I already have DD1 who has a beautiful, classic, top 10 name. I love the name and don't regret picking a top 10 name for her (we have yet to come across someone else we know/in nursery etc with the same name) but would like something slightly less popular but NOT unusual/made up for DS1 who is due in June. Happy for it to be top 100 but maybe not top 10-20, although not out of the question!
I just cannot find any boys names I like and DH and I can't really agree on much. The shortlist so far looks like this:
Miles - my absolute favourite but DH is not sure. DH is German and he thinks people there might pronounce it Meel-es rather than Miles. I'm not so worried as once you tell people a couple of times, they'll get it.
Ted - we both like this but I'm not crazy about Theodore or Edward and want him to have a "full" name on his birth cert. Theo is an option nn Ted but again I'm not 100% sure, I certainly don't love it, although we both love Ted. Theo would be pronounced Tey-o in German which I quite like.
Hugo - I'm slightly going off this but DH is keen. I'm Irish and concerned it might sound very posh there ;-)
Conrad - quite different to the others. In Germany (where we may live one day) it's quite old fashioned I think. I like it for a man but not sure if it's a bit severe for a baby/boy?
Names we considered but have now rejected:
Oscar - too popular
Felix - family member has used it recently
And that's the list!! And opinions on the above greatly appreciated. Neither of us like surname names iykwim. Surname is German and begins with S so no names starting with S. Also no J names as the sound is very different in German :-). And preferably something short. So all in all, not a big ask at all!!