Strong, simple and international boy names

[Diggersandloaders]

As the title says I guess! Baby boy is shortly to be registered and I can't shake the feeling that we haven't found his name yet. Current strongest contenders are Felix and Hector. We prefer names that are not too popular (that's our discomfort about Felix, as well as the feline associations!) and the name needs to work (be pronounceable at least!) in English and French.

Please send me your inspiration! Thank you!

Fenix
Lucas
Matthias

Troy
Guy
Hugh

Simon
Louis
Corbin
Luc
Marc(us)
Fabien
Hugo

Ah, we have strongly considered Guy. I really like it, but think it is just too used as a term in daily life these days sadly.

I love Luc in French but not in English. Lots of names fall into that category sadly (and some into the 'work in English but not French' one!)

Some aren't usable for family reasons, such as Simon and Marc(us)

We also already have a son whose name e DS with an o. I think that makes other o ending names sound a little twee, though I do really like Ludo... (we have a close friend called Hugo, but that's great too)

You could use the French pronunciation of Guy.

Lev
Thomas
Eric

I have quite a few French colleagues with primary school age kids who are called:

(Lor)Enzo
Dimitri
Victor
Micah/Mika(el)
Nicholas (nn Nico)

One has a 3 year old son called Paul which actually sounds very fresh against a nursery of Alfie’s, Archies, Harry’s etc.

Manu. Full name Emanuel.

Piers

Rex

Bruno
Claude
Daniel
Edmund
Geoffrey
George
Jerome (love this)
Pascal
Roland
Victor
Yannick

Leon

Ruben
Adam
Robin
Patrick

Families I know who have boys and wanted names to work in French have Sebastian (possibly spelled the French way with an E, I can't remember), Adam, Theodore, Jules and Oscar

Thomas (Tom)

Also:
Christopher
Christian
Alexander (Alex)
Robert (Rob/Robbie)

We know French/ English relatives who have named children the following and they all work well:
Maxime
Nicholas
Leon
Christophe
Henri
Edouard

Liam
Alex

Leo

Samuel
Tristan
Dennis
Philip
Henry
Frederick

Thanks so much for your replies. Lots of lovely names. I really like Paul but have a good friend with the name so not sure I could use it. I really like Sebastian and Leo but both are too popular for my liking. Anything more unusual?

@Diggersandloaders

Ah, we have strongly considered Guy. I really like it, but think it is just too used as a term in daily life these days sadly.

Pronounce it the French way?

Claude would be my choice, I love it, but DH didn't.

Annoyingly, this is one that sounds better in English to my ear!