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Unusual old names for boys

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PSL1990 · 16/07/2019 15:16

Could anyone give me some boys names that are old in origin and not modern sounding and also not typically v popular now e.g. not James, Henry etc

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DearLady · 16/07/2019 15:17

Peter is nice.

CalamBalam · 16/07/2019 15:19

Richard
Victor
Douglas
Kenneth

Camomila · 16/07/2019 15:22

Jasper
Edmund
Timothy
Martin
Bertram
Robin
Julian

Peanutbuttericecream · 16/07/2019 15:23

Harold
Hector
Arthur
Christopher
Frederick
Lawrence
Robin

growlingbear · 16/07/2019 15:27

Old fashioned mid 19C ones:

Peter
Geoffrey
Godfrey
Nicholas
Christopher
Andrew
Simon
Marcus

Old English ones:

Hereward
Wulfric
Aelfric

More obscure biblical ones:
Thaddeus
Elijah
Kemuel
Aram
Micah

Isbrexitoveryet · 16/07/2019 15:32

Ernest

79abbot · 16/07/2019 15:35

Wilfred (short Wilf)

Tonks101 · 16/07/2019 15:37

Bertram (Bertie)

BlueMerchant · 16/07/2019 15:37

Oswald
Reginald

IdaBWells · 16/07/2019 15:52

Clifford
Clement (Clem) I actually know a little Clem! Aged about 10 now.
Redvers
Ambrose
Moses (Also know an 18 yr old Moses).
Clive
Howard
Constantine
Fulton
Gerard
Ignatius
Augustine (Gus)
Alban (Ancient British saint St. Alban’s is named after him)
Basil
Crispin
Edwin
Fabian
Hugh (Huey)
Lawrence (Larry)
Theobald
Vincent
Victor
Clarence
Ernest
Elmer
Chadwick
Thormund
Murray
Walter
Claude
Francis (Frank, Frankie)
Hubert
Oswald
Percival (Percy)
Arnold
Cornelius
Jerome
Milton
Norman
Virgil
Wallace
Gardner
Stanford
Roger
Stanton
Sanders
Thornton
Warner
Hobart

Esto · 16/07/2019 15:57

Edgar or Edmund are my favourites of that style.

Lavenderblues · 16/07/2019 16:03

Clement
Quentin
Edmund

bridgetreilly · 16/07/2019 16:10

Linus
Edgar
Adrian
Gregory

Ricekrispie22 · 16/07/2019 16:15

Frank
Reggie
Stanley
Nelson
Bertie
Herb
Gerald
Walter
Wilfred
Edwin
Percy
Desmond
Earl
Leonard
Lawrence
Francis
Edgar
Clifford

IggyAce · 16/07/2019 16:16

Wilbur
Wilfred
Lucian
David
Adam
Lennard
Philip

AnneKipanki · 16/07/2019 16:17

Peregrine

lifesnotaspectatorsport · 16/07/2019 16:20

Watching as my DS has one of the names already mentioned and I have another boy on the way!

Some from our original shortlist for DS1:

Alaric
Nathaniel
Isaac

FawnDrench · 16/07/2019 16:31

Cyril
Sylvester
Dennis
Frank
Cuthbert
Victor
Jeremiah
Roderick
Malcolm
Francis
Hillary
Beverley
Donald

Frith2013 · 16/07/2019 17:29

Edwin

itssquidstella · 16/07/2019 17:36

Alaric
Hereward
Godfrey

AdaColeman · 16/07/2019 17:46

Horatio
Bede
Clement
Basil
Lewis
Bernard
Neville
Desmond

isitwhatitis · 16/07/2019 17:54

Clive

Shadow1234 · 16/07/2019 20:10

I had older relatives who were called Cecil, Vernon and Hubert

Ivy40 · 16/07/2019 20:15

Just bookmarking to read later.

Zazia · 16/07/2019 20:19

Albert
Francis
Kurt
Wayne
Carl
Joseph
Julian
Martin
Miles

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