If I like these boys names...

[JW13]

DC1 is due in a couple of weeks and we know it's a boy. I'm going round in circles over his name. I am wary of going for anything too popular (I know it shouldn't bother me but both DH and I have unusual-ish names and I don't want him to be number 3 or 4 with the same name in his class). But the names I like are popular!

The shortlist is down to:

Sebastian
Joshua
Ethan
Rafferty/Rafe

I also like but have discounted:

Orlando
Harley
Oliver
Milo
Luca

Middle name will probably be Atticus.

Please help me with suggestions for other names I might like!

Christian? I met a really cool Christian once

Raphael, Xander, Xavier are triplets at my cousins school!

Thank you! I like Christian and Xavier. I already know a Rafael and a Xander so they are out....

Gabriel?

Eli
Roscoe
Jasper
Oran
Cassian
Silas
Seth
Nathaniel
Ezra
Sidney
Perry
Brett
Blake

Sebastian - Lovely name.
Joshua - Josh is quite a working class, common name if that's ok with you?
Ethan - I think this is tremendously popular at the moment, my DS has several in his year and older.
Rafferty/Rafe - Never heard of, sounds strange out loud.

Congrats on the due date coming up soon :')

Felix Atticus ?

Joshua wa sour favourite until friends of ours unknowingly stole it! We ended up calling our son Joseph, which we both love

“Josh is quite a working class, common name”

How bloody rude!!

Joshua - Josh is quite a working class, common name if that's ok with you?

Joshua isn’t working class at all

I like Rafferty from your list

What about Rupert, Benjamin, Hamish or Barnaby

Ewan or Evan
Tristan
Callum
Dylan
Blake
Fraser

All the names on your list are lovely though. Congrats!

How about
Dominic
Quentin
Magnus

Joshua isn’t a working class name at all, it’s a classic biblical name. Such nonsense if ever I heard

Joshua is a wonderful classic name.

Dominic and Gabriel are great choices.

Atticus is massively trendy and will date horribly.

Thank you everyone! Definitely some more to think about there.

I must admit I'd never thought of Joshua as working class (or not) - I'd always liked it and know MIL would be keen due to religious connotations...

@Movablefeast I totally agree about Atticus, not a name I really like and I think it will date but DH has been set on it for 20+ years since he read To Kill A Mockingbird so I agreed for middle name!

Sebastian - I like Sebastian but it is very popular amongst babies and toddlers in our area at least

Joshua - a classic but i actually don't know that many and no little ones

Ethan - not a fan and know a few

Rafferty/Rafe - I doubt you'd get two Rafferty's or Rafe's in the same class. I like both but the fact Rafe wants to auto correct to rape on my phone puts me off. I keep umming and erring over Rafferty myself. I can't decide if it ages well or not. Would I want to be a 35 year old Rafferty? I can't decide

Atticus is cool too

Joshua Atticus I sounds good.

Josiah atticus even better

Theo?

Sylvester
Benedict
Austin
Miles

How about...

Fraser
Radley
Tobias
Leo
Julian

Joshua and Christian are both gorgeous names!

I adore Rafferty but think it sounds odd with Atticus. Rafferty Atticus - I don’t know just has a funny ring to it to me.

I like Milo the best out of the rest of your names. The rest are just bland or over used to me