Rare, Unique, and Unusual Boy Names

  1. Tuck
    • Origin:

      Diminutive of Tucker, English
    • Meaning:

      "fabric pleater"
    • Description:

      Sharp and preppy.
  2. Tree
    • Origin:

      Nature name
    • Description:

      Tree as a first name may have entered the lexicon via Taylor Swift's (female) publicist Tree Paine, but there's no reason Tree can't work for any gender. It's simple, it's nature-connected, it's modern.
  3. Hobson
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "son of Robert"
    • Description:

      An original way to honor an ancestral Robert. Hobson is outside the Top 1000 but is among the fastest-rising names for boys.
  4. Daymond
    • Origin:

      English surname
    • Meaning:

      "keeper of livestock"
    • Description:

      Daymond, with many different spellings most prominently Dayman, is an ancient English occupational surname and personal name, taken from the word deye which denotes someone who tended animals.