Rarely used old-fashioned boys name

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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

Miles
Jolyon
Gary

Gabriel

Timothy! Nobody seems to be called Timothy now. I like it.

Nevin

I know a lovely Raphael too

Sorry nothing has jumped out at me. My husband has a very unusual name that has been mentioned here a few times, he thinks we should use it, I don't

Op your issue will be that old fashioned grandad type names are very popular, so the names you think are nice are likely to be relatively fashionable at the moment. You'd be better off looking at classic names that were popular in the 60s and 70s than those that were big in the 30s and 40s. Otherwise might pick a great name that you thought would be unusual and find instead that it booms in popularity (speaking from experience here!)

This site only starts in 1996 but gives some nice charts showing name popularity.

Do you like names like Christopher, Richard, Stephen or Jonathon or do they feel too modern?

They are too modern really. Yes that's exactly my problem, I love Arthur but it's so common now!

Arthur - Art for short

Peregrine
Percival
Percy
Augustus

The victorians loved Germanic and Anglo-Saxon or Norman names. Why not look up some if those? Kenelm?

The Elizabethans loved Classical names, as still the French do. And the Greeks, Romanians and some Italians.
Achilles
Hector
Ajax ( perhaps not)
Zeus
Priam
Aeneas ( also Victorian)
Socrates
Timor ( for Tamburlaine)
Tibor ( for Toberius)
Florian
Martius
Maurice
Juvenal

Look up saints names, early saints are good.. Jerome..or Jeremy..or Jeremiah

Bertram

Stanly
Humphrey
Angus
Montgomery (Monty)
Albert
Bernard

How about Edwin?

Kenneth (Ken or Kenny for short)

Bernard,
Keith,
Myron,
Oswald,
Murray,
Mac,
Courtney,
Eli,
Buddy

I also nearly called DS2 Laurence/Laurie

What about:
Hugh
Jeffrey (this grew on me A LOT in pregnancy - blame hormones - imagine a tiny baby Jeff - I still find it adorable)
Arnold

ooh Bernard

Good one user

Robert (Bert for short)
Victor (Vic for short - love it)

Malcolm
Reginald
Ebenezer
Abel
Bob
Roger
Bartholomew
Merlin
Martin
Winston

Archibald? Algernon?

Russell
Jeremy

Or there are some great old fashioned Old Testament names.

My friend had a Leonard, really suits him

Orlando

What names do you like?

I really like Graham and Frank -- seems nobody under 50 has those names anymore

Anselm
Rupert
Would suggest Rudolph but not a good time of year to do do, but Rudi?
Francis
Henry