Names you can shorten

[VickyHC]

Struggling to come up with boys' names we both like - we're due our second soon.

We like the following, but for various family reasons can't use them:
Christopher
Benjamin
Timothy
Oliver

Any suggestions of other names that are traditional, but not over-used, and that he can shorten as he wants when he grows up?

Philip
Geoffrey
Stephen
Robert
Michael
Nathan
Arthur
Edward
David
Richard
William
Peter
Alfred
Charles
Zachary
Vincent
Trevor
Gregory
Nicholas

Dominic
Tobias
Matthew
Elijah

Samuel
Matthew
Thomas
Nathan
Joseph
Anthony
James
Callum
Sebastian
Daniel

Laurence
Nathaniel Nathan
Tristan
Wilfred
Angus

Isaac

Ike/Zac

Pretty much any name can be shortened/nicknamed.

I think your way overthinking

Daniel
Andrew
Joshua
Michael
Arthur
Mattew
Nicholas
Peter
Zachary
Benjamin

Thomas, william, james, arthur, david, alexander, matthew, Anthony, Robert, Lucas, Dominic, Nicolas, dylan, Peter, marcus, declan, patrick, damien.

Im going for saints names popular in the 70’s as suggestions. Also known as the male population of my high school

Peter Philip Andrew James Simon Steven Nicholas Joseph Christian Anthony Nathanial

Jonathan
Lawrence
Wilfred
Alexander
Raymond
Frederick
Gregory
Benedict
Gabriel

Thomas
Andrew
Matthew
Alexander
Nicholas
James
William
Richard
Edward
Douglas
Michael
Benjamin
Christopher
Gabriel
Patrick
Douglas
Raymond
Frederick
Theodore
Francis
Vincent
Terrence
Robert

Nathaniel - Nat/Nate
Alexander - Al/Alex/Alec/Sandy,Xander
Robert - Robbie/Robbin
James - Jamie/Jim/Jock
Sebastian
Dominic
Michael
Thomas
Daniel
Philip - Pip

Daniel
Joseph
Joshua
Matthew
Jonathan
Samuel
Peter

Barnaby/Barney

Any traditional name of at least 2/3 syllables often has several shortenings; these are all outside the top 100:

Nicholas (Nico, Cole, Nick,)
Nathaniel (Nate, Han, Niel)
Dominic (Dom, Nico, Nick)
Benedict (Ben, Ned, Ted)
Jonathan (Jon, Jonty, Nate)
Phillip (Phil, Pip, Flip)
Robert (Robin, Robbie, Bertie)
Edmund (Eddie, Ned, Ted)

So what you want is a traditional, underused classic, long name with diminutives. There are loads of them.

Lots of great ideas above. I can't add to them, but my immediate thoughts were Nicholas, Dominic, Jonathan and Nathaniel.