Otis - nope - dh says it's a dog in Garfield
Otto - I like this but dh says it's German. 'O' sound probably too prominent.
Eugene - nn Gene - nah - geeksville for me.
Lennon - surname, dh hates John
Lennox - we're not black or boxers
Odin - that's just stupid (dh's words)
Luke - we like, but not enough. dh had falling out with good long term friend of that name, and it puts him off it.
Matthew - too ordinary
Dean - nah - just doesn't do it for us
Elvis - dh works in Memphis quite a bit at the moment, so reckons you're joking!
So on our list of names we both like we have
Elliot
Dominic
Lawrence/Laurence
Toby but the 'O' sound rules it out
Barnaby
Dylan (but too popular now I've rechecked the list)
Duncan
Jacob (but too popular and one in family already)
Gabriel, although it doesn't feel quite right for us
Christian (but don't want shortened and friend now has)
Julian
Isaiah (but dh will never spell it right)
Jeremy (but I like more than dh, and I actually slightly prefer Jeremiah)
Benedict (but don't want inevitable shortening)
Abraham
Reuben
But the last 2 plus Isaiah have the Jewish problem, which dh will take some work to get over.
Patrick was a strong contender last time as a middle name with Elliot first, but dh has gone off it since.
We would say nothing from the current top 100 names, but both Dominic and Elliot are just within that, so I guess we'd have to say nothing from top 50 as an absolute cut off.
We've been through the top 1000 names from last year, and these are the only ones we agree on. There are plenty of others that I like (Zachary Elliot being the combination I would be very happy to use), but dh is hard to please.