Thoughts on these boys names

[BananaHammocks]

Jasper
Beau
Amos
Marvin
Fraser
Rowan
Flynn
Miles
Roman
Casper
River
Hector
Curtis
Byron
Otis
Chester
Orlando

Do your worst!

[Thewhingingdefective]

Seth and Angus are both cool. I like Fraser and Otis too.

Have you considered:

Jago
Arlo
Breon
Lowen
August
Austin
Saul
Kit
Phillipe/Felipe
Orson
Jonah
Rupert
Bevan

[Snazzynewyear]

From your list, I like Miles and Fraser and LOVE Byron.

[notso]

Jasper - it's more of a pets name IMO
Beau - it's a like but wouldn't use
Amos - really like it, was on my list
Marvin- not keen
Fraser- not keen too surnamey
Rowan- I know it's unisex but I know loads of female Rowans so feels girly
Flynn- quite like, bit Disney though
Miles- love it, best on your list IMO
Roman- I do quite like Roman but probably wouldn't use
Casper- not keen
River- I wanted sons called River and Levi when I was 14, nuff said!
Hector- see Jasper
Curtis- quite like.
Byron- surnamey
Otis- really like it, was on my list
Chester- was my first pets name so no.
Orlando- no unless this baby is Bloom Jnr in which case lucky you!

I had Amos, Miles, Otis, Seth, Angus, Jonah, Robin, Noah, and Gryffydd on my list for DC4.
The name I used got loads of negative trying too hard comments on here (WTF does that mean anyway I was trying hard by DC4!) and a few in RL but now it always seems to be suggested, I love it!

[evamummy]

I like Rowan, Roman and Orlando from your list the best.

[TenthMuse]

Lots of these are lovely, but they're mostly quite 'hipster' and 'now', so something to bear in mind if you want something that won't date. Agree that boys' names are tough - they tend to veer from the incredibly common and boring to the outlandish without much in between. I tend to get the 'dog name' comments too with many of my favourites!

Jasper - love this - would be on my list but sounds dreadful with surname.
Beau - no - a bit girly
Amos - too severe for my taste
Marvin - dislike, sounds wimpy and old-mannish
Fraser - lovely but sounds very Scottish to me - possibly best if there's some kind of connection?
Rowan - like, but love it for a girl so wouldn't use. Rohan more masculine imo.
Flynn - sounds very dashing and heroic but a bit 'sleb trendy'
Miles - dislike due to bad associations with the name.
Roman - still sounds like 'a citizen of Rome' rather than a first name to my ears. Think on of Cate Blanchett's sons is called this?
Casper - quite like this, but not as much as Jasper (plus everyone saying 'friendly ghost' might get a bit tiresome!)
River - is also a guilty pleasure of mine! Would definitely consider using if I were a hippy in California, but sadly that's not the case!
Hector - no, too buttoned up and stereotypically middle-class
Curtis - no
Byron - no - love the poet, but the name sounds a bit wet to me
Otis - too trendy and 'of the moment'.
Chester - fusty and teddy bearish, and people will tend to associate it with the place
Orlando - too frilly/OTT and self-consciously posh

Would go with Jasper, Rohan (spelt this way) or Fraser from this list.

[MummyBurrows]

Jasper-i love this name,my personal fave off your list!
Beau-i think its a very girly looking name for a boy
Amos-i think of Stephen K Amos so its a surname to me
Marvin-nice name...JLS member
Fraser-good,I know a few
Rowan-like this one
Flynn-nice but might get confusing if in a class with Finns?
Miles-not keen personally
Roman-Thats an era not a name IMO
Casper-Like this one
River-hippy name but I quite like it
Hector-awful (sorry)
Curtis-I knew one,he was a bully,so don't like the name
Byron-not heard that one before but i keep wanting to read it as Brian
Otis-dogs name
Chester-thats a place not a name imo...
Orlando-same as above

Probably not much help but there you go lol

[TenthMuse]

By the other way, as others have said, don't be too disheartened by people's comments on here. In my experience, when it comes to boys' names in particular many people consider anything beyond the usual Jack/James/Thomas/Joshua suspects to be too try-hard, obscure or ridiculous, but as a teacher I've found that children get on fine with pretty much any name as long as it's not full-on offensive or impossible to spell. This is especially the case if you live in a more multi-cultural area, where children are used to hearing names that are out of the ordinary (I'm in London, and the children and staff I work with wouldn't bat an eyelid on hearing even the most unusual of names). All of my friends' boys have names that are in the top 20, and they complain about having to distinguish themselves from the 2 or 3 in their year group with the same name, so it's swings and roundabouts really!

[smithwillsam]

I like names too. My favorite names are River, Flynn, and River. If you would like to find out of the meaning or origin any of the names, you can simply search the internet.