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Unusual but not wacky boys names

86 replies

ThisLoftyGoose · 31/03/2026 13:21

Lots of great suggestions on the girls thread for unusual but not wacky names so I wondered if anyone had any good ideas for boys? Baby boy due any day and still struggling!

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Mumofgirls2017 · 31/03/2026 14:27

River
Torin
Rio
Magnus
Casper
Quinn
Fletcher
Caspian
Rufus
Atticus
Elio
Phoenix
Cosmo
Griffin
August
Rex

Silverbirchleaf · 31/03/2026 14:33

Wilbur
Curtis
Herbert
Edgar
Ernest
Gilbert
Horace
Abraham
Sylvester
Walter

UDontaskUDontget · 31/03/2026 14:46

Rueben. I love this name.

dailyconniptions · 31/03/2026 16:18

UDontaskUDontget · 31/03/2026 14:46

Rueben. I love this name.

You need to spell it right then. Reuben.

UDontaskUDontget · 31/03/2026 17:01

dailyconniptions · 31/03/2026 16:18

You need to spell it right then. Reuben.

Blimey, ok, sorry. Hit the keys in the wrong order. Is that ok?

TheDonsDingleberries · 31/03/2026 17:05

Anders
Arnold
Beck
Benji
Callan
Claude
Damon
Darius
Dashiell
Desmond
Errol
Evander
Ferdinand
Gene
Gray
Gus
Heath
Klaus
Luther
Marius
Marlon
Oren
Pierce
Preston
Quentin
Roland
Saul
Silas
Solomon
Soren
Sterling
Troy
Tobin
Warren

MrsHaskell · 31/03/2026 17:26

Stephen
Roy
Mark
Scott
Craig
Melvin

Pabbel · 31/03/2026 17:40

Tobias?

pambeesleyhalpert · 31/03/2026 17:53

If I had a boy his name would be Cedric. I love it so much

JLMA · 31/03/2026 17:53

Torquil

CurlewKate · 31/03/2026 18:16

John. Peter. Simon. Nicholas.

applescentedcandle · 31/03/2026 18:19

I've always really loved Leo. Not sure if it's unusual though

tildathyme · 31/03/2026 18:25

Jonah, Jago, Rufus

Jrisix · 31/03/2026 18:26

Paul. I know a lot of baby Paul's now and it's adorable once you get used to it.

moonstarsuns · 31/03/2026 18:31

Reuben is very popular

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 31/03/2026 18:31

CurlewKate · 31/03/2026 18:16

John. Peter. Simon. Nicholas.

These!
You’ll not meet many children with these names these days.

Also Stephen, Ian, Derek, Nigel

BrickProblems · 31/03/2026 18:35

Bertie
Evan
Gregory
Ivo
Philip
Anthony
Carlos
Michael
Carwen
Richard

BrickProblems · 31/03/2026 18:39

Giles
Diggory
Bart (Bartholomew)
Caspian
Ambrose
Victor

BrickProblems · 31/03/2026 18:40

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 31/03/2026 18:31

These!
You’ll not meet many children with these names these days.

Also Stephen, Ian, Derek, Nigel

I do know a baby Derek and the reaction (not to his parents’ faces) has been horror.

TheDonsDingleberries · 31/03/2026 20:46

Amos
Clark
Edmund
Rufus
Lionel
Calvin
Noel
Gideon
Bruce
Edwin
Faris
Guy
Hector
Emil
Lorcan
Abraham
Jago
Fabian
Cyrus
Kingsley
Magnus
Franklin

GrillaMilla · 31/03/2026 20:50

Ray

MissingSockDetective · 31/03/2026 20:55

Aris
Robin
Douglas
Edgar
Eric
Matthew
Philip
Roger
Amos
Bernard
Walter
Idris
Cohen

MiddleAgedDread · 31/03/2026 21:00

Gary

DisplayPurposesOnly · 31/03/2026 21:00

Amyas

Echobelly · 31/03/2026 21:00

Adiel
Esmund
Eldred
Malcolm
Sebastian
Gabriel
Wilson
Edison
Florian

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