Like Arthur but less popular?

I love the name [name_m]Arthur[/name_m]. It’s vintage “grandpa-chic” plus the added bonus of the connection to [name_m]King[/name_m] [name_m]Arthur[/name_m].

Unfortunately, it’s popularity has skyrocketed over here in the UK, it’s at number 7 now and I think it could even be number 1 in a few years. It seems like everywhere you look there’s a baby [name_m]Arthur[/name_m].

This is where I come to you. What names do you think evoke the same feelings as [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], without the super-popularity? It can be a similar sound, or just the same kind of vibe.

[name_f]Tia[/name_f]!

Some names that come to mind:
[name_m]Archer[/name_m] (although this one might get more popular because of [name_m]Archie[/name_m])
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]

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[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Alvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Orson[/name_m]
[name_m]Baxter[/name_m]
[name_m]Artie[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_m]Saul[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m]

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I really love [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] but have the same problem! Some other options:
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]/[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Gawain[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Owain[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
Uther ([name_m]King[/name_m] [name_m]Arthur[/name_m]’s dad)

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[name_m]Ares[/name_m]
[name_u]Artis[/name_u]
[name_m]Arto[/name_m]
[name_m]Artus[/name_m]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_m]Merlin[/name_m]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Regis[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]

[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Elvis[/name_m]
[name_m]Erwin[/name_m]
[name_u]Harley[/name_u]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Irving[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u]
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Randolph[/name_m]
[name_m]Stewart[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulric[/name_m]

I think [name_m]Clarence[/name_m] has that feeling.

[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]

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[name_m]Peter[/name_m] came to mind first.

[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]

[name_m]Roger[/name_m], [name_m]Ralph[/name_m], [name_m]Alan[/name_m], [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] are good suggestions.

[name_u]Asher[/name_u]
[name_m]Alvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Harold[/name_m]
[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_m]Elmer[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Arnold[/name_m]

[name_m]How[/name_m] about…

[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Fred[/name_m]/[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Martin[/name_m] or [name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]

[name_u]Love[/name_u] the suggestion of [name_m]Peter[/name_m].