If I love Arlo...

[coffeeandrainbows]

What other names might I like?

DC3 is due in Sept and both dh and I love love love Arlo but it’s so popular (in NZ) that every time I’m at the park I hear it at least twice and that’s just a bit too much for me.

I’m struggling to find anything else I like as much though. Dh has suggested Walter, Jed, Kai, Clarence, and Ari.

My suggestions have been Ennis, Theo, Ezra, Harry and James.

Any suggestions that we might have missed?

OP, I remember a midwife at antenatal classes telling us to be kind and considerate when naming children. If you are going to be in NZ until your DC is at upper primary school (when the teasing starts!) then it would not be kind to call him Kai, and, as someone else has mentioned, there's the Wayne Rooney factor too... I'm not a kiwi but have been here for a while, and have never come across a child called Kai, or Milo for that matter, as it's a very nice drink when mixed with milk .

Ivo
Idris
Iolo (Welsh; pron. Yolo - but I think I may be alone in my love of this)
Rowan
Tarn

'Ocean' name for a girl - Mara?

Orion

Cassius

Levi

Zachary

Rex

Toby

Elliot

Thanks Lost I think Kai and any Kai nn are off the list for good as we will probably be here for some time. I do wonder about the little boy at dd’s preschool as I believe the family is South African so probably wouldn’t have had any idea about the name meaning before they came here.

I really like Cassius! Will see what dh thinks. Thanks again everyone!

Otto?
Arty?