Help me choose a name for my son

[Babynamehelp626]

Created a new username for this - I don't usually post in this forum and may post some very outing details!
Currently expecting a baby boy

I have a daughter - her name is Ayla. What name "goes" with this?

Find boy names much harder.
So far we like Alexander or Kaiden. I'm worried Alexander is too traditional and Kaiden ends in "n" which is also first letter of our surname so worried it doesn't sound so great?

And then we're stuck on the middle name too

Oh yes Dylan and Ayla. My friend has Dylan and Ava which work well too and Ayla is kind of similar to Ava?

I don't know about names but do be aware giving them both the same initials will cause confusion with post as they get old. Is A Smith Ayla or Alex? Then the annoyance when one opens the others post.

Can you tell I fell into this trap?

Fergus
Leon
Lucas
Jake
Jacob
Toby

Definitely no to Kaiden.

Austin
Vaughn
Rhett
Camden
Riley

Instead of Kaiden how about

Cameron
Quentin
Clement

I agree about the -n ending before an N surname. I had that, and I hated it. I always had to over-enunciate or else the N would get dropped off the surname.

For example, if my name were Colleen Nestora, people would hear Colleen Estora. I spent so much time with doctors, teachers etc not being able to find my records because they were filed under E!

@cordelia16 , that's a consideration with a name ending in -a preceding a surname starting with a vowel or R too.

Anna Atkins sounds like Anna Ratkins

Kaiden Norton might be heard as Kaiden Orton

Levi
Gabriel
Ethan
Nathan
Reuben
Seth
Zachary
Elliot
Jude
Raphael
Jarod
Orin

Anna Atkins sounds like Anna Ratkins

Where on earth did the R come from ??

Anna Atkins is pronounced Anna Atkins..

Aidan
Arlo
Reuben
Kai
Adam

Orson (was our backup name for a boy)

Alexander.