If I like Nicholas

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What else?

I like

Edward (can't use as DS1 is called Edward)
Nicholas (nephew's name)
Hugo (doesn't go with surname)
Louie (ditto)
Wilfred (DH says no way)

I don't really like

William (just too blah)
James (too commonly heard)
Thomas (as above)
Oliver (too common)
Samuel (it is ok, but so many lf them.)

Any suggestions ?

We have a Nicholas.
Also on our list were Matthew, Benjamin, Andrew, Nathaniel and Josiah (after Bartlet )

I have a Jonathan. No one else ever seems to use the name, yet it is ordinary.

Most names in a society with its roots in Christianity, have religious links.

David
Dominic
Christopher
Robert
Joel
Zack
Michael
Ethan
Hayden
Jamie

Lewis
Hugh
Logan
Nathan
Graham
Jacob
Simon
Stuart
Sebastian

Fraser. I know a lovely one.

Nicholas is good.
Sebastian? Adrian? Nathan/Nathaniel? Ethan? Daniel? Miles?

For DC2, I liked Nicholas but also Hugh, Roland, Timothy, Patrick, Robert. I think we had finally settled on Hugh Charles although I was secretly leaning towards Roland Aubrey but then DD was born. Probably best since Hugh with our surname is a bit rude - think Miles Long.

For DC1, I liked Robert, Charles, Paul (awkward in my non-Brit accent) but then DD was born. Whew!

DH has many men in his family so lots of names are in use.
ex: Simon, James, Henry, David, Roger, Martin, Richard, Christopher, Graham

Patrick
Vincent
Dominic
Laurence
Matthew

Robert
Christopher
Richard

all seem very much in harmony with Nicholas, don't you think?

Alexander /xander
Julius
Theodore
Christopher (Kit)
Oscar

Patrick
Nathan

Earnest

Earnest? Ernest makes me think of Ernie Wise.

Wilbur
Albert
Hugh
Henry
Julius
Magnus
David

Cornelius
Tobias
Frederic