aaaagh... boys names!

[Mrsfullhouse]

Hello,

We've just found out that our third (and last!!) baby is a little boy and of course we have a million beautiful names for a girl, but are really struggling for this little chap.
Our Ds1 is 14 months old and having spent nine long months, quite recently, chosing his perfect name, every other name has been rejected at length.
We went through a phase of super posh (and yes, pretentious) names, but we've discovered that we're really quite ordinary and we would seem a bit daft calling out a name more fit for an ancient greek philosopher in our local park.

So... We've boiled it down to the following...

Henry
James
Stanley
Hugo
Spencer

Siblings are Isabella and Arthur
Surname, one syllable, begins with H.

Any favourites on the list above or similar/ not so similar additions would be most welcome.

Totally stumped on this- they're all 'ok', but I'm not in love with any of them.

Help!!

Stanley is lovely :)
How about Leonard? Then can be Lenny! Aw!

I used to teach a Joseph House which always seemed fine. I think Elliot House sounds nice too. Or Daniel.

Not keen on HH initials. Our surname is Hall so we have a similar problem with all boys names sounding like a National Trust property so I feel your pain!!!

Agree that longer names work well. Theodore and Theo both sound nice, Dominic etc and Matthew does work for some reason.

You should probably get a St John in there as a middle name. Just for fun.

But mostly, you need to take away your DHs veto. That's not how it works. This way you do all the work, he rejects it all then makes the decision. No.

You each need to draw up a long list. Share them, veto, discuss and pare each down to 4 or 5. From that combined short list you can choose, together.

I stand by Gulliver :)

For me, Julian is still the nicest with your surname, but I see your DH will not be moved. I don't actually mind alliterative names (though my sister knows an HH married to a BB, and they do sound like a music hall act), so Henry House is fine but I share your view about Henry not being very exciting.

What about:
Patrick
Murray
Eric
Thaddeus
Massimo
Ivo
Timothy
Ian
Rufus

though obviously, with the surname house you really ought to be using that old Irish name Gay, and sealing his fate as having a future career as a club DJ...

I really like Gregory like off of the TV

Alexander
Benjamin
Barnaby
Rowan

Hmmm, this is a tricky one isn't it OP. From your original short list, Hugo is the nicest name and is the best fit with your surname by a Yorkshire mile. The alliteration works well.

Before knowing it was 'House', I was going to suggest Rufus or Hector but the 'roof' connection and the old tv show has put paid to that.

Has to be at least 2 syllables doesn't it really? 3 syllables is best I think, although 2 syllables ending in -o does flow nicely. How about...

Milo
Cassian
Diggory
Felix
Fabian
Jago
Rupert

Still think Gregory is the best, even with old House MD connotations.

Agree that long names are good but also a distinctive long name so that the first name becomes most prominent - Gregory, Barnaby, Frederick, Sebastian, Raphael etc all good whereas Jonathon, Edward, etc less good

Sorry for any repeats:
Rafferty
Jasper
Quentin
Rupert
Elijah
Reuben
Yannick
Owen
Philip
Adrian
Daniel
Joel
Leo
Xavier
Christian
Victor
Barnaby
Niall