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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

Romulus

Meaning: citizen of Rome

Origin:Latin
364
Isidore

Meaning: gift of Isis

Origin:Greek
422
Laszlo

Meaning: glorious ruler

Origin:Hungarian
424
Ajax The meaning of Ajax is ‘eagle’. It is a name...
Origin:Greek mythology name
462
Hadrian

Meaning: dark-haired

Origin:Latin
472
Florian

Meaning: flowering

Origin:Latin
473
Bram

Meaning: father of multitudes

Origin:Dutch variation of Abraham
482
Helios

Meaning: sun

Origin:Greek
529
Moss

Meaning: descendant of Moses

Origin:English
533
Art

Meaning: noble one; bear man

Origin:Diminutive of Arthur
538
Icarus Icarus is a rare male name that mainly belon...
Origin:Greek mythology name
314
Wolf

Meaning: traveling wolf

Origin:Animal name or diminutive of Wolfgang, German
382
Rhodes

Meaning: where roses grow

Origin:Greek
309
Hale

Meaning: someone who lives in a hollow

Origin:English
433
Hawthorne

Meaning: lives where hawthorn hedges grow

Origin:English
809
Grover

Meaning: lives near a grove of trees

Origin:English
888
Lyle

Meaning: someone who lives on an island

Origin:Scottish and English from French
901
Alfie

Meaning: wise counselor

Origin:Diminutive of Alfred, English
213
Lowie

Meaning: famous warrior

Origin:Dutch
302
Lars

Meaning: crowned with laurel

Origin:Scandinavian from Latin Laurentius
357