There are NO names we love

[OnNaturesCourse]

So DP and I have a list of names both like, but definitely don't love - Theo, Archer, Axl, Quill or Quinn.

DP loves Dominic but I don't
I love Leo or Jack but DP doesn't.

Any suggestions for us to consider (and hopefully both love...)

Milo
Miles
Quentin
Eric
Oscar
Felix
Asher
Jesse

We considered Milo but for some reason we can only see a little boy with this name, not a grown adult. We've found this with a lot of names, suits kids but not adults.

I should have mentioned I'm not keen on names that are regularly shortened, ie Dominic to Dom/Nic.

Barnaby
Jasper
Caspar
Hunter
Parker

Reuben
Eli
Kit
Chester
Ezra

First thought- Blake.

Ace
Tim
Joel
Max
Otis
Leon
John
Monty
Ben

Arlo
Angus
Cameron
Ethan
Nash
Logan
Evan
Riley

What about Miles nickname Milo

Tristan
Caleb
Seth
Spencer
Laurence
Austin
Otto
Cole
Chester

Nathan?
Marley?
Curtis?

Max
Seth
Benjamin
James
Callum
Matthew
Leo
Mason
Ryan
Fred
Amos
Otis
Oscar
Beck
Dexter
Titus
Horatio
Hugo
Reid
Finn
Porter
Zane

A nice mixed bag of classic / biblical / trendy for you to consider

@Whatsyourflava

What about Miles nickname Milo

Tristan
Caleb
Seth
Spencer
Laurence
Austin
Otto
Cole
Chester

I LOVE Miles.

Not a fan of giving a name and then using a nickname ie Miles/Milo.

I do like Caleb, Cole and Arlo, but DP turned his nose up. He's hard to please.

Charles
Evan
Ludo
Alvin

How about

Caspar
Quentin
Marcus

Hunter
Nathan
Daniel
Saul

First thought was Gabriel! Although you'd get Gabe
Seconds were Everett, Austin, Rafe and René

Brett
Liam
Merlin
Hunter
Owen

Only suggestion so far DP has kinda liked is Parker - but I'm not keen on it. I love Arlo though

Parker is baaaaaad.

Silas?

If you are hovering around Leo and Dominic how about
Benedict
Gabriel
Michael ?

We're still stuck lol.

John
Ian
George

Can't shorten them. Infinitely nicer than the names on your shortlist, and suitable for adults too. Classics.

I think boy’s names are hard and I totally agree with you about names that regularly get shortened like Timothy/Tim, Nicolas/Nic. Lovely names but I’m just not a fan of the shortened version and SO many boys names are like that. I wouldn’t say my dh and I really, truly loved either of the names we chose for our boys before they arrived. We liked them and agreed on them (no small thing!), but once they were it has become impossible to think of them as anything else and we love the names. Just sharing as a name can be ‘the one’ without feeling like it is beforehand. Not sure I ultimately got the names from there, but the Penguin Book of Names is a manageable length to go through in full and pull out any you notice and then compare notes.

If you like Theo,and Arlo and Milo:

Hugo, Amos, Ellis, Nico, Luca

I like Dominic best of all. That is a classic name which will stand the test of time and 'Dom' as a diminutive is lovely.