Help with boy names

[TransatlanticCityGirl]

Just found out before Christmas that we are having a baby boy. However really struggling with finding a name we both like (never mind love!)... we had a ton of names we liked for girls, but feel so uninspired by boys names.

Here's a short list of names I have come up with so far. It's not the strongest list because I don't love any of them yet. I like less common but not totally 'out there' names. Avoiding all names in the Top 10 if we can help it.

Ryder
Finley
Benjamin
Maxwell
Harvey
Greyson

This baby will be a brother to Amelia (HATE the commonality of this name, but it had sentimental value to us).

Thoughts on the above? Any other name ideas also welcome.

Like Finlay and Grayson but would spell them like this.
Maxwell is good too.
Prefer Benedict to Benjamin (hate Ben / Benny / Benji though).
Don't like Ryder or Harvey.

Cooper
Wilson
Fletcher
Dexter
Spencer
Fraser
Drake
Hunter
Riley
Xander

Hmm, the only two on your list that aren't commonly used are Ryder and Greyson but I'm not keen on either of those - too surnamey - so can't help with your own list but to throw some others out there how about;

Aidan
Gabriel
Rory
Noah
Gregory
Peter
Toby/Tobias
Jonah/Jonas
Caspar
Seth
Reuben
Lawrence
Wyatt
Oscar
Rohan
Jasper
Milo

Feel inspired by any of them?

I like Greyson best. But then I like surnamy names. Max, Ben and Finn are nice but way too popular for my liking.

OiMissus has reminded me of the website "namedtogether" where you can independently tick the names you like and then it shows you any matches. I think it only shows the top 500 though.

I like Grayson but know a lot of people have a aversion to surname names. I like Maxwell but prefer Maximus. Same with Ben-I prefer Benedict. The other names on your list have a really different feel to me and I'm not keen on any.

CarryOnDancing - Thanks, we've just tried that website. Out of the Top 500 names, DH only chose 4 - he's SO not helpful. His were:

Maxwell (+ Max)
Riley (after I read out all the suggestions above he's now added this to his list)
Bailey
Mason

Bailey always appeals to me for the first 3 seconds, then my attention shifts to liquor quite quickly... I could become an alcoholic if I were running around saying 'Bailey' all day.

I could live with Riley though it strikes me as slightly effeminate or am I being too harsh? Mason is a definite no for me.

While I prefer Max to Maxwell (and would use the shortened version most of the time) we can't have a 1 syllable name as the middle name is likely to be 1 syllable as well. Same goes for Ben and Finn.

We are really averse to classic boy names. If it was on Kate Middleton's long list, it really isn't our cup of tea.

Out of the other suggestions I like Cooper and Hunter - DH turned his nose up however. (how he can not like those names yet still like Mason I don't understand....)

:)