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Unique Boy Names: Unusual and Rare

Unique boy names are more widely used now than ever before. Fifty years ago, the Top 20 boys' names represented 41% of all male children; by contrast now, the Top 20 boys' names represented less than 15% of all baby boys, meaning there are many more rare and unusual boy names in general use.

The greater variety of names being used today means that unique boy names are more likely to be accepted at school or in the workplace. There are lots of ways for boys' names to be unique, from spelling to new creations, but here at our website we're often most inspired by those names which are at once unusual and yet filled with history and meaning.

Some of the coolest unique names for boys today come from Ancient Greek and Rome, often from mythology. The Bible is a rich source of unique boys' names, as are nature, word, and surname names.

Here is a selection of our current favorite rare and unique names for boys, from A to Z. For even more choices and connections to all of our website's resources on choosing unique names, go to our master page on unique names.

Unique Boy Names

Cormac

Meaning: charioteer

Origin:Irish
257
Orson

Meaning: bear cub

Origin:Latin and English
152
Django

Meaning: I awake

Origin:Romani
554
Mingus

Meaning: tenants of a manor

Origin:Scottish, variation of Menzies
1265
Finbar

Meaning: fair-haired

Origin:Irish
1369
Tolliver

Meaning: metalworker

Origin:English occupational name
1611
Auberon

Meaning: noble, bearlike

Origin:English from German
1646
Finlo

Meaning: fair Lugh

Origin:Manx
1686
Origin:Diminutive of James or Jeremiah
1688
Aubin

Meaning: white, blond

Origin:French form of Alban
1755
Florent

Meaning: flowering

Origin:French from Latin
1773
Bramwell

Meaning: well where the gorse grows

Origin:English
1816
Aragon Aragon is commonly used as a masculine name ...
Origin:Spanish place name
1886
Hamish

Meaning: supplanter

Origin:Scottish variation of James
159
Angus

Meaning: one strength

Origin:Anglicized form of Aonghus, Aonghas, Gaelic
195
Lysander

Meaning: liberator

Origin:Greek
76
Tadhg

Meaning: poet

Origin:Irish
287
Balthazar

Meaning: Baal protects the King

Origin:Phoenician
295
Altair

Meaning: falcon

Origin:Arabic
315
Barnaby

Meaning: son of consolation

Origin:English variation of Barnabas, Aramaic
349