Boy names not every boy will have at school?

[Tifsy]

Hiya,

I'm after boy names not every boy will have at school? thanks x

Bart
Clive
Percy
Norris
Dennis
Bernard
Homer
Ptolemy
Odin
Roger
Trevor
Larry

Mary

Kit
Arlo
Fergus
Drew
Rowan
Arthur

I'm pretty sure you could pick literally ANY name you've ever even thought of, and feel confident not every boy at school will have it.

I'm pretty sure whichever name you choose, not every boy at school will have it.

Caleb
Peter
John
Simon
Seth
Jimmy
Kit
Sidney
Byron

Gary and Keith are almost unheard of

Alan - when was the last time you met a child called Alan?

I gave DS1 a top 10 name. He's the only one in his junior school with it.
DS2 has a very unusual name, and there is another one in his class. You can never predict how things will turn out.

Albert
Bernard
Christopher
Declan
Edmund
Frank
Gregory
Hugo
Ian
Joseph
Kirk
Liam
Michael
Nathan
Oscar
Peter
Quinton
Richard
Stephen
Trevor
Ubaldo
Vincent
Walter
Xavier
Yusef
Zebedee

Gary
Keith
Henry

DD is in the top 30
DS1 not in top 100
DS2 is in the top 10

All 3 are the only one of their name in their primary school (approx 250 kids)

If I was to choose a boys name now I'd go for something fairly classic like:

David
Martin
Ross
Nathan
Michael
Daniel
Mark
Richard
Antony
Simon

DS1 was one of 4 in reception class of 90.
We moved abroad, came back to the same house, got given a different (but still walking distance) primary, and he is the only one in the year. You cant predict it.
DS2 has been the only one in every school - but there are 2 dogs at the school gates with his name!!!

What's with the goady comments? You know what the OP meant.

@HerRoyalCarbyLess haha I saw what you did there...
I haven't met a Robert since I left school.
I work with a Julian, first one I've met since primary school.
Never met an Edward.
I seem to trip over Mark's every time I turn a corner!
It is good to really think about a name. The first thing you do is give them life, and the second thing you do is give them a name.

Both my sons are at a large school and they are the only ones with their names. English names, more likely that the school dads have them and many times people confuse my DH's name with my DSs name (as in it would be more likely to have a child with DH' name and I have given the children names more likely to be found on a 40 yr old.

I'm not going to name their names as the combo would be too outing but it is brilliant as whenever I go to school, label their things etc etc everyone knows exactly who they are and I don't have to go through the (eg) "Thomas? Do you mean Thomas P, Thomas W or Thomas A? malarky.

I've got a Ross and he was the only one at primary school and is the only one at secondary too!

Gideon
Alistair
Jed
Fergus
Cameron
Asa
Barnaby
Rafferty
Hudson
Willoughby
Dallas
Xavier
Milton
Jonah
Xander
Ewan
Dante
Troy
Remy
Bodhi

lordfrobtpaw I've taught a child called Alan!

Awww - most adult Alan’s I’ve met have been lovely!

depends where you live as well.
Ewan is v popular here and there would be more than 1 in school.

Tarquin

Nicholas
Timothy
Gregory
Everett
Emmett
Leonard
Francis
Simon
Jonathan

Look at the other way - just avoid the ones where there will be 2+ the same: Oliver, Henry, Noah, Oscar, Jack, Harry, Daniel, Matthew, Charlie, William, Tom all spring to mind easily.
Whatever you choose there is a chance of at least one (except for little Merlin, who was in my son's class!)

Felix