Thoughts on boys names Arthur and Felix

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Hello... we are currently expecting baby no.4 and would like some opinions on these names please. We are keen for something traditional but not overused however cannot use the following due to family having already used them:

Henry
Harry
William
James
Archie
Freddie

I do also quite like the name Cole but worried about the 'Coal' association.

Thanks 🙂

I love Cole and Felix! Arthur is one of my favourites but very popular these days, I'd avoid all of the ONS top 100 names if you don't want anything too popular.

Traditional but not overused... ok how about

Laurence
Nathan or Nathaniel
Peter
Angus
Tristan
Eric
Sidney
Matthew

I like Arthur but Felix is awful, sorry

Felix is nice - a bit quirky but well known. Arthur is very popular currently so feels a bit trendy to me. Cole also feels a bit trendy as a standalone name but makes a cool nickname for the more traditional Nicholas.

Similar style to Felix (slightly quirky but well known and currently outside top 50) - Rufus, Rowan, Marcus, Maxim, Ezra, Xavier, Caleb, Seth, Dylan, Evan, Owen.

More traditional but not overused (again outside top 50) - Gabriel, Michael, Philip, John, Robert, Christopher, Nicholas, Charles, Hugh, Luke, Matthew.

Felix is a lovely name

Benjamin, Edward, Alexander

I prefer Arthur but I don't know so many smaller children any more and am prepared to believe there are loads of them.

I also like: John, Nicholas, Christopher, Edward, Peter.

For me Felix is too posh.

First thing that came to mind - both brands of cat food. But also lovely names. I prefer Felix as too many Arthurs lately.

Felix always reminds me of the cat food brand. Sorry OP. Arthur is ok.

Other names you could have is
Albert
Francis
Jonathan
Isaac
Vincent
Zachary

I love Arthur and Felix.
I'm not a fan of Cole although I would discount the coal association.
Matthew, Laurence , Richard, Jonathan, Julian and Nicholas are also long-standing favourites of mine that would imo have a similar vibe without being super current.