Feminine Sounding Boys Names

[nameobsessed]

I am a ‘frilly’ name person, I mostly like three syllable names and two middle names to match mine and DH’s. I have such an easier time with girls names, my girls list is close to a hundred names I would use but it’s so hard to find boys names I even like.

Lots of people on here seem to hate the boys names I like, calling them ‘wet’ or ‘feminine’ (as an insult?!) and assuming they’re going to get bullied- in my experience that isn’t true but is besides the point. If anyone has any names they like (or hate!) for boys that fit that criteria I would really appreciate hearing them.

Some examples of boys names I like:

Constantine
Gabriel
Augustine
Christian
Leander
Alistair
Ambrose
Dorian
Isidore

Love these. Gabriel was on my list but we had a girl. Also like Lysander. Perhaps look at some of the Shakespeare and or Greek/Roman names.

I've always liked Florian... might be something to do with a German boy I met on a school exchange who was just absolutely gorgeous...

Rowan and Francis always sound very feminine to me.

Arlo
Louis
Albie
Adam
Francis
Lawrence
Sidney
Reuben
Josiah
Bowie

I'm not saying these are feminine as such but I think fit your criteria quite well, aside from most not being 3 syllables.

I've worked with a lot of children and the handful of Gabriel’s have been lovely without exception. Also it’s the perfect name to choose if you aren’t finding out the gender, they pop out either Gabriel or Gabrielle. Never met a Lysander but it’s very pretty.

Love Florian, might have to add that one thank-you!

Elliot

Nice isn't it? It means 'flourishing'.

I like this style of names too! For boys my tops choices would be
Corin
Julian
Aurelien
Gabriel
Gael
Nathaniel
Sebastian
Casey

If DD had been a boy, she’d have probably been Lucian. We’d have pronounced it more like the American way but the English way is quite frilly I think.

Willoughby
Julian
Lucian
Aubrey
Bellamy
Dorian
Emmett
Grayson
Laurence
Clarence
Clement
Algernon
Florian

Aubrey

Aneurin
Fiachra
Felix

Lucian
Remy

Lots of lovely names in this area, also a fan of Gabriel. Also like:

Gideon
Caspian
Valerian
Wesley
Dwight
Ezekiel
Sebastian
Christian
Elwyn
Julian
Silas

Op I’m so sorry but your whole list to me would be a list of names that stand out for the wrong reason:(

Valentine
Rufus

What about Fabian?

My favourite names are always French (my own included!). I guess some fit into feminine/arty:

Louis
Beau
Lucien
Etienne
Darcy
Guy
Pierre
Julien
Tristan
Yves
Felix

I love Julien but husband vetoed it.
We were recently on holiday on France and out of about 10 boys taking part in one of the pool games 3 were called Julien!
Also love Gabriel.

Interesting you put Alistair in this style category, as a Scottish person I would put it on the same list as Iain, Campbell, Malcolm, Finlay and similar. I do like Alistair/Alasdair but see it as a totally different vibe.

Augustus
Lancelot
Galahad
Montague
Sebastian
Alaric
Reginald
Hildebrand
Marmaduke
Aubrey
Eustace
Anselm
Bingley

All courtesy of P. G. Wodehouse.

Benedict
Lancelot
Percival
Raphael
Lucian
Llewellyn
Sinclair
Jeremy
Ptolemy
Gideon
Cyril
Emmanuel
Francis
Étienne

I love Gabriel!
also Francis
I don’t like Sebastian but maybe you will?

Also maybe Nathaniel
Elias
Angelo
Everett
Mateo
Matthias
Cassius
Bellamy
Evander
Orlando
francesco

Since watching The Forsyte Saga on TV as a child (mostly around the side of the door as I should have been in bed) I have adored the name

Jolyon

and never met one, though it’s a real name - an older version of Julian.

But these lists are making me smile. Totally my sort of thing.

I’m not sure what the difference is, I know a little Lucian and it’s said ‘Lucy-un’. Is it like ‘Lu-shi-an’?