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Help me!

We have a very common welsh surname that isn't Davis or Kelly.

Husband is Welsh. I am not. We live in the north.

We like traditional names. I'm a teacher so it's making this very hard. We have an Alexander (Alex) I like names that can be shortened. Second boy due very very soon

So far:
Sam
Max
Ollie

But haven't settled on anything.

Help!! Open to suggestions

Peter
Joseph
John
Paul
Robert
David
Mark

All classic and very underused/due a comeback.

I have an Oliver and it's shortened to Ollie and I also have a Freddie sometimes we call him Fred for short I also liked the name Alfie

Archie
Alfie
Theo
Jude
Ben
Harry
Will/Billy
Stan
Louis
Charlie
Fred/Freddie
John

Thomas
Luke
Nicholas nn Nick
Leo
Andrew nn Andy but maybe too similar to Alex
Ben

Alexander (Alex) and...

Matthew (Matt) - my favourite
Joseph (Joe)
Thomas (Tom)
Nicholas (Nick)
Nathan (Nate)
Roderick (Roddy)
James (Jamie)
Casper (Cass)
Vincent (Vinnie)
Peter (Pete)
Philip (Pip)

Liking some but lots used by family.

Can't have Tom thanks to famous welsh singer sharing surname.

I like Matthew but that's my cousin
My boss is called Nick

Don't want alliteration

William? Edward? Nicholas?

Jeremy
Justice
Simon
Milo
Daniel
Matthew
Wilfred
Russell

Robert
Benedict
Henry
Benjamin
Edward
Gregory
Jeremy
Peter
Thomas
William

I really like Max!
Alexander is lovely and I think pairs well with another longer classic like Sebastian, William, Benjamin or Jonathan.

William
Lucas
Finley
Oliver
Oscar
Daniel
Rhys
Theodore
Sebastian
Edward
Henry
Noah
Benjamin

I like Max but not sure if it's a bit matchy with Alex

Russell
Andrew
William
Christopher

I like Roderick.

Or Matthew

Edward, (Ed, Eddy, Ted, Teddy)
Eustace
Edmund (Ed, Eddy)
Ronald
Roland
Rowan

Griffin
Dylan
Ellis/ Elias
Isaac
Nathaniel
Ned
Aidan
John
Bobby
Daniel
Caleb
Ruben
Morgan
Arthur
Flynn
Francis
Hugh
Leo

Ethan
Gabriel
Felix
Zachary
Elliot
Magnus
Toby
Monty
Rory
Ioan
Evan
Tristan
Charlie
Joshua
Owen
Lewis

Finlay - Finn
Nathaniel - Nat or Nate
Frederick - Fred or Freddie
Samuel - Sam
Dominic - Dom
Alfred - Alfie
Joseph- Joe
Nathan- Nate
Daniel - Dan or Danny
Bradley - Brad
Leighton - Lee/Leigh
Edward- Teddy
Cameron- Cam
Benjamin- Ben

Philip - Pip
Elliott- Eli
Benedict -Ben

Zach Jones
Evan Jones
Ewan
Benji

Benjamin
Sebastian
Henry
Peter
James
Daniel

Dominic, it’s definitely Dominic.

Robin (Rob/Robbie)
Sebastian (Seb)
Stephen (Steve/stevie)

Finn
Harvey
Ruben

Hugo
Anthony
Frederick
Angus
Magnus
Aeron
Albie
Peter
Paddy
Ryan
Hector
Milo
Wyn
Gruffudd
Ewan
Kit
Owain
Andrew
Alfred
Archie
Douglas/Dougie
Giles
Lawrence
Rupert

Isaac
Zachary
...both shorten to Zac
Robert - Rob, Robbie
Ezekiel - Zeke
Jonathan - Jon
Nathaniel - Nat
Nathan - Nate
Dashiell - Dash
Nicodemus - Nico
Oscar - Oz
Bodhi - Bo

I really like Samuel/Sam from your list.
Alex and Sam is a good combination imo.