Help with boys names?

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25 weeks and we still aren’t any further forward with boys names. Current top four names are;
Freddie
Noah
Alex
Alistair

We don’t want any ‘J’ names as our surname is a J (think welsh version of smith!) so with that in mind and considering the ones we like above hit me with your suggestions!

Aidan, Logan, Miles, Toby

Elias
Dominic
Quentin

Oliver
Theo
Albie

I like Noah and Freddie

Otis, Rufus, Lenny, Ted, Luca.

Isaac
Elliot
Alfie
Charlie
Harry
Toby
Thomas
William
Wilf
Sebastian

I think Noah is gorgeous. I know it’s popular but it’s so lovely. My DH vetoed it but it would definitely be my choice!

Braydon, Haydon, Reagan or Champion!

I like Alistair the best so far. The three syllables help no end with a one syllable surname.

I like Alistair

Isaac
Adam
Mitchell
Oscar

Wow love your 4 names - all so gorgeous especially Noah. How about Louis?

suggestion if you Alistair:

Angus

Some suggestions of names with good nicknames:

Christopher nn Kit
Wilf(red)
Barnaby
Nathan/Nathaniel - Nate
Rafferty / Raffy
Sidney

Other ideas:

Eli
Ellis
Miles / Milo
Seth
Cole
Otis
Eric
Casper
Rudy/Rudi
Dexter
Blake
Dominic
Idris
Percy

Alistair would be a nice change from the more popular names.

Tom's nice, and Aled is lovely, , or how about Samantha or Bridget for a girl?

Freddie - overused. Don't like Fred
Noah - overused. I just hear No.
Alex - One! One! One! One!
Alistair - like it a lot

I love Alistair.

Alex is nice but better as a diminutive of Alexander.

I cannot bear Noah, it's a horrible, weak, whiny name.

I'm not mad on Freddie either.

Mylo- I have a recent thing about this name spelt with a Y. No chance of me having a baby boy & naming him this

I agree with @daisypond that I like the longer names best with a short last name. Of the suggestions above I think these sound the best:

• Alistair
• Elliot
• Dominic
• Christopher
• Edward
• Frederick (with Freddie as the nickname)

I think if we went for Alex or Freddie he would be Alexander or Frederick but called the shorter versions.

Still can’t decide. Feel like it’s a massive decision!

Alex and Freddie are both quite popular names. With a popular surname, you will need a usable middle name, as Alex J might be one of two with that name.

I'm a late 1960s baby, and there were a few incidences of Firstname Middlename Surnames (Placename) at school - more than one incidence of two kids in the same year having the same full name.

I know several Steve Smiths! And two Alex Taylors!

So yes, I'd avoid a popular first name if you have a common surname.

You could pick a more unusual name though and there’s still no guarantee of being the only one. There’s no Oliver’s/Ollie’s at my daughters school (statistically 1 in every 100 boys called number 1 name of Oliver), yet theres two boys called Fox

But by picking a name outside the top 100 you reduce the risk significantly!

My dc's name was used 30 times when they were born and we have yet to meet another.

These weren't two Steve Smiths or two Alex Taylors, they were something like two Stephen John Smiths and two Alexandra Jane Taylors.

It was a school where a large proportion of pupils had the most common Welsh surnames - Jones, Davies, Williams, Roberts and Evans IIRC.

An unusual middle name can make a difference if the firstname and surname are quite common. Catherine Jones doesn't stand out without the Zeta.

Thanks for the input everyone. Not great with quirky names I’m a bit boring. Also a teacher so names are an issue due to the darlings or not so darlings that I teach!!