Struggling with Boy's name to go with our surname

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Our Surname is Ayres and we have really been struggling to come up with a boys name.

So far we have:

George
Elliott
Theo
Dexter

But we aren't 100% on any.. we have found it difficult to find a name that goes well with our surname.

Any ideas?

Really like your list. Love all 4 names

How about

Rex
Daniel
Samuel
Matthew
Timothy
Peter
Seth

Dominic

Owen
Rupert
Joshua

Zander
Luke
Lucas/Luca
Rowan
Isaac
Caleb
Jayden
Henry
Liam
Aaron
Ben
Dylan
Alex

I think Theo and Dexter go nicely x

John / johnathon /jonnie ?

We knew of a Jake Ayres once.

Evan
Ivor
Samuel
Lucas
Jordan

What about Harry? That wouldn't run into the surname. Will have a think about others but that was the first thought.

Like them all but Dexter. Name of a serial killer o TV. One of my neighbours has a dog named Dexter - he is very, very nasty!!

Theo is my favourite from your list.

How about;

Nathan
Matthew
Christopher
Daniel
Robin
Seth

I had a surname that started with a vowel so my parents avoided hard end letters like C/K or T which blend into your surname.

I think all your choices are fine, you are looking for it sounding like two separate names rather than it blending in.

I like Owen

it’s quite difficult isn’t it. I think a lot of yours & others posted do ‘run in’ but that might be

I think you need something ‘hard’ like

Philip
David
Nathan

Rather than names that end in r, s, t, l, y, x, c etc

I think Owen Ayers Sounds like O.N.S. And ONS isn’t a great

Love Elliott😍 also love samuel but I'm biased, and isaac @Lisajg23 😂
Sebastian
Joshua

Thank you for the responses, Samuel will be the boy's uncle so we can't use that one.

I totally understand the difficulty with the surname. How about:

Thomas Ayres
Timothy Ayres (this one works really well i think)
William Ayres
Wilfred Ayres
Rupert Ayres
Patrick Ayres
Peter Ayres
Benjamin Ayres
Benedict Ayres

sophialarson i was just thinking the other day about how that not a name we really hear any more and thought it was a shame. I like it

Oliver
Toby
Connor
Ethan
Owen

Joseph /Joe
Barnaby /Barny
Charlie

I like Theo out of those, with your surname. I think 2-3 syllables would sound the best. I personally don’t care for names ending in R with your surname.
Other ideas...
Maxwell Ayers
Jaeson/Jason/Jayson Ayers
Tomas/Thomas Ayers
Leo Ayers

Names ending in a vowel sound are going to work well, I think:
Theo
Leo
Hugo
Jamie
Archie
Digby
Jonah
Micah
Josiah

Benjamin Ayres
Charlie Ayres
Daniel Ayres
Elijah Ayres
Freddie Ayres
Hamish Ayres
Issac Ayres
Jonah Ayres
Lucas Ayres
Matthew Ayres
Nathaniel Ayres
Oliver Ayres
Rueben Ayres
Sebastian Ayres
Thomas Ayres
William Ayres
Zachary Ayres

Reuben Ayres
Quentin Ayres

Christopher Ayres