Rate my boys names please

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We still have three months to go before our baby boy is born. I was convinced it was a girl, so the boys list is starting from scratch and it's so hard!!!

DP and I have different tastes. I want Lysander, he wants something more common.

Please tell me what you think and make any suggestions!

Percy (I love, family name, but it's very marmite)
Freddie (short for something - not keen on Frederick but want a proper name for BC)
Sebastian (DP likes, I'm a bit meh and don't like Seb)
Caspar
Louis

Thanks

Worth bearing in mind @roarfeckingroar that a few years ago on Mumsnet all these horrified penis comments were made about the name Ralph. It's now a top 100 name. Don't let us put you off, we're a few years behind the curve. Percy is an amazing name

Caspar, Sebastian and Louis are my fave.

Lysander is awful.

I actually quite like Percy! But it might be a bit... twee?

Freddie is nice as well. But I can't understand the whole thing of having a "proper" name for the BC. Embrace what you like, and call him Freddie. No one will bat an eyelid.

Lysander is awful. Love Caspar.

@MikeUniformMike a Jilly Cooper character. Girls: Harriet, Elodie, Jasmine, Aurelia.

Lysander is lovely. I like the Shakespeare connection and love some other literary names - Jolyon and Linton, which I considered when pregnant with our ds but dh didn't like them.

@Bbq1 I couldn't go with Jolyon because of the fox killing barrister - but it's a great name

Percy - Love it! I know it usually gets negative comments but it's one of my favourites
Freddie - I actually love Frederic but don't like Freddie for some reason
Sebastian - I have never liked it and I actually know plenty of them, sorry
Caspar - I like the Casper spelling a tiny bit more
Louis - I like the sound of it but I would prefer it to be Lewis

Overall I would say Percy, Frederick and Caspar are the top 3

Not Percy (!) I like Freddie and Louis

Jus call him Richard. There are literally nine under 40!

I prefer less used names myself, but I actually like all these names a lot. Casper and Louis my favourites. I'd advise against Freddie because it's so popular that, if you had another you'd never have scope for a future Lysander or a more unusual girl's name, you'd have to go with another popular name or it wouldn't go.

What about Miles, Rupert, Tobias, Stanley, Rowan, Otto, Lawrence/Laurie, Sandy, Felix, Rufus.

Percy - don't like.
Freddie - too popular
Sebastian - I love this but I love Seb as a nn too
Caspar - really like
Louis - it's ok but it's so popular, I'm bored of it. Also some people pn it Lewis which really annoys me!

Sebastian or Caspar for me.

Percy - i like.
Freddie - too popular and not sure whY else you could make it short for
Sebastian - I know 1 Seb but 2 Sebastians shortened to Bash which I prefer
Caspar- I like a lot
Louis- I like but v v v popular

Suggestions: Leo, Ludo, Herbert, Luca, jasper, Ernest