Favorite Boy Names

[EnidOphelia]

What are your top 10 boy names that are not common names such as [name_m]William[/name_m], [name_m]Robert[/name_m], or [name_m]Richard[/name_m]?

[EagleEyes]

[name_f]My[/name_f] very favorite boys name is [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], but that definitely falls into the common names category! In fact, most of my boys names are pretty common classics

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites that aren’t quite as common:

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1. [name_m]Everett[/name_m]
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2. [name_m]Rylan[/name_m]
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3. [name_m]Eben[/name_m]
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4. [name_f]Riley[/name_f]
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5. [name_m]Averill[/name_m]
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6. [name_m]Emerick[/name_m]
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7. [name_m]Casey[/name_m]
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8. [name_m]Lowen[/name_m]
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9. [name_m]Darragh[/name_m]
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10. [name_m]Truett[/name_m]
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[love.endures]

I wasn’t sure how unique I should go with this list. These are all names that I would personally be open to using as firsts [name_f][/name_f] [name_f]My[/name_f] husband has definitely vetoed a couple though lol

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[name_m]Zebedee[/name_m]

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[name_m]Amias[/name_m]

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[name_m]Hawthorn[/name_m]

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[name_m]Moses[/name_m]

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[name_m]Elwood[/name_m]

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[name_m]Barley[/name_m]

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[name_m]Sampson[/name_m]

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[name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m]

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[name_m]Woodrow[/name_m]

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[name_m]Shilah[/name_m]

[ashthedreamer]

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1. [name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
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2. [name_m]Aquila[/name_m]
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3. [name_m]Boaz[/name_m]
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4. [name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
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5. [name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
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6. [name_m]Amias[/name_m]
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7. [name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
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8. [name_m]Soren[/name_m]
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9. [name_m]Asa[/name_m]
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10. [name_m]Rafe[/name_m]
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Honorable mentions to [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m], Ben-Ami, and [name_m]Tobias[/name_m]! [name_f][/name_f]

[DandelionQueen]

Mine are all over the place lol.

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1. [name_m]Ephraim[/name_m]
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2. [name_m]Romaric[/name_m]
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3. [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]
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4. [name_m]Dante[/name_m]
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5. [name_m]Roscoe[/name_m]
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6. [name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
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7. [name_m]Sholto[/name_m]
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8. Clement/Klement
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9. [name_m]Elias[/name_m]
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10. [name_m]Caio[/name_m]
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[GinnyPotter]

I don’t really know how unique it should be, but making an attempt [name_f][/name_f]-

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1. Adélard
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2. [name_m]Llewellyn[/name_m]
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3. [name_m]Valentin[/name_m]
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4. [name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
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5. Éamon
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6. Æthelstan
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7. [name_m]Rosario[/name_m]
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8. [name_m]Reuel[/name_m]
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9. [name_m]Lior[/name_m]
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10. [name_m]Noël[/name_m] (noh [name_f][/name_f]- el)
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There’s also more vintage/dated names [name_f][/name_f]- [name_m]Cecil[/name_m], [name_m]Gerard[/name_m], [name_m]Leonard[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]- and [name_m]Gavin[/name_m], which is technically popular, but I never hear it.

[Greyblue]

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1. [name_m]Sholto[/name_m]
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2. [name_m]Taliesin[/name_m]
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3. [name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
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4. [name_m]Ozias[/name_m]
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5. [name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
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6. [name_m]Caedmon[/name_m]
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7. [name_m]Keats[/name_m]
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8. [name_m]Nai[/name_m]
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9. [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
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10. [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
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[miloowen]

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1. [name_m]Alasdair[/name_m]
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2. [name_m]Giles[/name_m]
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3. [name_m]Geraint[/name_m]
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4. [name_m]Ivor[/name_m]
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5. [name_m]Avner[/name_m]
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6. Alfric
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7. [name_m]Dov[/name_m]
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8. [name_m]Adiel[/name_m]
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9. [name_m]Gidon[/name_m]
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10. [name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
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[atomicginge]

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1. [name_m]Tadhg[/name_m]
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2. [name_m]Caolán[/name_m]
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3. [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]
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4. [name_m]Fletcher[/name_m]
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5. [name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
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6. [name_m]Douglas[/name_m]
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7. [name_m]Cian[/name_m]
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8. [name_m]Conor[/name_m]
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9. [name_m]Declan[/name_m]
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10. [name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
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[EdgeOfTheMeadow]

10 ‘unusuals’ I love are:
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Dalziel[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Breccan[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Kasimir[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Dacre[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Arley[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Leotis[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]

[mololy]

Not sure if [name_m]Jack[/name_m] or [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] count as common nowadays so I’ll leave those out

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1. [name_m]Clifford[/name_m]
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2. [name_m]Kit[/name_m]
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3. [name_m]Sullivan[/name_m]
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4. [name_m]Milo[/name_m]
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5. [name_m]Jude[/name_m]
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6. [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
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7. [name_m]Klaus[/name_m]
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8. [name_m]Felix[/name_m]
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9. [name_m]Bastien[/name_m] / [name_m]Bastian[/name_m]
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10. [name_m]Quinten[/name_m]
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Honorable mentions: [name_m]Jesper[/name_m], [name_m]Boone[/name_m], and [name_m]Jesse[/name_m]

[ellerbea]

[name_m]Claude[/name_m]

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[name_m]Cedar[/name_m]

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[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]

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[name_m]Dante[/name_m]

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[name_m]Kenelm[/name_m]

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[name_m]Ralph[/name_m] / [name_m]Ralphie[/name_m]

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[name_m]Rudy[/name_m]

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[name_m]Linus[/name_m]

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[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]

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[name_f]Harper[/name_f]

[sammaegre]

Most of my boy’s list is really boring but the more unsual picks are:
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Alistair[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Octavian[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]

[winterara]

I don’t have an actually organized top 10 for any of my names, so in no particular preferred order:

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[name_m]Booker[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Cade[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Casey[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Elliot[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Jameson[/name_m] (“Jamie”)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Jesse[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Nikolai[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Sky[/name_m]

[persephonescrown]

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1. [name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
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2. [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
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3. [name_m]Hart[/name_m]
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4. [name_m]Marinell[/name_m]
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5. [name_m]Bonaventure[/name_m]
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6. [name_m]Valentine[/name_m]
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7. [name_m]Orlando[/name_m]
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8. [name_m]Somerled[/name_m]
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9. [name_m]Alberic[/name_m]
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10. [name_m]Florizel[/name_m]
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[benton_s_mama]

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1. [name_f]Journey[/name_f]
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2. [name_m]Forest[/name_m]
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3. [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
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4. [name_m]Sonder[/name_m]
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5. [name_m]Casper[/name_m]
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6. [name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
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7. [name_m]Cypress[/name_m]
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8. [name_m]Kipling[/name_m]
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9. [name_m]Noble[/name_m]
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10. [name_m]Sterling[/name_m]
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[namer_gamer]

[name_m]Enzo[/name_m]

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[name_m]Theo[/name_m]

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[name_m]Zion[/name_m]

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[name_m]Otto[/name_m]

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[name_m]Levi[/name_m]

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[name_m]Pax[/name_m]

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[name_m]Nelson[/name_m]

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[name_m]Oslo[/name_m]

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[name_m]Jones[/name_m]

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[name_m]Ever[/name_m]

[KayHarlow]

[name_m]Kit[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Roman[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Flynn[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Penn[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Elio[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Sander[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Wren[/name_f]