What are your GP most adventurous boy names?

I’m needing some serious inspiration. Can’t find any boy names that I love and I tend to love out there names, and adventurous names by conventional standards.
Please help me by listing some fun and funky, yet masculine names and perhaps one of them will lead me to something I love :slight_smile:

The craziest from my list include:
[name_m]Bonaventure[/name_m]
[name_m]Endymion[/name_m]
[name_m]Cove[/name_m]
[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
[name_m]Ibsen[/name_m]
[name_m]Calix[/name_m]
[name_u]Sailor[/name_u]
[name_u]Sinclair[/name_u]
Linnaeus
[name_m]Octavius[/name_m]
[name_m]Shem[/name_m]

My most out there are:
[name_m]Zebulon[/name_m] ([name_m]Zeb[/name_m])
[name_m]Anchor[/name_m]
[name_u]Harbor[/name_u]
[name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cross[/name_m]
[name_u]Lyric[/name_u]
[name_m]Fox[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
Ilius
[name_u]Roan[/name_u]
[name_m]Leviticus[/name_m]
Mariner
[name_m]Pilot[/name_m]
[name_m]Wright[/name_m]
[name_m]Zebedee[/name_m]

[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
[name_m]Heron[/name_m]
[name_u]Sequoia[/name_u]
[name_m]Fox[/name_m]
[name_m]Valentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Nemo[/name_m]
[name_u]Verne[/name_u]
Arrakis
[name_m]Leviticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Homeros[/name_m]
[name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m]
[name_u]Merritt[/name_u]

Oh, let’s see…from my list:

I have a serious case on Joscelin/[name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f] at the moment, but the problem with [name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f] is that it’s not masculine to American ears any more, so that’s probably not what you’re after. Others:

[name_m]Ransom[/name_m] (not a GP, actually–I’d really use this one)
[name_m]Jotham[/name_m] (and this one, but I probably can’t have them both! They’re too similar.)
Shadrach (and maybe this one. I’d use most of these as middles.)
[name_m]Selwyn[/name_m]
[name_m]Philemon[/name_m]
[name_m]Mortimer[/name_m]
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Lazarus[/name_m]
Esher/Escher
[name_m]Prentice[/name_m]
Matinicus
Wythe
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u]
[name_m]Reuel[/name_m]
Llyr
[name_u]Bran[/name_u]
[name_u]Tierney[/name_u]
Othniel
[name_m]Barnabas[/name_m]
[name_m]Cabot[/name_m]
Resolved
[name_u]Temple[/name_u]
[name_m]Caedmon[/name_m]
[name_m]Uri[/name_m]
Bendigo (a [name_m]Louis[/name_m] L’Amour corruption of Abed-nego)
Hawkin
Morrow
[name_m]Torquil[/name_m]
[name_m]Tarquin[/name_m]
[name_m]Severus[/name_m]
[name_u]Haven[/name_u]
Almanzo
[name_m]Omri[/name_m]
[name_m]Eustace[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]


Okay, I’m giving all my gp boy names that we won’t use and I put together a few extras. I’m also including a couple of pages from British [name_u]Baby[/name_u] Names. They have some awesome pages to get you where your wanting to in case none of us help you exactly as you were hoping. Mix and match, have fun and good luck.

[name_m]Beresford[/name_m] Wolstan [name_u]Merritt[/name_u] – Nn. [name_m]Bear[/name_m], [name_m]Ford[/name_m], [name_u]Merritt[/name_u]
[name_m]Granville[/name_m] [name_u]Orion[/name_u] Montmorency – Nn. [name_m]Grant[/name_m], [name_u]Orion[/name_u], [name_m]Monty[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenton[/name_m] [name_u]VyVyan[/name_u] [name_m]Algernon[/name_m] --Nn [name_m]Ken[/name_m]. [name_m]Al[/name_m], [name_m]Alger[/name_m]
[name_m]Damon[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_m]Burleigh[/name_m] – Nn. [name_u]Evan[/name_u]
[name_m]Boris[/name_m] Faramond Tresillian
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] Carantock
[name_u]Barrett[/name_u] [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] Wescott
[name_m]Kester[/name_m] Cassander [name_m]Prospero[/name_m] --Nn.[name_u]Kris[/name_u] or topher- [name_m]Kester[/name_m] and [name_m]Topher[/name_m] are the old nn for [name_m]Christopher[/name_m].

