Boy names you like but are too 'out there' to use

[weeducky]

What boy names do you love but are you afraid to use?

I love Cosmo and Lysander. And Leander. And Endeavour.
Quite like Clement too, although I prefer the female form, Clemency.

Messiah. The look on everyone’s face told me to remove it from my list quick🤣

Linus

Jethro
Bruce (not out there, but never hear it anymore).

Aloysius

Rigby. But we chickened out.

I love Cosmo.

Also Xavier but I don't think that's awfully out there.

Tiger. Would never actually use it but wish I was a celebrity so I could pull it off 😂

Rhodes

I'm pregnant with a little boy, dh wouldnt even consider as a middle name 😂

Buenaventura
Darius
Isidore
Lucius
Gary, Francis (only after seeing how Mumsnetters despise those two names)
Ramón
Valentine

Than we are both twats, because I have a Felix and am a bit annoyed it's got more popular since we used it 😂

But yes, I love the sound and the meaning. And there are only two in my son's nursery of nearly 100 kids, so it's not that common...

Ptolemy. My youngest was very nearly Ptolemy but I chickened out at the last minute. I don't regret his actual name though, it totally suits him and is from one of my favourite books.

Taliesin. I'm not Welsh, it's an awesome name though.

My boys' list was

Kentigern
Uist
Crawford
Aloysius
Forbes

DH wasn't keen, although his offering was Ulysses.

I love Miller but alas no more kids for me. Might use it for a puppy one day x

Fox
Quin
Hendrix

I love Englebert. DS is glad he didn't get named that though.

Horatio and Thaddeus. Also have a bit of a soft spot for Tarquin. Would never use any of them.

Godfrey
Hereward
Athelstan

Dorian
Laurie (I know this one is not that out there but I couldn't get the pronunciation right without it sounding like lorry)

Luther

Sherlock. I love it but you just can't. Poor boy would just be known as 'no shit'

Sacha
Cassius
Casper
Julian

On a similar thread somebody said they'd named their son Sacha Valentine, how gorgeous

My surname would sound ridiculous with any of these names sadly

Montgomery.

But as a teacher I think it's really hard to find a shockingly unusual name nowadays.

The kids I feel sorry for are the ones with names plucked from very popular movies or tv series. We have a few coming up now with Game of Thrones names.

Ziggy.
I always loved that Bob Marley's son was named this. However, I can't imagine it going down well in reality.

Etienne I loved but thought was too out there