Can't agree on a boys name

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I'm only 30 weeks but have been told our baby boy is likely to be early for various reasons. DH and I still cannot agree on a name and feel like we're going round in circles.

Names DH likes that I've vetoed include:
Milo
Ezra
Arlo
Flynn

Names I like that DH has vetoed include:
Gabriel (nn Gabe)
Alec
Caleb
Ned

Names we both like, but not sure if we love any of them:

Nathaniel (nn Nate)
Seth
Joel
Jesse
Heath

Any feedback on the names we've shortlisted would be much appreciated, as would any ideas of names we might both like based on our preferences. If we can't come to a decision soon I'm tempted to just write our shortlisted names down and draw one out of a hat!

Jesse is my favourite. I also like Joel and Ezra. Arlo is cute but used a lot at the moment.

Seth from the combined list. I really don’t like Jesse or Ned.

Caleb is a great name.

Arlo is my favourite 💙

Arlo is my favourite

I just can't get past it being a cat's name in my mind as it's the cat from Bing. Daft, I know.

I like names from all your lists and Seth is my favourite (strongly considered for DS). We also had on our shortlist: Isaac, Zachary, George, Raphael, Sebastian.

Sebastian?

My ds1 is a Miles which I still adore. If I had another boy now he would be a Monty. (Montgomery).

We can't use Sebastian unfortunately, although we do both like it.

I like Ezra & Flynn & Gabriel.
Caleb & Nathaniel & Joel were on our shortlist.

We also had:
Leon
Hayden / Aidan
Joseph
Marcus
Dylan

Other suggestions:
Dominic
Rowan
Otis
Zachary
Christian
Jared
Owen
Theo
Justin
Antony
Lewis
Drake
Niall
Tate
Noel

Since your list OP has slight bible links- how about Noah

I do like Noah (and DH doesn't mind it) but it sounds wrong with our last name

There are so many soft sounds in your shortlist:- th in Seth, Nathaniel, Heath and different soft sounds in Joel and Jesse.

May I suggest Walter or Cuthbert...
(only joking). You have to go with what's best for you.

I ended up with a couple of cowboys - yes Trampus and Monolito.

I like Milo best out of all your lists.

I like Milo best out of all your lists

Milo was DH's favourite so I felt bad for vetoing it but I work with kids and unfortunately had a very unpleasant experience with a Milo that has completely put me off the name.

It's so hard to find names that we both like and that my job hasn't ruined for me!

Mario
Lenny
Rufus
Silas

Joel is lovely

Isaac
Eric
Jacob

I prefer your names and your joint list rather than your Dh's one, which I find a bit "modern trendy/will date". He's got two names ending with O on his list, so you could find some others that you might like?
Leo.
Hugo.
Theo.
Jethro.

I love Theo but am I right in thinking it's becoming really popular? I was one of five in my class at school with the same first name and it really annoyed me so would like to avoid that for DS if possible.

I also like Lenny (although I would probably go with Leonard so he has options for when he's older) but have just suggested to DH and he's having none of it.

On your list of names you both like I only like Joel and Heath. I like Alec and Caleb. I'm not keen on any of the others.

Louis
Or
Benjamin

I like Joel best from your combined list, followed by Heath. Milo is my favourite though.

I love pp’s suggestion of Miles, given what you’ve said about Milo. I also like Giles.

Or how about Guy? Or Gus - perhaps short for Angus, Fergus, Augustus, Magnus?

Or Raphael/Rafe?

I really like your joint list. My favourite is Joel followed by Jesse and Heath.