Boys names similar to Benjamin

[cowbiscuits]

Got a gorgeous girls name lined up, but if this baby is a boy we're a bit stuck

Current favourite is Benjamin, but usually shortened to Ben. Both me and DH like it but worried it's a just a bit too ordinary. I'm not desperate for an unusual name but DH would like something a little bit different.

Our surname begins with L and has 2 syllables.
I don't like surnames as first names, and we live "up North"

DS1 has a biblical name, one that's currently fairly popular, but we're not religious so we don't want anything else too heavily biblical though.

Ideas please?

Timothy
Joshua

Benedict?

My parents had friends who had a very common surname (I don't mean that in the nasty way, just that lots of people had that name!), and they gave their three children slightly unusual names as a result. Benedict was one of them.

Zachary
Reuben
Dominic
Joseph
Nicholas
Christian

Nathaniel? Dominic? Xavier?

Zachary and Joshua were the two that first came to mind . Or Matthew ?

Joseph
Jacob
Samuel
Arthur

Thomas

Toby

Sebastian
Christopher

Christopher / Chris

Another vote for Benedict, we chose it over Benjamin. He is 8 now and loves his name.

Alastair
Alexander

Finlay shortened to Finn- or just Finn.
Reuben shortened to Roo or Ben?
Christopher with nn Kit
Angus nn Gus

Ruben
Hugh
Jasper
Theodore
Arthur
Teddy/Ted
Harry/Henry
Jacob

Yes, if you like Ben it could also be a nickname for Reuben.

Rory
Jonathan
Daniel
Edward
Nathaniel
Gregory
Frederick
Jasper
Henry
Nicholas
Patrick
Samuel
Theodore
Dominic
George
Isaac
Thomas
Jacob
Oliver
William
Aaron
Charles
Matthew
Jude

These are similar to Benjamin:
Reuben
Sebastian
Dominic
Quentin
Nathaniel
Finnian

Sebastian

Toby, Jamie, Nathan, Thomas. All favourites of mine

Bartholomew?