Shortlist for baby boy

[Plazaheart]

Trying shortlist the below names. A mixture of mine and DH’s picks. Would love thoughts on your favourites.

Freddie
Henry
Milo
Theodore
Jack
Arlo
Kit
James
Liam
Sebastian
Grayson
Leonardo
Julian
Orlando
Conrad
Myles
Alfred
Arthur
Oscar

[Overoptimistix]

This is very similar to my name list (DS five weeks) so I have opinions!
Freddie - overused and not a full name
Henry - I like it but didn't go for it as no real nicknames and sounds a bit young as an adult
Milo - dog's name (sorry!)
Theodore - cute
Jack - lovely and underused now. Classic and simple
Arlo - a bit try hard/ off the moment
Kit - cute but would use the full Christopher and then shorten
James - lovely, similar thoughts to Jack but more formal (not a bad thing)
Liam - feels a bit 90s to me
Sebastian - I like this and the shortenings
Grayson - don't like, too American
Leonardo - too much, would Leonard be a possibility?
Julian - this is a nice underused classic. Similar vibe to Sebastian but less common
Orlando- as Leonardo
Conrad - nice, recognisable but uncommon
Myles - I would spell it Miles. I like it and not too common
Alfred- I'd go for this if you like Freddie. Quite a lot of Alfie/Freddie etc around though
Arthur- I like this
Oscar - this too

[TheBirdintheCave]

Cut Grayson and expand the diminutives to their full versions and this is a good list.

Julian is my favourite.

[MerryChristmasToYou]

Freddie - overused
Henry - ok
Milo - too current. Milky drink
Theodore - overused. I don't like it at all
Jack - overused but ok
Arlo - too current
Kit- too current
James- overused, but I really like it
Liam - only if irish.
Sebastian - popular. I don't like it at all
Grayson - Gracie for short? I don't like it at all
Leonardo - only if italian. Leo is ok
Julian - I don't like it at all
Orlando - a bit long. Lando is speeding up in popularity
Conrad - ok
Myles - I like Miles
Alfred - Will be Alfie or Freddie. Not keen.
Arthur - overpopular
Oscar - not keen

[Rauha]

My favourites from your list:
Henry
Sebastian
Conrad

[Plazaheart]

@Overoptimistix ahh congratulations, do you mind me asking what you went with?
thanks for the feedback

[Theoldwoman]

Henry
Julian
Theodore

[MerryChristmasToYou]

@Overoptimistix , Jack - lovely and underused now. Classic and simple
It's #13 top name in England & Wales. It's probably been given to 100,000 boys over the past 25 years

[Overoptimistix]

@MerryChristmasToYou you're absolutely right - I didn't really mean underused, more that it felt like every other little boy was called Jack at one point! Now that there is such a breadth of boys names, it seems less well used to me.

[Overoptimistix]

@Plazaheart

@Overoptimistix ahh congratulations, do you mind me asking what you went with?
thanks for the feedback

One that wasn't even on the list until the last couple of weeks! Dominic

[MerryChristmasToYou]

@Overoptimistix , I think that nearly every couple I know has a Jack, Harry or Noah.

[farquard]

Freddie - Love

Henry - oK
Milo - Nice

Theodore - Love

Jack- Love

Arlo -Love

Kit- Girls name

James - Old fashioned/ naughty boys name
Liam

Sebastian - Snobby
Grayson - OK
Leonardo - Like Leo
Julian - Really don't like
Orlando - Not a fan
Conrad -No
Myles- No
Alfred- No
Arthur-No
Oscar-No

[ratmatazz]

Julian Jack and James

Arlo is an absolute no. Old fashioned already

[urbanbuddha]

So if I was making a shortlist of your list this would be it

Freddie (maybe nn for Alfred?)
Milo
Jack
James
Sebastian
Grayson
Orlando
Arthur

[staybyyou]

Henry & Julian are my favourites

[Pictograph]

My favourites are James and Sebastian. Least favourites are Milo, Arlo and Grayson.

[Luredbyapomegranate]

I’d go for Julian - or Julius which I like better, 2nd choice Sebastian.

There are lots of nice names on your list, but other than Liam, Grayson and Conrad, which are a bit grim, and Orlando which is nice but a bit full on, they are all done to death.

[blondie87]

Miles spelt this way
Kit
Henry
Arthur

[ladywithnomanors]

James and Henry are my favourites

[Purplemagnolias]

Jack - lovely and underused now.

There are hundreds of thousands of Jacks born during the past 20 years! It's sooo overused and dull!

[Purplemagnolias]

I only like Conrad and Julian.

[icegoose]

You have good taste in my eyes OP, I went with two of your choices for ds, all be it 14 years ago.

[Gingersnappy]

From your list, I like
Miles
Arlo
Myles

[Gingersnappy]

*Milo

[MissyB1]

From your list I only like Julian and Conrad. Other suggestions;
Conal
Fraser
Jonah
Remy
Joel
Patrick

[toastofthetown]

Freddie - dull and overused
Henry - too popular for my tastes, but I like Henry
Milo - very trendy at the moment
Theodore - so popular right now
Jack - dull and overused
Arlo - extremely trendy
Kit - I don’t like it as a full name and I don’t like anything it’s short for either
James - dull but classic (in a way Freddie and Jack aren’t)
Liam - feels pretty dated, but fine
Sebastian - quite nice, if overused
Grayson - very trendy right now
Leonardo - not a fan of Leonardo and Leo is the inevitable nickname which is dull and overused
Julian - always feels like a middle aged man’s name to me
Orlando - love Orlando, easily my favourite from your list
Conrad - not a favourite of mine, but it’s a solid name
Myles - I prefer the Miles spelling
Alfred - Freddie would work as a nickname but I can’t say I like it
Arthur - nice but so very popular
Oscar - feeling very tired now. It’s coming down from a peak in popularly