Boy names - unusual but not OTT

[Mousse1990]

Looking for some more potential boys' names that are unusual but not out there.

The current list for names includes:

Zephyr
Oakley
Phoenix
Jax
Marley

Any ideas welcome? 😊

Salt
Saint
Pope

Marlon
Tate
River
Roman
Arnie
Albus
Brando
Baxter
Braydon
Christie
Cadon
Cory
Dexter
Devon
Dennie
Evan
Eden
Elias
Ferdie
Grayson
Garvin
Haydn
Jordi
Nixon
Orson
Saxon
Troy
Vernon
Wade
Weston
Xander
Zane

Otis
Theo
Marcus
Nathaniel

Forgot, I have a nephew called Rudy. He’s the only one I’ve ever heard of apart from the song by The Specials

I love Nicholas and never considered Cole as a nn, brilliant.

Tate
Rio
Cory

Rex
Aray
Joe

TYPHOON

I’m done

Make sure you chose a name that will suit your son I if he is

introvert
a barrister
an accountant
plain
conservative

Zephyr and Phoenix are hideously chavvy - male versions of Chardonnay. Please don’t do that to him!

When I was in hospital having one of mine there was a wee Roy named after his grandfather. I thought it was sweet.

Make sure you chose a name that will suit your son I if he is

introvert
a barrister
an accountant
plain
conservative

or a mechanic, leader of the Green Party, SAHP, electrician, retail manager, bricklayer, teacher, actor, software developer, flight attendant, test engineer, barista, solicitor, florist, member of an orchestra, footballer, plumber...

I like
Jonathan
Nathaniel
Tomson
Nicholas
Robin
Miles
Bartholemhew bart
Clifford cliff

All norma with nicknames and not frumpy or born 2020s ish

@Snugglemonkey it's my child's middle name, named after their grandfather too.

I just haven't heard of it as a first name for a while

There's a lot of unusual names that are very usual now, are either you or the dad from a specific heritage? Might be worth going down that route as they would very likely not be super common depending where you are. For instance Angus and Gillian not super common in southern England.
My suggestions on names I've not come across that often with my 2.5 year old:
Ellis/Elias
Cosmo
Maverick
Mac
Magnus
Rudi
Leander
Levi
Nico
Jet
Logan
Torrin
Torben

Love Jax though!

Taylor
Cyrus

I adore Evan and Jesse. Didn’t get to use either, vetoed by DP!

Typhoon.....really?

Salt????? Only on MN

ONS Data 2021
Oakley 67
Jax 118
Marley 129
Robert 144
Phoenix 165

Robert would come unusual but not OTT.

Hey OP. Some great names on here. I just came to say I really get you wanting something different to people you know and possibly the names you hear often. I was so fed up of hearing same old same old names... I find they are all so samey now. I went for something different for our DD and love it although some won't. When you ask on MN you'll always get harsh opinions; there are a diverse range of people on here sharing opinions and they may not be people of the same mind/style as you. It's good to get some insight on a name that may have a really bad association that slipped your mind or something along those lines but overall I think the majority of opinions are very dated, personally. I think your choices are brilliant and there's lots more listed similar to your style too. Go for what makes you happy :) xx

Clement
Sandor
Adiel
August

Typhoon? Please tell me people haven't called their kids typhoon?? 😂😂😂

Don't forget the middle name is to be Peter.