Curious what comes to mind with these baby names

Xander - quite cool and a bit quirky

Rory - nice guy, outdoorsy, funny

Wes - I just think of Wes Morgan, so a big sporty guy of Jamaican descent

Reese - spell it Reece for a human being, Reese sounds like chocolate and not very nice chocolate at that

Donovan - probably had hippy parents

Remy - unless he's actually French he's probably a bit pretentious/yuppie

Chase - bland name for the hero of a formulaic American romance

Christopher - depends which short form he goes by - Chris is a likeable boy next door, Kit is more of a snowboarder who also plays in a garage band. A good name on the whole

Nico - Remy's slightly more introvert friend

Xander - Alexander surely?
Rory - yes, my first bf
Wes - loser (just based on my experience)
Reese - Witherspoon.
Donovan - musician
Remy - not sure how to pronounce
Chase - American
Christopher - fine
Nico - Italian

Christopher - accountant by day, gimp by night
😂

I actually kind of get that vibe with Wes if he goes by Wesley.

Xander - wet fish posh boy
Rory - great name
Wes - horror films
Reese - like Dennis the Menace but with ginger hair & freckles
Donovan - slacker surf boy
Remy - slimy Frenchman, bad teeth
Chase - Donovan’s best friend
Christopher - accountant by day, gimp by night
Nico - good dog

No idea why for most of these, just literally went with my first mental image, which probably says more about me than these names

Xander- Different and I like it.
Rory- Labrador
Wes-Craven Nightmare on Elm Street.
Reese- Legally Blonde, shouldn’t it be Reece for a boy.
Donovan-Jason
Remy- And Michelle’s High school reunion.
Chase- Golden retriever.
Christopher- Classic, a nice name.
Nico- Not a name, sounds like a brand of trainers.

Xander - either a pompous spoilt boy or a chav no in between.

Rory - a lovable rogue

Wes - cool, but in an intelligent way

Reese - greasy with sallow skin

Donovan - brutish, likely to go to prison

Remy - French or rat like

Chase - good looking, not British, possibly middle class

Christopher - professional, run of the mill

Nico - a womaniser, not British

Thats just my knee jerk reactions.

I would choose Rhys or Nico

Or maybe Wes so I could shout "wessssleigh" in my best, yet terrible manucinian accent

Xander - Buffy, but not in a bad way, I do like it.
Rory - normal small boy's name
Wes - middle aged man
Reese - should be spelled Rhys, all the ones I know are 40 but it's nice and would be cute on the next generation
Donovan - surname, reminds me of Jason Donovan whom I like but it's not nice sounding
Remy - too meh
Chase - unimaginative and boring
Christopher - nice, classic, could be 1 or 100
Nico - also nice, would probably be under 15

Xander - Nice, classic name
Rory - Nice but should be spelled Ruairí
Wes - Old man
Reese - Old man
Donovan - Surname
Remy - French man
Chase - Chavy
Christopher - Nice, classic name
Nico - OK but does sound like a nickname to me

Jilly cooper names. Or footballers kids names

Xander - Buffy/nickname for Alexander
Rory - not much. Popular boy's name where I live
Wes - film directors Anderson and Craven
Reese - Witherspoon
Donovan - just confusion really. Doesn't feel like a first name
Remy- Ratatouille (and I've never even seen it)
Chase - an American boy in a frat
Christopher - sensible
Nico - Rosberg, ex-F1 driver who now presents, or a Greek friend of mine

Of them all, Rory and Nico are my favourites, although I think Nico is hard to pull off if both parents are English without seeming a bit pretentious.

Wes, Reese and Donovan are brothers. Wes has a thick beard and might or might not wash frequently but is good at maths which means he has a decent job, Reese has greasy hair, out of work, had a spell in prison and is covered in tattoos and Donovan is a tradesman with a discreet tattoo.

Xander and Nico are brothers. The Birth Certificates, DH, DM and MIL all think of them as Alexander and Nicholas, but Mummy felt that didn't fully express her creative/edgy side (she DID have a spell in jewellery design), so she refers to her son that she intends to be a handsome womaniser as Xander and the one she privately hopes will be gay as Nico.

Christopher is probably quite straightforward these days, having been a very cute little boy who played wonderfully imaginative games with his plush toys in a wood as a child.

Rory's dad or Grandad is Irish and Chase is an American who plays American football.

ETA Oh and I forgot Remy, who is of course French, nearly 80, wears trousers that hang low round his crotch and would fall down entirely were it not for his braces, rolled up sleeves and spends every afternoon sitting smoking or watching slightly younger men playing petanque with other similarly dishevelled old men in berets in a small dusty square with a trickling fountain in a hilltop town in rural France.

It’s posts like this that make me worry about the IQ of teachers, and the fact that the ones who post like this on the Mn baby names forum seem unable to acknowledge their own ingrained class consciousness.

I'm going to be really honest, as an ex teacher, because this is an anonymous forum.

Xander - parents have high aspirations for him

Rory - delightful, hard working

Wes - Danny Dyer character

Reese - never met one who wasn't trouble

Donovan - hippy, but everyone loves him.

Remy - nightmare

Chase - nightmare x 2

Christopher - lovely, traditional and all round good egg

Nico - smokes Benson & Hedges in the toilets at break.

From your list:
Alexander - but there are lots of them
Rory - but I can't say it
Wes
Reese
Donovan
Remy
Chase
Christopher - don't like Kit much
Nicholas

Xander - short for Alexander, which I like
Rory - quite a nice name
Wes - short for Wesley, which is awful
Reese - Shouldn't it be Rees? Don't like it
Donovan - Hippy vibe
Remy - very too popular
Chase - a game, not a name
Christopher - traditional, nice
Nico - Italian.

Shame. I was going to ask what sort of Donovan dinner you had years ago.

Most of them are over used (I mean common), some of them sound chavvy and some are just American gansta. The only one that doesn't fit those descriptions at all is Christopher, which is timeless and lovely.

Donovan was a singer not a dinner. I'm tired🤣

Xander - posh version of Alexander
Rory- redheaded Scottish boy.
Wes - cowboys
Reese - Witherspoon female version of DH name.
Remy- Brandy
Donovan- dinner from long ago plus Jason
Chase - American. The bank.
Christopher - Teacher or works in a bank.
Nico - Nn of Nicola in Emmerdale or a young Italian boy.

It brings to mind u need to watch less TV and read more books. Lol

Xander with Buffy in the library
Rory not my favourite. What if he can't say Rs and his own name
Wes should be Wesley, otherwise the film link
Reese too common, don't like
Donovan Jason
Remy don't think it sounds good
Chase American or Australian
Christopher Robin and winning the pooh. Nico just not very attractive

None on your list are my style

Half of them sound like politicians and half of them sound like American teenagers