Help me find a boys name? I'm totally stumped

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All the names I like have been nabbed by friends and family: Joseph, Alex, Daniel, Jude and Jacob. All taken.

If this one's a boy it'll be DS2 and after the agonies of chosing a name last time I thought I'd start thinking about it sooner rather than later.

I'm looking for something strong and classic, but not too popular (DS is Luke, which I love, but am constantly miffed shocked when we meet another one. Had no idea it was still popular for little kids.... that was the 20 somethingth most popular name when he was born, so I'd like to find something that is no more popular than that).

Thoughts? All suggestions welcome

if you like Victor, maybe Vincent? my DH loves Vincent and it's quite uncommon these days.

samuel, theodore, dexter

Love Robert though i am biased as it is my lovely nephew's name! He is Robert James.

Ah good to know that Robert's not totally out of the fashion. Dexter and Vincent are others that have been nabbed by friends and I love love love Samuel (NN Sam: so cute) but it's the name of every other preschooler round our way so thinking no.

Still got 8 months to figure this out but thanks everyone for your great sugestions. I'm now thinking Magnus. It's a bit off the wall, but it's a proper name and a really strong one too. DH loves Brian. We're getting there!

Rex
Tighe (sounds like Tiger without the "r")
Theodore/Edison/Edmund/Edwin/Edgar (shortened to Teddy or Ned)
Philip (shortened to Pip)
Jonny
Douglas
Kaspar
Sacha
Leonardo
Frederick
Felix
Harris
Gabriel
Tate
Nate
Hugo
Florence
Arlo
Eden
Courtney
Asher
Brook
Elias (shortened to Eli)
Albert (shortened to Albie or Bertie)
Seth
Artie
Jonas
Jonah
Jago
Archibald
Maximilian
Benedict
Sidney
Sandy
Rae
Herbert (shortened to Herbie or Bertie)
Humphrey
Ernest (shortened to Ernie)
Wilfred
Rufus
Graeme
Robert
Stewart
Andrew (shortened to Drew)
Guy
Maurice
Duncan
Carlos
David
Simon
Martin
Paul
Bryan
Howard (shortened to Howie)
Iain
Robin
Ronan
Roger
Malcolm
Keith
Gareth
Tristan
Tristram
Russell
Donovan
Marcel
Stefan
Antonio
Cassius
Jeffrey
Julian
Jeremy

Victor
Vincent

Theobald
Edbert
Declan
Damon
Solomon (Sol for short)
Milo
Patrick
Alec
Hector
Ivan
Ivor
Euan
Wilbur
Fabius
Finnian
Ezra
Josiah
Rudy
Jeremiah
Brennan
Hubert
Brady
Alan
Jesse
Adrian
Hadrian
Barnaby/Barnabas
Conrad
Colin
Cyrus
Elias
Quentin
Francisco/Francesco
Franklin
Christopher (Chip)
Patrick (Patch)
Caspian
Zachariah/Zachary
Otto
Otis
Elmo
Baxter
Fletcher
Dixie
Ellery
Addison
Harlan
River
Sky
Beau
Lance
Lachlan
Laurence
Cade
Ezekiel (Zeke)
Lucius/Lucien
Isaiah
Moses
Hubert
Cuthbert
Brodie
Brogan
Innes
Elwyn
Pierce
Heath
Julius
Blythe
Blair

Amos - If I had a boy, that would be my choice, its strong, short so not easily abbreviated & I've not yet come across a little one with that name :) & it would sound fine with Luke

Amos is nice :)

Walter
Wallace
Godfrey

No one's mentioned Wesley yet. I like Wesley, shortened to Wes. Is it a bit like Lesley though? Be honest.

Love Edwin and Amos and Franklin, thanks for those

I think so :) - its my favourite Uncles name :)

but please not Eden for a boy its a name I love - but my DD is Eden & she gets very annoyed if anyone tells her its a boys name - weirdly one of her best friends is also a female Eden & she's had 2 DDs named after her - theres only 4 in our city, only one is a boy & he gets stick for having a girls name :)

How about Jonathan

Ebenezer (Eben for short)

I think Eden is a unisex name - I know boys and girls with the name.

Eden is a boy's name in the Old Testament.

2 Chronicles 29:12

Then these Levites set to work: from the Kohathites, Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah; from the Merarites, Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel; from the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;

Never heard of the name Joah before, but I like that too :)

I know, but it much of Africa & Israel etc its known more commonly as a girls name - I was told in Egypt its a Africa Princess name & in Cape Verde the same - met several adult Female Edens there :)

IN much of Africa - damned typo gremlins -

I didn't actually know it was a name when it first popped into my head when pregnant with DD - googling it, it came up as an old hebrew girls name, meaning "delight & paradise" - seems it much more common for boys in the US though :)

Is Azariah unisex now too? Sure I seen it on here as a girls name a few weeks back.
I like more Anerican type names so won't be much help. Love Jaxon for a boy. Ezra is lovely too

Asa
Skyler (Sky for short)

Patrick.

Ahh Patrick, my favourite boy's name! DS's middle name though. Seeker you are on to something.

LOVE Joah! What a fab name. I wanted DS to be Joe but couldn't as DH's godson is Joseph and it would look like we had no ideas of our own. Love Jonah too, but it has some unlucky connotations, so Joah? Brilliant!!!

Will google forthwith...