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Uncommon boy names please

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MummaLeonax · 11/04/2023 20:03

Struggling with boy names! my second is due in two months and have no idea on a boy name as my favourite boy name his big brother has please any different, unusual, uncommon boy names would be helpful thank you! I've searched the whole of Google too and hardly found any i have a couple but not 100% on they are Arlo, Ezra, my husband likes Archer.

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JerseyRoyals · 11/04/2023 22:46

I heard a Patrick and a Paul today (twins about 5). That is pretty unusual nowadays where I am in the South of England.

PickledScrump · 11/04/2023 22:50

I love archer, would have been my DD name if she was a boy, she’s 11 and i only know of 1. Both Ezra and especially Arlo are very popular now

Polik · 11/04/2023 22:59

I know an Orestie (not sure on spelling, only heard it said - oh-rest-y). Nice name I thought.

The name I love but wouldn't realistically use is Ptolomy, nickname Tolly.

CC4712 · 11/04/2023 23:01

I really like Archer.

Cren
Trader
Dalton
Colt/Colten
D'Arcy/Darcy
Otto

Thelastofbus · 11/04/2023 23:12

I know a couple each of arlo and Ezra.

I don’t know any of the following under ten:

Nathanial
Simon
Ellis
Jago
Tobias

shadowchancesassy · 11/04/2023 23:14

Quentin
Leighton
Isiah
Roman
Connor
Kellar
Rueben
Ethan
Issac
Abraham

MirandaBlu · 11/04/2023 23:14

Some aren't that unusual, but ...

Adair
Adam
Akiva
Asa
Cillian/Kilian
Conrad
Cormac
Dashiell
Efraim
Euan/Ewan
Giles
Gregor
Hamish
Hugh
Idris
Innes
Isak
Jasper
Joel
Kai
Lachlan
Lorcan
Niall
Noel
Oisin
Quentin
Rhys
Seth
Silas
Thad(deus)
Tobias
Victor
Walter

neverendinglauaundry · 11/04/2023 23:14

Bernard
Gerald
Lawrence
Shadrach

neverendinglauaundry · 11/04/2023 23:16

John
Paul
Ian
Keith
Ethelred

wordleaddict · 11/04/2023 23:18

Keston, Colin, Kester, David, Benedick, Neil

wordleaddict · 11/04/2023 23:19

Hereward, Dickon, Clive

margegunderson · 11/04/2023 23:21

Roger
Clive

user1492757084 · 12/04/2023 05:33

Lloyd
Darval
Digby
Claude
Winston
Remigius
Basil
Marius
Warwick
Gavin

Rainbowqueeen · 12/04/2023 05:35

Murphy
Tavish
Mitchell
Jai

user1492757084 · 12/04/2023 05:35

Lloyd
Darval
Digby
Claude
Winston
Remigius
Basil
Marius
Warwick
Gavin

Mocky · 12/04/2023 05:51

Nigel
Percival
Gaye

Mocky · 12/04/2023 05:52

Somerset
Devon
Kent

JauntyRedShoes · 12/04/2023 06:06

Jago
Miles
Ludo
Silas
Rupert
Darcy

DarlingG · 12/04/2023 07:10

I love Arnie or even the Arne spelling. My favourite is Ari though

YoureAMeanOneMrGrinch · 12/04/2023 07:32

I know a Wren and a Casey, which aren't very popular for boys

Yahyahs22 · 12/04/2023 07:40

My son's caller Archer. He gets archie all the time but I've got used to it now. My youngest is Cassian. I've not met another Cassian but there's another Archer at his nursery

belikejeff · 12/04/2023 07:47

Eben
Oren

atthebottomofthehill · 12/04/2023 07:48

Bless you if you think Arlo and Ezra are unusual 🙃

mateysmum · 12/04/2023 08:34

A really unusual name these days would be
David
Mark
Ian
John

Arlos are two a penny

MumofSpud · 12/04/2023 08:39

What about 80s names, some I went to school with:
Gary
Wayne
Lee
Martin
Dean
Darren
Grin

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