Opinions on these boys names

[Yellow1c]

Not currently pregnant but a total baby names enthusiast. I have loads of girls names I like but find boys names much more challenging to pick ones I absolutely love. My list contains :

Ralph (pronounced Rayf - like Ralph Fiennes)
Rollo
Jasper
Hugo
Victor
Guy
Ambrose
Ernest
Bram/Abram
Marcus

Give me your opinions! Any other boy names I might like?

I like Ernest and Hugo!

Elias?
Hector?
Edgar?
Bernard?

Ralph will get pronounced " Ral-f " not "Ra-f"

99% of people will assume that's how its pronounced and the poor kid will spent his entire life correcting people ...

I know a dog called Rollo so automatically think of that.

Jasper, hugo and guy are lovely names.

If you like things a little more unusual...

Avery, Rocco or Ellis

Jasper & Guy

The 'Ralf' rather than 'rafe' thing would be annoying. How could it be spelled to make it clearer? Just 'Rafe'? I don't like he way that looks as much but I can totally see it would help with pronunciation.

I like Bram and Rollo.
I’d maybe put Abraham on the birth certificate but use Bram all the time.
What about Mungo? Jonty/Jonathan?

Denys is another one I like- as in Denys Lasdun, the architect.
Jarlath as well is a good name.

Ralph (pronounced as it’s spelt) is common enough now that you’d be continually correcting people on that alternative pronunciation. You should definitely spell it Rafe if that’s the pronunciation you want

How about Rafferty? Nn Raffy?

Sorry they all sound quite pretentious

Ive seen it spelt "Rayph" - if thats preferable to Rafe...

I like Marcus and Victor.

Out of that list the only only one I like is Marcus.

I don't like any of them.

Jasper is ok. But the list is generally a bit try hard. Those are all the sorts of names given to make characters in a Penny Vincezi novel which sort of says it all.

Do the names sound try-hard because they're all together? Like a baby Guy (which is my uncle's name) surely isn't try-hard? Ernest is my grandfather's name.

What makes a name pretentious do you think? Is it all just personal viewpoint?

I love Bram/Abram. That's what this love will be called.

My favourite is Ralph or Rafe. The only ones I'm not keen on are Guy and Ambrose. Rollo is very cool!

Sholto
Mungo
Caspar
Brennan
Dashiell

The only one I like at all is Marcus.

Jasper, Victor and Hugo aren't too bad, but the rest are not to my taste at all.

I love Marcus and Victor.

The only one I don't like is Guy.

Benedict

Christian

Rafael

Rupert

Diggory

Quentin

Conrad

Cassius

Jolyon

Roland

Ruben

Vincent

Leonard

Piers

I like Guy - I think it a good solid name - but were I have ever to had a second son I would call him John - just love it. My grandfather was John Johnson known as Johnny ( not the famous air pilot ) but I do think John is a great name

"Try hard" in the sense that quite a few are the sort chosen by people trying to sound a bit posh.

I know lots of ambitious middle class people who have given their children these names.

The really posh types I know are actually just called things like Charlie & Tom

I like jasper and victor.
Other names to consider: Harold. Arthur. Arnold. Aurelius. Cornelius. Augustus. Hansel. Cassius. Vincent. Reginald. Franklin.

I like Guy, which seems very underused these days.

Other thoughts: Alastair, Angus, Magnus?

"Try hard" in the sense that quite a few are the sort chosen by people trying to sound a bit posh.

Could it be that these people simply like the name? That they're not 'trying' to sound like anything?!