Boys name help! If I like…

[Hermioninny]

Expecting a little boy and DH and I are struggling! Middle name will be either William or Jack (or both) and surname is short, one syllable.

We like:

Rufus - not sure if I’m brave enough
Dylan - very popular round here so puts me off

And that’s as far as we’ve got English/Irish background but DH has vetoed Irish names. Not keen on anything very popular, modern (Jaxon etc) or what DH thinks is posh (Tristan/Caspar etc).

We know what we don’t like Help please!

James? Richard? Philip? Christopher? All go well with middle name choices.

All quite classic. Richard is perhaps due a revival.

Either Rufus William or Dylan Jack. They don't flow well the other way around. Of the two, I prefer Rufus William.

David
Daniel
Harry
Jude
Robin
Louis
James
Joseph
Jacob
Rocco

I'm loving Peter atm.
Dominic ?

Alexander
Nathaniel
Ezekiel
Ralph

@Ellmau I like Rufus William too :)

Rory
Dexter
Joshua
Eric
Nathaniel
Evan
Isaac
Oscar
Gregory
Arthur
Peter
Alistair
Toby/Tobias
Miles
Henry
Alexander
Euan
Nicholas
Adam
Angus
Samuel
Theodore
Joel
Liam
Benjamin
Caleb
Ivan
Otis
Wilfred
Frederick

Rufus or Dylan are great.

Tobias
Oscar
Louis
Austin

Marcus
Dexter

I would defo go for Rufus over Dylan. Dylan has become one of those popular over used names where I live.

Lucas?

Rufus is nice enough
What about Otis? Tristan? Austin? Eric? Ellis?

I also like an underused classic like Peter or Richard

Miles?

Why not William Jack or Jack William if you like them both?

I like Dylan.

But along those lines what about

Elliot Jack
Oscar William
Daniel William
Lucas William
Reuben Jack

I never read replies on a name thread before posting so as not to influence my answers.

Quite interesting to see some similar responses!

Rufus was top of our list

We also liked

Nathaniel
Tobias
Elijah
Wilbur
Benedict
Benjamin
Judah

@17caterpillars1mouse that’s nice to hear, it’s not a name I’ve come across much and I work with kids. I was expecting more negativity around Rufus for some reason!

I love Judah and Jonah but DH isn’t keen.

Our friends and family are boy heavy so a lot of these names have been used. Middle names are family names but otherwise not something we’d choose so not considering them for a first name.

Rufus William is ace.

Rufus isn't 'out there'
names.darkgreener.com/#rufus

Don't like Dylan or Judah at all and not keen on Jonah

R names like Roman, Reuben, Rory and Rowan are very popular, and Rufus will blend in

I like Rufus best, but Dylan is nice too. How about

Rupert
Rudy
Ralph
Rafe
Silas
Cyrus
Lucas
Felix
Max
Otis
Rex
Rowan
Quinn
Flynn
Milo

Love Rufus, but it’s definitely as posh as Tristan and Caspar in my book!

Reuben, Russell, Ross, Robin?

Jasper, August, Louis, Angus, Magnus?

Rufus is lovely, and not too ‘out there’
Other ideas:
Reuben
Jonah
Zachary
Miles
Arlo
Digby
Archie

Rufus is nice of how about Quentin or Marcus?

I don't like Dylan

Rufus
Dylan
Oscar
Noah
Max
Felix
Jasper

Felix
Louis
Daniel