Help! Baby due next week and I don't LOVE any names!

[EnglishBreakfastTea]

There's just nothing I like as much as my DD's name! (Martha)
We're pretty happy with girls choice (Amelia Rose) but boys we have no idea! I want something that is strong / traditional to match Martha but can use a nickname for when baby is young - names im considering but don't love are:
William - Billy
Theodore - Theo
Tobias - Toby
Alfred - Alfie
Oliver - Ollie

There doesn't seem to be anything in the middle for boys - ie, not too traditional or too wacky. I'm also aware that everything I've listed is pretty much in the top 10 which is something I also wanted to avoid!

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

[Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost]

I think Billy is the nicest. It quite unusual now as well. The others are ridiculously over done.
Some suggestions.
Alan
Aaron
Christopher
Christian
Arthur
Archie
Asa
Ben
Elliot

[Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost]

Micheal
Sean
Louis
Francis
Owen
Sebastian
Gabriel
Lennon
Joseph
John

[cecilelliott]

Yes, agree with William/Billy out of your choices.

Have never met a little Billy, but meet loads and loads of Ollies, Theos and Tobys.

Robert (Bertie?)
Patrick?

Good luck!

[SisterViktorine]

Leonard- Leo
Daniel- Danny
Nathaniel- Nate

[cheapandcheerful]

How about...

Sebastian - Seb
Nathan/Nathanial - Nate
Barnabus - Barney
Montgomery - Monty
Alfred - Fred

[littlemonkey5]

Blake?
Pierre?

I've gone very traditional with my names. My thoughts were that with a traditional name, they won't get "how is that spelt?" and no matter what they wanted to be in life, it would be 'safe'.

I know....boring.....

[Pythonesque]

Christopher (or Christian) can be Kit as well as Chris
Nicholas?
Don't panic too much though - my son was essentially named before his older sister was born, but it took us about 4 more days to settle on a girl's name we were happy with (and she was 2 weeks overdue ...). It's worth keeping an open mind and making sure of your decision :) Good luck with it all.

[Horseshoe1]

I know two Marthas. Their brothers are:
Joseph
Jonah
Jesse

Do you like Tobias/Toby or Benjamin/Benji?

[notagiraffe]

I love all your boy choices - most of them were on my short list too.

Isaac/Izaak - Zaccy
Samuel - Sam
Daniel - Danny/Dan (Used to be so popular but much less usual these days)
James - Jimmy, Jim, Jamie, Jay
Wilfred - Wilf, Fred, Freddie
Alexander - Al, Alex, Alec, Sasha, Sandy, Xander

[autumnmoon]

Samuel - Sam
Joseph - Joe

Martha and Theo is lovely too but possibly too many 'ths'?

[GoldPlatedBacon]

Jonathan - Jon/Jonny/Jonty
Edward - Ed/Eddie/Ted/Teddy
Rafferty - Raf/Raffy

Martha and Billy are good though

[septembersunshine]

We are in the same situation. I love our girls name choice but I'm not in love or committed to any boys names at all. When it comes down to it I think we'll have to just take the list to the hospital and if it's a boy just see what suits him best.

Anyway. I agree with other others. Martha and Billy are nice (and Martha and Will).

What about:
Zachary (Zach)
Jack
Frederick (Fred/Freddie)
Harry
Jacob (Jake)
Felix
Jonah (Joe)
James (Jamie)
Ethan
Thomas (Tom)
Maximillion (Max)
Sebastian (Seb)
Reuben (Rue/Ben)
Jude
Luca
Louie
Louis
Elliott
Joseph (Joey)

[MindfulBear]

I sympathise. When we had Ada's, almost. 4 years ago, we had a couple of girls names that we thought might be nice but could not agree on a boys name!! In fact the one we chose was the only one neither of us actively disliked!!!!!

How about Theodore - Teddy?

William - Billy or Will is lovely.

Jonathan - Jonty?

[MindfulBear]

Grr - When we had DS, not Ada's!!!
Blardy auto correct

[frobskottle]

love the nickname Billy
Other thoughts are...
Andrew
Arnold
Patrick
Johnathan
Christopher
Edmund
Phillip
Giles
Justin

[isaterror]

How about
Hugo
Fergus
Lawrence
Bertie
Archie
Oscar
Max
Gabriel

Some of the boys names at my daughters school that I know of/like!

[NationMcKinley]

Patrick
William
Joseph
Noah
Reuben

[ShmooBooMoo]

Jimmy

Silas

Rufus

Daniel

Ted

Jude

Michael

Joseph

Sonny

Albert (Albie)