Henry but not Henry

[Crunchymum]

Henry would be bloody perfect but we can't have it.

Looking for something similar but can't be:
Harry
Hugo

(Nor can it be all manner of other nice boys name. We have 12 nephews between us and DP is one of 5 boys)

I wonder how Henry even became talked about bearing in mind one of you already has a child named Henry?

Zachary
Hank
Alaric
Henderson
Grayson
Max
Marvin
James
Richard
Charles
Sebastien
Gerard
Thomas
Frederick
Henrik
Enzo
Arlo
Theodore
Ted
Benjamin

Edward
John
George
Charles
William

Probably, Snap, it's the name OP has always loved but knows she can't have, so wants something similar.

I'd always wanted James but my brother got there first with my nephew, damn him. Every time we talked about names, I'd get to the point where I just thought 'of course, James, that's perfect' and then remember.

Arthur (Art)
Albert (Albi)
Zachary
Edmund

Harvey

Step siblings is just an example of why some names simply cannot be used (to the "just use the name" brigade)

I don't see anything wrong with liking the name of your partner's child? whilst knowing full well you cannot use it

Hugh?

Hal?

VARIANT: Harry
DIMINUTIVES: Hal, Hank, Harry
OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Heimirich, Heinrich, Henricus (Ancient Germanic), Henrik (Armenian), Endika (Basque), Enric (Catalan), Henrik (Croatian), Jindřich, Hynek (Czech), Henrik, Henning (Danish), Hendrik, Henricus, Heike, Heiko, Hein, Henk, Hennie, Henny, Rik (Dutch), Hendrik (Estonian), Harri, Henri, Henrikki, Heikki (Finnish), Henri, Enzo (French), Heike, Heiko (Frisian), Anri (Georgian), Heinrich, Hendrik, Henrik, Heiner, Heinz, Henning (German), Henrik (Hungarian), Hinrik (Icelandic), Anraí, Einrí (Irish), Enrico, Arrigo, Enzo, Rico (Italian), Henrikas, Herkus (Lithuanian), Hinnerk, Hinrich, Heike, Heiko (Low German), Herry (Medieval English), Henrik, Henning (Norwegian), Henryk (Polish), Henrique (Portuguese), Eanraig, Hendry (Scottish), Henrich (Slovak), Henrik (Slovene), Enrique, Kike, Quique (Spanish), Henrik, Henning (Swedish), Harri (Welsh)

I thought of Hal, although it is really a diminutive of Henry, isn't it?

Harvey?

I'd use Hal. It seems equivalent to "Jack" or somesuch to me. A diminutive turned mainstream

Heath?

Harold
Robert
Nicholas
Peter
Francis

Thomas
Alexander
George
William
Daniel
James

Felix
Louis
Jack
Raphael
James
Rex
Rory

I mean, personally,I don't have the MN disinclination to use diminutives.

I'd use Sam or Tom as standalone names, for example.

The most named replacement name is our sons name (so Henry would have gone so well)

Having a look at all the suggestions now. And we don't definitely know it's a boy yet sorry

Tristan
Lawrence
George
Arthur
Benjamin

Jacob
Harley
Harvey
Hadley
Hughie

Alfred, Dominic, Edgar, Gregory, Ivo, Laurence, Peter, Simon, Victor, Wilfred

Charlie , Oscar , Lucas

I didn't say there was anything wrong with liking the name of your partner's child- more that the partner would even glance across it as an option.

I.e. I have a son called James. When thinking of ds2's name would my train of thought be 'I like James but can't have it- what about something similar? Jamie?'

Just not something I'd do personally but then perhaps I'm the odd one!

Harris