Boy’s name to go with difficult surname

[Leanybean]

Hi, I need help!
We are due in around 10 weeks and are really struggling to agree on any boys’ names. DH is extremely sensitive about how names sound with the first syllable of our surname, COCHRANE.

DD is Charley - Charlotte - so it kind of needs to compliment that too.
We both liked Rafferty for a while before feeling that it is too ‘brave’ compared to Charlotte. We can’t have Jack, Jacob or Alexander, all of which we both like.
We would both really like a name that can be shortened to a nn.

Example names DH likes:
Thomas
Arthur
Raphael

Example names I like:
Maxwell
Joseph
Zachary
Finley (DH thinks could sound like ‘thin ck’)
Isaac (I agree with DH that this is inappropriate with our surname)
Oliver (DH thinks could sound like ‘I love a ck’)

What other names are there that could compliment Charlotte but don’t have any remote phallic connotation and go ok with Cochrane??!

If it is a girl we have narrowed it to either Jessica or Megan.

Thanks for your opinions!

This has reminded me of the Dave Gorman programme where he rigged up a baby-name recommender bot website, pretended that he'd just serendipitously discovered it himself and convinced his soon-to-be-father colleague James Fiddler to give it a try.

He didn't go for any the obvious and hilarious suggestions like Dick or Willy, which would have been spotted a mile off, but he did manage to make him seriously consider naming his new son after comedian Adil Ray

Can I suggest you avoid Arthur (half-a) and Benji (bendy)? Megan could also sound a bit like ‘Mega-cock’ 😬

I love Rafferty and Raphael

Sorry but I laughed at your post... Yep definitely don't go for Oliver! I like maxwell out of your choices, I think it goes with your surname. Joseph is great too.

Just got why isaac is a bad choice 🤣

Maybe max not great either. It's Joseph for me then! Nothing wrong with Raphael or rafferty though

Zephraim. But only if you are a Star Trek nerd and know who that is.

You need a short name to go with your surname.
Tom (Thomas)
Sam (Samuel)
Alex
Caleb
Tim (Timothy)
Jay (James)

I would rule out Max, Megan (mega) and Zachary (Zac has the same problem as Isaac!)

Thomas sounds good.

I thought Joseph before I'd finished reading your post and then saw it on your list. Goes really well your DD's name, too.

Hugh Cochrane
Harry Cochrane
Moe Cochrane
Neil Cochrane
Ruben Cochrane
Seymour Cochrane
Watson Cochrane
William Cochrane

See, lots of names go fine. Not sure what your husband is worried about.

If it is a girl we have narrowed it to either Jessica or Megan.

Those are quite conservative. How about:

Annie Cochrane
Frieda Cochrane
Helda Cochrane
Iva Cochrane
Ivanna Cochrane
Norma Cochrane
Ophelia Cochrane
Rhoda Cochrane
Shara Cochrane
Tara Cochrane

donquixotedelamancha - really, some of those?!?!

Hugh - easily adapted to huge or you
Harry - could sound like hairy, especially in an American accent
Ruben - rubbing
Seymour - self-explanatory!
William - shortened to Willy to give the double-whammy

Barrnaby?

Or even Barnaby!

Isaac Cook (I suck cock)
Finn Cook (thin cock)
Thomas Cook (travel agent)
Jack Cook (too many 'CK' sounds)
Joseph (Joe) Cook (Joke)
Eli Cook (He like cock)

How about:

Charlotte and Adam/Charley and Adam
Charlotte and Elliott/Charley and Elliott
Charlotte and Harvey/Charley and Harvey
Charlotte and Leo/Charley and Leo
Charlotte and Daniel/Charley and Danny

Sorry! I meant Cochrane, not Cook. Same difference when it comes to the names though!

Zachary would possibly be shortened to Zach. This has too much emphasis on the 'CK' sound when put with Cochrane.

Joseph Cochrane goes really well. Or Daniel and it’s nns

Charlotte &

Quentin
Walter
Matthew
Albert
George
Benjamin

donquixotedelamancha - really, some of those?

Oh gosh, I didn't see any of those. I guess I just don't have that kind of mind. At least the girls ones are ok.

I guess I just don't have that kind of mind.

And just what are you implying by that?!

I love Rafferty with Charlotte!

Robert (Robbie)?
Henry?