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Is there such a thing?

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YesSirICanBoogie · 30/10/2008 13:38

Is there such a thing as classic but unusual boys name? DH wants Hector and I like Alexander although I'd like a name that's not in the top 50. Can only hope 'King Prawn' is a girl; their names are so much easier!

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wabbit · 30/10/2008 13:43

Felix
Conrad
Torquil
Hillary
Evelyn

MerlinsBeard · 30/10/2008 13:47

i don't know what you mean by classic tbh but we had Raymond on our (very small) list for ds3 (grandads name)

MadreInglese · 30/10/2008 13:48

Winston I think is fab

MadreInglese · 30/10/2008 13:49

but probably more for a cat

MadreInglese · 30/10/2008 13:49

sorry, that's not very helpful

hatrickortreat · 30/10/2008 15:29

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ScareyBitchFeast · 30/10/2008 15:31

oh no isnt winston billie piper's baby's name?

LilRedWGoreandguts · 30/10/2008 15:32

Myers
Hugh

MadreInglese · 30/10/2008 15:41

Rupert
Quentin
Seymour
Fabian
Earl
Darcy
Albert
Clarence

Heated · 30/10/2008 15:42

Ivo
Hugo & Sebastian (both recently shot up the ranks though)
Patrick
Frank
Stanley
Albert
Julian
John
Douglas
Ernest
Kendrick
Silas
Siegfried
Wilbur
Wilfred
Augustus
Claud
Mungo
Ramses
Percy
Gilbert
Victor
Tristan
Virgil

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MadreInglese · 30/10/2008 15:50

Theodore
Eugene
Tristan
Alfred
Hamilton
Dominic

Liffey · 30/10/2008 19:19

Victor (much prefer this to Hector)
Bruce (the new Gus)
Donald (just very cool)
Richie (less trendy/predictable than Archie but a nn for Richard, how much more classic can you get)
Thaddeus (the new Theodore)
Gregory (more solid than Barnaby)
Guy (don't know any but totally normal)
Marcus (a fabulous Roman Classic)
Julius (another Roman Classic, a but harder to 'wear' than Marcus though.

Also love Saul, Peter and Patrick as mentioned above.

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RantinEminor · 30/10/2008 19:36

Titus

annasmami · 30/10/2008 21:29

Quentin

trickortreat22 · 30/10/2008 21:36

Hector
Quentin
Winston

Lonnie · 30/10/2008 22:00

I would check out the top 100 list as several of the names listed on here I know to be on there (out of memory Nicholas, Dominic and Marcus are all on there)

I was going to suggest Conrad (but then I am partical to that name as it is my ds')

other that comes to mind are

Sholto (Scotish i believe)
Percival
Basil
Eli
Caradoc
Reginal
Bertram (what dd3 would have been called had she been a boy)

Lonnie

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YesSirICanBoogie · 30/10/2008 22:53

Love Basil, Elijah and Hamish!

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MamaMimi · 31/10/2008 01:11

Miles ?

Lonnie · 31/10/2008 09:04

PS Can I just say I LOVE Hector but my dh wouldn't hear of it..

Lonnie

Bubbaluv · 31/10/2008 09:08

Is hector protector not a phrase used in the UK? Don't call him Hector if you imagine he might ever want to go to Aus.

lljkk · 31/10/2008 09:37

Ken (Kenneth)
Edgar, Edwin, Edward
Nelson
Charles
Robin
Timothy
Paul, Saul
Norman
James, Mark, Luke
Quincy
Calvin
Stephen
David
Allistair, Alan, Alvin,
John!

Bubbaluv · 31/10/2008 09:39

Names like Richard and Robert and John and Michael will probably be quite unusual amongst the generations currently in production.

angel1976 · 31/10/2008 09:41

Richard! My DH is Richard but it's one of the fastest falling in popularity boy's name. Have a look at this article.