When choosing a name for your baby boy, you might hope to give him a name that is unique and original. Some people may not be bothered that their child is one of two children in a school class with the same name, while others cannot stand the thought. To make sure that your baby boy has a unique name, pull ideas from your life, interests, heritage and background, and arm yourself with the knowledge of how popular certain names are.
Spelling
It may be enough for you to have a child with a more common name, if only it were spelled differently to set your baby boy apart from others with a similar name. Baby Mark may be more unique if spelled Marc. Even trendier names, such as Aidan, can be spelled in a more original way, like Ayden. A nontraditional spelling makes your baby boy's name unique in spelling, if not sound.
Heritage
In today's modern society, heritage names from years past have fallen by the wayside, making them perfect for a more unique baby boy name. Go to a website such as ancestry.com to look up your own family tree, and find a unique name from the early 1900s or even 1800s that you can use. Heritage names such as Jebediah, George, Frank or Josiah may be part of your ancestry, making it sentimental and unique.
Interests
As a parent, you may want to project an interest or love that you have onto your baby, in hopes that he'll one day share the same interests you do. A pilot might name his baby boy Jett. A clergyman could choose the name Deacon, or an outdoorsman might like the name Hunter.
Combinations
If you're having trouble trying to decide whom the baby should be named after, combine a couple of names to create a one-of-a-kind name for your baby boy. A child whose grandfather's names are John and Paul could be called John-Paul. Or you could get even more creative with harder to match names. A child who has family members named Monte and Larry could be called LaMonte.
Suggestions
The Social Security Administration offers a comprehensive list of the 1,000 most popular baby names for any given year after 1879. Use this tool, found on their website, to look over the most popular names. Since you want a more unique name, scroll to the bottom of the list, and pick names from the higher numbers, such as Santiago, Dalton, Felix or Pierce. Names are taken from registered births, so it is the most accurate list of name popularity for a given year.
