Reuben’s brother...

[Lenny86]

Really struggling to name our second son. We have Welsh/English/Jewish heritage. We don’t want another Old Testament name or anything Royal. We’ve trawled the top 100 and don’t agree on any of them.

Jesse
Ethan
Caleb
Tobias
Rory
Miles
Dylan
Dexter
Ellis
Ashton
Barnaby
Rafferty
Jasper

Simeon.

Quentin

I was going to suggest Ethan

LOL Jesse, Ethan, Caleb and Simeon are OT names!

OP, can you suggest some names you like but don't want to use - "If I like Xxxx what else might I like?"

Rory?

Raphael

Rhys
Zak

Seth, the brothers from Cold Comfort Farm. Im

Oscar
Austin
Felix
Emerson
Cormac
Leo
Marcus
Gregory

My instinct matched Saul but obvs not wanting OT names.

Kevin
Darrell
Wayne
Dwayne
Shayne
Blaine
Zayne

The Reuben I know has a brother called Toby.

Reuben and
Austin
Cooper
Finley
Dexter
Ethan
Callum
Aidan
Dylan

Reuben's brother is called Bodhi.

@Dilbertian

LOL Jesse, Ethan, Caleb and Simeon are OT names!

OP, can you suggest some names you like but don't want to use - "If I like Xxxx what else might I like?"

I know, It’s hard...Tobias and Raphael are also in the Old Testament.

Names we both like, but cannot use include Vincent, Osian, Sidney and Otis. We also like Nico, but don’t feel we can use it without appropriate heritage. I also like modern Hebrew names like Osher and Oren, but my partner isn’t keen.

What about Sean? Similar sounding to Osher.

Or Theodore - not a biblical name, but one that connects to faith. Teddy is a very cute nickname

Oliver
Laurence
Carey
Cory
Ian
Sasha
Dexter
Dorian
Jason

My son's great uncle Reuben had a brother called Alfie

Tobias is only in the apocrypha so many people would not consider it a "proper" OT name. I really like it with Reuben.
Or how about:
Miles
Milo
Theodore
Benedict
Sebastian
Christopher
Victor
Xavier
Zachary (might be too close to Zachariah?)

I love Reuben.

Reuben and:

Tobias
Sebastian
Fraser
Ewan
Owen
Elias
Hamish
Patrick
Cole
Luca
Jacques
Kurt
Lincoln
Cameron
Campbell
Gareth
Wade
Jonah
Jeremy
Adam

Lucus
Stanley
Morris

I know brothers Reuben and Quentin

Why don't you want an Old Testament name?

Most of my favourite boy's names are in the OT.

@NameChange30

Why don't you want an Old Testament name?

Most of my favourite boy's names are in the OT.

Because we aren’t religious, so it doesn’t feel right to us. We used Reuben due to Jewish heritage and its meaning and do love lots of OT names, but don’t want to use another.

Thanks for all the recommendations - good to add some more into the equation. I really don’t like Tobias for some reason, but it does seem very popular at the moment