Boys' names - help! Warning - very difficult task!

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We are struggling to think of even one name we both like. Both fairly fussy.

Criteria:

2 syllables ideally, but no more than 3.
Can't end with an M or an S
Preferably doesn't start with B, R, L
No nature names

To fit with our separate preferences, it can't be too unusual but neither can it be too strongly traditional.

Definitely not:
Henry, Arlo, Frederick, John, Ian, William, Neo, Scott, Leo

Names that one of us quite likes and the other is a bit 'meh, maybe' about:
Kester
Owen
Zeno
Ruan/Rewan
Elwyn
Quinlan
Jared
Cooper
Eisley
Gibson
Cameron
Ivan
Lennox/Lenox
Ned
Sydney/Sidney
Kitto
Lowen

If you have any suggestions please help! At the moment neither of us has anything we LOVE.

Watching for inspiration!

Have we had Hugh? Or Huw (if you want a Welsh slant?)

I know you don't like what you see as 'boring' names such as John, Robert, David etc, but honestly there are none whatsoever I know around and my eldest dc is 9. Maybe re-visit the idea and see if something sticks?

I know a baby Ray, Alan and William (Bill). I think they're really cute

Maurice?

I think it's always a tricky balance between choosing a name that is different from everyones elses or one you don't know anyone with and just choosing a name you like even if you know a couple of others with it. In 20 years your DC and you will probably know completely different people who probably won't the same name. I have 3 DS and we chose the names we liked which happened to be quite classic names. I do the 'job interview' test of would the name work/be taken seriously when the DC has a job interview.

Has anyone suggested Idris, Cayo, Guto or Owain yet?

Oisin?

My friend just had a baby and called him Hector.. Do you like that? I also know an Emilio and Mikey.

I really like Gideon - think it'll be too Biblical for DH though. I do see your point, Harry and I'm not against having a John/Robert/David type name if I actually like it. But those particular names are just way too connected with my contemporaries for me - I don't want to choose a name on the basis that not many others will have it. I want to at least like it, even if I don't love it until it becomes one with the baby!

Possibly Hector, Hotdog! Idris/Owain would be too try-hard around here.

Eliah or Elijah or Eli? I like those names. Cillian, Ethan, Connor, Caleb

Rowan
Reuben
Gabriel
Nathan
Dylan
Anthony

Ahh that's a shame, Owain for me is one of those names that travels through life well, I know quite a few baby Owains, a few mid 20's and a few older Owain's too.

If you like Gideon you should go for it, for me it has too many political links but it's a good solid name.

Hector is fab!

I thought hector means bully, tormentor . Not a nice meaning imo.

Are there any last names/maiden names in you or your dp's family trees that could be resurrected as a first name? You might have a stronger argument for names like Cooper, Gibson or Lennox if there is a family connection somehow or you might find something unusual that you both love.

PS Lowen (with two dots over the o) means lions in German and is related to the zodiac sign for Leo so if Leo is definitely out you also may want to reconsider Lowen as German speakers may make this connection.

Hector as a verb means to be domineering or to go on at someone verbally. Theoretically there is hector as a noun meaning someone who does those things, but I have never ever come across hector being used as a noun in that sense either in print or orally.

Hector as a name is from classical mythology Troy's greatest hero in the Trojan Wars played by Eric Bana in the movie-- and the meaning of the name is "holding fast". It's gently on the rise in popularity in the UK but not shooting up the ranks; I know a few small Hectors.

Franklin
Bert
Chester nn Chess

Derek, often shortened to Dirk.
I ? Dirk Kuyt

Marco

Hugh

If you like Gideon, what about Rhidian/Rhydian?

Hector
Fulk
Magnus

Wilem
Wilfred/ wilf
Lawrence
Wyn
Wyndham
Vincent
Robin
Charles
Angus
Marcus
Montague

Zaccai my boys name gets Zak or Kai for short

Any luck yet OP?

How about Johnny?

Also
Gethin
Gareth
Darius