Classic but unusual boys names

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The kind of name where someone would say ‘ooh I’ve never met an X before’, but also wouldn’t raise eyebrows in a rural village where most boys are called Henry, Oliver, Edward/Teddy, Arthur etc.

A family near us have 4 sons all just have a given name that is usually a shortening
Tom
Sam
Lex
Ric

I’m assuming here you want names that are fairly unusual full stop rather than Dad names.. ?

Silas
Corin
Marcus
Kester
Jago
Guy
Seth
Amos
Jerome
Jethro
Joel
Caius
Dashiell
Josiah
Diggory
Lucian
Fabian
Gregory
Hector
Lysander
Victor
Idris
Gawain
Jory
Atticus
Tristram
Moses
Malarchy
Stellan
Uther

Having said that John would feel quite fresh these days, and Philip (Pip) would too - Alexander is popular but Sacha or Sandy as a nn would be much rarer

Raphael
Zavier

Colin or Eric

Micah
Sterling
Dorian
Ashton
Aaron
Seth
Geraint
Iestyn
Nate
Tobias
August
Augustus
Caleb

Of those suggested I like Tom, Toby and Miles.

Maybe Christopher , nickname Kit

Andrew
Fraser
Lewis
Finn
Daniel
James

Conrad
Miles
Emmett
Clemment
Clarence
Rodney
Derrick
Victor
Clifford
Duncan
Calvin
Frank (this may be making a comeback)

I have a 22 year old son a LOT of the names mentioned here is his peers.
Like he has 3 friends called Laurence. Fraser, Max, Maximilian, Tobias. Hector, Marcus, Guy, Finn and Finley

Tancred
Norbert
Bertram
Edmund

Idris is beautiful if you have a Welsh connection?

Absolutely love that name. So gentle and calm.My Mum was Welsh and she would have agreed.

Wilbur

Maximilian
Lysander
Edmund
Edwin
Anselm
Alaric
Miles
Milo
Hubert
Zephaniah
Julius
Roderick
Augustus
Ambrose
Ludovic
Athelstan
Ailred
Titus
Octavian
Ignatius

Matthew
James
andrew
tim

These are hardly unusual.

I know lots of young Jameses and Matthews and a gazziliion adult Tims and Andys!

I thought they were relatively unusual among new babies. Obv. Not unusual amongst adults.

James
Daniel
Darren
Jon
Nicholas
Christian
Geoffrey
David

James has been in the top 30 for about 50 years. It also seems to be every other boy's middle name

Crispin
Ernest
Nathaniel

However I know numerous children under 5 named Casper/Caspar (3!), Sebastian (3), Fred/Freddie/Frederick(3), Alfred (3) and Toby/Tobias (2). But those are all lovely names, respectable and popular for good reason.

Hector has had a few mentions and is top of my name list and is DH approved! Lysander too which is my favourite boys name, but I worry that it might be bit too much (and it’s a firm no from my husband anyway). I especially like Ambrose, August, Benedict (but Ben feels inevitable and I’m not keen), Crsipin, Francis, Lucien, Magnus, Peregrine/Perry, Raphael, Robin, Rufus, Stellan (but doesn’t work with surname) and Walter. I'm less keen on throwback names from 60-90s which feel dull to me because I know so many of them (and have a large extended family so most are taken) but also because popularity as a whole matters to me. If I have a son, he won't be only in his own age group for long, and it won't be long before he's in workplace;/ mixed age hobby group with all the Matthews, Davids and Lukes from previous generations.

I might get DH to look through the thread independently to see what he says he likes from it.

Auden
Gideon
Wilbur

Andrew
Anthony
Adam
Bernard
Colin
David
Edmund
Evan
Francis
Gregory
Hugh
John
Jonathan
Joseph
Joel
Laurence
Leonard
Matthew
Marcus
Martin
Nicholas
Peter
Patrick
Philip
Paul
Robin
Robert
Richard
Stephen
Timothy
Victor

Julius or Julian - quite underused these days
Dorian
Florian
Raphael
Crispin
Edgar
Hector

Sterling
Atticus
Rowan
Maxwell
Klovis
Rudyard
Ellis