Eccentric-ish names?

Boy Names
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I love long, somewhat eccentric boys’ names in the middle place. I think they have the capability to really ‘set-off’ a first and give it contrast, even if it’s a common name. Examples of this on my list are [name_m]Ignatius[/name_m], [name_m]Benedict[/name_m], [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m], [name_m]Maximin[/name_m], [name_m]Absalom[/name_m], [name_m]Philemon[/name_m], and [name_m]Casimir[/name_m]. If you wonderful people would oblige, I was hoping that I could get more suggestions like these {more Saints’ names would be great!}. I hope the thread will help you all with your lists, too. All replies welcome. Thanks in advance!

P.S. Not expecting! [name_m]Just[/name_m] adding to my list : )

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These are some gp’s of mine that I would consider eccentric enough…

[name_m]Johannes[/name_m]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Erasmus[/name_m]
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m]
[name_m]Boniface[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximillian[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]

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What a fantastic list!

Sorry for the hoard of A names, don’t know why so many ended up beginning with A’s.

Adoniram (a la 2 [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] and 1 Kings, as well as Adoniram [name_m]Judson[/name_m])
[name_m]Anselm[/name_m] ([name_m]Saint[/name_m])
[name_m]Hosea[/name_m] (Prophet)
Aloysuis (St. Aloysuis Gonzaga)
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m] (St. [name_m]Isidore[/name_m] of [name_f]Seville[/name_f])
Issachar (son of [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] with [name_f]Leah[/name_f], one of the twelve tribes of [name_m]Israel[/name_m])
Janoah (a place of rest in the Bible)
Ansgar (St. Ansgar of Denmark)
Polycarp ([name_m]Saint[/name_m])
Ibzan (Biblical judge of [name_m]Israel[/name_m])
[name_m]Bosco[/name_m] (St. [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Bosco[/name_m])
[name_m]Habakkuk[/name_m] (Prophet)
[name_m]Augustine[/name_m] (St. [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] of Canterbury / St. [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] of Hippo)
[name_u]Florian[/name_u] ([name_m]Saint[/name_m])
[name_m]Cephas[/name_m] (a name of St. [name_m]Peter[/name_m])
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u] ([name_m]Saint[/name_m])
[name_m]Osmund[/name_m] ([name_m]Saint[/name_m])
Darkon (Biblical Figure)
[name_m]Cyprian[/name_m] ([name_m]Saint[/name_m])
[name_m]Stanislaus[/name_m] ([name_m]Saint[/name_m])
Antioch (Biblical place)

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[name_m]Sacheverell[/name_m]
[name_m]Jolyon[/name_m]
[name_m]Octave[/name_m]
[name_m]Belvedere[/name_m]
[name_m]Amyas[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuven[/name_m]
Somerset
[name_m]Ulrich[/name_m]
Anaxander
Nicander
Telemachus

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A few more ideas:

[name_m]Algernon[/name_m]
[name_m]Bertram[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_u]Finch[/name_u]
[name_m]Fritz[/name_m]
[name_m]Gable[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_m]Icarus[/name_m]
[name_m]Irving[/name_m]
[name_m]Jarvis[/name_m]
[name_m]Kelvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Laramie[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_u]Niall[/name_u]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_m]Rembrandt[/name_m]
[name_m]Rugby[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Zebedee[/name_m]

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Aristaeus
[name_m]Aurelian[/name_m]
[name_m]Barthelemy[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Zakarias[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeremias[/name_m]
[name_m]Justinian[/name_m]
[name_m]Amedeo[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m]
Tallisker
Brennevin
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
Harkaway
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Aristotle[/name_m]
[name_m]Valiant[/name_m]
Roanoke
[name_m]Gulliver[/name_m]
Gibraltar
Iskander
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_m]Forrester[/name_m]
[name_u]Connery[/name_u]
[name_m]Gallagher[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m]
Almanzo
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
[name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m]

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Two of my favourites are Hephastion and Archeleus.

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[name_m]Cyril[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonidas[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
Camillus
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_u]Blaise[/name_u]
[name_m]Pascal[/name_m]

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Wow, so many responses! Sorry I took so long to reply; it was a crazy day.

@oiseau - I love your entire list : ) Especially [name_m]Johannes[/name_m], [name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m], [name_m]Maximilian[/name_m], and [name_m]Lysander[/name_m]. They are exactly what I’m looking for, [name_m]Johannes[/name_m] in particular {funny that I haven’t considered it before, it really is an intriguing, handsome choice}. Thank-you!

@dewdropsandroses - Adoniram, Ansgar, Polycarp, [name_m]Augustine[/name_m], and [name_u]Valentine[/name_u]: I couldn’t have asked for better names. I hadn’t considered Polycarp before now, but am rather interested in the idea. [name_m]Bosco[/name_m] is also a favorite, but that also happens to have been the name of the family dog <3 He lived up to his name. Thanks!

