Rare Boy Names: What's Your Score?

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The boys’ version of our rare name challenge is up on the blog today!

Tell us your score, and share your favourite new discoveries below!

  • 0-20
  • 21-50
  • 51-100
  • 101-136

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I had not expected a really high score, compared to the girls since I do not actively search boy names, but I was surprised! There are definitely many I didn’t know, and I am in love with [name_m]Zahi[/name_m], [name_m]Ishmerai[/name_m] & [name_m]Istrael[/name_m].

I knew:

  1. [name_m]Alvary[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Chiron[/name_m]
  3. [name_m]Deverell[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Elidor[/name_m]
  5. [name_u]Eztli[/name_u]
  6. [name_m]Fenmore[/name_m]
  7. [name_m]Figueroa[/name_m]
  8. [name_m]Hideki[/name_m]
  9. [name_u]Merivale[/name_u]
  10. [name_m]Narain[/name_m]
  11. [name_u]Ophir[/name_u]
  12. [name_m]Ozran[/name_m]
  13. [name_m]Parvan[/name_m]
  14. [name_m]Pellias[/name_m]
  15. [name_u]Sansar[/name_u]
  16. [name_u]Razi[/name_u]
  17. [name_m]Shyam[/name_m]
  18. [name_m]Sikandar[/name_m]
  19. [name_u]Tabassum[/name_u] - I have only ever seen it being used for girls though.
  20. [name_m]Viorel[/name_m]
  21. [name_u]Yuvi[/name_u]
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I’ve heard of:

  1. [name_m]Almund[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Balzo[/name_m]
  3. [name_m]Bayo[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Bezai[/name_m]
  5. [name_m]Chiron[/name_m]
  6. [name_m]Derwyn[/name_m]
  7. [name_m]Deverell[/name_m]
  8. [name_m]Ekela[/name_m]
  9. [name_m]Elidor[/name_m]
  10. [name_u]Esker[/name_u]
  11. [name_m]Fenmore[/name_m]
  12. [name_m]Gorou[/name_m]
  13. [name_m]Jabin[/name_m]
  14. [name_m]Joriel[/name_m]
  15. [name_u]Merivale[/name_u]
  16. [name_m]Mory[/name_m]
  17. [name_u]Ophir[/name_u]
  18. [name_m]Parvan[/name_m]
  19. [name_m]Ozran[/name_m]
  20. [name_u]Razi[/name_u]
  21. [name_m]Wyllow[/name_m]
  22. [name_m]Zimran[/name_m]

And some new discoveries that I really like:

[name_m]Alvary[/name_m] - so cool
[name_m]Zahi[/name_m]
[name_m]Cordian[/name_m]
[name_m]Galehaut[/name_m] (I still prefer [name_m]Galahad[/name_m], but this is kinda cool)
[name_m]Ishmerai[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenver[/name_m]
[name_m]Judoc[/name_m]
[name_m]Kalevi[/name_m]
[name_m]Rauno[/name_m] (this is so cool!)
[name_m]Sybren[/name_m]
[name_m]Tamarack[/name_m]

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Only eleven for me!

I knew:

  1. [name_m]Chiron[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Elidor[/name_m]
  3. [name_u]Gavi[/name_u]
  4. [name_m]Haneul[/name_m]
  5. [name_m]Okello[/name_m]
  6. [name_u]Ophir[/name_u]
  7. [name_m]Sanjiro[/name_m]
  8. [name_m]Tamarack[/name_m] (I actually had [name_u]Levi[/name_u] [name_m]Tamarack[/name_m] on my list back in the day!)
  9. [name_m]Unai[/name_m]
  10. [name_m]Xenophon[/name_m]
  11. [name_m]Xoel[/name_m]

I’ve seen [name_m]Figueroa[/name_m] as a surname a lot, but I figured that doesn’t count :sweat_smile:

And [name_m]Jaska[/name_m] is my favorite new discovery from the list! :heart_eyes:

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I was only really familiar with Hideki & Makoto! (I know the meanings and even namesakes behind them and know how to write them, I learned Japanese.)

I know about Mayeul, and Merivale but I am not sure of their meanings, but I am somehow familiar with them so I say 2-4

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1 [name_u]Addax[/name_u]
2 [name_m]Batuhan[/name_m] (super common where I live)
3 [name_m]Derwyn[/name_m]
4 [name_m]Elidor[/name_m]
5 [name_m]Figueroa[/name_m]
6 [name_u]Gavi[/name_u]
7 [name_m]Joriel[/name_m]
8 [name_m]Lautaro[/name_m] (it’s on my GP list!)
9 [name_m]Mory[/name_m]
10 [name_u]Ophir[/name_u]
11 [name_u]Razi[/name_u]
12 [name_m]Romaric[/name_m]
13 [name_m]Ulvi[/name_m]
14 [name_u]Vesa[/name_u]
15 [name_m]Wyllow[/name_m]
16 [name_m]Xenophon[/name_m]
17 [name_m]Yvain[/name_m]

Not as many as the girls one!

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i was way overconfident :joy: i gave up on the score when i realized i wouldn’t complete two hands of names i knew.

i did discover haneul was already in the NB namebank though, which <3

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i knew: addax, chiron, esker, figueroa, galo, gavi, lautaro (very common where i live), rivo, romaric, xurxo, yvain, zimran

i loved!: deverell, diallo, fenmore, firmilien :heart_eyes:, ianu :heart_eyes:, judoc, naos :heart_eyes:, taisto

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I knew 19, which is less than the girls’ post but still higher than I was expecting!

I’m loving [name_m]Ahuli[/name_m], [name_m]Elidor[/name_m], [name_u]Esker[/name_u], [name_u]Gavi[/name_u], [name_m]Jaska[/name_m], [name_m]Kenver[/name_m], [name_m]Leobin[/name_m], [name_m]Nicabar[/name_m], [name_m]Rupheo[/name_m] and Sikander :white_heart: