Rank my Baby boy names

[Birdiboo]

It’s just over 2 weeks until we find out the gender of this little one but I like to be organised and know a name early on.

I like soft and gentle sounding boys names if that makes sense. For some reason I also really seem to like names with the letter “O” in them somewhere.

So far my boy names are…

Arlo (partner really likes this and is hard to please when it comes to names but I’m not sure)
Oscar
Theodore (Theo/Teddy)
Matthew
Noah (not convinced yet)
Ralph
Heath
Harry

Can you think of anymore along these lines that you think I’d like?

My daughter is Molly 💕

Arlo - I really like it but it is a marmite name and if you aren't sure I wouldn't use it
Oscar - very popular name but to me its a cats name
Theodore (Theo/Teddy) - loads of these about I'm not keen
Matthew - boring
Noah (not convinced yet) - no its had its time
Ralph - no
Heath - no
Harry - I like Harry but prefer Henry

Molly and Ralph sounds lovely together. I like Arlo and Oscar too. Not keen on Matthew and Theo is very common now.

@Hellocatshome funny you should say that about Oscar as my partner did actually have a cat called this when he was very little 🤣 but I like it anyway

I also like Otto and Milo but he doesn’t.

and also Harvey!

I was going to say Oliver but you can’t have a molly and an olly!

Other names with O in them……
Thomas
Victor
Timothy
Joel
Jacob
Joseph
George
Toby/Tobias
Robert/Robbie

Im not personally keen on Arlo - it seems like a teletubbie name to me!! Sorry op!

I love Oscar and it goes nicely with Molly. Not too keen on the others but I like Joseph, Jacob and George mentioned by pp.

Arlo- bit of a faddy name
Oscar- nice
Theodore- too popular
Matthew- good strong name, classic and not overused, the matching initials would put me off
Noah- not keen
Ralph- ok
Heath- not great
Harry- had a major peak 10-15 years ago now

Out of your list Oscar is the best, personally I think Jacob goes really nicely with Molly.

Not keen on any of them 😖
Josh with Molly sounds nice

I know siblings Molly and Thomas
(Which conveniently also contains o)

Arlo. Dislike a lot. Very popular right now and will date terribly

Oscar never liked this name.

Theodore (Theo/Teddy). Love it

Matthew. A classic but a bit dull

Noah extremely popular...I'm not a fan

Ralph. Awesome...best of the lot

Heath. Quite nice

Harry. A very safe but dull choice

Roscoe? Reminds me of Oscar but much less popular.

I like Ralph and Heath best. Other ideas -
Leo
Robert
Oliver
Alastair
Owen
Orin

Love Matthew.

If you like 'O' names - Ivo, Otto, Jago, Sholto

Heath - love it, knew one growing up.
Matthew - classic for a reason
Ralph - solid, nice
Harry - very popular, classic
Noah - v popular
Theodore etc - v popular
Oscar - v popular
Arlo - I think this has peaked

Suggestion: Harlen

Typo* Harlan

Theo but I like Leo more

Ralph - if you haven't already, read a Judy Blume book called forever and this will always be a no!

Arlo -A bit "arty" for me.
Oscar - there are so many already.
Theodore (Theo/Teddy) - ok. Molly and Theo goes together.
Matthew - I like this name but it's an awkward alliteration with Molly.
Noah (not convinced yet) - Ok.
Ralph - no. No!
Heath - I get Heath Ledger vibes. So sad what happened to him.
Harry - Prince Harry. Erring on no.

I think that Matthew (Matty, Matt) is underused for babies at the moment given that it is such a classic.
To my anglicised ear Arlo is dreadful. (Is it a brand of milk?) but Ivo and Leo would fit with Molly.
Are you both English?
If so I think that Heath is an unusual choice: more popular as a boy's' name in Australia I think where heathland isn't a thing.
Oscar, Harry, Ralph and Noah are fine but not particularly unusual, soft or gentle, though Ralph could be if you pronounce it traditionally Raif, though I suspect that wasn't your intention.
I know two Theo's born in the last month. It's a great name but a bit of a surge right now.
Molly and...
Alfie
Archie
John
Jonathon (Jonty)
Joseph
Jordan
Oliver
Nathan
Myles/Milo
Arthur
Mark
Marcus
Rupert
Robert (Robbie/Bobbie)

@ODFOx we are both Northern Irish. To be honest Heath was a spur of the moment add in lol.

My OH actually really likes the traditional pronunciation Raif - I’m not sure, I think it sounds a bit harsh or incomplete or something.

Thanks for your suggestions!

I love Oscar and Ralph (as Rafe). Matthew is OK.

Ivo, Oisin, Thomas, George, Joseph

Arlo (partner really likes this and is hard to please when it comes to names but I’m not sure) - I like it, don't love it. Prefer Otto I think
Oscar - I like this. All the Oscars I know are teenagers and are all lovely.
Theodore (Theo/Teddy) - this is one of my favourite names but it's so so popular now that I wouldn't use it now.
Matthew - I really dislike this. Something about the th sound in the middle makes it seem really wet to me.
Noah (not convinced yet) - boring. So popular
Ralph - this would be my favourite if pronounced Rafe but then I would spell it like that too. I'm not keen on the Ralf pronunciation and it reminds me too much of that horrible book, Lord of the Flies
Heath - not keen. Sounds slebby.
Harry - lovely, classic.

I would go for Rafe followed by Oscar or Harry with Arlo closely following... But Theodore would be second if you don't care about popularity...

Of your list I like Heath best. Am neutral on all the others. Afraid I don't like Ralph at all but Raef is nice.

Are Cosmo and Atho too weird?

I love Matthew but I think Theo goes better with Molly.

Oscar is not a soft name imo.

Anyhow, I like Theo the best. Ralph is terrible.

Suggestions:

Jeremy
Adam
Dane
Wade
Trent
Julian
Kurt
Luke
Elias
Torin
Reuben
Christian
Matthias

Rory
Lorcan
Ira
Ivo
Toby
Tobin
Cory