6 boys names....all quite different.

[muffins]

Single syllable surname

Barnaby/Barney
Cooper
Henry
Rufus
Woody
Isaac

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Henry by a country mile. Not keen on the others. Was a thread on here a while back about Woody. Apparaently it is slang for an erection!

If your surname is Hall then Henry is out surely and you are right lots of names sound like a place with that surname. You need a proper first name. To me Cooper Hall sounds exactly what you are trying to avoid.

Isaac nicest of that bunch, Rufus ok
How about
Adam
Aiden
Christopher
Daniel
Nathan
James
Joseph

I think with your surname, you need to go for a name that is definitely a "first" name.

Cooper Hall does sound like a place I think - not National Trust, more like a place on a Uni Campus i.e."I'll meet you at Cooper Hall after my Psychology lecture" - Sorry :(

Out of your options I'd probably go for Isaac.

I'd also avoid putting Henry with middle name Cooper too

Henry or Isaac for me

Isaac by a mile

Anything but Henry. So common it's not even funny anymore.

I really like Barnaby.

I only like Isaac, my firiend has an Isaac Hall :)