@ribbons-and-soldiers - Belvedere! You can’t imagine how much I have fallen in love with this name; it’s beautiful. I also love your other suggestions; Amyas is an old favorite. Thank-you!

@emily_rose - What an incredible list! Algernon, Bertram, Hamish, Horatio, Leander, Percival, and Ulysses are exactly what I’m talking about. Percival and Algernon… do you love The Scarlet Pimpernel too? I’m somewhat in love with every name connected to the book… Thank-you so much!

@mousehouse7 - Amazing list. Solomon, Jeremias, Ulysses, Dominic, Lorenzo, and Ptolemy are my favorites. They’re absolutely perfect! Thanks.

@krh21 - Hephastion and Archeleus are quite the eccentric. I also love Arthelaïs, Sæthryth, and Porphyry, on the extreme spectrum : ) Hephastion may soon become a favorite. Thanks!

@isabellemarie - Leonidas, Matthias, Ambrose, Pascal! What great choices. I really am beginning to love Leonidas. Thank-you so much!

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[name_m]Augusten[/name_m], [name_m]Augustus[/name_m], [name_m]Cicero[/name_m], [name_m]Cassius[/name_m], [name_m]Maximus[/name_m], [name_m]Maximilian[/name_m], [name_m]Augustine[/name_m], [name_m]Stanislaus[/name_m], [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], [name_m]Barnabas[/name_m], [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m], [name_m]Marcellus[/name_m], [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m], [name_m]Cornelius[/name_m], [name_m]Matthias[/name_m], [name_u]Florian[/name_u], [name_m]Lucius[/name_m], [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m], [name_m]Thelonius[/name_m], [name_m]Marius[/name_m], [name_m]Titus[/name_m], [name_m]Lucian[/name_m], [name_m]Demetrius[/name_m], [name_m]Atticus[/name_m], [name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m], [name_m]Balthazar[/name_m], [name_m]Leonardo[/name_m], [name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m], [name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m], [name_m]Theophilus[/name_m], [name_m]Zachariah[/name_m], [name_u]Constantine[/name_u], [name_m]Maxim[/name_m], [name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m], [name_m]Alastair[/name_m], [name_m]Beauregard[/name_m], [name_m]Gideon[/name_m], [name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m], [name_m]Aeneas[/name_m], [name_m]Theron[/name_m], [name_m]Magnus[/name_m], [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]

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Growing up Catholic, I distinctly remember [name_m]Saint[/name_m] [name_u]Blaise[/name_u].

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[name_m]Ludovic[/name_m]
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_u]Theophile[/name_u]
[name_m]Lancelot[/name_m]
[name_m]Ludwig[/name_m]
[name_m]Beowulf[/name_m]
[name_m]Berenger[/name_m]
[name_m]Gaspar[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Werther[/name_m]
[name_m]Siegfried[/name_m]
Galahad
[name_m]Sigurd[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodoric[/name_m]
[name_m]Godfrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Amaury[/name_m]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]

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[name_m]Donatello[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_u]Auberon[/name_u]
[name_m]Bonaventure[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
[name_m]Caradoc[/name_m]
Eleazor
[name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_u]Konstantin[/name_u]
[name_m]Fiorello[/name_m]
[name_m]Florencio[/name_m]
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferrando[/name_m]
[name_m]Silvano[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Mordechai[/name_m]
[name_m]Salvatore[/name_m]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_m]Thelonious[/name_m]
[name_m]Vladimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m]
[name_m]Serafino[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m]/[name_m]Nicodemo[/name_m]
[name_m]Absalom[/name_m]
[name_m]Romulus[/name_m]
[name_m]Randolpho[/name_m]
[name_m]Amadeo[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_u]Willoughby[/name_u]
[name_m]Tiberius[/name_m]
[name_m]Spartacus[/name_m]

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This is my favorite “genre” of boys names, and when I saw [name_m]Casimir[/name_m] I was in – that’s one of my personal favorites. There are a lot of suggestions here I second, including [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] and [name_m]Isadore[/name_m].
Some others that may or may not have been mentioned yet:
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Barnabus[/name_m], [name_u]Sinclair[/name_u], [name_m]Balthazar[/name_m], [name_m]Mordecai[/name_m], [name_m]Heathcliff[/name_m], [name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m], [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m], [name_m]Aristotle[/name_m], [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m], [name_m]Orpheus[/name_m], [name_m]Filmore[/name_m], [name_m]Marmaduke[/name_m], [name_m]Bartleby[/name_m], [name_m]Bertrand[/name_m], [name_m]Romulus[/name_m], [name_m]Woodrow[/name_m], [name_m]Reginald[/name_m], [name_m]Marcellus[/name_m], [name_m]Remington[/name_m]

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[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m]
Archimede
[name_m]Icarus[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]
Zephiriel
[name_m]Aragon[/name_m]
Argan
Bohemond
Artemon
Aristide
[name_m]Eustache[/name_m]
Aristote
Theophane
Hyperion
[name_m]Lancelot[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivanhoe[/name_m]
[name_m]Crusoe[/name_m]
[name_m]Vadim[/name_m]
[name_m]Vladimir[/name_m]
Wandrille
[name_m]Zebulon[/name_m]
Ezechias
Zelipha
Elphias
Adelphe

