Boys names help - at a dead end

[HalleLouja]

Girls names we are sorted - there are 4 names we like and we have a top one

Zoe - at the moment our favourite.
Alexa
Sophia
Helena

I / we want something that is not necessarily English as my family are from Cyprus and I now have a typical English surname. We already have an Adam, so that is out of the window and the only names we can agree on that we like are. But not in love with either of them:

Matthew
Luke
James - not keen on nn Jim

The names we like but for one reason or other can't use are:

Alex - my personal favourite
George
Thomas - definitely a no no

Any inspiration will be appreciated.

I know a Silas, he's lovely.

Anselm?

How about Michael?

Alexander is fab - but why not have Alexei instead? still get the nn Alex but it's not the same; or Alexios is more Greek (Alexei might be too Russian for you) - slightly more unusual name but perfectly normal nn.

Andreas is a nicer form of Andrew, I think - what about that? Ditto Stephanos is nicer than Stephen...
and Mattias is nicer than Matthew...
and with all the above, the nns are very English sounding.

My brother Alex - we call him Alexi so that is probably not going to work.

Am liking in no particular order

Dominic
Aaron
Alex
Matthew
A variation of Luke

Thanks for all your suggestions - keep them coming.

What about Max? Or maybe...
Daniel
Isaac
Evan
Lucas

Forgot to add James is up on the list too. Not sure I could use Jamie as a nn but like it.

My brother's name is Alex too - I decided on Alistair as an alternative. I love Alexei though, and Alexis is good (personally prefer fem). Too close?

Ellis?

We are liking James and Matthew at the moment. We will see when the baby comes and make a final decision then.

Aidan
Alfie
Daniel
Dylan
Darrell
Jacob
Jack
Luke
Marcus
Nathan
Ollie
Samuel
Toby

How about Alec? My 6 year old is named Alec and its just that umph bit different, more unique than Alex. And in various countries, boys named Alec get called Aleco, Alecos, all sorts of cute versions!