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Uncommon baby BOY name ideas please!

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minnierose3 · 26/08/2018 22:03

Why are baby boy names so much harder?!?

I really like uncommon (not unusual!) names

Can anyone offer any ideas I feel like I'm really struggling 😩

So far I like Wilf and Evan 💙💙

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30hours · 27/08/2018 09:42

@LarkDescending cunnie as in cunnilingus? Please no

Leicesterpiggott · 27/08/2018 09:47

Saul

lots33 · 27/08/2018 09:51

Dorian

missmouse101 · 27/08/2018 09:58

Miles and Robin

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minnierose3 · 27/08/2018 10:14

@starfishsandwich great names! We already have one of the names on the list for DS xx

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minnierose3 · 27/08/2018 10:15

Love Miles but DH not keen x

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Galvantula · 27/08/2018 10:15

Haha OP you have very similar name criteria to me and both my DS names have now been suggested 🤣

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minnierose3 · 27/08/2018 10:36

@galvantula, I'm a bit picky i think 🙈 my wonderful, much loved grandad was an Alfred but I just couldn't have an Alfie, wouldn't want them to be used by there name + initial like someone else has said, but don't want anything too unusual either!! So tricky it will be so much easier if baby is a girl 😂😂

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minnierose3 · 27/08/2018 10:36

Their

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Galvantula · 27/08/2018 10:41

That was my exact thing. So far all my DC haven't met another with the same name in nursery/School. 👍😄 Their names are normal names, just not used so often.

Marbles321 · 27/08/2018 10:41

We've just had a Victor. Classic, strong name, but very underused.

Polestar50 · 27/08/2018 10:54

I love Evan and considered it for ours.
Other possibles were:

Elan
Jake
Laurie
Saul
Seth
Moss
Jory
Casey
Dylan
Jody

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minnierose3 · 27/08/2018 11:00

Oh thanks @polestar50 glad Evan is getting a good response I think it's my #1 at the moment 😍 and he/she was conceived in Wales so a good nod to that 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😍

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Lorddenning1 · 27/08/2018 11:06

What about Jesse as all your names already begin with J

LarkDescending · 27/08/2018 11:10

Evan Alfred would be nice.

fromdespairto · 27/08/2018 11:15

Fraser
Hamish
Cohen
Ruan

UatuTheWatcher · 27/08/2018 11:36

How about Piper?

SentToTheSynByn · 27/08/2018 11:48

Has anyone suggested Ivan?

SentToTheSynByn · 27/08/2018 11:49

Or Iver.

Icklepup · 27/08/2018 15:41

Otis

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minnierose3 · 27/08/2018 15:51

@icklepup ahh that's cute think, think my in laws would think I'd gone mad though haha

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PixelAteMe · 27/08/2018 16:32

Giles
Angus
Milo
Elliot

goose1964 · 27/08/2018 20:43

This is probably outing but we have Drake, Emrys Magnus and Harvey.

None overly common or too out there

MollyMallyMindy · 27/08/2018 20:51

Martin, Simon, Paul, Peter - all underused atm.
Edwin, Jago, Rupert, Stephen, Canute, Hadrian, Adrian, Cecil, Gregory, Abel...

Enko · 27/08/2018 23:03

OP dh and I had that criteria too I call them " unusual but not weird" names.

Suggestions
Reginald
Conrad
Bertram (NN Bertie)
Douglas
Edmund
Frank
Richard
Carl
Melvin
Clyde
Clive
Glenn
Roger
Roland
Bruce
Orville
Cecil
Basil
Rodney (that one for certain is uncommon but well known - but would the ever get called Rodney? or Dave?)

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