Unarmed baby boy! Any of these or something else!

[Namelessbabe]

We have a still unamed 10 day old! He is brother to Zachary and Olivia. Surname is Mann so lots of names don't work so well with it being so short and no names starting with the letter 'C' please...! :)

Any of these on our shortlist, or something else we've not thought of?

Tobias (Toby)
Theodore (Theo)
Benjamin (Ben)
Osian (Welsh)
Finley (or should it be Finlay?) but shortened to Finn. (Too abrupt with the surname?)
Noah
Joshua (dated?)
Ethan
Isaiah (is there a shortening of this?)
Jake
Alexander (Alex)
Ezra

Also, how close a friend would someone have to be for you to not give your child the same name as theirs?! We're so stuck!

Ok, DH doesn't like Joshua so we're now down to:
Theo
Tob

Posted too soon!

We're down to Theo, Toby and Osian.
DH likes Osian best but is pronounability something to really bother about, or would you know how to say it, does it matter?

Bumping for evening traffic to get views on our final shortlist of three...

I would have no idea how to pronounce Osian... I'd guess at 'Hussain' without the H (make of that what you will!!)

Toby and Theo are both nice but a bit too posh for me so I wouldn't know how to pick between them. Theo might just edge it!

Thanks MrsMushrooms. Osian is pronounced Osh-ann. I can envisage Ocean being another pronouciation attempted by those unfamiliar with it.
I'm not really posh. I know what you mean through about the names.

I know an Osian, lovely name.

I also think Ezra Mann is fabulous although it seems you've struck that off your list now.

Toby, Theo, Osian - all good though so no need to panic...although I appreciate it's hard once baby has arrived, it can be a little stressful finding time to finalise the name!

Theo and Ezra :)

I would never have guessed at osh-ann for Osian. I'd probably have said it a bit like Odeon but with a Z-sound in the middle, or like Oz-EYE-an.

I think Toby works best, of your final shortlist.

I wouldn't have known how to pronounce Osian, but now I do, I love it!

I have a little Osian. We live in England and people have picked up the pronunciation easily and I get lots of positive comments about his name.

Nice feedback for Osian Madrigal and Apple! We're still stuck. I do think Theo or Toby work best with our surname.

Slight change! We're now down to Theo, Osian and Noah (the latter despite previous posters concerns re: if it goes with our surname (Mann). Wonder if we should really not name him Noah, which is our fav of the 3, because it sounds funny with the surname?

Osian.

I take it you're a fellow Celt, Cornish? ;)