Baby boy a week old and we're struggling to agree. Alex something, Hugh Alexander or Johnny Leon

My son is Alexander, and while I like it it took me ages to connect him to his name, he just didn't seem like either an Alexander or an Alex - I had wanted Sam or Edward/Teddy.

I also liked and considered Hugh as a name (possibly due to my teen crush on Hugh Laurie), I don't think it is teaseworthy. However Scottish DH informed me the Scottish nickname was Shug, whihc I wasn't keen on - he could well have been making it up though.

Johnny Leon? I LOVE this name. Really hope you use it!

Rory Alexander

Another vote for Hugh. Alex(ander) is a so widely used already and a little dull in comparison. Love your girls' names too!

The other thing is, your girls names are recognisable, pronouncable, but slightly unusual, as in just less well used - both interesting but not CRAZY names. Hugh fits that.

Alexander on the other hand is a great name, but totally run of the mill - they are everywhere. So I would say Hugh is the better choice on that score too.

Glad you are enjoying your lovely baby :)

I would not think Alexander was a girl, I would expect a boy.

What about Jonathan Hugh or Leon Alexander, both have a nice flow.

Dylan Alexander or Zak Alexander

I think Hugh Alexander sounds lovely. Alex is ok but I do know both girls and boys named this so understand your 'unisex' issue. It is also much more popular than Hugh, whereas your girls' names are less common (and lovely!).

I also like Quentin (we have one, so biased ), Eric, Theo, Victor, Rory and Quinn. How about using Alexander as a middle name?

Not really seeing your problem with Alex, but if you don't like that shortening for a boy, you could call him Alec which is unambiguous.

Otherwise I think that Hugh, Leon, Alexander and John are all splendid names and work well in lots of combinations. (Not Johnny though!)

I love Leon! Also like Rory, Finn and Theo from your list.

My friend has a little Huw (we're in Wales) and it suits him down to the ground. I much prefer it to Hugo.

Have you got a picture of him? As this usually helps. When we had dd1, we had a list of 5 names, and then chose the one she suited the best.

Johnny Leon sounds like a French popster.

Not good!!!

Hugh is great, suggest Hugo instead? I can't at all understand his position on Hugh: why would he get teased? There is a Hugh at my DD's nursery - perfectly normal, and a little bit different - really good choice actually.

You gave up on your first choice last time, I would dig my heels in here, because you have the better choices by far.

(If it were me though he'd be Heath Alexander.)

DS is called Hugh (Huey as nn) and I love it. It's a name everyone knows but not met another child with the same name yet.

Hugh Alexander is a great combination.

We also liked Hamish, Fergus, Benedict and Arthur... might they be useful?

Johnny Leon is just not fab.

Hugh Alexander sounds like a man with backbone.

I love Johnny Leon. it's just fab.

i have a close relative called Hugh - teenager and he's never been teased about his name. He loves it. I think Hugo sounds a bit lardy da myself but not Hugh. its the sort of name that works well in any environment.

My son is named Alexander and has several male friends of the same name. There does tend to me a lot of boy alexanders here and no so many girls.

Hugh is lovely and goes well with your girls' names. Don't see what would teaseworthy about that at all... I don't really like Leon or Jonny . Alex is ok but a little bland, but you could shorten to Xander. I do like Alexander as a middle name e.g. Hugh Alexander.

Also like Gus, Theo, Quentin, Rory, Victor from your other suggestions.

I have always liked James Alexander as a classic solid name, I don't know if this is close enough to John for you?

Congratulations! I can't see anything teaseworthy about Hugh and agree it's a great underused classic. Also like John/Johnny, Eric, Vincent, Theodore and Quentin/Quinn and think that they go well with Bianca and Eloise. Alex is a little dull (and unisex) in comparison but I agree that Alexander would be a lovely middle name!

I agree that Alex sounds a little unisex (perhaps because dd's best friend is an Alexandra, known as Alex). There are also quite a lot of Alex's out there already.

I like very much Hugh - classic, underused non-trendy name - great! Hugh Alexander sounds lovely.

But my favourite combo would be Quentin Alexander (which you could shorten to Quinn) - love it!

I don't think that Hugh would get teased about his name - sounds similar to Bianca and Eloise to me.

I love the name Alexander and think Alex is more of a boy's name than a girl's. There are definitely many more male Alexes than female round here. But if you are uncertain about the nn Alex you could always use Al, Xander, Xan or Ali (although the last one can also be used for a girl.)

Just to add - Hugh could be Huey as a boy if your husband thinks it needs adapting for a child.