Shortlist of five for a baby boy

[Messalena]

Back again! Which of these do you like best and which least? Thanks.

Ray
Cass
Flynn
Lou
Sol

Another who thinks they just sound like someone is using the first syllable as a shortening. Except for Flynn. Flynn does stand alone although not my particular taste

Sol is my least favourite and Ray my favourite. I want Ray for our baby but my DP won’t accept any shortened names so insists on Raymond which to me is an 80 year olds name .

Ray or Lou are best.

Sol is my least favorite.

Flynn is the only name I like out of those. Lou is arguably the worst, it's a girl's name. An alternative would be Louis. I like Sol, though only as a nickname for Solomon. I like Cass when short for Cassian, Cassius or Caspar, but it feels incomplete on its own. However, if you definitely hate all longer version, out of Lou/Sol/Cass, Cass would be the best. Ray is nms at all, such a dated name, but it's not that bad.

Flynn is the nicest of the bunch.

Ray isn't too bad, but prefer it as a shortening for Raymond.

Prefer Saul to Sol, but both are very Jewish.

I like Ray

I really dislike Lou

Flynn is the only one I like at all.

Might Jay or Luke appeal?

Sorry - I realise you weren’t asking for new suggestions

Ray is my favourite.
Least - Sol and Lou.

Can you not give full name on BC and use the diminutive? Eg Solomon , Cassius, none of these are really to my taste but by giving the longer name it gives DC more options later in life. Ray just reminds me of a drunk fifty odd year old who will go on to die of liver cancer, but that's just my experience

Love Sol (but Solomon shortened to Sol). Or Saul as a full name.