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?

My DS is Rupert, he has twin sisters but one of them would be Chester if a boy.

Oswald
Percy

Xavier
Claude
Leonard
Abel
Philip
Michael
Laurence
Noel
David
Eugene
Walter
Howard
Daniel
Jonathan
Clarence
Anthony
Francis
Marvin
Ernest
Melvin
Andre/Andrew
Herbert
Samuel
Bernard
Gene
Russell
Frederick

From other people's lists I like:
Stuart
Owen
Rufus

And I'll add:
Hayden

Inigo
Peter
Jeremy
Mannix
Neil
David
Simon
Scott
Richard
Forbes

I love the name Gregory. As a teacher, this is what I chose for DS.1

Alexander is the English version of Alistair. My first born is Alexander and his brothers middle name is Alistair. I liked Atticus but hubby had a colleague with that name who was a complete twit apparently so that was a no from him 🫠. I liked Julian and Dexter, this was while naming our middle son, he ended up being Maximilian Alistair i wanted Alistair to be his first name but now hes here he's definitely a Max 😅 and when he was born on 24/7 we had to laugh and said well Max has got to be his name now. We didnt name him till he came out lol.

Sebastian
Rupert
Albert
Theodore

Leander

Buddy
Teddy
Henry
Cruise
Hugo
Winter

Kieran / Ciaran
Connor
Callum
Conal
Campbell
Finn
Keith
Ian / Iain
Bailey
Kevin
Murray
Gregory

Whatever you choose by the time they go to school there will be 3 or 4 with the same name that year! So just choose one you like.

Also if you have more than one child dont choose names starting with the same sound - you'll end up calling the wrong name out!!

Frankie
Eris
Matthew
Stefan

Florian
Caspian
Lysander
Betrand
Pierce
Corin
Christian
Gabriel
Otto
Julian
Amos
Malachi
Rufus
Magnus

Richard
Edgar
Hamish
vincent
Gregor
Graham
Flynn
Malcolm
Stephen
Jasper
Sebastian
Bartholomew
Cedric
Percy
Howard
Bruce
Humphrey
Bertrand
Bernard
Clive
Wallace
Paul
Douglas
Donald
Fergus
Magnus
Augustus
Clarence
Laurence
Leonard
Scott
Barnabas
Simon
Phillip
Cuthbert
Earl
Julien
Julius

Edwin / Edgar
Patrick
Adam / Euan / Evan
Neil
Paul
Tristan
Felix

Our little boy is called Felix. Not too common but not crazy out there either. I think it suits all ages too

Samuel, Seanan, Harris, Oisín

Richard
Patrick
Jonathan

I love Hector and Amos

My eldest is Max, there aren't many about ( none at his Nursery , one at his Primary , none in secondary or through his 4 University years )

If I want to wind him up I call him Maximillian or Maxx ( as in TKMaxx )

Ralph (Lord of the Flies character)
Saul (love this name)
Kirk ( good Scottish name and a nod to Star Trek)

Hes 6 and he gets called a mixture of Maxi, Maximoomoo, Maximus (horse off of tangled) little legs, and when hes in trouble its the full shebang Maximilian!!!! 😆. There is one other older boy called Max at his school, not sure if its just Max or a longer variation. My grandads name was ian so thats the reason we chose Maximilian as the long version 😊

Teddy is hardly unusual, with every other baby boy or dog seemingly called this name.

There is a boy in my sons class called Julian

Edwin
Alaric
Richard
Robert