As with the girls’ names, these names share much beyond their potential popularity. Most are ancient names, slumbering for centuries. While they hail from a range of cultures, a quorum are rooted in Ancient Rome or mythology. And as has been the trend with boys’ names, how they end — in n, r, us, or o — seems to be more important to their fashion status than their first initial.
Here, 9 unusual boys’ names we see ready to pop.
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Gray
Grayson may have already popped – there were nearly 4000 of these latter day Jasons born in 2011, vaulting it into the Top 100 -- but quieter brother Gray was given to just under 100 boys last year. One of the few color names better suited to boys than to girls, there are slightly more boys given the spelling Grey. We predict the numbers of Grays and Greys to swell, along with boys named Graylon, Grayton, ad virtually infinitum. This adorable gray hat is available on Etsy at Olive & Vince.