[name_m]Dresden[/name_m] [name_m]Davis[/name_m]
[name_m]Thurstan[/name_m] [name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u] [name_u]Orion[/name_u] [name_m]Brynmor[/name_m]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m] Beollan [name_m]Essex[/name_m]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u] Evrold
Geroldin [name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m]
[name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m] Everdeen [name_u]Windsor[/name_u]
[name_m]Breccan[/name_m] Berdic
Everdeen Givrold
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m] Adestan
[name_m]Charlton[/name_m] Henely [name_u]Easton[/name_u]
[name_m]Charlton[/name_m] [name_u]Windsor[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_m]Victor[/name_m] Voltaire
Biggles [name_m]Jonty[/name_m] [name_m]Cadwallader[/name_m]
Cadfrod [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m] [name_m]Justinian[/name_m]
Ranulphus Eusebius [name_m]Tarquin[/name_m]
Cadogan [name_m]Theophilus[/name_m]
Cyndeyrn Ludric Hereswith
Fredumund Grucan
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m] [name_m]Linus[/name_m] Adalger
[name_m]Caspar[/name_m] [name_m]Lazarus[/name_m] [name_f]Leoline[/name_f]
[name_u]Courtenay[/name_u] [name_m]Cyprian[/name_m] Eusebius

[name_m]Just[/name_m] names in genral/ Mostly Surnames that sound very masculine.

[name_u]Cameron[/name_u]
[name_u]Campbell[/name_u]
Chattan
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_m]Farquharson[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferguson[/name_m]
Gow
[name_u]Kennedy[/name_u]
Maclennan
Macalpine
[name_m]Macarthur[/name_m]
Macbean
Maccallum
Maccoll
[name_m]Macdonald[/name_m] Macdonell
Macdougal
Macduff
[name_m]Macewen[/name_m]
Macfarlane
Macfie
MacGillivray
Macinnes
Macintosh
Macintyre
[name_u]Mackay[/name_u]
[name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u]
Mackinnon
[name_u]Maclaren[/name_u]
[name_m]Maclean[/name_m] Maclaine
[name_u]Macmillan[/name_u]
Macnab
Macnaughton
Macneill
Macpherson
Macquarrie
Macqueen
[name_u]Macrae[/name_u]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_m]Matheson[/name_m]
[name_u]Munro[/name_u]
[name_m]Rob[/name_m] [name_u]Roy[/name_u]
[name_u]Shaw[/name_u]

Website that may prove to help you! :wink:

[name_m]Just[/name_m] some ideas, sorry for any repeats:

[name_m]Ashby[/name_m]
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m]
Audridge
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Barlow[/name_m]
[name_m]Bertram[/name_m]
[name_m]Caedmon[/name_m]
[name_u]Colby[/name_u]
[name_m]Elwood[/name_m]
[name_m]Fergus[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m]
[name_m]Hadrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Homer[/name_m]
[name_m]Huxley[/name_m]
[name_m]Justus[/name_m]
[name_m]Jupiter[/name_m]
[name_m]Leroy[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]McCartney[/name_m]
[name_m]Morrissey[/name_m]
[name_m]Napoleon[/name_m]
[name_m]Neville[/name_m]
Pavo
[name_m]Perseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Roald[/name_m]
[name_m]Rodney[/name_m]
[name_m]Saxby[/name_m]
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]
[name_m]Tiberius[/name_m]
[name_m]Turner[/name_m]
[name_m]Virgil[/name_m]
[name_m]Westley[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilkes[/name_m]
[name_m]Yeats[/name_m]

I am in love with [name_m]Drummer[/name_m] and [name_m]Lion[/name_m].

[name_m]Edison[/name_m]
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m]
[name_m]Galileo[/name_m]
[name_m]Dmitri[/name_m]
[name_m]Socrates[/name_m]
[name_m]Hendrix[/name_m]
[name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m]
[name_m]Cato[/name_m]
[name_m]Darrow[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Benvolio[/name_m]
[name_m]Calix[/name_m]
[name_u]Quarry[/name_u]
[name_m]Webster[/name_m]
[name_u]Mikko[/name_u]
[name_u]Sinclair[/name_u]
[name_u]Teal[/name_u]
[name_m]Hadrian[/name_m]
[name_u]Keats[/name_u]
[name_m]Taddeo[/name_m]
[name_m]Valiant[/name_m]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps!

Wow! I love this thread! [name_m]Just[/name_m] added quite a few names to my own guilty pleasure list.

My style varies from modern hero names to eccentric aristocratic names to hippie and place names. I should probably sort these…

