Help - Calling all teachers!

[motherofcatz]

We like classic style names for boys that are known but rarely used. Teachers, and all Mumsnetters, can you help with some suggestions that you've rarely heard of please but still have the same qualities as names like:

William
Edward
Elliot
Gabriel
Thomas
Alexander

... but hopefully less popular.

Cuthbert

Wilfred
Henry
Noah
Jonah

Nathaniel is one of the less popular ones.
Frederick is another.

Sebastian

These classic names used to be common but have all but disappeared (I was a teacher but retired 5 years ago so there might have been a resurgence in some of them).

John
Richard
David
Gary
Jonathan
Barry
Kenneth
Brian
Vincent
Patrick

There are probably a lot more that will come to me later,

I have only taught a dozen or so boys over the last 5 years with an "English" name, I teach in an area with practically no White British children, so my responses may not be typical!
I haven't had any boys named James, Matthew, Andrew or Richard in a long time.
I do currently teach a little Barry, don't imagine there's many of those about...

Edwin

@Lifesbetterwithwine

Wilfred Henry Noah Jonah

Noah is actually quite common. I had two Noah's in one Reception class a couple of years before I retired.

Edgar
Norman
Kenneth

Christian and Christopher - there were lots of both of these when I was at school but I don't think we have any in the 800 boys at the school I currently work at.

Anthony
Peter
Nathaniel
Samuel

Nicolas/Nicholas
Christopher (number 1 in 80s but now outside the top 100)
Peter
Patrick
Alistair
Edmund
Richard
Frederick (but Freddie on it's own is quite popular)
Michael
Dominic

Peter
Barnaby
Laurence
Clarence
Christopher

Dominic
Patrick
Louis (Lou-ee)

Quentin
Dominic

Andrew
Christopher
David
Edmund
Francis
Gregory
Hugh
Jonathan
Laurence
John
Michael
Nicholas
Peter
Patrick

Stanley
Reginald
Howard
Clarence

John
Peter
Andrew
Anthony
David
Nicholas
Timothy
Richard
Michael
Julian
Charles
Luke
Marcus
Guy
Rupert
Robert
Alistair
Definitely not Noah or Jonah.

Definitely not Noah!

How about

Christopher
Quentin
Vincent
Nicholas

So many great names, thank you!

I'm interested by some of these suggestions - Nicolas, Patrick and Edward are very common where I work/live as they're popular Eastern European names. Not trying to be a pain, just highlighting that local context matters.

Had a class with 3 Henrys once. Not taught any other Henrys or known of one in any other school I worked in!

I like Steven, Gregory, Thomas, Hugo. Never taught one of these, though I'm not sure they're super rare.

EveryDay I think Stanley is quite a popular name these days. I know a 3 yo Stanley and since knowing him havd heard of quite a few others.

Probably new testament type names?
Mark
John
Matthew
Peter
Paul
Michael
Simon
Steven
Luke
Scott
Ross
Vincent
Charles/charlie

Don't know why someone suggested Henry. There are 5 in my dd's class. I'm a teacher and I'll list a few I don't hear much.
Douglas
Gregory
Frank
Wilfred
Hugh

It probably depends where you are too, Ross, Scott, Douglas, Alistair are all quite common in Scotland across all age groups.