I know I try to avoid the top names but I really do love classic, strong, boy names. Nymbler suggested a few (that I kept) but here are others that I stumbled upon. I felt that they were beautiful and timeless. Thought I'd share them and hopefully someone may like something. =D Most of these are English or Scottish.
Sinclair
Guildford
Calder
Grantham
Caelan
Rockwell
Alric
Percival
Adler
Alcott
clementine / 990 posts
Oooooh Calder and Adler! I like!
Someone once told me, except for Sesame Street, Elmo would be a perfectly good name.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
I loved Calder but DH vetoed....but we had a girl so maybe we can revisit it one day!
bananas / 9357 posts
I was watching Conan and he had a guest on there with the name Ansel.
Eta oh forgot to say I like Adler from your list.
pear / 1614 posts
Wow, I'm glad to see people liking the name Calder... my DS's name 
I also liked Tennyson and Arthur.
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
I love Perceval, but it was vetoed. Also like Cormac, which is similar to Calder (another great name).
pomegranate / 3779 posts
I like Grantham and Percival, but it reminds me of Harry Potter.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
Rockwell is the name of an electronics company. I have a t shirt if someone names their kid that lol
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
Graham
Abner
Atticus
Lyle
Nicholas
Anthony (I know these two are more common but I love them)
Shelton
I love Adler from your list though!
pear / 1698 posts
I love Emil (it was in the top 100 in the late 1800's) and Bohmil (which I can't find on the SSA list). Those were my great uncle's names.
nectarine / 2085 posts
Alistair
Angus
Arthur
Claude
Clay
Duncan
Edgar
Edmund
Ferdinand
Gareth/Garrett
Lance
Laurence
Harold
Hector
Griffith
Malcolm
Orlando
Tristan
Vincent
Walter
I tried to work with your "Scottish", "English", and "old" theme here. 
honeydew / 7586 posts
@Mrs. Pen: There is a little boy at our library Storytime named Atticus. Love it!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@rahlyrah: I think it's adorable! and I love the Atticus Finch association too.
persimmon / 1183 posts
@Mrs. Pen: I love Atticus!!
@honeybear: Love Angus and Lawrence from your list!!
pear / 1787 posts
Our number one boy name is Clark and I feel like it kinda fits in this category. It's classic but not really popular. I think it's such a strong boy name!
pear / 1852 posts
I like older names.
Our daughter is Helen, which is mostly a name for older ladies (like the grandmother she was named for).
If she'd been a boy she'd have been the equally traditional name Henry.
persimmon / 1270 posts
We are thinking of Cecil. Fits with this theme. I like it a lot but feel a little shy about using it as a first name. What do you all think?
nectarine / 2148 posts
I like Grantham the best. I like it because you could also call him Grant, which I really like and thought about as a boys name. If we have a boy we are naming him William since it's a strong name. It also happens to be DHs dad's name and his moms maiden name.
kiwi / 500 posts
Calder was very high up on my list when I was carrying DS but everyone else hated it.
nectarine / 2878 posts
We used Adler as a middle name for DS#2, I love it! His first name is Graham.
kiwi / 568 posts
Love Adler.
My DS's name is Graeme for the same reasons why you love that list of names.
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