1/2 syllable rare or underused Baby Boy names!

[Marian220]

Hello!

I am looking for baby boy names that are 1 or 2 syllables. I would like names that are rare, uncommon or underused! They don’t have to be completely unheard of though.

I really like Emil, Orson and Rue but I can’t use those. I like Evren, Holland and Soren too. Quite like German / Scandi /French names.

would be great to have a nice meaning too.

any ideas? I feel a bit stuck with boys names, I had a few girl ones but we are definitely having a boy 💙

thank you for any suggestions!

I came across Odin the other day. I really like it! It’s the name of a Viking or something I think.

Caspar.

Edmund
Esmond
Leon
Japhet
Trefor
Ivor
Jago
Guy

Tor
Vin
Ned
Jeb

@Rosiiee You’ve never heard of Odin? He’s the Norse god of war and death and is very well known, it would be a bit like naming your child Thor or Zeus

@Rosiiee - Odin is the principal God of Norse mythology. It's a cool name but you probably quite a lot to bestow on a lad! 😉

@PickledScrump im Aussie so no! Odin was definitely a new name to me 😂

I think Cornish names are quite rare. Uncommon in the rest of the U.K. but not here in Cornwall. Some of my favourites are:

Jago - Cornish form of James
Jory - Cornish form of George
Jowan - Cornish form of John
Lowen - Means joyful
Mawgan - Means praise
Ruan - Means Roman

Gary
Barry
Kevin
Darren

Your son is extremely unlikely to have another one in his class.

Oran is the anglicised form of Odhran, an Irish name..There are 17 Irish saints with this name, including the patron saint of Waterford! I think it is lovely.

Karl.

Jude
Cooper
Reece
Tristan
Kobi
Kade

Greg
Robert
Bryan

established names but not necessarily common at present

I do know several Casper/Kaspers (1-2yrs)
Alternative but out of your syllable range are Cassius and Caspian

Marcus
Barak
Asher
Ashley
Robin
Guius (pronounced Guy-us)
Titus
Brutus
Amos

Lots of old men names - David, Nigel, Tony, Ben, Paul, John, Nick, Nathan, Abel, Edwin, etc

Joss
Joel
Guy
Lars
Blaise
Corin
Caius
Uther
Struan
Kester
Innes
Jago
Jory
Dashiell

James
John
David
Wilfred
Ambrose
Abel
Gregor
Fraser
Hamish
Jasper
Dexter (although with the popularity of one day this might have a resurgence)

Roc
Nestor
Baird
Donal

I like Orson!

How about

Torin
Quentin
Magnus

Laurie

Arlo
Asa
Jed
Ingo
Ingar
Klaus
Soren
Milo

Elias
Leif
Erik (pronounce differently from Eric)
Loki
Anders
Karl
Aki
Mio
Kare
Niklas
Rasmus
Peik (my favourite)

Vito
Gus
Brad
Jamie
Nathan
Kieron

Axel

Love the name Soren!

Asher
Ashton
Blair
Hunter
Blaze/Blaise
Parker
Cooper
Grayson

Damian
Rollo
Hedley
Don
Lucas