Boys name help!

[pixiestixie84]

Hi all,

Expecting ds in the autumn and have still not found the right name- we have names we like but I'm not in love
Criteria are that it isn't a nickname (Dh fairly ridiculous about this, he sees Theo and Max and being nicknames and I'm not keen on Theodore or Maxwell/ Maximilian ), not too popular (defo not top 10) and nothing too trendy.
Names I like but have been rejected for various reasons-
Theo
Max
Elliot
Dexter (too chicken to use this!)
Lucas (too close to my first name)
Frederick (Freddie)
Christopher (Kit)

Dh is keen in Samuel (Sam) but I'm still torn...
Help!

I love the name Samuel nn Sam, (and Christopher, fwiw), but I'd suggest:

Edward
Harrison
Matthew
Michael
Albert
Andrew
Christian
Ernest
Walter
Addison
Hadley
Emmett
Winston

Edgar (Ed or Ted)
Laurence (Laurie or Larry)
Dillon
Logan
Austin
Miles
Evan

My little boy is Gregory

Not sure about Max and Sam.
Detest Lucas but it is very popular are is so for a reason
Freddie is cute.
Nothing brave about using Dexter. It's gorgeous.
Love Elliot.
Christopher is nice but prefer the nn Chris. And there won't be any of them in his class.

A lot of the names mentioned here are on my shortlist. Gregory is still at the top, along with the ones already mentioned we also have Hugo, Dominic and Alexander.

Love Kit!

Austin
Patrick
Franklin

Francis
Augustus!!

Christopher / Kit is great. How about Conrad? Rare but known.

Felix
Fraser
Spencer
Russ
Louis
Saul
William
Zachary
Liam
Flynn
Finlay
Keir
Evan
Ross
Sebastian

Cameron
Jonathan
Henry

Max could be short for Maxim, is that any better?

Maxwell?

Samuel is lovely.