement
Conrad
Victor
Seth

megletthesecond · 20/11/2016 20:48

Ernest.

littlebillie · 20/11/2016 20:48

Blake
Rory
Richard

cuckoowith2 · 20/11/2016 20:49

I'm thinking of Ralph for a boy! Due April x

Sophronia · 20/11/2016 20:55

Ernest
Walter
Herbert
Harold
Leonard
Cecil
Reginald
Horace/Horatio
Cyril
Archibald
Edgar
Clarence
Bernard
Bertram
Maurice/Morris
Arnold
Lionel
Gerald
Roland
Oswald
Ambrose
Basil
Job
Algernon
Humphrey
Jabez
Eugene
Eustace
Hubert
Ronald
Norman
Geoffrey

LineyReborn · 20/11/2016 20:57

Shunt
Trebuchet
Corialanus

Sophronia · 20/11/2016 21:07

Abel
Sidney
Edwin
David
Richard
Francis
Wilfred
Peter
Hugh
Asa
Abraham
Elisha
Ivor
Josiah
Alec
Barnaby
Solomon
Emmanuel
Ephraim
Eric
Conrad
Clark
Everett
Gregory
Jeremy
Timothy
Victor
Wilbur

Gruffalosfriend · 20/11/2016 22:54

Edmund
Quentin
Stanley
Arthur

Manumission · 21/11/2016 14:04

Clive
Douglas
Raymond

SpicyTomatos · 21/11/2016 15:42

I found a comparison of name popularity from 1914 to 2009 quite useful for this sort of thing.

www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2011/06/1914-to-2009.html

AmyInTheBoonies · 21/11/2016 16:16

Emmett
Seamus
Hedley

But I agree go with the next generation of names to be ahead of the trend.

Peter
John
Robert

minipie · 21/11/2016 16:22

A few suggestions - may be repeating (I am not a fan of all of these but many are nice). Any feedback on all the ideas so far OP?

Gregory
Dominic
Corin
Robin
Vincent
Quentin
Sylvester
Lucian
Gilbert
Guy
Roland
Raymond
Victor