Name to go with surname?

[SurnameStruggles]

Just found out we are having a baby boy in October and we are struggling for a name!! Our main issue is getting something to match our surname - Ives.

I don’t want anything really popular so top 20 are off the cards really, and I feel like one syllable or S ending names don’t work with the last name.

Any ideas would be massively appreciated!

Douglas/Dougie
Robert/Robbie
James/Jamie/Jimmy
Sidney
Frankie
Christopher
Henry/Harry

Bit more ‘out there’

Bartholomew
Balthazar
Lazlo
Lorenzo
Harley
Torin

Such a tricky surname!

Jacob Ives

Admittedly, it was ranked 17th most popular name, in 2021. I bet it's actually out of the top 20 by now though.

Ives is a lovely surname.

I used to love Burl Ives and thought he had such a cool sounding name.

Edward Ives
George Ives
Henry Ives
Joshua Ives

Bradley
Bruce

Murray
Terence
Rex

Ives is such a difficult surname to pair with anything. I never realised before.

Jacob Ives would be J.Ives

Terence (whilst not typical for this generation) I thought had a nice ring to it. But it sounds too much like Terrifies!

Best of luck finding something you love.

Famous People with the Last Name IVES

• Charles Ives - Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and pianist
• Burl Ives - American film actor and singer, best known for hits “Frosty the Snowman” and “The Blue Tail Fly.”
• Chauncey Bradley Ives - American sculptor in Italy
• George Frederick Ives - last surviving veteran of the Boer War
• Frederic Eugene Ives - American inventor and pioneer in the field of color photography.

Some less common -ie sound names:

Brody
Finley (might be too common, but is lovely)
Barney
Barnaby
Rudy
Sonny
Laurie
Cody
Wesley
Macauley
Brady
Casey
Grady
Murphy
Remy
Rafferty
Ramsey
Ritchie
Bowie
Colby
Harley
Bertie
Buddy
Lenny
Monty
Joey
Bailey
Harvey
Jesse

Quentin Ives
Austin Ives
Ethan Ives
Tristan Ives
David Ives
Fintan Ives
William Ives
Arthur Ives
Julian Ives
James Ives
Patrick Ives
Luke Ives
Alexander Ives
Franklin Ives
Callum Ives
Alistair Ives
Atticus Ives
Elliott Ives
Marshall Ives
Calvin Ives
Oliver Ives
Jackson Ives

I think a name ending with a consonant would work best.