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Berlioz
Voltaire
Zadig
Magellan

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[name_m]Amadeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Zephaniah[/name_m]
Agamemnon
Appleby
[name_m]Aragon[/name_m]
Alerion
Elysian
[name_m]Athanasios[/name_m]
[name_m]Beauregard[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Brigham[/name_m]
[name_m]Whitaker[/name_m]
[name_m]Calloway[/name_m]
[name_m]Devereaux[/name_m]
[name_m]Donatello[/name_m]
[name_m]Toulouse[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellington[/name_u]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
Excelsior
Eleos
Evanrude
[name_m]Hemingway[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m]
[name_m]Santiago[/name_m]
[name_m]Perseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Jupiter[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonidas[/name_m]
Lexington
[name_m]Princeton[/name_m]
[name_m]Thelonius[/name_m]
[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m]
[name_m]Prescott[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximus[/name_m]
[name_m]Michelangelo[/name_m]
[name_m]Mowgli[/name_m]
[name_m]Montague[/name_m]
[name_m]Napoleon[/name_m]
Southerland
[name_m]Nazareth[/name_m]

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Ooh so many fabulous names!
I have just two to add:
[name_m]Sylvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Llewellyn[/name_m]

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I know exactly what type of name you mean, you may be interested in a similar thread I started a while ago- it has some great suggestions on it:

[name_u]Love[/name_u] the suggestion of [name_m]Rembrandt[/name_m]- that would add something special to almost any first name!

[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Darius[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Tiberius[/name_m]
[name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_m]Marcellus[/name_m]
[name_m]Silvius[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Lemuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexei[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnabas[/name_m]
[name_m]Gulliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Ludovic[/name_m]
Barthélemy
[name_m]Heinrich[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Columbus[/name_m]
[name_m]Randolph[/name_m]
Gregoire
[name_m]Alfredo[/name_m]
[name_m]Rodolfo[/name_m]
Carnegie
[name_m]Dunstan[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonius[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Massimo[/name_m]
[name_m]Friedrich[/name_m]
[name_m]Gustav[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]

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I tried not to repeat anything I’ve seen here already, but I may have overlapped a few. I don’t know many [name_m]Saint[/name_m] names but I did “star” the Biblical reference or particularly [name_m]Christian[/name_m] meaning names. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] you find some inspiration!

[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
Irenaeus* (he studied under Polycarp)
Blakeny
[name_m]Armand[/name_m] (these two for the Pimpernel references)
[name_m]Atlas[/name_m]
[name_m]Apollo[/name_m]
[name_m]Apollos[/name_m]*
[name_m]Ragnar[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_m]Inigo[/name_m]
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u]
[name_u]Ira[/name_u]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m]*
Orpheo
[name_m]Orpheus[/name_m]
[name_m]Gawain[/name_m]
[name_m]Sherwood[/name_m]
[name_m]Dmitri[/name_m]
Spiridon
[name_m]Acacius[/name_m]
Brannoc
[name_m]Quixote[/name_m]
[name_m]Giles[/name_m]
Kentigern
[name_m]Madoc[/name_m]
Odilo
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]*
[name_m]Diggory[/name_m]
[name_m]Cagney[/name_m]
[name_u]Carbry[/name_u]
[name_m]Lazarus[/name_m]*
[name_m]Rutherford[/name_m]
[name_m]Remington[/name_m]
Isarno
[name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]
Rigoletto
[name_m]Hawthorn[/name_m]
[name_m]Raoul[/name_m]
Radagund
Ribaldi
[name_m]Cyrano[/name_m]
[name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m]
[name_m]Rurik[/name_m]
Vangelis*
Allistair
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Anatole[/name_m]
[name_m]Altair[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivor[/name_m]
[name_m]Hezekiah[/name_m]*
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_f]Afton[/name_f]
[name_f]Aquila[/name_f]*
Aquilas
[name_u]Rigel[/name_u]
[name_m]Sirius[/name_m]
[name_m]Dietrich[/name_m]
[name_m]Tor[/name_m]
[name_m]Thor[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulrich[/name_m]
[name_m]Vittorio[/name_m]
[name_u]Winslow[/name_u]
[name_m]Xerxes[/name_m]
[name_m]Zebedee[/name_m]*
Zimri
Zosimus
[name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m]
[name_m]Orazio[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorenz[/name_m]
Valko
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
[name_u]Cerulean[/name_u]
[name_m]Ciprian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cipriano[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]
[name_m]Colm[/name_m]
[name_m]Perseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m]*
[name_m]Artemus[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m]
Rostrik
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Theophilus[/name_m]*
Onesimus*
Bartelemy
[name_u]Alexios[/name_u]
[name_m]Caruso[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Thoreau[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]*
[name_m]Salvador[/name_m]*