Registration deadline THIS Friday - and still no boy's name - HELP!

[stella1w]

OK.. I feel really bad but I have no idea what to call my son and he is nearly six weeks old.
My criteria are: nothing biblical/saints related, would "go with" his sister's name Clara, would not be teased at school, not too popular, not too outlandish, has some kind of nice meaning (ie. Cameron sounds nice ,but means crooked nose), doesn't end in en/in/on due to our surname, would work on a baby/adult ie. can be shouted across a playground but looks good in print (here's hoping)
Seems to me that most boys' names have a biblical, hebrew root!
And he doesn't look like anything..
Some names on my shortlist (and even some of them don't meet my criteria...)
Alexander (too popular)
Felix (ditto)
Dashiell
Orlando
Kaleo (everyone hates it - see separate thread)
Tate
Cai
Edgar
Emre

But am totally open to suggestions...

Craig?

Otis
Eli
Conrad
Spencer
Charles
Cole/Kole
Kyle
Terrence (terri)
Tyrone
Kenneth

Dammit yes - it's a no to Dunstan

Call him Wee Toastie

Silas
Arthur
Bracken
Brock
Christopher
Ranald/Ronald (nn Ronnie)
Samuel
Bay
Beau
Lawrence

Someone said Marcus already I think. Marcus is nice. There was apparently a St Marcus according to google, something to do with Lions (see Wiki) but honestly how many people are going to know that?

Alexander (too popular)

So bloody what! it's a good solid name, works on children and adults and is tease proof. Nowt wrong with Alex at school and at work.

Alexander but call him Sandy for short?

Reuben
Caleb
Damon

Cormac
Patrick
Sebastian
Connor
Andrew
Adam
Zachary

i have a clara and a martin - they are adults now and both have always been happy with their names

thanks for all the great suggestions.. not much closer but feel happier.. I am drawn to welsh names - what does emrys mean?
Also for some reason like old english names eg. edgar etc and also names like cedric.
not sure why I am against biblical names.. wish I wasn't because I love the sound/look of many of them.
am starting a new thread on a couple more ideas and then I must get on and get registered (though I read somewhere that while you have to register the birth within six weeks you can put off naming for up to a year - not sure how that would work)

Please dont call him Edgar or Cedric. Think of the child rather than being original. I think Alexander (rejected as too boring by you) is better than Edgar or Cedric.

andrew

Emmett?

Keagan - means little fiery one

also, cedric is a misspelling. the name it derives from is cerdic. if you object to 'cooked nose' you must object to a spelling mistake?!

What did you decide on?

what about Simon?

Edmund

Dexter Miles.NN-Dex,Dexi.I have one!

Oooh what did you pick? Put us out of our misery please OP!

For my two penneth: Luke. It's biblical yes, but when you think of it you think Skywalker not saint, and it's really neutral I think. Popular, but not too popular, not fashionable so won't date and you never have to spell it. Unless you're in France.

Good luck with whatever you chose / choose!

Or in Germany, specialknickers. Luke means a little window in a boat and is pronounced Loo-keh.

So I finally went with Felix Alexander Kaleo. I was undecided until right up until the last moment - registrar had to redo draft certificate as I changed mind on order of middle names.
FWIW, you have a YEAR to change the first names on a birth certificate so if anyone out there regrets their choices, there is another option!
Thanks to everyone on Mumsnet - the feedback (even negative kind) was really helpful.
Another thing that swung it for me was writing the names down - that helped me focus!

Lovely name. I like Felix. I'd been wondering what you'd chosen!

Stella - thanks for the update, it's always nice to know what people have chosen in the end!! FAK is nicer than FKA for initials isn't it.

Yes - quite a few of us are aware of the one year thing - there's a 'OMG I still hate my daughter/sons name can I change it?' thread every now and again and the stories are quite a mixture of sad/hilarious/bizarre and 'well - that was predictable' - they're always a good read