My husband hates every name!!

[ImNotAMermaid]

Dh is driving me loopy with his lack of flexibility on names. We are expecting a boy in two weeks and we still don’t even have any names we both like. Names we have are as follows:
Ollie (ambivalent but we don’t like it)
Jordan (I hate but dh likes)
Every name I suggest dh hates, the only name he’s come up with is Jordan. Dh likes gender neutral names which I don’t mind but I want something masculine sounding.

I quite like Obie..

What about
Sonny
Conrad
Bertram (Bertie)

Obelisk must be a joke…
If he’s serious what about just Obie or Oberon?
Suggestions:
Morty
Gabe
Deacon
Abner
Artie

OK, so he likes Jordan and Obelisk (!) but he also likes Rowan and Jacob, which are normal, nice names.

Ask him to write a list of at least 10 names that he likes. You do the same. Then compare lists. There must be at least one name that you will both like.

@ImNotAMermaid , the cartoon character is Obelix

Other gender neutral names used for boys that would work at private school

Blake
Cameron
Drew
Riley
Parker
Carter
Rowan
Spencer
Ryan
Elliott
Bennett

I'd just use Jacob if you both like it - as pp has said, unless it's the baby's sibling it's fine to use it again

My daughters go to private school and I can assure you that the pupils there have a wide variety of names and are from very different backgrounds. We are not all ‘jolly hockey sticks yacht club’ types! Also, the school is certainly not going to overlook your application because of a name….if you can pay the fees that’s all that matters.

Get one of those name apps that match you

Jacoby nn Obie?
Jacoby is Jack-oh-bee

You can’t call him Jordan, or just Ollie really.

Owen
Jonah
Jonas
Joel
Jethro
Jerome
Corin
Aaron
Caleb
Kester
Eli (short for Elijah or Elisha or just as is)
Zach (Zachary or Zachariah)
Dashiell
Ignatius (Iggy)
Julius (Jules)
Augustus (Gus)
Abraham (Abe, Bram)

Gender neutral/ish

Nicholas shortened to Nico
Christopher shortened to Kit
Robin (short for Robert if you want)
Arran

Quick update - I’ve sat down with dh picked the names I liked from this thread and let him choose his favourites. I’ve vetoed Obie and Jordan! So far we have:
Jacob (name of a recent stillborn so uneasy with it’s use)
Nico (Rosberg according to dh)
Jeremiah (reggae band apparently)
Saul (breaking bad)
I despair of my husband….

Oh and Obelix was apparently a joke but he does like Obie as there’s some rapper called it apparently. I just think of Obi Wan Kenobi.

Nico is lovely.

You can’t use Jacob if a family member has used it for their stillborn baby.

Ah, you can't use Jacob if it's the name of a relative's stillborn baby, if that's what you meant?

That would be incredibly cruel IMO, you're right to feel uneasy.

How about Arlo?

Yeah, it’s a close relatives stillborns name which is why dh and I don’t think we should use it.

You absolutely cannot use Jacob.

I vote Saul, underused and lovely name.

Nico is ok, sounds European.

You’re right, you can’t use it. I’d avoid anything too close as well (eg Jake).

Arthur
Theo (Ted)
Ezra

Oscar

Cameron nn camny

From this list I defo vote Saul. I actually like Obie. Jacob is a no based on the circumstances you have said and I hate Jeremiah!

Jameson
Evren
Bowden
Austin
Rhett
Blaise
Vaughn

Agree you can’t use Jacob.
Nico is good. I also like Charlie.

I think Nico is a lovely name.

It sounds like fictional characters and sportspeople is the way to persuasion.

Other ideas:

Archie
Linus
Connor
Emmett
Kirk
Lando
Max
Westley
Jenson
Mika
Luca
Sebastian
Jolyon
Marcus
Lucas
Lance
Nelson
Emerson
Damon
Rocky
Bo
Peyton
Nolan
Jesse
Brady
Gus
Oberon

This is a difficult set of criteria.

Gabriel
Adriel
Ira
Jai
Robin
Orin
Aaron/Aharon
Noa/Noah
Ezra
Raphael
Micah
Jesse
Riah
Shay
Shiloh
Zev

Ronan
Alastair nn Ally

Ah yes a pp mentioned upthread - Obie Trice.
Other BB characters:
Walter
Jesse
Mike
Hank
F1 racers:
Lewis
Max
Lance
George
Rappers:
Marshall
Lloyd
Nate
Reggae:
Bob
Marley
I don’t listen to reggae….

Definitely not Jacob. If a friend or family member used late dd’s name I would be heartbroken.

Nico is fab.