Uncommon boys names

[rhiannonslater]

My DH is Dutch so we are definitely open to 'Dutch' names but any boys' names that are uncommon but not unusual.

We need them to go with the surname Kuiper (Kai-per) and we haven't decided on middle names (or even if we're having them!) yet - but if we do they will likely be the first names we didn't choose.

Some names we like so far are Sem, Reece/Reis, Luca/Lucas/Lukas, Levi, Ellis, and Jenson.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

All your names are nice apart from Jensen & Sem. Jenson is really not uncommon and Sem is a bit weird. Luca is my fav from your list.

Luca/Lucas/Lukas, Levi, Ellis, and Jenson - none of these are unusual.

Where do you live? Is the baby going to grow up bilingual?
Asking because a very dutch name in the UK might lead to loads of questions along the lines of "Are you Dutch?"
Jens (Yenz) is a popular name but might be dated.

Asher
Magnus
Fabian
Gus
Finn
Orson
Milton

Rudy
Dallas
Vinnie
Ashton
Nate

Tristan
Cole
Chester
Barnaby
Laurence Laurie
Vincent Vinnie
Bodhi

Jonas
Evan/Ivan
Ivo
Austin
Karl
Felix

Filip/Philip
Carl/Karl
Eric/Erik
Henrik
Lars
Sven
Johannes
Giles
Lucien
Tate
Fabio

I love Ellis and Luca from your list. What about Emil?

Joris
Bart
Ton

I had a Dutch friend whose name was Hein, don't know if it's unusual though

Justus
Edmond
Xander
Ivo
Abel
Milo
Ray
Neils

Lukasz (luk-ash)
Jaxson

We had the same conversations about our babies, as my DH is Dutch too.

Ds is called Bram, which we love. I insisted on a full name on the birth certificate in case he hated it when he was older, so his official name is Abraham, even though its a name in its own right.

He always get a positive reaction to his name, and its not too out there for English speakers, as its easy to pronounce.

its a popular name in the Netherlands, but we have never come across on in the UK.

My cool dude is now 7 and totally owns the name.

How uncommon are you looking for, OP? None of the examples in your post are rare.

I LOVE Bram, @Iwant2beJKRwhenIgrowUp.

Abraham is a lovely name

Not common in this age group but Paul and Peter are both great names and work across both languages

Jerome / Jeroen is lovely too

Tristan

Lachlan
Ernest /
Ernie

@MikeUniformMike We live in England and eventually he will be bilingual; we’re not necessarily looking for a Dutch name but would be open on some.

@NoemiaElara We’re starting to think away from Sem now as we think most people would call him Sam instead

@Iwant2beJKRwhenIgrowUp We’d never thought of Bram, definitely a strong contender now though!

@ZoyaTheDestroyer We’re not looking for names which are considered ‘weird’ or old-fashioned but just more uncommon than typical names.

We’ve never heard of anyone called Lukas or Levi so we thought they were quite uncommon! @MikeUniformMike

@rhiannonslater, a friend has a Levi, so it might make it seem a bit more familiar to me, but it's a bit too related to the jeans for my taste. Luca and Lucas are very popular, Lukas will be 'Lucas with a k'

Sem is a bit too close to other words starting with sem, like semen. Sorry but kids will be kids.

Reis will get said as Rice. Not a big issue.

Understood! I love Willem but I don’t know how popular / dated it is in the Netherlands, and it will frequently be misread as William - and I’m afraid this is true of many names which closely resemble more common names, as you’ve correctly surmised with Sem.

Lauchlan
Milo
Kieran
Cal
Brodie
Finn
Struan
Elliott
Rhuairdh (Roo-ray)