Classic but unusual boy names?

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Is this even a possible combo? Asking for friend who is having a boy. She likes more traditional or biblical names- think Isaac, Caleb, Abel, Henry etc. her dh likes more unique/modern names like neo and jaxon. Any suggestions on names that are traditional but not mega common would be great. Or any names that might be a middle ground! She is 37 weeks so not long left to decide! Thanks

I like Ezra, I didn't realise it was an 'old' name till I was walking round an old cemetery and seen a few graves 100+ years old with the name on

Overuse of the word 'old' there

But yeah, it's an old name - not just George's surname!

Marcus
Phillip
Frank
Dennis
Timothy
Simon
Quentin
Stuart
John
Andrew
Paul
Julian
Karl
Jonathan

Ezra
Seth
Ethan
Barnaby
Wyatt
Conrad
Austin
Asher
Casimir
Fergus
Fintan
Amias
Elias
Elijah
Eli
Ivo
Laszlo
Otto
Justice
Julius
Kit
Linus
Silas
Jethro
Rufus
Dashiel
Nico
Lucas
Enzo
Cormac
Mateo
Axel
Beckett
Blaise
Holden
Alden
Pax
Levi
Milo
Rex
Ambrose
Samson
Isambard
Lysander
Xavier
Thaddeus
Aram
Myles

Siegfried
Bryn
Graint
Dermott
Ralf
Hubert

Really lovely names. I think the name Saul is nice too.

Jovian
Saul
Cedric
Silas
Ethan
Nathaniel
Moses
Simeon
Barnabas
Bartholomew

Ezra is super popular, I know 3.

Max
Gabriel
Austin

Malachi
Elijah
Eli
Moses
Caleb
Micah
Saul
Patrick
Isaiah

Lots of nice names mentioned above.

I'll add

Beau
Jackson
Zachary

Blaise
Jude
Hamish
Zachary (Zak)

Everett

I love Blaise. Blaze, even. Just like it.

Also Asa.

Blaise is good because it's a saint's name (trad) but it also sounds a bit modern and lightning bolty.

Thanks, some fab names here for me to pass on!

How do Max and Jacob fit the brief of ‘unusual boys’ names’…..?

Theophilus (Theo)
Crispin
Atticus
Clement
Darius

Our little boy is called Ezra.

I know someone up thread said it’s “super popular” but I think you’ll get that with most names in certain places. I’ve never met nor heard of another Ezra, everyone I’ve told his name to thinks it’s a lovely, unusual name.

Barnaby, Barney for short.

Raphael

Cedric

Since when is Jacob unusual? It's quite common around my area. Traditional and can be shortened to Jake which I like.

It's actually his middle name

I have an Ezra, I didn't realise it was old or religious when we chose it, we just liked it and our only criteria was uncommon but not weird.

I don't think it's super popular either! We have an Ezra and like you, we have never met or heard of another Ezra and everyone also gives compliments, saying what a lovely name and how much it suits him.