šŸ¹ ā€˜medium rareā€™ boy names!

Hi folks, it has been SO LONG since Iā€™ve made my own post on here or even been around regularly, so, hello! :two_hearts::two_hearts::two_hearts:

What Iā€™m looking for today is names which are in a nice happy medium zone between popular/familiar, and rare/ā€˜out thereā€™ - but probably a bit closer to the rare/ā€˜out thereā€™ end of the spectrum.

So for a girls example, I love Tabitha, Daphne and Pandora which (in England) are neither top of the charts nor bottom of the charts, and theyā€™re not super weird but also not super expected. Like theyā€™re not Sophie or Olivia, but theyā€™re also not Altalune or Quitterie, yā€™know?

What Iā€™m interested in, is which boys names would sit in this sweet spot for you? I find this much more difficult for boys than girls for some reason, it seems like they are much more split between familiar and weird with less of this middle ground. Maybe thatā€™s just me!

Obviously itā€™s going to be a bit subjective, donā€™t worry too much about the data/charts etc, just go with the vibes. What is a ā€˜medium rareā€™ boy name, to you?

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I love this definition!

[name_m]Barrett[/name_m]
[name_f]Charley[/name_f]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Egan[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Grady[/name_m]
[name_m]Hayes[/name_m]
[name_m]Jakob[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]
[name_m]Jones[/name_m]
[name_m]Lemuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Myles[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Nigel[/name_m]
[name_m]Rory[/name_m]
[name_m]Webb[/name_m]

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Some familiar yet unusual boy names I like:

[name_m]Orson[/name_m]
[name_m]Ace[/name_m]
[name_m]Agustin[/name_m]
[name_f]Aza[/name_f]
[name_m]Banning[/name_m]
[name_m]Charlton[/name_m]
[name_m]Carmichael[/name_m]
[name_m]Lino[/name_m]
[name_m]Croix[/name_m]
[name_m]Granger[/name_m]
[name_m]Jago[/name_m]
[name_m]Juliusz[/name_m]
[name_m]Jolyon[/name_m]
[name_m]Laszlo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ludo[/name_m]
[name_m]Moritz[/name_m]
[name_m]Noam[/name_m]
[name_m]Sabin[/name_m]
[name_m]Sinjin[/name_m]
[name_m]Gardner[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezer[/name_m]
[name_m]Matz[/name_m]
[name_m]Drexel[/name_m]
[name_m]Lelio[/name_m]
[name_m]Denarius[/name_m]
[name_m]Catesby[/name_m]
[name_f]Binx[/name_f]
[name_m]Aero[/name_m]

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[name_f]My[/name_f] first thoughts were [name_m]Dario[/name_m], [name_m]Evander[/name_m], [name_m]Lysander[/name_m], [name_m]Aloysius[/name_m], [name_m]Oswin[/name_m] and [name_m]Silas[/name_m].

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Okay these could be totally missing the mark (especially since Iā€™m not from England) but how aboutā€¦
[name_m]Eben[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Montague[/name_m]
[name_m]Lionel[/name_m]
[name_m]Olivier[/name_m]
[name_m]Roscoe[/name_m]
[name_m]Apollo[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ames[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m] / [name_m]Anselm[/name_m]
[name_m]Warner[/name_m]
[name_m]Oberon[/name_m]
[name_m]Orion[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]

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Hmm

Youā€™ve had so many lovely suggestions but I wanted to partake with some ideas! Please count any repeats as me being in agreement with the berries

Ambrose
Dashiell
Rafferty
Solomon
Abraham
Somerled
Philemon
Gideon
Nehemiah
Robin
Malachi
Edmund
Leopold
Peregrine
Ames
Wilfred
Wells
Leopold
Quintin
Jonas
Otto
Rowan
Crispin
Montgomery
Lazarus
Cormac
Benedict
Magnus
Apollo
Atlas

Hope this helps

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I love your girls name options, I think we have very similar taste!
Any repeats also count as extra votes!

[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] ā€˜Teddyā€™ - now this one is actually very popular in the UK, however felt it needed a mention because it feels very in keeping with your girls names and although I teach one every year, Iā€™ve never had multiple in one class. Theyā€™re always the most gorgeous children too!

Rare but familiar:
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m] ā€˜Montyā€™
[name_m]Percival[/name_m] ā€˜Percyā€™
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Eric[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Lochlan[/name_m] ā€˜Lockyā€™
[name_m]Jensen[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Elias[/name_m]
Miles/Milo
[name_m]Elijah[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Florian[/name_m] ā€˜Flynnā€™
[name_m]Orson[/name_m]
[name_m]Spencer[/name_m]
[name_m]Reid[/name_m]
[name_m]Elwood[/name_m]
[name_m]Douglas[/name_m]
[name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]
[name_m]Asa[/name_m]

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ā€˜Medium rareā€™ is a great way to describe it!

