Help me name our fourth boy

[Lolascolas80]

We have an Oliver (Ollie) Dylan and Alexander (Alex). DH vetoes most suggestions so we are basically left with a couple of names he doesn't hate.
Current list:
Edward (Ted/Teddy) my favourite but DH insists he'll get nn Eddie which I'm not keen on
James - maybe a bit boring and I don't like Jay
Elliott - like but don't love

Thoughts on these three or any suggestions?

I like James and Edward of your three
When I saw the names of your Ds I immediately thought of Toby

James isn't boring! I would call him James.

I like all your names, tbh. I like James - i haven’t met any little Jameses for a long time.
they all seem to fit the “traditional” mould (maybe Elliot a little less so), so some others i would associate with that category:

Marcus
Peter
Nathaniel
Lucas
Matthew

Yes, Toby! That works well and I love the name

Sam?

I love James, and I don’t know any little ones. I’ve never known one shortened to Jay, and that definitely wouldn’t put me off.

James! Absolute classic, traditional but cool.
Daniel
Kyle
Malachi
Jude

I’d Google the 30 most common names in the uk as you seem to like that trend. They’re all pretty popular, traditional names. If I had to veto any of them then it would be James, it is a bit uninspiring with no personality behind it.

Edward is the best, especially shortened to Ned

Felix
Theodore if you like Teddy/Ted
Natanial (Nate)
Zach
Sebastian (Seb/Sebby)

Samuel

William
Jonathan
Edward

I like Edward and if you call him Ted/Teddy then others will do too. My DGS is called Nathan and DD said they call him Nate so everyone just calls him Nate.

Marcus or Milo or Max or Otto.

James and Teddy are a bit dull. Elliott is so over used now.

If your list I would go James or Elliot if you don’t like Eddie.

what about Henry?

Elliott is lovely. Or how about Reuben, Tobias, Sebastian or Harrison?
My fourth boy is called Quade as it means fourth born but it’s not the same style as your other names at all!

Thomas (Tom)
Francis (Frankie)
Ralph
Hugh
Conrad (Con)

George
Gabriel
Spencer
William
Simon
Thomas

I vote Edward. I think if you call him Teddy from an early age he is unlikely to be Eddie

Don’t know why, but I thought Ralph when I read your other three’s names

Christopher? Kit for short. Theo.. Arthur?

I know 2 Edwards one is Eddie and the other is Ned. So I guess whichever nn you use will stick.

My dgs Edward has grown through Teddy, Ted to his own choice of Ed.

I love Edward. Call him Ted from the start and ban Eddie if you want. People will get the message.
Seb jumped out as a possible to go with your other names, also Seth.

James is lovely. How about Jamie or Jim?

I know a Teddy who is actually an Edward, but I didn’t know this for years because he always goes by Teddy or Ted.