Classic and underused boys names

[SofaLion]

We really struggled to name our first boy and now looking for inspiration for number two! We want something classic but outside the top 20! Any ideas very welcome…

Ivo
Douglas
Bram
Edmund
Giles
Hugh
Ansel
Eugene
Fergus

Timeless classic names can also be very unpopular at times.

Case in point - Anne is outside the top 1500 names.

I have been a teacher for a number of years and have only ever taught one John. I think it's a lovely name!

Names from my childhood.

John
David
Brian
Gerard
Michael
Barry
Robert
James
Anthony
William

Austin
Ayrton
Tobias
Lincoln
Lleyton
Marcus
Evan
Richard
Samuel
Curtis
Seth
Saul
Derrick
Phillip
Gulliver
Wade
Quentin
Ryan
Drew
Joel
Christopher
Aidan
Daniel
Bradley
Kieran
Elias
Joseph
Carl
Anthony
Eric
Kyle
Dane
Stephen
Caleb

John is so underused...I'm amazed it hasn't seen a comeback yet.

Ferdinand is lovely!

Richard
Guy
Benedict
Matthew
Christopher
Lucas
Montague
Austin
Christian
Benjamin
Rupert
Anthony
Julian
Justin
Pierre
Piers
Hugh
Gareth

Fraser
Calum
Mason
Gregor
Guy
Victor
Vincent
Stuart
Leonard

i would describe my taste in names as classic but not too popular. My son’s name is Matthew which I think is lovely and people comment all the time that you don’t hear of many babies with that name these days.

Other names I like with the same criteria:

Isaac
Ethan
Daniel
Joseph
Christopher
Adam

Julian
Moses
Reece
Xavier
Angelo
Dante
Marcus
Romeo
Stefan
Ashton
Dudley
Phoenix
Troy

One of my favourite boys names is Colin.

Tristan
Peter
Andrew
Bernard
Barney
Ronald

Max- my son is 24 and I only met two other Max's through school/nursery .
He;s gone through 6th Form and four years of University without meeting another . He has "Max" in his birth certificate but I can call him Maximillion when he's ignoring me (the little git)

FIL wasn;t impressed , said it was a dogs name

Edwin
Jude
Gabriel

Josiah
Joshua
Edgar
Ivan
Thaddeus

Tristan
giles
edmund
esmond
gilbert
roland
phillip

We have a Laurence/ Laurie.
Great name whether whatever he achieves as an adult.

Thanks all! Lucas and Rupert added to my list.

I really like Dominic but DH has bad associations with the name. My DS’s first and middle name have been mentioned here and new baby’s middle name so that’s reassuring!

Others that I like but already taken/too close to names in our close circle include: Joseph, Matthew, Daniel, Ivan.

Our list included

Quentin
Dominic
Christopher

Michael

My Michael is 24 and a lovely young man!

Daniel
Samuel
Robert
Benjamin
Roy
Richard (which is long overdue a revival)
Michael

i think Sebastian has become more popular recently?

(Sorry, just saw Daniel on your list)

Rex
Henry
Joseph

Gregory

I like the name Howard. I never see it anywhere. I also like the name John-Paul and knew a guy who was called John-Paul without anyone shortening it.