Uncommon strong and not weird boy names

Boy Names
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My husband and I are trying for baby #2 and as a name obsessed person it bothers me that I have [name_m]ZERO[/name_m] boy names that I love.

My criteria makes it hard. I want a name that is strong and uncommon (not in the top 400). But I’m afraid of “trendy” names (ones that spike for a short time before becoming virtually unused) and of my name being ridiculed behind closed doors. I have many guilty pleasure names, but I can’t picture them on a resume. I also like a lot of names but I don’t love any of them and cannot picture them on my future son. sigh

Names I like but are NOT the one:

[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m]
[name_m]Edison[/name_m]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_m]Wyatt[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Elijah[/name_m]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_m]Quentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnegan[/name_m]
[name_m]Weston[/name_m]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]

My daughter’ name is [name_f]Nova[/name_f].

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Your style is so varied—I love it! But I’m sure it’s tough to find a name you love as much as your daughter’s. Here are some ideas that I hope fit your criteria, inspired by the names on your list. All are outside the top 400.

[name_u]Alden[/name_u]
[name_m]Alec[/name_m]
[name_m]Amon[/name_m]
[name_m]Boone[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Crosby[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Gibson[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Rocco[/name_m]
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_m]Wiley[/name_m]/[name_u]Wylie[/name_u]

3

So many lovely names you have there! It’s hard to imagine suggesting names you haven’t thought of, as you seem to have covered a lot of ground, but I’ll try!
My first thought was [name_m]Robinson[/name_m]. I absolutely love this name, very uncommon and unexpected but yet a recognizable name. A few more…
[name_f]Nova[/name_f] &
[name_m]Apollo[/name_m]
[name_m]Bodhi[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Draco[/name_m]
[name_m]Fraser[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Indio[/name_m]
[name_m]Kane[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m] (too common maybe?)
[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m]
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u]
[name_m]Odin[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u]
[name_u]Rio[/name_u]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m] (this one also is up in the 100s on the popularity list…)
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_u]Sinclair[/name_u]
[name_m]Thor[/name_m]
[name_m]Valor[/name_m]

4

[name_m]Ramsey[/name_m]. It’s not in the top 1000, has never been higher than the 800’s, but is familiar enough to not be made fun of. I think of it as a really good looking and sounding name.

5

[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Holt[/name_m]
[name_m]Zeke[/name_m]

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First off, I love your style! There are so many names in your list that I love too; [name_m]Finnegan[/name_m] and [name_m]Alaric[/name_m] are probably in my top 10 atm. My first thought for you was [name_u]Robin[/name_u], but maybe you wouldn’t think of that as masculine if [name_f]Robyn[/name_f]'s your middle name (as your user name suggests). Like suggestion of [name_m]Robinson[/name_m].

Other suggestions below. I’m afraid I don’t know much about general popularity standings outside of the top 50 or so, and consequently some, like [name_m]Declan[/name_m], may be too popular for you.

[name_f]Nova[/name_f] &

[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]*
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]*
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]*
Theofric / [name_m]Theodoric[/name_m]
[name_m]Altair[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m] / [name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_m]Judah[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Quillan[/name_m]*
[name_m]Jarvis[/name_m] / [name_m]Jethro[/name_m]*
[name_m]Seamus[/name_m] ([name_u]SHAY[/name_u]-mus)
[name_m]Declan[/name_m] / [name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_m]Eliezer[/name_m]* / [name_m]Eleazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Arnold[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]*
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m] / [name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Carew[/name_m]
[name_m]Thackeray[/name_m]*
[name_m]Montague[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_u]Rigel[/name_u]*
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_u]Logan[/name_u] / [name_m]Lorcan[/name_m] / [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]
[name_m]Peder[/name_m] (not Peter)
[name_m]Humphrey[/name_m]*
[name_m]Arran[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]*
[name_m]Otto[/name_m] / [name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Amadeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Matteo[/name_m] / [name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronald[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m] / [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m]
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] / [name_u]Nico[/name_u]

[name_m]Altair[/name_m] is the name of a star, so would make a cute cosmic theme with [name_f]Nova[/name_f]. I love the sibset [name_f]Nova[/name_f] & [name_m]Quillan[/name_m], and [name_f]Nova[/name_f] & [name_m]Magnus[/name_m] is pretty amazing too.

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Hubby and I are in a similar boat, in the end I just had to let go a little on the uniqueness, we were not finding anything in the “uncommon” range we agreed on. I love [name_f]Nova[/name_f] as well. You can try looking at Shakespearean names, as I feel lots of those are known but not common.

[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_m]Luther[/name_m]
[name_m]Ramsey[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_u]Kieran[/name_u]
[name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]

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[name_m]Abner[/name_m]
[name_u]Alden[/name_u]
[name_m]Alois[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Anderson[/name_m]
[name_m]Axel[/name_m]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_u]Blaise[/name_u]
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Dante[/name_m]
[name_m]Darvin[/name_m]
[name_u]Denver[/name_u]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Elam[/name_m]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]
[name_u]Emory[/name_u]
[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m]
[name_m]Erasmus[/name_m]
[name_m]Errol[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Finley[/name_u]
[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrett[/name_m]
[name_f]Garland[/name_f]
[name_m]Godfrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignacio[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidro[/name_m]
[name_m]Kalvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Killian[/name_m]
[name_m]Landon[/name_m]
[name_u]Larkin[/name_u]
[name_m]Lars[/name_m]
[name_u]Leland[/name_u]
[name_m]Lemuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Linwood[/name_m]
[name_m]Llewellyn[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcellus[/name_m]
[name_u]Mart[/name_u]
[name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Sol[/name_m]
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Watson[/name_m]
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_m]Weston[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]

It is a long list but I think you may find a name you like?

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[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Bodhi[/name_m]
[name_m]Callum[/name_m]
[name_u]Colby[/name_u]
[name_m]Eamon[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_u]Emory[/name_u]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]

10

My first thought was [name_u]Flynn[/name_u]. Also maybe…

[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m]
[name_m]Kane[/name_m]
[name_m]Thatcher[/name_m]
[name_m]Shepard[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Valor[/name_m]
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m]

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There are some great suggestions here! I like [name_m]Ramsey[/name_m], [name_u]Ellis[/name_u], [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_m]Ezra[/name_m], [name_m]Killian[/name_m], [name_m]Wesley[/name_m], and a few others…but Hm…still haven’t found any I absolutely see on a future baby boy. Ugh…why does this have to be so hard?!