Boys name misery!

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I am ready to put my head through a wall trying to pick a boys name, me and DH just cannot agree. He has awful taste

We don't live in a place that lends itself well to all of these London type names we see floating about, so no Ezra's, Jude's, Arlo's etc.

We like different, but not completely unheard of although DH refuses to call him a name that he knows of someone with

The only name I sort of like so far is Leo. The only name DH likes so far is Coby I think he made it up.

Please inspire us! I have honestly looked at every baby name website over 10 times, downloaded every name app I can find... scoured books for inspiration but nothing is sticking

Biscuit for the best suggestions!

I like Leo, Coby sounds very American?

How about
Finn
Flynn
Evan
Reuben
Toby
Todd
Theo
Luca(s)
Adam
Joseph
Cohen
Alistair
Morgan

Konnie Huq and Charlie Brooker's son is called Coby if I remember rightly.

Grayson????

Will have a think of more suggestions!

Leo is much nicer than Coby (which is, frankly, hideous).

How about:

Scott
Ross
Leon
Owen
Bram
Todd
Toby

Zak

Leo is lovely. Other not so common but not crazy names

Joel
Logan
Finley
Jackson

Liam
Zach
Owen
Will
Caleb
Keir
George nn Geo
Louis
Russ
Ethan
Niall
Aidan
Joel
Quinn
Brodie
Harris
Louis

we struggled with girls names so know the feeling!! what about Cody? think it sounds better than coby

Thanks for the suggestions everyone! A few I like in there. I've thrown Brodie out there and that's when DH came back with Coby, and then Cody as a compromise

Poor DS, destined to be called 'baby' for the first 6 weeks of his life before we are forced into giving him the same name as DH

He doesn't hate Leo he says, so there may be some hope... Funnily enough it's family members who pull a cats arse face when I have mentioned that name. Exactly why no one knew DDs name until she was born

How about Theo? Might be more agreeable to both of you.

I like Theo, but DH has a habit of saying an F sound instead of TH and so it sounds more like Feo doomed!

If your DH is refusing any name of anyone that he has ever known then he is making life very difficult for himself (and you).

Leo is great.
Coby is grim

I would go to the ONS website and print out the top 500 (!) or so boys' names. Give it to your DH and get him to cross out all the ones he knows and see what you are left with. It might help him see that his approach is not helping. It might be worth repeating the exercise independently for you (no conferring) then compare the two lists at the end.

What about names like
Harrison
Lucas
Mason
Which to my ear are a bit surnamey/American like Coby but are IMO nicer although not as nice as Leo.

It's in cases like this I want to say

" no uterus , no opinion "

I know a few Coby/Kobey's.

Corey?
Caleb?
Cavan?
Reuben?
Perry?

I think KH and CB's son is Covey. Leo is nice.
Edward, Alexander, James, Alfie are all lovely names - but not very different I suppose! Soloman (Sonny for short) is nice and a little different?

www.babycentre.co.uk/l25008045/20-unusual-boys-names#/6
This list has a lot of diff. names but some are a bit

I know a Coby who is actually called Jacob. Maybe a compromise? You call him Jacob with the idea that DH can call him Coby as a nickname and then when he is actually born then you loudly and consistently refer to him a Jake....

I think Coby is Australian, surfer dude name.
What about

Louis

Rufus

Toby

Elliot

Patrick

What about Michael OP?

Leo is a great name. Coby is a bit bogan.

Marco

Alex

Jake

Rory

Like the Jacob/Coby suggestion. How about Conrad?

Where I'm from coby is a nickname for Jacob..
personally I love leo

It's much easier to know your baby's name once they arrive and you get to know them.

Give yourself a break! I agree, liking boys names in the abstract, can be very tricky.

Toby
Jamie
James
Nathan
Luke

Grayson
Conrad
Forbes
Harris
Alexander
Lucas
Reuben