I think for me, itā€™s a name that Iā€™ve met at least one person with, but not a whole host of them or a name that sounds ā€˜close enoughā€™ to a more popular name that it doesnā€™t seem out of place?

[name_m]Tristan[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Robin[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]August[/name_m]
[name_m]Artan[/name_m]
[name_m]Everett[/name_m]
[name_m]Nevan[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m]
[name_m]Taran[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rodge[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m]
[name_m]Montague[/name_m]
[name_m]Keegan[/name_m]

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Iā€™m going to second/third [name_m]Robin[/name_m] - the reaction we tend to get is along the lines of ā€œoh, [name_m]Robin[/name_m]! I donā€™t hear that very oftenā€ which seems about right for a medium rare name. :smiling_face:

Some other ideas (apologies for any repeats):

[name_m]Griffin[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Miles[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Flynn[/name_m]
[name_m]Ewan[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Dorian[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m]
[name_m]Oran[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m] (as opposed to just Alfie!)
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m] / [name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Layton[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m]
[name_m]Orson[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurence[/name_m]
[name_m]August[/name_m]
[name_f]Aubrey[/name_f]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m]

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@somemelodioussonnet thank you! [name_f]My[/name_f] favourites here are [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] (thereā€™s something about a [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] nn Nat!), [name_m]Marcus[/name_m], and [name_m]Rory[/name_m]!

@AerieEerie thanks so much, Iā€™m loving [name_m]Orson[/name_m], [name_m]Augustin[/name_m] (!!), [name_m]Jago[/name_m] and [name_m]Catesby[/name_m]!

@TrulyBrilliant Iā€™m such a [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] fan and I really like [name_m]Oswin[/name_m] and [name_m]Aloysius[/name_m] too!

@EagleEyes not missing the mark at all, these are great! [name_f]My[/name_f] favourites are [name_m]Benedict[/name_m], [name_m]Lionel[/name_m], [name_m]Apollo[/name_m], [name_m]Cosmo[/name_m], [name_m]Oberon[/name_m], [name_m]Orion[/name_m], and [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] :heart:

@tori101 big love for [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m], [name_m]Somerled[/name_m], [name_m]Robin[/name_m], [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m], [name_m]Crispin[/name_m], [name_m]Benedict[/name_m], [name_m]Apollo[/name_m], and [name_m]Atlas[/name_m]! So many on my list here, Iā€™m glad to see them appreciated and that someone else sees them in this sweet spot :grin:

@Hello1 ah thank you! I do love [name_m]Teddy[/name_m] so much, although thereā€™s a little [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] ā€˜Theoā€™ in my close circle already so Iā€™m not sure I can consider him seriously. Iā€™d probably go for an [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] ā€˜Teddyā€™ instead if I was going to use the nickname. Itā€™s so interesting to hear from a teacher though, you must really see the big picture when it comes to names. Absolutely loving [name_m]Percival[/name_m], [name_m]Cedric[/name_m], [name_m]Jasper[/name_m], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Florian[/name_m] and [name_m]Rupert[/name_m]!

@Greyblue wonderful suggestions, I love [name_m]Tristan[/name_m], [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Robin[/name_m], [name_m]August[/name_m], [name_m]Bram[/name_m], [name_m]Rufus[/name_m] especially!

@Luminen ohhhh [name_m]Robin[/name_m] is my absolute favourite boy name of all time but it doesnā€™t work with my surname :weary::weary::weary: so Iā€™ve had to try to forget about him. So sad. I might be able to get him in the middle somewhere. But ugh, wonderful wonderful name :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: I also really like [name_m]Oscar[/name_m], [name_m]Frederick[/name_m], [name_m]Sylvan[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_m]Rupert[/name_m], [name_m]August[/name_m] and [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]!

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I canā€™t help but commentā€¦ Steak :cut_of_meat:

sorry not sorry

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[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_m]Moses[/name_m]
[name_m]Whitaker[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Haddon[/name_m]
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m]

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[name_m]Hi[/name_m] itā€™s so lovely to see you again! Apologies for any repeats, but a few that springs to mind for meā€¦: [name_m]Percy[/name_m], [name_m]Everett[/name_m], [name_m]Francis[/name_m], [name_m]Laurence[/name_m], [name_m]Jameson[/name_m], [name_m]Lionel[/name_m], [name_m]Emmett[/name_m], [name_m]Ivan[/name_m], [name_m]Ivo[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Vincent[/name_m], [name_m]Abel[/name_m], [name_m]Victor[/name_m], [name_m]Evander[/name_m], [name_m]Tate[/name_m] (although I expect this one may go spiralling down the charts sadly), [name_m]Ronan[/name_m], [name_m]Walter[/name_m], [name_m]Malcolm[/name_m], [name_m]Reece[/name_m], [name_m]Julius[/name_m], [name_m]Raymond[/name_m], [name_f]Marlowe[/name_f], [name_m]Franklin[/name_m], [name_m]Keiran[/name_m], [name_m]Lucian[/name_m], [name_m]Roland[/name_m] & [name_m]Dorian[/name_m].

