Help us name our son!

[Sunshinemum12]

Hi there,

DS is due later this year, just found out it's a boy and struggling with names but have come up with a shortlist. I am drawn more to classic names. Which is your favorite from the following:
Julian
Alexander
Harry
Oliver
Xavier
Lucas
Any other suggestions most welcome. Thanks in advance!

Not a fan of Julian. Harry is nice and not as common as it used to be. Alexander and Oliver are both really common. Would Xavier be ex-avier or zavia?

Love Alexander and didn't get to use it- go for it!

Thank you for your responses @PickledScrump and @CastleTower ! Much appreciated:) Xavier would be more the Zavia pronunciation

I like Harry and Alexander.

I love Julian. Alexander is nice too. Harry and Oliver are fine but there are a lot around. I’m not a big fan of Xavier or Lucas.

I love Luca and Roman

Thanks a lot @RobertsRadio @MissedItByThisMuch and @Chocolateisnice! Super helpful responses, tbh my favorite is Julian though hubby not as much of a fan, however now I think I'm swaying towards Alexander (his favorite) Middle name already decided (John) as a family tradition

I like them all apart from Xavier, my favourite being Julian!
Alexander goes best with middle name john though.

I like Xavier and Alexander - Alexander could also be Xander if you like X names

Really like them all apart from Xavier.
Do you like Alastair?

They're all quite solid and sensible, OP! From your list I'd go for Alexander or Lucas. You might like Benjamin or Gregory too?

He could also be Sandy from Alexander
I'm not a fan of Julian and Xavier doesn't really do it for me, but your other options are all decent classics. I prefer Luke to Lucas which seems more popular.
Thomas
Benjamin
Samuel
William
Alistair
Matthew
Nicholas
George
Robert
Patrick

Alexander or Lucas. I like Julian a lot but don't think Julian John works.

Others:
Laurence
Leander
Francis
Sebastian
Nathaniel
Zachary
Christopher
Magnus

I like them all, but wouldn't go for Oliver or Harry, as too popular. What about Sebastian? A bit like Alexander but a bit more fabulous.

Depends on the surname, but

Julian - don't like
Alexander - very popular but has several diminutives
Harry - ok but I know lots of them
Oliver - very popular
Xavier - ok but some will say Ex-avier
Lucas - prefer Luke. A bit trendy.

I don't like Luca or Roman

I love classic too, yours are great, I especially love Julian, Alexander, Lucas and Oliver.

Other favourites are Jeremy, Benjamin, Nicholas, Thomas, Adam, Caleb, Patrick and Fraser.

Sebastian
Tristan
Toby

Alexander

I like Luca.

Go for Julian

I absolutely love Julian! That would be my top choice. From your list I also love Lucas.

Other suggestions from me that I had on a list with Julian:
Nicholas
Oscar
Casper
Gabriel
Carl
Christian

Alexander is nice.
Prefer Luke to Lucas.

Xavier
or Julian / Julius

Julian - nice, I like Julius better though
Alexander - overused right now
Harry - done to death
Oliver - done to death
Xavier - my favourite - standard UK zay-vee-uh pronunciation
Lucas - overused right now, and faddy

others might be..

Alistair
Jonathan
Nicolas or Dominic nn Nico
Laurence nn Laurie
Lucian
Cassian
Robert nn Robbie / Bobby
Darius
Issac

I love classic names, but weirdly don't like any of those options! Maybe Julian or Alexander at a push.

How about;

Henry
William
Thomas
Hugo
Dominic
Nathaniel
Nicholas
Edward
George

I have got an Alexander John, John is a family name here too and I liked Alexander because whilst it has been in the top whatever for years (mine will be 17 this year), we don't actually know anyone else with that name. I'm a primary school teacher as well and I've only had one or two Alex's come through school in the 14 years I've taught, I've taught quite a lot of Harrys, Olivers and Lucas's though!