Stuck for a boy's name - would love opinions on these!

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I'm only 11+3 but it's okay to daydream and plan ahead, right? :-)

We're sorted for a girl's name, but I can't find a boy's name that I truly love. We both like the following:

Keir
Cillian
Rory
Laurie

What do you all think? Any front runners or even other suggestions along these lines?

Love Kier.
Like Rory and Laurie but Lawrence on the birth certificate. Not keen on Cillian- like the sound but anything that a lot of people won’t be sure how to pronounce is a no from me.

Love Rory
Keir is quite nice & unusual (& great political association)
Don’t like Cillian
Laurie is lovely but I’d prob do as nickname for Laurence

What about Rowan? Seems to have a similar vibe? I love it but vetoed by DH!

Keir and Cillian are great.

I really like Rowan, @ryanreynolds, but a close friend's daughter was given that name! I love that it's unisex.

See, I'm not sure about Laurence/Lawrence but I like Laurie - although I do have misgivings that it's a bit too much like Laura.

Love Keir and Rory. Not so keen on Laurie but have no objections to the name.

Cillian looks great written down but I hear "kill" and cant get past that I'm afraid.

I like all of them. Laurie does sound similar to Laura but I wouldn't have made the association if you hadn't pointed it out. I think of it as a fairly traditional Scottish boy's name. Also reminds me of Laurie Lee and Laurie Taylor.

Rory and Lawrence. (Laurence is a girls name in France).

How about Rhodry?

I like Rory and Keir, you could use Gregory and call him Rory.

Keir: I really like this
Cillian: is that the original form of Killian? I like it.
Rory: Makes me think of Gilmore girls/Lorelei. I didn't know that it was a boy's name tbh.
Laurie: like Laurel and Hardie? I think I like it. But it could also be short for Laura/Lauren/Laurel etc...

(I'm. It from the UK. Maybe that's why I'm so surprised by Laurie.)

Dylan
Angus
Isaac
Evan
Nathaniel
Otis
Henry
Miles
Eric
Theo
Leo
Toby
Vincent
Liam
Sid
Joel
Frederick
Oscar
Kit/Christopher

I think I'm swaying towards Keir . . .

I'm not sure which is the original, @maimainomai - I've only ever seen it spelled Cillian. I think I do prefer it with a C.

I like a couple from your list, @Paultrybudget - DH really likes Leo but it's pretty popular, isn't it? Also Otis and Isaac.

The only thing about Keir is that my brain immediately goes "royale" :-D

I had an uncle Laurie. I like it

I like Rory a lot, and Keir is ok.

Laurie is way too much of a nickname and not a proper name to me, and Cillian I also just see “kill”

I like Cillian and Lawrence.

Keir just says Hardie to me which is ace

Laurie didn’t make me think of Laura but then Laura is very out of fashion now so you won’t meet many kids called Laura

Laurie looks and sounds like a girls name.

For a boy, Lawrence is more suitable.

Laurie looks and sounds like a girls name

To me, it's definitely a boy's name. It's only reading other posts in this thread that have reminded me that it's also used for girls. Is that more of a US thing? I haven't come across it as a girl's name in the UK.

@Sunnyshines are you US? I can’t imagine anyone thinking it anything but a boys name in the U.K.

Love Rory, it would be on my list but I have a Rosie x

I like Rory the best

No, I'm uk based, but the Laurie I know is American. So yes, maybe it's a girls name only in the US.

However Laurence is a feminine name in France, the male version is Laurent.

Cillian is the correct Irish spelling

Keir, all the way. Great name!