Your favourite unusual boy names

What are your favourite unusual boy names? Preferably quirky old names with history. Most of the boy names on my favourites list at the moment are very classic and frankly boring in comparison to my favourite girl names, so I’m looking for a little inspiration.

Hmm… Here are some of my favorites:

[name_m]Wes[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonah[/name_m]
[name_m]Clark[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
[name_u]Zion[/name_u]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Harris[/name_m]
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]
[name_m]Abram[/name_m]

[name_m]Emrys[/name_m] / [name_u]Cairo[/name_u] / [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] / [name_m]Davian[/name_m]

[name_m]Denzel[/name_m] / [name_m]Tobin[/name_m] / [name_m]Zephaniah[/name_m] / [name_m]Jathan[/name_m]

Jaland ( [name_u]Jay[/name_u] land ) / [name_m]Aries[/name_m] / [name_m]Lucan[/name_m]

[name_m]Octavian[/name_m] / [name_u]Channing[/name_u] / [name_m]Alaric[/name_m] / [name_m]Terrance[/name_m]

[name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m] ( only this spelling ) / [name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]

[name_u]Jericho[/name_u] / [name_m]Sylvan[/name_m] / [name_u]Royce[/name_u] / [name_m]Bretton[/name_m] / [name_m]Luther[/name_m]

I came across reference to an [name_m]Esau[/name_m] this morning on Facebook ([name_m]Esau[/name_m] [name_m]Jenkins[/name_m] specifically which is an AWESOME southern name) and have been thinking about it all day! Not sure if it’ll make it onto my list, but it is pretty cool.

[name_u]Salem[/name_u]
Lupin
[name_u]Cedar[/name_u]
[name_u]River[/name_u]
[name_m]Seamus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
Myell
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_u]Rohan[/name_u]
[name_f]Tulsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Indigo[/name_f]
[name_m]Naveen[/name_m]
[name_m]Arlis[/name_m]
[name_u]Jamison[/name_u]
[name_u]Theo[/name_u] (prn. [name_u]TAY[/name_u]-O)
[name_m]Hart[/name_m]

[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m]
[name_m]Artemus[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_f]Indigo[/name_f]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Remus[/name_m]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_m]Fiorenzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Xanthus[/name_m]
[name_m]Perseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonidas[/name_m]/[name_m]Leonides[/name_m]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m] (and [name_m]Bennet[/name_m] and [name_m]Benoit[/name_m])

[name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m], [name_m]Amadeus[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Day[/name_u]), [name_m]Romulus[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Romy[/name_u]), [name_m]Remus[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Ray[/name_u], [name_u]Remy[/name_u]), [name_m]Roland[/name_m] (nn [name_f]Ro[/name_f], Roly), [name_m]Otto[/name_m], [name_m]Zebedee[/name_m] (nn [name_f]Bee[/name_f], [name_f]Dee[/name_f], [name_m]Zeb[/name_m]), [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m], [name_m]Bram[/name_m], [name_m]Gaston[/name_m], [name_m]Roald[/name_m], [name_m]Cuthbert[/name_m], [name_m]Abraham[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Bram[/name_m]), [name_u]Claude[/name_u], [name_m]Lemuel[/name_m], [name_m]Linus[/name_m], [name_m]Klaus[/name_m], [name_m]Apollo[/name_m], [name_u]Poe[/name_u], [name_u]Baldwin[/name_u] (nn [name_u]Win[/name_u]), [name_m]Cheever[/name_m], [name_m]Gerald[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Gerry[/name_u]), [name_m]Eugene[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Gene[/name_u]), [name_m]Ishmael[/name_m], [name_m]Olaf[/name_m], [name_m]Amias[/name_m], [name_u]Ariel[/name_u], [name_m]Azriel[/name_m], [name_m]Columbus[/name_m], [name_m]Calixto[/name_m], [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m], [name_u]Lou[/name_u], [name_m]Moe[/name_m], [name_u]Auberon[/name_u] / [name_u]Oberon[/name_u], [name_m]Odysseus[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Odie[/name_m]), [name_m]Dougal[/name_m], [name_u]Mercury[/name_u] (nn [name_m]Merc[/name_m]), [name_m]Poseidon[/name_m], [name_m]Orpheus[/name_m], [name_u]Neptune[/name_u], [name_m]Hart[/name_m], [name_m]Mingus[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Ming[/name_m], [name_u]Gus[/name_u]), [name_u]Lionel[/name_u], [name_f]Bee[/name_f], [name_m]Ivo[/name_m], [name_m]Ignatius[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Iggy[/name_m]), [name_m]Clark[/name_m].

