I actually think we may never, ever find another baby name which fits our criteria. What are yours?

I started a thread once about my ridiculously specific criteria for boys names (see below). Needless to say everybody laughed at me!! Luckily we had a DD so managed to avoid the boy naming process!

.....I'm really struggling to find any boys names that I like. I know what type of name I'd like but so far it's remained elusive so I'm hoping you mumsnetters can help me identify a really great name that I'll be happy to give to a son (or a future male cat if this baby is a girl)!

So my criteria for good names are...

1. Not so long as to necessitate use of a nickname in everyday use, but long enough to have a bit of interest to it - so 4, 5 or 6 letters would be ideal.

1. A good mixture of letter types so it looks interesting written down. Dots are good (i, j), tails (q, y, p, g) (also f and z as I write them with tails), although I'd prefer to avoid umlauts etc as I should imagine they'd be a pain!

1. A name that doesn't shout a particular class - so Eton or asbos wouldn't spring to mind when he told you his name.

1. Unusual but not wacky - something you've heard maybe once or twice in this country, although I don't mind if a name is more common abroad. I don't mind a foreign name - some scandinavian names in particular would possibly fit my criteria quite well, but not a name from a continent I have no link with, so not obviously asian (eg Sanjay), African or American. A non British, European name would be fine.

1. Not a noun, especially obvious 'nature' names - so no River, Bracken, Dandelion, that sort of thing. Also not a 'Kre8iv' spelling of a more common name.

1. Can't start with a B, as we have a double surname and the initials wouldn't be good!

I have some possibilities to start you off, but none of them are quite what I'm looking for...
Benji - Like the letter combination, but starts with a B and possibly a bit 'doggy'?
Nijah - Again, like the letters, but it's a girls name, and a bit too similar to Nigel!
Kajri - Possibly a bit feminine?
Alvir - Not sure
Majni - Too much like Armani

Is anybody up to the challenge?!!!!!

I have a simple criteria.

They have to sound like jazz musicians.

Easy peasy

Psammead I know exactly where you are coming from, have the same constellation. But I am interested to know why would you like it to be pronounced the same?

Apart from Victor, which I think is lovely, but DH said sounds far too like Wichser in German - I don't hear it myself.

Daniel or Samuel for a boy - too biblical? Thomas? Nicolas?
Emma? Sarah? Eva?

I did the deal with my DH that if I took his surname, I am naming any kids that may eventually show up.

I did the same as pixie I gave DH a list of three names to choose from, so he got final veto, but from a pre approved list.

Anthony or Helen

Albert or Anna

Oliver. About 50% of the European bilingual couples I know have an Oliver.

Gregor

Otto

Luther

Tobias

Andreas

it's good for winding up inlaws, though.

with both the last pregnancies, I hinted very strongly to my MIL that Heidi was my all-time favourite name, and I would love to call my daughter that, etc. (I do actually quite like it, but not sure I'd use it, iyswim?) MIL all but fainted with horror, and thus when each of the girls was born was so relieved that I hadn't committed the hideous crime that she has been quite complimentary about their names

See, this is why I gave DH a shortlist of names and told him he could pick anything he liked from the list. Worked a treat even though he picked my bottom of the list name

dh hasn't lived in Germany since he was very young, so is not bang up to date on name fashions, which may have something to do with it.

I could live with Dominic. I quite like it. But dh wants to spell it Dominik, which is an absolute NO! from me.

we have 2 dds, and neither of them have names that are pronounced the same in both languages, but the names, and the name connotations are ok (although my uncle hates dd2's name - thinks it is awful and we should never have saddled a poor child with it. mind you, he thinks Dora would be a better option )

oh, i share your pain.

same set up (I am British, dh German). same issues re: name 'working' in both languages (and ideally in French too, as have family there as well).

I am expecting number 3 soon. we are struggling for names, to say the least.

dh currently liking Dominic, which is ok imo, but doesn't grab me. girls names are a real problem, so better hope for a boy.

Ours is something which is Scottish and/or Irish.

Must not be too hard to spell or pronounce.

We had a boy and a girl and that's it, we can't have anymore because we can't agree on a single other name in the world other than those two. Except maybe Daragh but since we might have a girl I couldn't possibly risk it as I almost murdered dh when choosing dd's name.

Anton/Antonia

Personally, I would have loved to have had a name that was pronounced slightly differently by either side of my family, like Angela or Brigitte, say. It would be like having a choice of two names.

:(

No criteria of my own, but suggestions:

Linnet

Hector

Thomas
Robert
Patrick
Dominic
Christian
Philip
Frank
Ralf

Susanna
Anna
Karin
Andrea
Diana
Sophia
Barbara
Christina

probably none of them are any good for various reasons.

Oliver
Oscar
Ben
Dan
Sam
Karl
Peter