Help me find a boys name...

[Juno77]

I am going to be really fussy, dismissive for ridiculous reasons and probably sound like an arse on this thread. But I am really stuck. We've had a girls name set for a few months and I am still happy with it. But the boys name.. we keep going off them.

I need help.

I don't want anything common, in both senses of the word.

Our list thus far has been:
Jackson
Deacon
Brodie
Caleb

And I liked them all at first, and now I hate them. I think they sound chavvy. I have a DS with a top 10 name and thankfully he goes by a lesser used NN anyway, but still, I don't want to repeat that. He's one of 4 in his year.

HELP!

some Celtic names: Angus, Aiden, Ardal, Ardan (means NB 'tall'), Arthur, Blaise, Cavan, Carrick, Colm, Drew, Gareth, Fergus/Fergal, Gregor, Keir, Rory, Patrick, Morgan ...

NB Brochan means 'badger'; sounds good, though.

sorry, Juno - x-post

Casting about slightly at random...

Jonas

Arlo
Nelson
Ennis
Gannon
Grady

Are you interested in the new old fashioned names like Stanley and Arthur?

Flynn
Mylo
Hugo
Tobias

The boys names I like are;

Rupert
Gabriel
Gyles
Harry
Reuben
Gethin
Nathaniel
Finn

How about Declan?

Cadel
Lyle
Cassian/ Cass
Soren
Tobin
Joel
Zain/Zane
Ivan/Evan
Micah
Asher
Eli

Love Keir and Linus!

I will offer you my Cosmo. Short, not very common, some Scottish heritage. Won't take offence if you hate it, I know it's a Marmite name!

Cosmo is the name of an all you can eat restaurant where we live

I know I am being an arse, but I don't like any of the suggestions thus far. I can't explain why, just a feeling I guess.

Old fashioned names like Arthur etc are ridiculously popular with the hipster parents. Not for me.

Derby
Spencer
Alrick
Jenson

these are the names I like; including my own dss:

sebastian
rex
dexter
logan
finn
Jackson
Taylor
Rory

Rowan
Reuben
Ruaridh/Rory
I like Caleb on your list
Micah
Sawyer
Emmett
Jasper
Seth
Axel
Carter
Casper

Is Jackson Chavvy?

I think it depends where you live. I would consider Caleb schemey but loads of people on here like it and associate it the same way as Noah and Theo and that definitely isn't true where I live.

Just trying to think where I would place Jackson. I'd imagine Jackson's parents to be young, quite trendy, not chavvy as such but definitely aspirational, Mum maybe a self employed make up artist or hairdresser, Dad with a blue collar semi professional job, maybe a Retail Supervisor in a recognised High street chain.......how's that :o

Rufus
Todd
Jensen

Ha, brilliant slender. We don't really fit that criteria

And those you describe sound high-end Chavvy to me.

Rufus, Todd and Jensen are all awful IMO.

Solomon/Saul
Lucas
Leon

Tristan / Trystan?
Orlando?
Sebastian?
Taliesin (pronounced Tal-ay-i-sin)

Hi Juno. I've always loved the names Thurston (Thurston Name Meaning from a medieval personal name, Old Norse þórsteinn, composed of the elements þórr, name of the Scandinavian god of thunder (see Thor) + steinn ‘stone’, ‘rock’, hence ‘altar of Thor’ or perhaps ‘hammer of Thor’.habitational name from Thurston in Suffolk, so called from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name þóri (see Thor) + Old English tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.) and Roman (Roman is a Latin word referring to the citizens of Rome. We instantly associate this name with images of the powerful Romans. Roman as a name gives off connotations of Power, Pride, and Strength. Romans have continued to inspire us throughout history and this is evident with the adaption of Roman as a boy’s name). Thought I'd through that out into the open! Hope it helps?

Casper
Beau
Jed
Orin
Nico
Nichol
Ezra
Ludo
Bennett
Rudy
Sonny

Choosing your child's name is such a special thing and I totally understand of the above are not to your taste. My DS has a hugely popular name & yet I still adore it. He doesn't care that its popular & says its the person that's unique, not the name. That's my free thinking 18 year old for you, but I guess he has a point.

Lots of nice names on this thread, thanks, but many that are just.. Not my taste. I can't put my finger on the issue but names like Ezra and Nico aren't strong sounding enough? I think.

Oh, and nothing that has to be given a pronunciation explanation!

I think I like names that sound a bit more hardy. Which is why I am off Brodie. Jackson fits this but I worry it's Chavvy.

Zachary?

Alec/Zander
Blaven
Austin
Freddie/Ferdy

My son goes to school with a Caius. It's unusual but sound nice