your favourite unusual boy's name

[hairymelons]

Tell me so I can steal it please!

DS2 due oct- DH hates the ones I like (Jude, Gabriel) because he says they are girly . He likes Edward and George, which are ovely names but I think I'd like something a bit more unusual.

I also love Seamus (my family is Irish) but it sounds odd with our very English surname!

Douglas

Basil or Felix

Campbell

Ooh I like Douglas too

finbar

Duncan
Quentin

I like Niven, Nelson and Nolan, but none of them go with our surname, which also has lots of 'N's in it.

I adore Jude and Gabriel - they were on my list. DH wrote them off straight away. I also loved Rex and Willoughby. And Lysander. Also struck off.

He wanted Wilfred.

Ooh, and Parsifal. But it's just a bit too much for a real person in the 21st century.

Gilbert

Ah, Douglas is cute.

Anyone managed to use their favourite unusual name or are they vetoed destined to be fantasy names?

SerialMom - I love Gilbert too but then I loved him since Avonlea!!

Herbert is my favourite though as I love Herb as a nn

Walter
Arthur nn Art?
Armand
Graffin
Roan
Corin
Seoras
Tadgh

Definitely fantasy names for me very bossy traditional DH heeheehee

Elmo (truly)

Hairymelons, DS has my favourite unusual name. My suggestions above are my second faves!

Elmo definitely needs a revival. We need to reclaim it from the little red furry fellow.

MamaLazarou - what's your DS's name? I wish I'd gotten my way for our DS!!

Oooo I love Herbert too - Herbie is too cute!

Ooh sorry mate, I'd rather not say - I'd rather stay anonymous on MN!

nn Art is a fave of mine. Don't like Arthur so much though.

DS1 has my favourite boys name too but it's not v unusual. Just beautiful, sigh...

How do you pronounce Seoras and Tadgh?

No probs

Tobias.

Loved it but exh knew someone he didn't like by that name so vetoed it.

If I ever have another boy (unlikely) I will use it.

Also Felix. DD would have been Felix if she had been a boy.

Cassius & Asa are v cool. My friend just named their little boy Ira which I like too.

Love Asa.
Oh, and Axel.

My boy is Sky/Skyler (Schuyler)
considering Calvin for next one (not sure if that is unusual or not)

Quentin
Felix