Additions to the list: Boys

[ifcarlsbergdidusernames]

We like classic names that are perhaps underused, or less popular for boys. Having read through some threads on MN they seem to crop up a lot but in reality we don't know of any little boys with these names. Looking for some more suggestions that you think we may like as we are still in the early stages of getting some lists together to try to see what we like the most.

So far we have

• Edward
• Kit
• Rupert
• Felix
• Peter
• Rudy
• Alexander (more likely to be used as a middle name)

Corey
Dexter.
Casper.
Gabe
Rex
Otis
Derry
Andrew
Sean
Wilbur
Arlo
Drake
Lucian
Gilbert
Cedric
Xavier

Gilbert, Walter, Fitzwilliam, Wilbur, Stanley?

Paul
Adam
Matthew
Nathaniel
Eric
Seth
Ezekiel
Colin
Alan

There are no boys with the following names at our primary school:
Matthew
Oscar
Henry
Arthur
Robert
Jonathon
Timothy
Daniel

Just thinking of classic names not on your list
I think Rupert Alexander sounds lovely.

Richard
Zachary
James
Duncan
Wallace
Ashley
Anthony
Ian
Jonathon

Jonathan, Nathaniel nn Nate, Gideon, Edwin nn Ned

The names pop up a lot on Mumsnet as people suggest more unusual names. For example I probably wouldn't bother suggesting "Oliver" or "Olivia" lovely names but I'd assume the poster had already considered them as they're the number 1 names

My favourites from you list are 🤩Rudy🤩 top choice but also Kit and Felix

@flymetothestars yes, you're right there. I'd have never thought of Peter until I saw @Helskitchen list of boy names. We had such similar taste and I loved Peter from that.

Thank you, we love those names too!

@daisydalrymple that's hubby's favourite too

I really like Peter from your list. Very classic.

I love all your names. Rudy is a favourite but so is Peter. They're all great and underused.

Other suggestions:

Marley
Barnaby
Nathan/Nathaniel - Nate
Sidney - Sid
Laurence nn Laurie
Vincent nn Vinnie
Curtis
Eli
Ellis
Miles / Milo
Seth
Otis
Eric
Casper
Blake
Angus
Dominic
Caleb
Austin
Griff
Tristan
Otto

I love Peter, Kit and Felix from your list. Other ideas:
Elias
Robert
Christopher (Kit)
Marcus
Raphael
Gabriel
Miles
Nathan

William
Robert
Roddy (short for Roderick). Just thought if you like Rudy, you might consider it.

Sebastian
Alfie
Alfred

Rupert seems to be increasing in popularity on mumsnet.

Gideon
Giles
Edmund
Tristan
Fitzgerald
Franklin
Neville
Benedict
Dominic
Harvey
Nicholas

@Standrewsschool that was my worry, that the popularity in MN was a sign of things to come.

Love Giles, Franklin and Dominic from your suggestions. I love Benedict too but hubs isn't on board with it.

Reuben
James
Andrew
Sebastian

Robert
William
Andrew
Anthony
Mark
John/ Jonathan
Francis

Francis and Reuben have been added too. Like Sebastian but our friend has one

I like your names except Rudy. It doesn’t fit. Short for Rudolph it would be good. Kit only as short for Christopher.
Marcus
Guy
Miles
John
Walter
David
Bertram
Richard
Julian
Lucien
Timothy

I looked at the list of most popular baby names from 1880-1900, as that seems around right for your tastes (mine too, often).

Others mentioned on the list and not mentioned above (though not all to my taste) include

Robert
Leonard
Sidney
David
Edwin
Hugh
Hugo
Ivor
Edmund
Lawrence
Roland
Basil
Ambrose
Malcolm
Miles
Walter

Elijah
Xander
James ( I know not uncommon but great name)
Edward
Oliver
Edmund
Albert
Ernest
Frank or Francis (nickname Frankie)
Henry
Arthur ( arty
Jasper
Winfred

Look at the name charts @ifcarlsbergdidusernames don't rely on how often a name is mentioned on Mumsnet, it's really not reflective.
People often would only come on here to ask about a more unusual name in the first place.

Names like Vivienne for example come up here all the time yet that name was used less than 90 times in a whole year in the last set of official set of statistics (0.013% of babies). The name is also on a downward trajectory. Look at the charts not at Mumsnet frequency if you want to know how often a name is used

I also notice that names like Joshua for example are almost never mentioned on Mumsnet yet it's number 17 in the chart!
I think some of the more popular names just aren't mentioned as people assume a poster will have already considered them

Felix and Peter are my favourites of your list.

Jasper
Rowan
Luca
Anthony
Oscar
Michael
Vincent
Nathan
Leo