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Old fashioned but uncommon boy names

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HolyMusicalBman · 01/02/2021 09:04

I love uncommon old fashioned boy names. Please give me se more to add to my list, I like ones like: Tristan, Beaumont, Hugh etc

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AuntieStella · 01/02/2021 09:08

Cuthbert, Roger, Kenneth, Kenelm, Wystan, Percival, Lance

mogtheexcellent · 01/02/2021 09:10

I love Edmund and Edwin

SmeleanorSmellstrop · 01/02/2021 09:17

Monty, Stanley

emmathedilemma · 01/02/2021 09:18

Wilbur
Harold
Leonard
Bernard
Clyde
Arnold
Edwin
Edmund
Bennett
Laurence
Herbert
Roland
Reginald
Ray
Philip
Bruce
Claude
Keith
Malcolm
Norman
Luther

babynamelover · 01/02/2021 09:43

Elmore
Elroy
Theodoric
Leopold
Orville
Oswald

SlopesOff · 01/02/2021 09:51

Hubert
Herbert
Ernest
Reginald
Theodore
Eric
Ebeneezer
Cyril
Arnold

PinkFlamingo888 · 01/02/2021 10:25

Nigel

LittleBoPeep95 · 01/02/2021 10:29

Cecil
Winston
Clive
Russel
Albert

bridgetreilly · 01/02/2021 10:30

Edgar
Hereward
Percy
Cuthbert

Beaumont is not an old-fashioned boy's name. It is a newfangled boy's name which is a traditional surname.

KirstenBlest · 01/02/2021 10:34

Norman
Arnold
Graham
Alan
Derek
Nigel
Gary
Colin

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 01/02/2021 10:35

Peter

KirstenBlest · 01/02/2021 10:35

Desmond
Brian
Gordon
Duncan
Malcolm

Twisique · 01/02/2021 11:00

Cedric Harold Alaric Wulfric Icabod Alfric Aldrin

GrumpyHoonMain · 01/02/2021 11:02

I love fitzwilliam, archibald, cuthbert and then middle eastern / biblical names.

SparklySnake · 01/02/2021 11:05

I like Hugh too.

Wilbur
Alfred
Edmund
Edwin
Roland

DollyParton2 · 01/02/2021 11:07

Stanley
Rex
Seth
Arthur
Albert

Babdoc · 01/02/2021 11:09

Algernon, Archibald, Arbuthnot, Norman, Percival, Reginald, Seymour, Stanley.

But I wouldn’t fancy any of them!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 01/02/2021 11:54

Douglas.
Vincent
Herbert
Arnold
Cedric
Trevor
Norman
Derek
Philip
Wilbur
Percival.
Reginald
Dennis
Richard
Bernard

emsyj37 · 01/02/2021 13:36

Stanleys are ten a penny round here!! Arthur is also getting more popular. I know 3 Seths, all under 10. Albert also quite common. Uncommon but old fashioned/traditional is really difficult with boys names i think. I love Rupert personally.

Peachbubble · 01/02/2021 13:39

Hector
Hubert

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 01/02/2021 14:30

If rarity is important then check the data for your area - Arthur, Albert and Stanley are already very popular in many places. Theodore is everywhere. I also know of two baby Hectors born in the last year, which makes me a bit jealous as I loved Hector but wasn't brave enough to push for it. Rupert is lovely but climbing very fast and will probably break the top 100 in the next year or two.

Marrilou · 01/02/2021 14:34

Wilkie!

mommybunny · 01/02/2021 14:35

For some reason Hiram just popped into my head.

Also, how about Abraham? Or Ezekiel?

kennelmaid · 01/02/2021 14:38

Terence
Martin
Victor
Ralph
Miles
Hector

All are names of my relatives and/or dogs Grin

Palavah · 01/02/2021 14:43

Walter
Neville
Keith
Graham
Clive