Mythological or literary boys names?

[GoldenRosebee]

I'm just a namenerd, but would like to think of names I could use in future. This is just for fun, tho.

What usable, but nice, boys names you can think of that are of mythology, medieval tales, astronomical or literature origin? Historic name are fine, as well as dated names.
These are names I already have on my list... what else can you add, I feel some of them aren't very usable.
Caspian
Dorian
Endymion
Florian
Gwydion
Lucius
Lysander
Oberon
Orpheus
Peredur
Arthur
August
Cedric
Dylan
Emil
Gareth
Gustav
Hermes
Percy
Roland
Samson
Sigurd
Thorin
Tristan

Leander / Leandro one of my favourite boy's names but DH wouldn't entertain it.

Orson
Bennett
Willoughby
Atticus
Darcy
Sawyer
Byron
Finn

Jason 🤦🏼

Lysander

Don’t know whether these would fit the bill but are similar names…

Torin (means thunder)
apollo
leander
evander
magnus
merlin
atlas
austen
silas
cosmo
phoenix
perseus

Harry
Adrian
Gandalf

Do they have to be unusual? From literature I’ve always liked Edward after Mr Rochester or Mr Ferrars myself. And William is the name of nearly a dozen classic authors/poets…

but I’m guessing you want more out there ones - how about Ozymandias? Like the eponymous Shelley poem and the Pharoah (also known as Ramses the 2nd) - nn Oz might make it more useable.

Otherwise of ones that haven’t been mentioned yet, I think Orion (constellation/mythology) and Ferdinand (Shakespeare) are pretty useable . And names like Macsen and Emrys (Welsh Legends) are actually fairly popular now.

@LilyJosephine Ozynandias too unusual
I do like Orion and Emrys

@Mumofgirls2017
Love Magnus, thanks

@EmilyMarcel love Alaric, Ansel and Faramir

@Forgottenmyphone Orson is nice literary name, thanks

thank you all

@GoldenRosebee ,Emrys is quite popular for baby boys in Wales.

Orion was a popular car in the1980s.

Hephaestus or Dionysus 😅

Orlando
Hector
Timon
Attila
Cyrus
Balthasar
Wulfric

I always liked Hector.

Agree. Love this name

Adair
Akiva
Armand
Aster (also associated with the flower, but in medieval times used to mean "star")
Aubrey
Barnabas/Barnaby
Blaise
Cadfael
Cadfan
Carnelian
Efraïm
Elias
Einar
Eirik
Emmett
Flann (an Irish king, possibly confusable with a Catalonian pudding)
Giles
Gregor
Hamish
Hugh
Jocelyn
Kester
Linus
Marius
Matthias
Olivier
Osiris
Pascal/Paschal
Rafael/Raphael (or with the ë if you like)
Rasmus
Ringan (Scottish form of Ninian, avoids the "ninny" shortening)
Severin
Thaddeus
Tobias
Valentin
Victor
Vincent

@MightAsWellBeGretel too unusable
@Mandarinaduck Cyrus, Hector and Orlando are nice. I do prefer Roland to Orlando, I would think of Hector and Cyrus
@MirandaBlu Barnaby is nice, Giles, Erik, Thaddeus, Pascal, Emmett are nice... have to think on these... Where's Cadfael from and how it's pronounced? Not sure do I like it or not.

Naoise (Nee-shuh)
Aengus
Fionn
Apollo
Damon
Merlin
Paris
Tristan
Ulysses

Where's Cadfael from and how it's pronounced? Not sure do I like it or not.

It is Welsh in origin, but was used for the "Brother Cadfael"/"Cadfael Chronicles" series of murder mystery books (and later a TV series) whose title character is a Welsh Benedictine monk living in Shrewsbury in the early 12th century. Historically, it is supposed to be the original name of the 6th century Welsh Saint Cadoc, martyred by the Saxons.

In the series, the name is pronounced "CAD-file", but I believe the Welsh pronunciation is a bit softer, something like "CADT-fy'l" - like the d is halfway between a c and a t, and the f in between and f and a v, with a kid of clipped ending on the second syllable. I'm not a native Welsh speaker, so anyone who is may be able to explain it better!

Diggory. DH vetoed it for our boys, but it's still a favourite...

Houdini
Avery
Rowling

My last child was going to be Cedric but I had a girl. It’s had mixed responses but I love it so much

I loved Lysander or Demetrius but DH refused point blank

Uther. He was Arthur’s father, and I always think the name is so much lovelier. Arthur just sounds so ordinary these days as it’s so common. And I always picture Arthur Pewtey rather than the king. DH & I agreed if we were to have one more baby boy, we would go for it and name him Uther Pendragon.

I really liked Peregrine (Perry) for a boy but not sure I'd have been brave enough to use it.