Can you pick your top 3 boys names?

[Ptol]

Joby
Jean
Abel
Percy
Anselm
Art
Bram
Enoch
Roald
Garfield
Montgomery (Monty)
Ptolemy
Vito
Wolfgang

just charmingly unusual haha. Now I know you're taking the piss

One woman's "charmingly unusual" is another's "unbearably pretentious".

Jobby

Enoch!!. It's such a handsome name

none. Sorry but o don't I like any of them

I don't like most of them, tbh. Anselm is my favourite. I quite like Ptolemy, and Wolfgang, although it works best in a German context.

Says who?!

I disagree completely but as you're after 'charmingly unusual' then go for it. And give your son a lifetime of having to explain his name.

It's not unbearably pretentious to choose an unusual name you like, anymore than it being achingly basic to choose a very well-known and well-used name.

Also Bram is lovely.

If you like the name go for it. Not everyone has the same taste

Thanks Katie I'm edging towards Bram.

Art and Bram are The only names I like there.
Jean spelled like that is a women's man.

Gene spelled like that is cool.
But they all seem too try hard.

Really don't do Enoch. I can't get past Enoch Powell. And Garfield will always be the obese, sarcastic 80s cat.

Wolfgang (but we are in Germany where it would just about squeak in as acceptable)
Art
Montgomery (although it is pretentious)
Vito

No others.

Love Abel

Monty is excellent...my youngest middle name

Joby- a poo
Jean- girl
Abel- born again Christian
Percy- Perfect Percy
Anselm- Great name for a Bishop
Art- Hm, ok if actually Arthur, bit pretentious otherwise
Bram- Ok if called Abraham
Enoch- Powell
Roald- Dahl
Garfield- fat orange greedy cat
Montgomery (Monty)- General
Ptolemy- Claudius Ptolemy, try hard
Vito/ Wolfgang- strongly Italian/ German, is that your or DH's heritage?

I'd expand the list rather than reduce.

I'd pronounce Jean in the same way as Gene, the same was as the female name.

Don't do that to him. Just call him Gene, FGS.

The most acceptable for me would be Bram and Joby, but it will always sound like a baby name.
I prefer proper names and then to use a nickname.

Garfield is the cat.
Montgomery is oooooold.

It's not unbearably pretentious to choose an unusual name you like

It is when you're saddling a baby with it for fear of looking "achingly basic".

Thanks Princess lovely middle name, Monty is so cute and works well on adults too.

I think (looking at your list) I would substitute Joby for Jago.

Sorry op...they are dreadfully hipster and pseudo posh.

Why not use Gene? I think the vast majority consider Jean an (old) woman's name unless pronounced the French way.

Art is the only name I really like, short for Arthur.

Taco it's just what I happen to like- the achingly basic comment was just to demonstrate that everyone has different tastes and it's as easy to be rude about traditional names as it is about unusual names. It's meaningless.

I will just choose a name that myself and DH like like any parents would. I can live with people not liking the name as I don't like every baby name I come across, I just understand that people like different things - it's a good lesson in life for everyone to learn, tolerance.

Matthew
Asa
Evan

Sorry, none of yours

The best is.... no, sorry. They are all quite bad.

formerbabe DH is pretty hipster so maybe that's why- not necessarily a bad thing?