Please help me find some names I actually like!

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I'm considering Beatrix for a girl. Or maybe Imelda but fear it's too similar to DD's name which is Matilda.

But I have a feeling DC2 is going to be a boy which is where I get really stuck!

We used to like Rory but I've really gone off it.

I (quite) like, but can't have, Felix, Henry, Stanley, George... and I could have Archie but it's just so popular. And I don't really like Archibald but would want a "proper" first name for the birth certificate etc.

Which seems to leave me with:
Albert
Arnold (Arnie)
Batholomew (Bart)
Herbert/Hubert
Humphrey

But they seem a bit...hmmm...

So ideas please!

Arthur, Leonard, Peter.
I would love Maurice to make a comeback
Barnaby?

Does it have to be old man? Have you read the Telegraph obits?

Wallace
Horace
Walter
Harold
Edgar

I prefer Rory to all your other options. I do think boys names are difficult though. How about Angus or Fergus? Hector seems to be making a comeback around here, but not really my taste....

I love Barnaby but can't have that or Arthur or Peter. Probably can't have Angus either though I do like that too.

Not very keen on the others I'm afraid but I do appreciate your ideas. And it doesn't have to be old man but I do prefer more traditional, and not too popular/common, names.

Jasper
Theodore
Rudyard
Atticus
William
Conrad
Joseph
Wilbur
Marcus

Matilda and Beatrix sound great.

I love Humphrey!

Toby
William
Harold (Harry)
Frederick
Francis

I really like Herbert (Bertie)!

Charles (Charlie)
William (William!!)
Edward (Teddy)
Oliver (Oliver!!)
Lawrence (Laurie)
for boys

Philippa (Pippa)
Josephine (Josie)
Estelle (Stella)
Margaret (Meg)
Florentyna (Flossie)
For girls

How about Harvey, Herbie (as a nn for Herbert), Edwin or Edmund? (I love Edwin, but already have an Edward so couldn't use it), or Hamish. Beatrix is lovely for a girl, though personally much prefer the Beatrice spelling.

How about girls: Miranda, Isadora, Dorothea, Tabitha, Isabella, Imogen - unusual but classic names

And boys: Digby, Wilfred, Bertram (Bertie), Charles (Charlie... although it could start to look like you're going for all Roald Dahl books), Ralf, Sebastian, Theo, Rupert

Thanks Hedwig! I love Humphrey too but think we'll get a lot of if we go for it. Pleased to see Herbert getting a couple of votes too.

I knew an AWFUL Marcus once so that's a no no. Can't have William, Charles or Oliver either! Like Edward/Edwin/Edmund but not keen on Ed or Eddy as nicknames!

Definitely some food for thought though so thanks all. Quite like Digby and Bertram too...

Herbie