Not all of these are super unusual, some are just uncommon. Some I would only use for the middle spot :).

[name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m], [name_m]Amadeus[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Day[/name_u]), [name_m]Romulus[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Romy[/name_u]), [name_m]Remus[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Ray[/name_u], [name_u]Remy[/name_u]), [name_m]Roland[/name_m] (nn [name_f]Ro[/name_f], Roly), [name_m]Otto[/name_m], [name_m]Zebedee[/name_m] (nn [name_f]Bee[/name_f], [name_f]Dee[/name_f], [name_m]Zeb[/name_m]), [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m], [name_m]Bram[/name_m], [name_m]Gaston[/name_m], [name_m]Roald[/name_m], [name_m]Cuthbert[/name_m], [name_m]Abraham[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Bram[/name_m]), [name_u]Claude[/name_u], [name_m]Lemuel[/name_m], [name_m]Linus[/name_m], [name_m]Klaus[/name_m], [name_m]Apollo[/name_m], [name_u]Poe[/name_u], [name_u]Baldwin[/name_u] (nn [name_u]Win[/name_u]), [name_m]Cheever[/name_m], [name_m]Gerald[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Gerry[/name_u]), [name_m]Eugene[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Gene[/name_u]), [name_m]Ishmael[/name_m], [name_m]Olaf[/name_m], [name_m]Amias[/name_m], [name_u]Ariel[/name_u], [name_m]Azriel[/name_m], [name_m]Columbus[/name_m], [name_m]Calixto[/name_m], [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m], [name_u]Lou[/name_u], [name_m]Moe[/name_m], [name_u]Auberon[/name_u] / [name_u]Oberon[/name_u], [name_m]Odysseus[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Odie[/name_m]), [name_m]Dougal[/name_m], [name_u]Mercury[/name_u] (nn [name_m]Merc[/name_m]), [name_m]Poseidon[/name_m], [name_m]Orpheus[/name_m], [name_u]Neptune[/name_u], [name_m]Hart[/name_m], [name_m]Mingus[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Ming[/name_m], [name_u]Gus[/name_u]), [name_u]Lionel[/name_u], [name_f]Bee[/name_f], [name_m]Ivo[/name_m], [name_m]Ignatius[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Iggy[/name_m]), [name_m]Clark[/name_m], [name_m]Ibo[/name_m], [name_m]Hezekiah[/name_m], [name_m]Hieronymus[/name_m], [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m], [name_m]Gulliver[/name_m], [name_m]Gustav[/name_m], [name_m]Gilead[/name_m], [name_m]Gedaliah[/name_m], [name_m]Ephraim[/name_m], [name_m]Cosmo[/name_m].

Not all of these are super unusual (although some definitely are), some are just uncommon. Some I would only use for the middle spot :).

[name_u]Fionn[/name_u], [name_m]Inigo[/name_m], [name_m]Angus[/name_m], [name_m]Alastair[/name_m], Hilding, Alve, [name_m]Tore[/name_m], [name_m]Imre[/name_m], [name_m]Atlas[/name_m], [name_m]Mars[/name_m], [name_m]Ingo[/name_m], [name_m]Emile[/name_m], [name_m]Felipe[/name_m], Varg, [name_u]Inge[/name_u], Vide, [name_m]Olle[/name_m], [name_m]Ossian[/name_m], [name_m]Eleazar[/name_m], [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], [name_m]Lysander[/name_m]. All of these are at least unusual on kids in my country;)

Oh, and I forgot two darlings:
[name_m]Orion[/name_m] & [name_m]Odin[/name_m]