Boy names- thoughts and suggestions

[weeducky]

Stuck on boy names. What do you think of our second list and any suggestions?

Ones I like but DH doesn't/can't use because of various reasons:
August
Teddy
Hugo
Felix
Oscar
Benjamin
Bodhi
Rory
Rudy
Raphy
Bernard
Oliver
Jude

Ones that are ok and we are considering that don't feel special enough:
Alexander
James
Joseph

I'm just stuck!

All 3 are handsome classics which you can't go wrong with. Your baby is special, which will make any name you eventually choose feel very special to you.

Joseph is my favourite of the 3, but all 3 are lovely.

It depends on your surname. I'd choose James from them as it's least likely to be shortened.
The name doesn't need to be special, your baby will be special.

I think Alexander is such a lovely name - James and Joseph too but I can understand if you don’t love them then you don’t love them

Some other names that feel to match your vibes:

Alasdair/Alastair/Alistair
Angus
Arthur
Asa
Atticus
Barnaby
Benedict
Caleb
Callum
Casper
Christian
Dexter
Edmund
Edward
Edwin
Elliot
Evan
Ewan
Fergus
Finn
Flynn
Fraser
Frederick
Gabriel
Gideon
Hector
Henry
Ivo
Jago
Jasper
Kit
Lachlan
Leo
Leon
Linus
Lorcan
Lucas
Max
Maxwell
Milo
Nathaniel
Nico
Otis
Owen
Percy
Rafferty
Ralph
Raphael
Robin
Ronan
Rowan
Rufus
Rupert
Sebastian
Soren
Tobias
Toby
Wilder
Wilfred
William
Xander
Zachary

Joshua
Joel
Gabriel
Benedict
Dominic
Daniel
Nicholas
Theodore

I like Alexander Joseph and james. But other ideas

henry/ harry
edward
austin
spencer
otis
jasper
jesse
flynn
elliott
arlo
leonard
louis
toby
vincent
griffin
sebastian
rex
lysander
charles
jacob
isaac

They are nice names, but if you want something more interesting then how about -

Alistair
Jethro
Ivo
Ivor
Caspar
Kester
Rufus
Rafe
Robin
Ronan
Rowan
Arnold
Jerome
Idris
Nathaniel
Gabriel
Patrick
Corin
Joel
Jonas
Christopher (Kit, Christy)
Nicholas (Nico)
Zachary (Zach)
Tobias / Toby
Wilfred
Laurence

All three are good names (and go well together).

Other names-

Daniel
Samuel
Ernest
Gilbert
Jude
Peter
Rupert
William
Frederick

I like your shortlist. Alexander James is a gorgeous name.

But your own taste seems a little to the artier/Scottish side of traditional. How about:

Gabriel
Raphael
Tobias
Alasdair/Alistair
Isaac/Izaak
Jake
Cameron
Lachlan
Hamish

And for traditional names:
Samuel
Edward
Edmund
Benjamin
Theodore
William

I love Anerin, Nye for shor

Short

Did you mean Aneurin, @Deedeedoe ? It's a good name.

Josiah
Jonah
Sebastian
Rafferty
Elias
Rufus
Gabriel
Barnaby
Otis
Lawrence
Dexter

Why is shortening a bad thing? I am rejecting names that can’t be shortened.
Ive rejected James because I’m not keen on “Jim”

You seem to love R names
Rufus
Roscoe
Rocco
Rollo
Roland
Rowan

other soft names
Magnus
Clarence
Wilfred
Freddie or Frederick
Marco
Elias
Jasper

How about Matthew?