Help us pick a name for Liam’s brother!

[Dexmo30]

Our first sons name is Liam Sebastian. We love it for a lot of reasons. Hubby is Irish, both names have nice meanings, and Sebastian is a family name on my side. Sadly, this time around nothing is standing out. For a girl I’m set on Fiona.

Here is what we like so far.

Graham: we live in the US people say it gram which I know is not the case many places.
Oliver: Liam’s almost name. It’s so popular and I don’t want another top ten name preferably.
Owen: same problem as Oliver
Callum: is this too similar to Liam? Cause I love it with the nick name Cal.
Charles: my husband is insistent on calling him Chuck. I can’t let that happen!
Jack: not my husbands favorite but I love it.

Which, if any, of these do you like with Liam? If you could suggest some others we might like I would greatly appreciate it! We prefer non-biblical names and don’t care for gender neutral names either.

Thanks!

Noel

I think Noel goes with Liam. They sound great together.

Conor
Cameron - Cam

Is Oliver a top ten in the US?

I think Callum too similar. Both um sound.

Noel is pronounced No-elle here and only used on girls. :/
Oliver was #3 in my state last year.

Euan
Fraser
Ryan
Rory

I like Jack the most out of your list. I've never shared the great love for Oliver, and Owen leaves me a bit cold as well. Callum is too similar, in my view.

Theo?

Oliver will get shortened to Ollie, you can't have two "li" sounds

I like Jack but it's very popular.

My suggestions:

Joseph
Philip
Daniel
Billy (Liam and Billy both short for William)
Seamus
Patrick

For those who think Callum is too similar. Would Callan be a good alternative to Callum? Is it too contrived?

I think Callan does sound a bit made up

How about Connor, or Cillian, or Cameron, or Ciaran, or Christy, or Cory?

Colmac ?

We have considered Kieran. I do like that one a lot. Ciaran probably wouldn’t be pronounced correctly by most Americans.

Caleb

From your list I like Jack and Callum. If he generally went by Cal then I'm not sure it would matter that much. Other suggestions:
Colm
Rory

Niall is nice.

Their other DS is called Noel Evidence OP didn't want outing.

I know a family with Liam and Max.

Liam is lrish so be nice to stay with lrish. And not Billy as same name.
Owen in lrish is Eoin or Eoghan..prounced the same
Ciaran ( keyrawn) is lrish for Kieran
Brendan
Aidan
Finn
Tadhg lrish for Timothy
Sean..lrish for John and Jack
Oisin( usheen)
Cormac

I would use Callum.
Liam and Callum sound fine !

Nathan
Jonathan
Ryan

Patrick?
Oliver is the best from your list.

Colin?

I think Jack/Jacky, Christy or Callum sound nice I also think Seamus or Edna would work if you wanted something a bit different.

Sean

Silly autocorrect that should need Enda.

Diarmuid
Luke
Aidan
Donal