Boys names...aargh

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2nd boy due in a few months..

Currently have Ivar, pronounced Eye-vah not Eeee-vah. I'm totally stuck and my husband totally useless. He won't suggest anything but says no to all my ideas.

Names I like but he doesn't
Gabriel
Laurie
Willem
Hugo/Hugh

Asa has been mentioned and not totally scoffed at but I'm not 100% keen to be honest.

Middle name will be Alexander unless it really doesn't fit.

Any ideas??

Do you think he'll mind people expecting him to be a girl?

@Chathamhouserules lovely but can’t use it.

@BertrandRussell I don’t know, probably. I know it’s not the most masqueline of names but I’d expect most people to know it’s not a girls name?? It’s the French version of Stephen!

I know of a little Etienne , he must be about 7 or 8, I don't know him well but have never thought of his name as being particularly feminine.

Sorry-I meant Wynn as the feminine sounding one......!

How do French speakers shorten Etienne?

Wyn/Wynn is a boy's name and it means blessed or white.
It is Welsh and is occasionally used as a first name but was hugely popular as a middle name in the 1960s an 70s in Wales.
As a Welsh-speaker I find it a bit lacking in consonants.
One benefit of Wyn is it sounds like the word 'win' .
Etienne is indeed French for Stephen. I'd go with Stephen.
Ivo is pronounced Eevo. It's a bit too similar to Ivar in how it looks.

I know a little Etienne. Lovely name. His name generally doesn't get shortened, it's so easy to say, it doesn't really need to imo.

Ivo is pronounced Eye-vo, surely?

No. It's pronounced Eevo.

@BertrandRussell I know I’d end up calling him Winnie as a nn!

I’ve never met an Etienne so I’m not sure about nns but I guess Eti would work.

@MikeUniformMike I thought Ivo was eye-vo too. I’ve never come across an ee-vo.

It's pronounced Eevo.
Look it up if you don't believe me.

I know an Ivo who pronounces his name as eye-vo.

I’ve known 2 Ivos in my life and there’s a comedian called Ivo Graham. All Eye-vo.

I love Etienne! Had it on our list for Ds2 but decided it might be odd without any French connection... There's one at my son's playgroup.

Oh and we're probably going with Alexander as a first name...

Casper?

What about just a good old fashioned Jonathan?