Classic but rare baby boy names

[TheFutureIs]

I’m a teacher, so when naming a baby I want something unusual but not weird.
I loved Alastair but unfortunately my partner has a cousin named this
Girl names are so much easier!
Any suggestions of similar names?

I would not call any of these classic names though.

For classic but rare, I like Edmund.

Classic/timeless and fairly rare:

Edmund
Quentin
Marcus
Orson

I love them all!

Patrick
Dominic
Nicholas
Ivan

Aloysius
Adam
Wilbert
Jerome
Hector
Ernest
Amos
Cadfael
Howard
Simeon
Edgar
Richard
Wilbur
Gilbert

Cornelius
Inigo
Isambard
Erik
Piers
Reginald
Valentine
Vincent

I have one. His godmother has two godsons called Edmund.

You asked for classic so I suggest David and Daniel, also Nicholas as above. Maybe Simon. I have more names but they aren't classic.

Nathaniel
Fraser
Reuben
Corrin
Cassian
Leonard

Caleb.

It’s a lovely name.

I also like Edwin.

And Nicholas too as per pp’s suggestion.

Lawrence
Matthew
Alexander
Timothy
Christopher
Roderick
Wallace
Stuart
Hector
Lenny
Owen
Jonathan

Not rare names in the general population but some of these are not common for children these days.

If you want classic, I think you mean Inigo, not Indigo - the latter isn’t a name.

In fact, quite a few of those aren’t really classic names. Do you have scottish background for the Hamish?

Geoffrey
Richard
Dennis
Craig
Stephen
Douglas
Michael
Christopher
Andrew
Alan
David

Also, if you want classic best probably best to avoid choosing a nickname like Xander or Monty. But the full names would work. I really like Xander as a shortening

Gabriel

Laurence, please spell it the classic way. Benedict is another of my favourites.

Maybe classic wasn’t the right word, think I meant don’t want anything too outlandish.
Yes I do have Scottish heritage

Maybe classic wasn’t the right word, think I meant don’t want anything too outlandish.
Yes I do have Scottish heritage

David
Paul
Luke
Christopher
William
Charles
Harry
Alister is a lovely name, having a cousin with that name wouldn’t put me off.

Barnaby
Clarence
William
Hilary
Laurie
Clifford
Frederick
Samuel
David

Griffin
Timothy (Timmy)
Blair
Carl/Karl
Gary
Wayne
David

Wilbur
Edwin
Leonard
Clement
Montgomery
Spencer
Fergus
Rufus
Rupert
Reginald
Phillip
Sullivan
Ralph
Sebastian
Wilfred

Angus
Julian
Linus
Alexander (Alec)
Alaric
Emil
Calvin
Blake
Malcolm
Mallory
Ellis
And just to go all the way: Isambard

Julian
Alexander (Sandy/Alex)

Adair
Aldous
Ambrose
Andreas
Anselm
Emmett
Everett
Lachlan(n)
Lionel
Niall
Matthias
Raymond
Roland
Rollo
Samson
Thaddeus
Theron
Tristan/Tristram