Help please!

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Baby boy born last week. We have no real shortlist…or at least nothing that feels like ‘the one’. I had a popular 80/90s name and hated being known as name + first letter of surname at school. Big sister is Annie.

Thoughts on these names please (and any suggestions welcome)…
Noah (nice but super popular. DH likes this name best)
Eddie (DH likes, I feel neutral, definitely don’t love it)
Xander
Ezra
Arthur

Any other ideas? Middle name will probably be Charlie or Charles (family name).

Thank you!

Love Noah! There’s only one in my DS’s year at school so it’s not everywhere where we are.

Not a fan of Xander but like Ezra.

Of you list Xander Charles is my fav. Unlikely to be another one at school unlike the others.

With big sister Annie, I like:

Theo
Oliver
Peter
Roscoe
Adam
Stuart

Congratulations! Annie is lovely.

Have a look at the popularity on darkgreener.
Bear in mind that names like Theo might be even more popular than they seem because names like Theodore that shorten to Theo are counted separately.

Noah - extremely popular around here. #4 in England & Wales
Eddie - ok if short for Edward, Edwin, Edgar or Edmund
Xander - not keen. Alexander is better
Ezra - don't like it at all
Arthur - very popular, a bit matchy-matchy with Annie. #3 on darkgreener

I'd go for something more traditional like Peter or something. If you like Arthur you might like Ethan.

I have a friend who named her son Luca (DH is Italian) I always liked that name

Noah has been SO popular for years... I wouldn't use it now. It will date badly imo.

How about

Edward Charles
Alexander Charles
Quentin Charles
Dominic Charles

I like Annie and Eddie or Annie and Ezra.

Other suggestions for you:
Axel
Abel
Blair
Colby
Cory
Davis
Eli
Elias
Emerson
Evan
Felix
George
Hollis
Hunter
Jonah
Joseph
Lockie
Luca
Max
Miles
Nate
Oscar
Odin
Otis
Rory
Scott
Samuel
Tate
Will
Zachary

Noah (nice but super popular. DH likes this name best) - nice, goes well with Annie, definitely super popular
Eddie (DH likes, I feel neutral, definitely don’t love it) - I really don't like it unless it's a shortening of Edward. Eddie feels a bit odd to me - maybe because it's a word (eddy) as well
Xander - I love this.
Ezra - nice. Very now - increasingly popular but nice name
Arthur - ok. I wouldn't personally pick 2 names with the same initial

Thanks for all the suggestions!

A wild card…what about Raffy ( Rafferty)?!

Definitely not Raffy/Rafferty. It's awful.

@FayCarew ok wild card is out 🙈

Xander is my favourite by a long way.
I know lots of people like Noah but I find it grating listening to people shouting out 'No- wah'.

Definitely not Noah it's super popular.
I love the wildcard name!!! I actually campaigned hard for Rafferty for my third but DH said no. I love it!

I tend to hear NOO-WAAAH being screeched out a lot too.
Surname names are mostly fine - as surnames. First names that are also surnames like Charles or James are fine

Charlie is lovely but a bit popular, could you use it as a first name?

I'll throw in a wildcard: Humphrey.

Eddie is nice.

I like Rafferty and the suggestion of Peter.

Leo
Miles
Saul
Felix
Laurence/Laurie
Toby
Luca
Nicholas
Roman
Gabriel

Raphael, if you like Raffy?

Congratulations on your lovely boy!

(I love Noah, but also Eddie and the above suggestion of Peter.)

Annie & Reuben
Annie & Solomon
Annie & Leo
Annie & Fraser
Annie & Felix
Annie & Eli
Annie & Caleb
Annie & Osian

Rafferty is lovely. That would be my favourite. Again - not that unusual and certainly not one to raise any eyebrows...

I'd probably prefer Rafferty to Raphael and Raffy is cute.

Austin Charles
Vaughn Charles
Hudson Charles

Defo noah Charlie

I like Noah and Xander

Love Edward nn Eddie. Goes great with Annie too