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Unusual old names for boys

98 replies

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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whifflesqueak · 16/07/2019 20:25

I’m having major name regrets now. My ds would have loved to be a Peregrine.

SesameSam · 16/07/2019 20:28

Andrew
David
Bartholomew
Clarence
Michael
Laurence
Luther
Wilbur
Otto
Roscoe
Jasper
Sylvester
Clyde
Eugene
Sidney
Adam
Ivan

CalamBalam · 16/07/2019 20:31

Peregrine is awful. Shades of Hyacinth Bucket for any parent who'd choose that name.

Helenluvsrob · 16/07/2019 20:33

I give you my grandad Samson.

Joans3rddaughter · 16/07/2019 20:35

Byron

missmouse101 · 16/07/2019 20:36

Seymour. Sidney.

MrsSiba · 16/07/2019 20:36

They all sound like lawyers names (but that's not a bad thing).

They are all much more interesting and distinguished than some of the more common names at the moment.

Socksontheradiator · 16/07/2019 20:38

Stanley. Eric.

MrsBertBibby · 16/07/2019 21:18

Cyril

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 16/07/2019 21:27

Herbie. Dougie. Cyril. Cecil. Cedric
Kenny. John. Jimmy. Trevor
Horace. Maurice Boris.(Be okay if you had triplets) Grin

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 16/07/2019 21:30

Terrence. Ivan. Alan. Wilbur. Walter.

Tillygetsit · 16/07/2019 22:47

Edwyn and Cedric I love.

DustShuffler · 16/07/2019 23:02

Auden - old English of 'Old friend'

Jago - traditional old Cornish / Middle Ages. Used for james/ Jacob.

Torben

BotBotticelli · 17/07/2019 00:00

Keir

Graymare · 17/07/2019 00:09

Wystan, Ivo, Ernest, Richard.

Aquamarine1029 · 17/07/2019 00:11

Ephraim. My grandfather's name. The most wonderful man ever.

Ellmau · 17/07/2019 00:16

Ethelred
Cuthbert

TheVanguardSix · 17/07/2019 00:43

Errol
Aelred
Norman
Walter
Humphrey
Hubert
Ivor
Vincent
Victor
Francis
Albert
Bertrand
Raymond
Roland
Royston
Otis
Amos
Saul
Ansel
Ambrose

EarlyModernParent · 17/07/2019 01:00

Percival
Laurence
Montague
Crispin
Edmund
Derek
Theophilus
Leslie
Oswald
Ulric
Lionel

Just read some P.G. Wodehouse - should be plenty of ideas in there!

tomatosalt · 17/07/2019 01:06

Silas

ShakespearesFister · 17/07/2019 01:08

Ambrose

Edwin

ShakespearesFister · 17/07/2019 01:09

Aubrey

EarlyModernParent · 17/07/2019 07:29

Algernon
Leolin
Cuthbert
Clovis
Helenus

Lavenderblues · 17/07/2019 08:10

Lawrence
Arthur
Alfred
Frederick
Quentin
Vincent

AverageMummy · 17/07/2019 08:26

Peter / Nicholas

This is a really useful thread for me - thanks OP!

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