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Boy names - traditional

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Sportbilly · 02/02/2019 19:59

So many threads on names here Nd not sure where to start!

My GF is 18 weeks pregnant and we were convinced it was to be a girl, however, we have today found out it is a boy.

We would love to find a boys names which is more traditional than modern and trendy, and open to some good suggestions please.

I like Bertie, Arthur and Reginald.

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pilates · 02/02/2019 20:11

Jack
Louis
Albert
Stanley
George

Carolwithane · 02/02/2019 20:13

Thomas or Andrew

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/02/2019 20:20

David. Richard. James. Andrew. Lee
Christopher. Adam. Michael. Steven.
Thomas. Alan. William. Vincent. Douglas. Nathan. Nicholas. Sean.
Peter. Stuart. Paul. Matthew. Raymond. Alexander. Patrick. Daniel.
Kevin. Francis. Terence. Lawrence
Gavin. Elliot. Charles. Louis.

AgathaDanger · 02/02/2019 20:22

Stephen?

Arthur is very trendy at the moment. It's the 19th most popular boys name in the UK.

FlyingMonkeys · 02/02/2019 20:24

Philip, Stephen, Robert, Edward, George, Paul, Henry

AntheaGreenfern · 02/02/2019 20:33

Douglas
Leonard
Andrew
Raymond

Janecon · 02/02/2019 20:45

John
Andrew
Ian
Stephen
Marcus
Mark
Paul
Alistair

Tubbykins · 02/02/2019 20:55

Nicholas
Timothy
Gregory
Michael
David
Jonathan
John
Miles
Daniel
Jacob
Adam
Henry
Dominic
Oliver
Oscar
Sidney
Hugo
Hugh
Sebastian
Nathaniel
Patrick
Alistair
Phillip
Edward
James
Albert
Tobias
Wilfred
Frederick
Wilbur
Alexander
Archibald
Ralph
Simon
Roderick
Martin
Mark
Eric
Joshua
Matthew
Clement
Paul
Maximilian
Edwin
Anthony
Angus
Frank
Francis
Quentin
Jonah
Charles
Gabriel
Liam
Christian
Simeon
Theodore
Victor
Edmund
Hal
Otto
Otis
Henrik
Raphael
Donald
Montgomery
Elliott
Evan

Tubbykins · 02/02/2019 21:37

Joseph
Ernest

Shadow1234 · 02/02/2019 23:15

Noah
Dylan
Aaron
Vincent
Aiden
Lucas
Isaac
Elijah
Nathanial
Ethan
Gabriel
Ellis
Jake
Luke
Matthew
Douglas
Lewis
Gregory
Theodore
Sidney
Arthur

moredoll · 02/02/2019 23:28

Edward nn Teddy
Alexander
Joseph
Charles nn Charlie
Sebastian

also like Arthur

tammytoby · 03/02/2019 07:43

Edmund
Clement
Nicholas
Quentin
Andrew
Vincent

MumUnderTheMoon · 03/02/2019 10:39

Thomas
James
Jason
Frederic
Stanley
Bruce
Theodore
Phillip
Wesley
Cecil

Kokeshi123 · 03/02/2019 12:24

When you say "traditional rather than modern," what exactly do you mean? The current trendiest names tend to be names which were popular in the Edwardian era or thereabouts, so they are traditional AND modern.

If you want a timeless classic name, you can't go wrong with things like James, Matthew, Michael, Thomas, Daniel, Paul etc.

Names like Bertie, Reginald or Arthur are traditional in that they are a sort of revival of early 20th century names (or shortened forms thereof), but they are very "2010s" if you see what I mean. They all would have sounded quite odd 20 years ago.

SumAndSubstance · 03/02/2019 23:21

I think Bertie, Arthur and Reginald are VERY trendy. I’ve not come across any who are over five (or over 120)

dolphin50 · 09/02/2019 22:37

samuel is lovely. it means the name of god. in the bible hannah prayed for a child and god granted her a child who would be a voice to his generation. sam always reminds me of a sweet gentle kind and happy boy.

dolphin50 · 09/02/2019 22:39

@SumAndSubstance bertie, arthur and reginald are timeless names. there are many over 120 with these names. my great great grandfather was called reginald. bertie was the name of the queens father and albert which the name often comes from was queen victorias husband and arthur - think king arthur comes to mind.

Kokeshi123 · 10/02/2019 00:18

bertie, arthur and reginald are timeless names. there are many over 120 with these names.

I think the point that SumAndSubstance was trying to make is that people with these names are mostly either over 100 or under 8! Almost nobody in between. They are turn of the century names that have been revived. So no, not timeless. Timeless would be something like James where you can be any age. Not that there is anything WRONG with being trendy--at least you can be sure that they won't be teased on account of their name, and it's easy to protect anonymity when there are a lot of other people with your name.

SumAndSubstance · 10/02/2019 00:25

Yes, that’s exactly what I was trying to say. You saved me a job, Kokeshi, thank you! I agree, there’s nothing wrong with them, but they’re everywhere at the moment when they haven’t been for ages.

SumAndSubstance · 10/02/2019 00:29

I think I probably meant *under 120 in my first post though!

dolphin50 · 10/02/2019 00:32

my cousin is called arthur and he is 25 this year and i know a bertie who is 32 i work with but i get its not as popular as james

SparkiePolastri · 10/02/2019 05:09

bertie, arthur and reginald are timeless names.

No, they're cyclical names - names that have been around for a long time, but come in and out of fashion.

Very few names are genuinely timeless.

How many boys do you know being called Charles (as opposed to Charlie), Paul, Philip, Nicholas, Ronald/Donald, John right now?

They're all classic names, but they're not having their moment in the sun.

gh16 · 10/02/2019 18:03

I love Hugo

Shadow1234 · 11/02/2019 00:06

Lonnie

HappyGoLuckyGo · 11/02/2019 01:44

Lonnie?!