We had quite a few girls' names we loved (Martha, April, Iris and Oliver were our favourites), but we were really struggling to find any boys' names we were more than half-hearted about. We must have looked through thousands already online on MN threads, including pretty much every name on www.babynames.co.uk. Why is is it so difficult?! Can I run our shortlist by you...? :-) New suggestions along the same lines would be appreciated too! We're looking for something not completely "top 10" but not one that will solicit a "Err what, can you spell that please?" sort of reaction either if you know what I mean...
OK here they are:
Alexander (Like this quite a bit, but really not keen on short forms of it for some reason, and it's bound to be shortened. Plus we have a 3-syllable surname...)
Jonah (Probably our favourite so far, so keen on views on that.)
Evan (Quite like this too.)
Eric (This is my grandad's name but a bit unsure and I think it's interesting, but does it sound very old-mannish?)
Noah
Lucas (OH is half-Italian and we originally liked Luca, but slightly went off it because we felt it sounded slightly girly and also maybe a bit unfamiliar in the UK? We already have a foreign surname which needs spelling every time, so thought maybe a less foreign sounding first name would balance it out!)