REALLY struggling with boy names

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Hello :) expecting first child soon, keeping the sex a surprise, but cannot decide on a boy’s name at all. The only ones I like are Henry and Julius but can’t have either of them due to close family. I love Arthur but it’s currently far too popular (close family member has also already got it) so is also a no go.

I like ‘classic’ names (for want of a better word) so nothing like Chase/Hunter/Atlas etc, and would love it to be outside of the top 50-100 if possible. I dislike the names that used to be popular a few decades ago (Paul, Steven, Michael, etc)

So I’m after a less common but still classical boy’s name. I’ve tried to find top 200 lists to look at the names between 100-200 but can’t find one anywhere!

Any suggestions would be so helpful and appreciated because at the moment this poor baby is going to be called ‘Baby’ for eternity if it’s a boy!!!

Laurence
Laurie
Vincent Vinnie
Wilfred Wilf
Peter
Tristan
Otis

Julian
Thaddeus

What do you like about Henry and Julius? How about Winston or Horatio?

Look at name lists from 80/100/120/140 years ago etc.

John - he could be Johnny / Jack - - love that name - wish I had used it for DS

Francis ?
Frederick ?
Thomas ?
Alexander ?

Clement
Florian
Alec
Sasha
Jerome
Guy
Gerard
Lysander
Dominic
Nicholas

Gideon
Marcus
Xavier
Barnabas
Cassius
Franklin
Ernest
Jeremiah
Magnus
Alistair

Quentin
Patrick
Dominic
Jeremy
Tobias
Jasper
Emmett
Jared
Barnaby
Vincent
Fredrick
Victor
Amos
Owen

Casper
Caspian
Cassius
Kester
Cosmo
Monty
Peregrine
Barnaby
Leander
Walter
Sonny
River
Jasper
Otis
Orson

@Cleverpolly3

Love Guy - I think it is a great name

@ @Fivemoreminutes1 - Alistair I think is lovely

Oh and @ButterflyOfFreedom - I think Patrick is very good.

There you go OP - my tuppence's worth

Nathaniel (Nate, Nat)
Benjamin (Ben, Benji)
Alistair (Ali, Al)
Alexander (Alex, Xander)
Owen/Ewan/Eoin
Sebastian (Sebby as a baby, Seb as he grows)
Rory
Robin (Can become a Rob if they like)
Gus (Sunday name could be August but Gus is nice on its own)
Kenneth (Kenny, Ken)
Samuel (Sammy, Sam)
Gabriel (Gabe)
Aubrey
Aaron

oooo, Love Tobias and Jeremy too!

Daniel
Jonty
Tobias
Edmund
Benjamin
Jasper
Marcus

Quentin
Marcus
Raphael

Thank you all so much, some nice suggestions but nothing is jumping out! I like Jeremy and Marcus and I quite like Frederick but feel as though there are a lot of baby Freddies/Freds/Fredericks currently (please correct me if I’m wrong?!)

Tobias is lovely but does it sound too ‘stuffy’, I guess could shorten to Toby.

In reply to prev poster (sorry don’t know how to tag), I’m not sure why I like Henry and Julius so much, I just find them quite strong but classical/well known names.

I also really like Caspar and Jasper but these have been vetoed by partner due to being ‘stuffy’ also!

Ahhh good old decisions and over-thinking of names… :)

Hector
Edmund
Martin
Timothy

Corin - appears in Shakespeare's As You Like It, but not common.
Not that I'm biased or anything.

Jamie?

It's Table 6 in this document that you want. That lists every name given to boys in any year which was given to at least 3 children.

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/babynamesenglandandwalesbabynamesstatisticsboys

It was me who asked why you liked Henry and Julius.
It might be the sound of the names or the nature of them.

Both are shakespearean characters. One is a king and the other an emperor. I suggested a couple of leader's names.

If it's he sounds you like, how about Hugh, Leonard or Cassius?

I did think of Marcus, but I suspect that might be popular because of Mr Rashford.

Adam
Anthony
Ethan
Nathan
Noah
Oliver

Angus
Brendan
Caleb
Calvin
Conrad
Cormac
Fergus
Giles
Gregor/Gregory
Hugh
Ivo(r)
Joel
Kilian (Cillian)
Matthew
Miles
Morgan
Noel
Philip
Roland
Seamus
Silas
Simon

Jocelyn (in medieval times was a popular boys name)
Hamish
Hamilton
Wulfric
Oswald
Oswin
Archibald
Roger
Guliver
Samuel
Marcus
Maximilian
Ernest
Duncan
Bartram
Barney
Barnaby
Alexander
Rupert
Rufus
Benedict
Justin
Harold
Hengist
Horsa
Ghengis
Attila
Bodric

If you like classics I always like Edward, James and Robert.

Two of my personal favs are Sebastian and Orlando.

Thank you all!

@BertieBotts that’s a huge help, surely I will be able to find one on there!

@ILoveShula I do like Shakespearean names - never made the connection but I find most of them beautiful come to think of it and a few of my top girl’s names are Shakespearean. I like Leonard a lot but dislike ‘Leo’ which I think inevitably he’ll be known as by peers.

Lucius
Vaughn
Josiah
Douglas nn Dougie
Jovian
Frasier
Lucian
Saul
Lysander
Simeon
Gordan nn Gordy
Lionel
Oleander
Gwilym
Jacobi