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100 Best Cool Unusual Boy Names Now
100 Best Cool Unusual Boy Names Now
Feb 19, 2025 8:31 PM

  Cool unusual boy names are the ones that give you that “Wish I’d thought of that first!” feeling. They’re names with genuine roots, straightforward spelling and pronunciation, in-step with current trends – but that barely anyone is using.

  Read on for our brand new updated A-Z of the 100 best cool unusual boy names right now!

  We’ve limited the field to those given to ten or fewer babies in the most recent year, meaning that a boy with any one of these names is highly unlikely to ever meet another. In fact, several of these cool unusual boy names were absent from last year’s list entirely.

  Our updated A-Z includes forgotten vintage gems, rare nature names, and surname names, as well as fascinating finds from around the globe.

  Tell us your favorites below – and let us know what other cool unusual choices you’d nominate for this list!

  

100 Best Cool Unusual Boy Names

  

A

Acer

  Alban

  Amitai

  Aquila

  Artemus

  Aryo

  Auberon

  Auley

  Aurelian

  Autry

  

B

Baird

  Barlow

  Barnaby

  Bay

  Buchanan

  

C

Caldwell

  Caruso

  Cassander

  Cerulean

  Coltrane

  

D

Dacre

  Destry

  Deveraux

  Django

  

E

Elior

  Ellery

  Ennis

  

F

Fenn

  Fielder

  Finlo

  Fitzwilliam

  Florian

  Forrester

  Fraser

  Frey

  

G

Gallagher

  Gatsby

  Guthrie

  

H

Hartwell

  Helio

  Holmes

  Horatio

  

I

Icarus

  Iggy

  Imre

  Indio

  Ives

  

J

Jago

  Junot

  Jove

  

K

Kenver

  Kipling

  Kuiper

  

L

Laird

  Lewin

  Lorcan

  Ludo

  

M

Mattison

  Mercury

  Miro

  Montague

  

N

Nahuel

  Navarro

  Nekoda

  Nicander

  Nilo

  

O

Oban

  Omni

  Ossian

  

P

Phelan

  Piers

  Priam

  Prospero

  

Q

Quetzal

  

R

Rafferty

  Ramsay

  RouxRurik

  

S

Sayer

  Sinclair

  Skandar

  Spence

  Struan

  

T

Tekoa

  Thoreau

  Topher

  

V

Varro

  Ventura

  Vigo

  Vivek

  

W

Wilde

  Wolfram

  Wyn

  

Y

Yardley

  

Z

Zaccheus

  Zeb

  Zimri

  Zohair

  Zoltan

  Zorion

  

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