[name_m]Jagger[/name_m]
[name_m]Cohen[/name_m]
[name_m]Bodhi[/name_m]
[name_m]Bear[/name_m]
[name_u]Finch[/name_u]
[name_m]Anchor[/name_m]
[name_u]Sailor[/name_u]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_m]Floyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Ziggy[/name_m]
[name_u]Banjo[/name_u]
[name_m]Decker[/name_m]
[name_u]Mercury[/name_u]
[name_m]Kerouac[/name_m]
[name_m]Salinger[/name_m]
[name_m]Zeppelin[/name_m]
[name_m]Morrissey[/name_m]
[name_m]Mars[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilkes[/name_m]
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u]
[name_m]Calix[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Siegfried[/name_m]
[name_m]Jupiter[/name_m]
[name_m]Barlow[/name_m]
[name_m]Baxter[/name_m]
[name_m]Lennon[/name_m]
[name_m]Drummer[/name_m]
[name_m]Gunner[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Lazarus[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
[name_m]Laszlo[/name_m]
[name_m]Waldo[/name_m]
[name_u]Presley[/name_u]
[name_m]Axl[/name_m]
[name_u]River[/name_u]
[name_m]Fisher[/name_m]
[name_m]Sayer[/name_m]
[name_u]Aberdeen[/name_u]
[name_m]Bishop[/name_m]
[name_u]Mercer[/name_u]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_m]Frazier[/name_m]
[name_u]Nevada[/name_u]
[name_m]Ranger[/name_m]
[name_m]Arrow[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_u]Gemini[/name_u]
[name_m]Birch[/name_m]
[name_u]Flame[/name_u]
[name_m]Bowie[/name_m]
[name_u]Marley[/name_u]
[name_m]Buster[/name_m]
[name_u]California[/name_u]

[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
Ovidius
[name_m]Albus[/name_m]
[name_f]Ricki[/name_f]
[name_u]Alfie[/name_u]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Achilles[/name_m]
[name_m]Lion[/name_m]
Sea
[name_u]River[/name_u]
Harbour

The most ‘out-there’ names on my list include…

Alberich, Alfalfa, Artorius, Bardylis, Barthélémy, Bartholomé, [name_m]Bartleby[/name_m], Clarensis, Ecthelion, [name_m]Edouard[/name_m], [name_m]Endymion[/name_m], Erebor, Meriadoc

By far my most “out there” name is Elessar. If you love LOTR, it might be usable, but if not…probably not appealing anyway.

Others:
[name_m]Illarion[/name_m]
[name_m]Valor[/name_m]
[name_m]Leif[/name_m]

I forgot [name_m]Tadhg[/name_m], [name_m]Caradoc[/name_m] and [name_m]Cadogan[/name_m]!

To be honest, most of my “GP” are names I would actually use so that’s why they’re kind of lame haha but here’s a short list:

[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]*
[name_u]Silver[/name_u]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]*
[name_m]Endymion[/name_m]
[name_m]Lancelot[/name_m]
Theoden
Fenris
Brigan
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Pyramus[/name_m]
[name_u]Bellamy[/name_u]
[name_m]Tyrion[/name_m]
[name_m]Theon[/name_m]*
[name_m]Cillian[/name_m]
[name_m]Torrin[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnabus[/name_m] or [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]

One’s with stars are ones on my actual list lol

Mmm! Well! I loved reading those suggestions!
It’s been made quite clear that I have an adventurous sense of boy names.
So many of the ones listed are on our list! - [name_m]Teague[/name_m], [name_m]Viggo[/name_m], decker ( spelled dekker) [name_m]Bodhi[/name_m], theon, and [name_m]Tadhg[/name_m] are on our top ten!

I loved reading the telegraph name postings - my favourite is biggles jonty cadwallader - that is too much for me, but boy do I love to say it.

Other names I think might be adventurous - maverick, [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u], strider, [name_m]Apollo[/name_m], aro, arbour, and rune.

I really like the names [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] and [name_m]Mordecai[/name_m], but I’d never be brave enough to use them on a child. I just like their sound.

[name_m]Uriah[/name_m]
[name_m]Darrow[/name_m]
[name_u]Murray[/name_u]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_u]Amory[/name_u]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_u]Tate[/name_u]

I also second alliecat’s Theoden

Out there names I like: Faramond, [name_m]Boris[/name_m], and [name_m]Beresford[/name_m]
Out there anmes [name_f]My[/name_f] Husband likes: Haytham, [name_m]Granville[/name_m], [name_m]Aurelius[/name_m], [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]

Some names I have come across or seen on forums/blogs: [name_m]Lemuel[/name_m], Lemmon, Wolstan, Meritt, [name_m]Ludwig[/name_m]/[name_m]Ludovico[/name_m] but most are familiar with [name_m]Louis[/name_m], [name_u]Albany[/name_u], [name_m]Augustus[/name_m], [name_m]Jarvis[/name_m], [name_m]Jago[/name_m], [name_m]Kester[/name_m]/[name_m]Topher[/name_m] for christopher, [name_m]Gethin[/name_m], [name_m]Theron[/name_m], and [name_u]Rhys[/name_u].

A nameberry recommended this sight to me: http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/name-lists.html

[name_m]Broderick[/name_m] ([name_m]Brodie[/name_m])
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Jolyon[/name_m]
[name_m]Watson[/name_m] (I would maybe use this despite the raised eyebrows I’d get. Wats as a nn makes me so happy)
[name_m]Angus[/name_m]
[name_m]Benoit[/name_m]