I challenge you to suggest a name I've not already thought of...

[Namesetc]

I'm looking for a one-syllable name as the baby's second name will be long (double barrelled).

Boy's name.

Uncommon / not going to be too many of them either at school or in the media etc.

Names I've ruled out:

Things like:
John, Ben, Dan, Ed, etc (too boring, common amongst older people, 'around')

Things like:
Alfie, Albie, Ted, Wilf, Archie, (too popular)

Things like:
Bear, Fox, Snow, Thor (I kind of like them but they are a bit too much, iyswim)

Looking for a middle ground name. Uncommon, short, strong (not ending in "ie" sound) but not too wacky.

For example my favourite girl's name is Fern. (I quite like nature names).

The only boy's name I like is two syllables (Rohan- though could be shortened to Ro) but DH doesn't like it.

Any ideas for a name which fits the bill?

I had a boy in October his name is

Zeke Joshua Harlen

Zeke is pronounced Zeek short for Ezekiel but his name is just Zeke. Harlen we loved too and it's not popular round here.

Hal
Bran
Brand
Cole
Chad
Dan
Karl
Seth
Ham
Shem
Guy
Blaise
Cain
Beau
Luke
Dirk
Hart
Merle
Van
Vaughan
Sven
Thor
Brice
Miles

Craig

Zeus
Saul
Keir
Heath
Ash
Tate

Joel (an alternative to Noel which you said you like )?

Joe

Also:

Kurt
Ralph
Job
Gad
Hans
Keir
Lear
Leif
Jaques (as in Shakespeare, pronounced Jakes)

George
James
Tim
Lex
Matt

This is a looong thread so havent read it all but heres some ideas:

Klaus
Bram
Johb (pronounced with an "oh" sound in the middle)
Alf
Bert
Cole / Kol
Lief
Lark
Clay
Clark
Beck
Sloane
Sage
Ray
Walt
Lex
Tom
Gus

Wulf

Dave

WAT?! Who calls their child Wat?!

yeah but I won the challenge, you hadn't thought of it and that's what counts

Laurence nn Laurie

@Namesetc OP I’ve just re-read the intoduction to this thread and you are making me chuckle . You haven’t even stuck to your own rules. The only name you say you like (but DH doesn’t), is 2 syllables (not 1) and it (together with its variants) is really common and not in any way unusual sounding these days. 🤣
Anyway have we been of any help at all in this thread? I’m quite liking the idea of 1 syllable names by the way and am going to add some of these suggestions to my list (probably not Leaf though)

Asa
Asher (Ash)
Fenrir (Fen)
Keir
Kit
Ned
Nico
Rio
Rue
Ross
Ted

Seb

Sean
Finn
Mark
John

Jago

Val

Yann

Oak (short for Oakley) - I know a little boy with this name and love it

@Whatsyourflava I gave Rohan as an example of the kind of name I like but it's not actually on our list as DH doesn't like it and I wanted one syllable. I'm struggling to see anything that jumps out. Not a fan of the boring (imo) names like Mark or John, and some names sound a bit dated, or just don't click e.g. Joel - reminds me of Billy Joel! This is hard!!

There's no name I've not seen before, apart from Wat - well done that pp! But I won't be going for that name perhaps unsurprisingly...

Also I don't see the point of shortening names - I'll just give it the shorter name to begin with.