2nd baby boy name

[lharvey82]

Hi, we have one son called Ben, but while I was pregnant with him we only managed to come up with one boy & one girl's name we agreed on! Still happy to use the girl's name in future, but if we have another boy we're stumped!! Suggestions welcome, but with a few rules(!):
We don't want to 'share' initials with immediate family members so names beginning with B, D, L, R or S are out.
Our surname is Harvey so we'd prefer a first name that isn't also used as a surname (& would probably rule out any names beginning with H).
We like names like Daniel, Matthew & Adam but already have relatives with these names.
Looking for something that's not too common, but also that's not too unusual & don't want the child to forever be having to explain the spelling of their name.
Thanks for any suggestions...

Alex, Miles, Dominic, Toby, Philip

Thanks - I like Toby but not sure if it goes with our surname since both end with an 'a' sound?? x

Tom
Joe
Nathaniel (Nate)
James/Jamie
Oliver

Edward (Ed/Teddy)
William (Will)
Alexander

If you like Toby you might also like Tobias. How about Theo, Finn, Thomas?

Lucas? Joseph?

Almost all boys' names are also surnames including Adam, Matthew and Daniel (admittedly usually with S on the end)

George
Max
Laurence
James
Edward
Robert

Ben was on our list.

DSs are Oscar Matthew and James Douglas.

Other names we liked were Henry/Harry (probably won't work for your surname), Toby and Christopher.

Oh and love Robert but wouldn't work with our surname so couldn't have it.

How about Aiden?

Gabriel
Andrew
Patrick
Oliver
Jacob
Thomas
Christopher
Jude
William
Seth
Michael
Joseph
Isaac
Peter
Jonathan
Frederick
Jasper
Arthur
Nicholas
Joshua

Love Jude, but my husband doesn't like it.
I'm not so keen on the traditional names like James, Robert & Tom - probably because I associate them with boys I went to school with!
I like Aiden & Max but they do seem to be quite common locally.
MrsHathaway you're right enough - I hadn't really thought of that. Might need to reconsider that 'rule' to give us more options!

Elliot
Owen
Aaron
Felix
John
Anthony
Morgan
Vincent
Paul
Julian
Marcus

If you want to avoid names that are too common, probably best to avoid some of the suggestions above lists: Joshua and Jacob are pretty popular, and Toby and Theo definitely on the rise. Have met a lot of babies with those names recently.

Names that go well with Harvey are (IMO!) names ending in consonants:

Joseph (Joe) Harvey
Patrick Harvey
Christopher (Kit) Harvey
Caleb Harvey
Ted Harvey
Albert Harvey
Gilbert Harvey

Think I like Joe Harvey best out of my list!

Good Luck with choosing. Love the name Ben btw!

Aaron
Alistair
Austin
Callum
Christopher
Cameron
Eric
Francis
Gordon
Gareth
Gavin
Ivan
Isaac
Jared
Kevin
Kelvin
Martin
Michael
Marcus
Peter
Paul
Patrick
Quentin
Thomas
Taylor
Tyler
William

Thanks everyone! :-)
Haleandhearty - I do like Joe, but since I've been taking Ben to 'Jo Jingles' music & movement classes, I'd now associate the name with that!
I do like the suggestions of Owen, Marcus & Gareth so will see what my husband thinks of these.
Kane or Kyle have also come to mind - any thoughts on these?
I don't know if I'm a fan of 'themed' names, but I know that 'Ben' is used in naming mountains, and 'Kyle' refers to narrow waterways, (eg. Kyle of Lochalsh & Kyles of Bute) so somehow this seems like a nice connection?? x

I know 2 Kane's, both nice enough but I just find it a very bland sound for some reason and I used to be a wrestling fan so always associate it with that

Kyle is nice too but I'd never figure out the connection if that's a consideration.

My husband made the wrestling connection too, so Kane is out! He also said Kyle is a no-no because of a chatacter in South Park!! So we're no further forward... x