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sorry for repeats!

[name_m]Cyprus[/name_m]
[name_m]Jesper[/name_m]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Quincy[/name_m]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Clifford[/name_m]
[name_m]Zeke[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonah[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Meriadoc[/name_m]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Ren[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Finch[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Jory[/name_m]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Grover[/name_m]

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@danilib ahh love [name_m]Benedict[/name_m], [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] (though my other half is not a fan) and [name_m]Abraham[/name_m] :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

:smiling_face_with_three_hearts::kissing_heart: thatā€™s so sweet, thank you. You too! [name_m]Percy[/name_m], [name_m]Lionel[/name_m], [name_f]Marlowe[/name_f], [name_m]Roland[/name_m] and [name_m]Dorian[/name_m] are lovely. Especially love [name_m]Roland[/name_m] nn Roly :heart_eyes:

@mololy thanks! I love [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m], [name_m]Edgar[/name_m], [name_m]Meriadoc[/name_m] (thereā€™s another world in which I have both a [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] and a [name_m]Meriadoc[/name_m] for sure :sweat_smile:), and [name_m]Oswald[/name_m]!

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I love these kind of names too! Here are some I would consider medium-rare (aka familiar but uncommonā€¦) Sorry for any likely repeats!

[name_m]Angelo[/name_m]
[name_m]Antoine[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m]
[name_m]Ari[/name_m]
[name_m]Blaine[/name_m]
[name_m]Blaise[/name_m]
[name_m]Brennan[/name_m]
[name_m]Bronson[/name_m]
[name_m]Bryant[/name_m]
[name_m]Carlo[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Chandler[/name_m]
[name_m]Channing[/name_m]
[name_m]Clark[/name_m] / [name_f]Clarke[/name_f]
[name_m]Clay[/name_m]
[name_m]Clint[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Corbin[/name_m]
[name_m]Dalton[/name_m]
[name_m]Dane[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Davis[/name_m]
[name_m]Destin[/name_m]
[name_m]Fabian[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnegan[/name_m]
[name_m]Fisher[/name_m]
[name_m]Flynn[/name_m]
[name_m]Forrest[/name_m] / [name_m]Forest[/name_m]
[name_m]Gannon[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrison[/name_m]
[name_m]Gino[/name_m]
[name_m]Gordon[/name_m]
[name_m]Griffith[/name_m]
[name_m]Guy[/name_m]
[name_m]Heath[/name_m]
[name_f]Hollis[/name_f]
[name_m]Irvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Judd[/name_m]
[name_m]Keaton[/name_m]
[name_m]Kellan[/name_m] / [name_m]Kellen[/name_m]
[name_m]Kent[/name_m]
[name_m]Lance[/name_m]
[name_m]Lane[/name_m] / [name_f]Layne[/name_f]
[name_m]Lars[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonidas[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Lyndon[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcel[/name_m]
[name_m]Marco[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
[name_m]Orlando[/name_m]
[name_m]Perry[/name_m]
[name_m]Pierce[/name_m]
[name_m]Pierre[/name_m]
[name_f]Quinn[/name_f]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Reid[/name_m] / [name_m]Reed[/name_m]
[name_m]Rene[/name_m]
[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_m]Ross[/name_m]
[name_m]Roy[/name_m]
[name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_f]Shea[/name_f] / [name_f]Shay[/name_f]
[name_m]Sidney[/name_m]
[name_f]Skyler[/name_f] / [name_f]Skylar[/name_f]
[name_m]Stefan[/name_m] / [name_m]Stefano[/name_m]
[name_f]Teagan[/name_f]
[name_m]Trent[/name_m]
[name_m]Tripp[/name_m]
[name_m]Valentino[/name_m]
[name_m]Vance[/name_m]
[name_m]Vaughn[/name_m]
[name_m]Wade[/name_m]
[name_m]Warren[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilson[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]

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Wow thank you for such a lovely long list!

[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] (a Shakespearean favourite), [name_m]Casper[/name_m], [name_m]Cedric[/name_m], [name_m]Fabian[/name_m], [name_m]Forest[/name_m], [name_m]Gordon[/name_m] (SO underrated), [name_m]Leonidas[/name_m], [name_m]Orlando[/name_m], [name_m]Sidney[/name_m], [name_m]Valentino[/name_m], and [name_m]Zachariah[/name_m] are fantastic choices :grin:

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