Need the most unusual/out there boys names you can think of

[namedilemma24]

Baby due Jan 2025. Already have a girl's name picked - don't want to say what as it's too outing if anyone knows me on here, it's an unusual rarely used name but lovely and everyone we've told really likes it and we are very happy with it.

We can't agree on a boy's name at all. I already have a DS (previous partner) with quite an unusual name but still in the top 100 but my DH definitely likes more "out there" names!
Give me your favourite unique boy names for inspiration please! We've looked at thousands of names on lists and just can't find one we like for a boy whatsoever. I know we have plenty of time (and might not even have a boy) but with my son I had his name picked before I was ever even pregnant so I'm struggling not knowing!

@Bigearringsbigsmile that's a very good idea actually! I'm going to suggest DH does this as he is dead set on one particular name that I think is very intense as far as names go. So I'll challenge him with this and see how he finds it

Raven
Swift
Maslow
Quill
Thor
Colby
Fable

Raphael
Maximus
Delmont
Benedict
Wilder
Ace
Wolfgang
Autumn
Ulysses
Wycliffe
Montgomery
Benoit
Lazarus
Broderick
Zeus
Torquil
Bertrand

Vaughn. Gorgeous and rarely heard.

We have a cat called Apollo I also love Laszlo and wanted that as my first DS's middle name but my partner at the time was having none of it

Augustine nickname Gus
Deveraux nickname Dev

I love Raphael but DH vetoed it
Wolfgang my husband has on his list (he is a huge Mozart lover) and as mentioned previously Lazarus is his favourite and he's adamant that's what a boy would be called but I'm worried it's just a bit too much

From "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", maybe? Brick isn't exactly a great role model, but he WAS a football hero, once upon a time 😁

Beckett
Shepherd
Amos
Silas
Julian (no longer in fashion but not too woo)
Leonard

Romeo
Jenson
Cruz
Ivor
Malachi
Denver
Elvis

I always thought Isambard was a great name.

'Thorsten' was the name that sprung to mind when I read your post. Also, 'Atticus' which I would have chosen - but two girls put the kibosh on this 🤣

I know people with an ancestor named Onesimus (Owe-ness-see-mus). Real name - Bible New Testament. He was nicknamed 'Oney'. There are plenty of other Biblical names that are MOST uncommon (and unfashionable) today, eg Shadrak, Abimelech, Enoch... Ditto names from (eg) ancient Scotland or what is now England. Famous names there include Eochaid and Aed. And Kenneth, of course, and (further south) Egbert, Ethelbald, Osbert etc

Be careful what you wish for, OP,

• Pugh
• Pugh
• Barney McGrew
• Cuthbert
• Dibble
• Grubb

I think there are some points that need a little consideration. There are plenty of classic names that still sound elegant without just being attention seeking.
If you and your Husband are Lucy and Simon, having Ozymandias (married his own daughter) and Zarathustra as your children is just odd, and does look a bit (I KNOW, I KNOW...please don't go on at me about class, but this is the UK and we all make assumptions, whether it is right or not to do so...) social climb-y.

You may like the name, and wish your own was less common, but that's not reason enough in itself to saddle a child with a real 'look at me!' name just for the sake of having something unusual. They might not be as big a personality as the name requires, they might feel self conscious. Having an 'interesting' name doesn't automatically destine them for greatness, that can happen if you're called John.

I have a name that is more common now than when I was a child but I can assure you it is very tedious having to spell it for everyone and give the person asking a little potted history of where it came from and why. There is an unspoken expectation that I will be more exciting as a person than others, and sometimes I really resent that.

I would suggest finding a name that is meaningful to you both but that isn't celebrity sounding, or randomly spelt. The classics are great for finding strong names.

Or garry. No Garrys these days

Zephyr
Apollo

I completely agree with you re the "social climb-y" thing. I said similar to my DH, that we are normal people living in England not celebrities whose children never have to worry about going to a normal school etc with an unusual name.

I do like a lot of names that are unusual albeit more tame however DH is set on one name and won't hear anything else. The girl's name we have chosen is a lovely name and won't get the "oh where's that come from?!" Reaction even though it's unusual. It's a name many people have heard it just isn't very commonly used now so I'm confident there won't be any such problems there. It's just a boy's name we are struggling to agree on.

I was actually thinking of a name for something else today and when it popped in my head thought hmm that would have been a nice name for one of my boys.

Painter

You can laugh but I love it.

Keir

Jacobi

Do you have kids already or know a lot of kids already? I only ask because you can’t really go on stats to know what’s unusual. Lots of my friends thought they were original calling their kid Bertie but they all had the same idea and now I know 6 9-year-old Berties.

Creed
Apollo
Rocky

@KimKardashiansLostEarring I have one DS who has a name that's in the top 100 now although wasn't when he was born so it's definitely got more popular and I've only met one other person with a child with the same name and theirs was older than my DS. I also live in quite a multicultural part of the country so I suppose there are a lot of "unusual" names round here because they're from different cultures etc. whereas perhaps in other parts of the world they'd be much more common. So I see what you mean about going off stats

Xander
Rai