Classic names - best all taken!

[crazymuseummumtobe]

We have DC1 on the way in January, and really struggling for boys names. We want something pretty classic, but baby is going to have 10 male cousins, most of whom have got v classic names, of just the type we love.

We can't use:
George
Daniel
Oliver
Daniel
Adam
Benjamin
Harry
Thomas
Richard
Edward
Patrick
James

What would you consider to be in a similar vein to these that might fit the bill? We don't want to go too left field or 'grandad'.

Thanks!

Henry
Nathaniel
Oscar
Theo
Alexander
Zachary
Arthur
Gabriel

Henry
William
Theo
Isaac
Joseph
Louis

William
Elliot
Arthur
Henry

Quentin
William
Edmund
Frederick

Nathaniel
Sebastian
Gabriel
Zachary
Oscar
Joseph
Jacob

Frederick, Joshua, Joseph

Alexander
Arthur
Christopher
Charles
David
Edmund
Frederick
Henry
Joseph
John
Jonathan
Francis
Dominic
Joshua
Jacob
Luke
Laurence/Lawrence
Michael
Matthew
Nicholas
Nathaniel
Oliver
Philip
Peter
Robert
Albert
Timothy
Vincent
William
Wilfred
Benedict
Gregory
Louis
Theodore

John! I love John

Robert
Joseph
Conrad

Andrew. Steven. William. Francis. Nicholas
David. Kevin. Peter. Robert. Alexander. Christopher. Terrence. Anthony

I seem to have similar taste to you and our recent boys list was:

Sebastian
Elliot
Joseph
Alexander
Dominic
Tobias
Frederick
Theodore

Arthur
Archie
Charlie
Elliot
Freddie
Hamish
Issac
Jonah
Lucas
Matthew
Nicholas
Oscar
Rueben
Sebastian
Tobias
Xander
William

Have you tried going through names in the bible and names of Kings and Princes from British history if you like classical?

Obviously if you go biblical you will get a bit buried in the “Ahesuerus” type names but you can also find Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Jacob, Joseph, Christopher, Paul and many more.

With Kings and Princes you will get a lot of Henrys and Georges But William is nice as is James.

I would describe our taste in names as “very classical” and for my kids four names (two first, two middle) we have two biblical books, a biblical mother figure and a 16th century Queen!

Anthony
Michael
Stephen
Christian

I'm partial to Conor and Declan.

What are your thoughts @crazymuseummumtobe

Congratulations! It seems like your families have covered lots already lol...

Hugo
Spencer
Charles
Charlie
Arthur
Jude
Theo
Theodore
Sebastian
Gabriel

John would be my choice. Lovely classic name and suits all ages.

Andrew
Michael
Elliott
Mark

OP's list a very British interpretation of classic yes. I don't see John, Michael or Patrick, Benedict, Benedictus if you're really brave, Louis, Marcus, Julius, Leo, Dominic, Gregory, John Paul :-p Ok, that combination is pushing it. I'm not Catholic, but in the rest of Europe, former popes' names are classic.

John would be my choice.

Peter
Paul
Philip
Edmund
Michael

Charles/Charlie
Samuel/Sam
Arthur/Arty
Jacob
Albert/Alby
Jem
Freddie
Sebastian

John
Matthew

Douglas
Michael
John
Robert
Marcus
Malcolm
Fraser
Thomas
Alexander (my fave)

Christopher
Liam
Samuel