Looking for an uncommon boys' name...again

[MooseBreath]

Just found out that baby number two is a boy! Very excited, except about the prospect of naming him.

DH and I struggled a lot to agree on boys' names for DS1. We have a lot of criteria:

1. I am Jewish, so no names of living relatives or friends. This rules out a lot of names.
2. No names in top 20, as DH grew up "John K" and hated it (not his real name).
3. I am Canadian and a lot of names that I find normal aren't really suitable in the UK. DH is British, same story for in Canada.
4. Our surname is a misspelt household object. Any kind of adjective or noun-type name sounds ridiculous.

We are also very picky, it seems. Here is our current list of possibilities, but we're not sold on any of them:
Lennox
Ford
Scott
Geoffrey

I quite like Gerard (Gerry), Linus, and Gilbert (Gill), but these have all been vetoed by DH.

Could anyone please offer any ideas or opinions on the current contenders? Thank you!

Elliot
Toby
Tristan
Seth
Parker
Kit
Linden
Orion
Quinlan
Lachlan
Owen
Harris

I have a Jude

What about:
Raphael
Gabriel
Nate
Arden
Harrison

DS1's first and middle names have both been mentioned now, so they're out!

I love the name Matthew, but it shortens to Matt, which sounds ridiculous with our surname.

So many great suggestions here! I have added several to our list.

Also, the reasoning behind "Ford" is after the character from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (DH's favourite book). I agree that it sounds like a surname, but I think it would be used as a middle name if we went with it.

Ford would be a great middle name if not a a first name. Love an unusual middle name. Our friend’s son’s middle name is Fox which we love!

Duncan
Love Miles & Guy too but think they've been mentioned

Obiwan.

one of my sons always pops up on these threads. It’s up there already

suggestios I don’t think are already listed

Giles
Clyde

Andreas
Ansel
Barnabas
Caleb
Dunstan
Finlay
Francis
Gilles
Hugh
Jules
Lionel
Mathias
Mason
Niall
Piers
Rasmus
Rhys
Rufus
Travis

How the heck does Mumsnet know all the names you have to rule out under point 1?

Bernard? (shot in the dark)

I LOVE Lennox. Such a great name IMO.

Atlas
Barnaby
Chase
Emerson
Fergus
Gideon
Huxley
Ivan
Jack
Jameson
Kai
Lennon
Maddox
Magnus
Nathaniel
Oscar
Otto
Otis
Percival
Quentin
Rufus
Scout
Tate
Theodore (Teddy)
Vincent

Obviously I don't expect posters to know all the names for the first one. But it would be ridiculously outing if I named all of my male relatives... If any of those names are mentioned, I am just moving on from them.

Gideon is interesting!

Bernard sounds nice in the UK, but in a Canadian accent is said "Burr-NAHRD" and is awful!

Raphael
Quentin
Marcus
Vincent

Liam

Should she just call him nothing then !

Harley.

Mars.

After the planet, would be a good one.

@larkstar actually studies have proven a definitely correlation between name choice and future successes of the child, it's quite interesting.

I think its unfortunate you've taken a thread which should be focusing on the excitement of upcoming parenthood and taken it as an opportunity to attack the op.

Ralph
Carey
Ira
Dante
Tate
Solomon
Troy

a name, however carefully chosen is not going to make much difference to the uniqueness, success or happiness of your child

Lots of evidence points to a correlation between a person's name and their future success.

Scott is unusual yet known, so I think it's a good choice. It has connotations of Scott Fitzgerald ( so if you like that author's work).

I think there is a female character named Lennox in ' The Blue Train' mystery, by Agatha Christie. Not that that matters, but might be a consideration if it suddenly became very popular - like Scout - as a girl's name.

I think it's good to choose a good-sounding name which has some association you like.

Jared
Elias
Woodrow
Edwin
Lennan / Lennon
Forrest
Max
Felix
Casper
Caston
Ivor
Francis / Frankie
Sidney
Stanley
Harris
Emmett
Emerson

Gabriel is my most favourite name so much I named my son it and you hardly ever hear it.

My friend is Jewish and has just had a little boy called Tobin l. I really like it!