Dexter, Jude or something else?

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Had decided on Tabitha for a girl, but baby is a boy. There aren't really any boy names that I really love. I want something not too fashionable or faddy, but also not so common that there will be five in his class at school. I like traditional names but they are so common, DH is James, DB is Matthew, we are likely to use George as a middle name (my grandfather). So my question is are names like Dexter and Jude a bit too on the nose and will seem dated in future, or get super common? When we take DN out Isabella, every other child being called for is Bella, that's not something we want either. Ugh it's difficult! Also surname is F-S double barreled, think fletcher-spenny, so no F names (FFS...) . Help!

Jude isn't to my tastes but there's nothing wrong with it.

Dexter is terrible though - it sounds like the name of a very naughty boy or a dangerous dog.

I think Dexter will date, Jude less so.

What about Hugo, Simon, Simeon?

(I know a Tabitha with a brother called Hugo)

Isaac, Reuben?

We have a close friend Hugo so it would seem a little odd, also two uncles one on each side called Simon, and I'm not a fan of that or Simeon to be honest. Reuben is incredibly common in this area, and I think will date, much like Arlo, or Logan etc. It's so tricky with boys! I suppose I'd really like to go with something very traditional, but am struggling to do that without it being very popular or the name of a close friend or relative.
I quite like Jasper but DH vetoed, and I like Seb but Sebastian is quite a mouthful along with our surname.

Dexter will date and sounds very American. Jude is classic (but with big peaks and troughs in terms of popularity).

Peter
Nathanial
Patrick
Luke
Gabriel
Elliot
Miles
Adam
Daniel
Edmund
Samuel

I liked Dexter when I was pregnant with DS but was put off it by people mentioning things like the poindexter cow and Dexter’s lab.

I called DS Jude . You obviously have GREAT taste.

I like Jude. I'm not keen on Dexter, but it's OK.
Luke and Miles are both good.

Joshua?

Jude is traditional, biblical whilst still being short and cool sounding. Perfect boys name to me (but if course I am totally biased )

Elliot
Nicolas

Something else. You might like to double-barrel it. You could join it but it might not fit on forms
Something-Else Fash has a ring to it.

Jude is a great name

I heard a little boy being called Hector today which I hadn't heard before but love.

My Ds would’ve been Tabitha. He’s a Rufus.
Other names on the list:
Jasper
Sebastian
Hector
Felix
Gabriel.

Jude is a great name.

I have a Jude and a Tabitha. Both brilliant names op!

We have both Tabitha and Dexter on our names list. I'd go for Dexter :)