Final two, decision needed - please help!

[LLJ4]

After a bit of a hormonal cry yesterday DH and I have decided that we do need to narrow it down to one name. I am having big problems bonding (for which read "realising I'm actually pregnant") and we think that having The Name will help.

So we have narrowed it down to two. Popularity isn't a big problem - I used to get hung up on it until I read a very calm blog post about it - although trendiness would be.

So:

Charles Andrew
or
Oliver Andrew
?

Middle name fixed and not negotiable; child hugely likely to be known as Charlie/Olly respectively; DS1 is Adam Matthew.

TIA!

charlie (only coz of oliver being no.1)

Charles/ Charlie has a very royal ring to it.

Oliver cut off the king's head!

I vote Oliver. I have one, it is my ds1's name and I prefer it to my ds2 and dd's names. And there is no-one else in his class, only 1 other in the school (until year 2 that is, it's only infants!).

I like both names.
I'm not keen on Charles Andrew though - but only because it makes me think of the royals.

i like both although think Charles/Charlie has the edge for me

Charles Andrew. Rings much better. And Charles is a corker anyway.

Nothing wrong with Oliver Andrew, but when you say it, it gets a bit lost in itself.

That said, what your surname begins with is also very important in terms what "hangs together" best. Think about the initials and how they combine too (sorry, I am sure you have done all that, but sometimes it can be the clincher when deciding between a couple of names you cannot otherwise separate!)

If it helps, in my DS's year, there are 2 Olly's, 4 in the year above. Very popular, too popular.

Only one Charles (known as Charlie) in 3 years of school. It's a classy name.

Thanks all!

We binned Oliver last night after realising that with our J- surname that would make him OJ...

Very happy with Charles/Charlie now so fingers crossed we're actually there!

Well done, OJ to be avoided for a whole host of reasons, so there you go, job done. And........ relax.

Oliver!
Irrational dislike of Charles