Name inspiration for a classic, fairly timeless boy's name.

[GreenGiraffe]

Expecting DC2, need inspiration for boy's names. We already have a Thomas. We like names that are classic, not bothered if they are popular but don't like faddy names.

If baby is a girl, we are thinking along the lines of Sophie, Charlotte, Alice - to give you more idea of our naming style.

However the real problem is we have an extended family full of boys - these are all names we would have considered but can't have: Joseph, William, Matthew, Benjamin, Oliver, George, Samuel.

Any ideas? We don't have a difficult surname so most things will go with it.

[GreenGiraffe]

Oh and we can't have Robert either!

[chinateacup]

James
Charles
Sebastian
?

[SoupDragon]

James
Edward (several good nicknames for this one)
Matthew

[SoupDragon]

Nathaniel
Daniel

[picnicbasketcase]

James
Alexander
David
Tristan
Jake

[missboots]

James
Henry
Peter
Charles
Arthur

[NewsClippings]

Luke, Isaac, Thomas, Nicholas, Felix, Aidan, Christopher, Frederick, John, Gabriel, Edwin, Aaron, Julian, Lawrence, Michael, Gregory, Patrick, Reuben, Simon, Tristan, Ethan, Joshua, Liam, Maximilian, Joel, Evan

Joseph, William, Matthew, Benjamin, Oliver, George, Samuel.

[NewsClippings]

(sorry, forgot to delete those you can't use!)

[Dumpyandabdabs]

I love Adam, Samuel and Joseph

[Sidge]

Simon
Gregory
Jonathan
Daniel
Marcus/Mark
Andrew
James
Edward
George
Henry
Harry
Adam
Luke/Lucas

[PercyFilth]

Richard

[Ihavewelliesbutitssunny]

James
Daniel
Lawrence
Alistair

[mopsyflopsy]

Dominic
Patrick
Quentin
Peter

[Tobleronester]

Andrew
Craig
Michael

[tammytoby]

Gregory
Tristan
Michael

[BeattieBow]

Pity you can't have Ben or Joe. i know quite a few Toms and Bens (siblings).

I second Edward - Ed, Eddie, Ted, Ned - it's a lovely name
or Charles/charlie
I also like Nicholas and Michael which are classic but much less common

What about
Gabriel
Lucas
Julian
Joshua
Jacob
Miles
Angus
Matthew

[CheerfulYank]

I really like Peter and feel it's underused. :)

Charles/Charlie also nice.

[PercyFilth]

But Peter means 'to fart' in French. That makes it a no from moi.

[10isenough]

Edward

[Greenshirt]

Miles.

[AnotherMincepie]

Why should it matter what it means in French?

[FaverollesWithBoughsOfHolly]

Pippa means blowjob in Greek, but it was still at the top of my girls list :)
Foreign meanings don't count!