Uncommon boys names - shortlist?!

[deliwoman1]

We’ve got a shortlist of sorts! But we’re still struggling with falling in love with a name. It was so easy with DD, so it’s getting me down a bit! 🥺

Hoping this thread will help us finally fall for one of them!

Need something short to go with our surnames and uncommon, to go with sis named Vada. What’s your favourite/least favourite? Any other suggestions in a similar vein?

Cato
Iven (softer spelling, can’t get past Russian feel of Ivan)
Levin
Amos
Eden
Linus
Asa (sounds too much like Vada?)

Middle name James or August (for my late Dad). Neither works for us as a first name. 🫠

I like Linus. How about Ivor?

Why not swap the order of the surnames if Bram B* is a problem?

Levin is quite nice but the others are terrible.

We already have a daughter with that order and would like them to have the same surname really. Plus the other surname sounds like a boys given name so we put it last to avoid it seeming like a middle name if we did have a boy one day. Glad we thought of that!

Cato - OK but will shorten to Cate
Iven - He'll be "Ivan with an e" all his life
Levin - Surname
Amos - fine (makes me think of The Woolpack)
Eden - tends to be used more for girls
Linus - gets said as Lie-nus in the UK
Asa (sounds too much like Vada?) - how do you say Vada - like Darth Vader?

@LoneHydrangea

My son is Asa. We, and he, have never had to correct anyone. It's pronounced Ace-er. Like the tree.

I like Amos and Asa (I have one) from your list op.

It’s an odd list. Part Scandinavian, part very Jewish, part cartoon characters ….. and then you have James and August.

Are you Scandi or Jewish or deeply into your cartoons? If not, they’re all odd. Eden is the only one I’d say a definitive no to, it’s a girl’s name.

Amos or Asa are my faves.
What about Otto?

Amos is the only one I like.

I don’t really think Iven is any softer than Ivan but I do think Ivo achieves this? I also think it’s actually a much nicer name.

Linus always makes me think of sinus - which isn’t helped by the Peanuts character who looked like he was dragging round a filthy snot rag😂.

I think Ivo James or Ivo August sound really nice.

Leon

Orson

Carl

Damon

Ethan

Jude

Isaac

Asa is stunning and I don’t thinks its too close to Vada.

Something short and uncommon? Heath, Ivo, Zev, Orin, Leal ?

Although I adore alliterative names and have always thought Bram was a great name so I’d be very tempted by that.

Jago August
Grayson James
Chase August
Griffin James
Emmett James
Cole August

Nah.

How about Clive?

Amos is the only one I like from your list and I love it! Really nice solid name.

I used to work with an Asa from Canada, lovely lad.

Jonah/Jonas
Malachi
Rowan

Sebastian August James has a ring to it!

Like Linus and Amos. Luke Eden too but prefer for girl and becoming popular. Vada and

micah
silas
ivor
jonah
cyrus
eli
remy
elio
loki

Sorry your list is strange and I don’t like any of them. Eden is a predominantly a girls name so don’t do that to him.

I used to work with a South African whose name was Jaco (Yak-o)

August (if August born)
James
Cato

Don't like any of the others.

Thanks to everyone who engaged with the original post, and offered useful suggestions. Lots of good ones to think about!

Also we live in London. If people think these names are ‘strange’ (not that anyone asked 🙄), there’s a lot ‘weirder’ to be heard round here. Thankfully!

To all the meanies… 🖕😜

You’ll probably think I’m one of the meanies saying this, but it’s better to be told things than not know when naming a child ( though you might already know) but in Cornwall tourists are called Emmet ( various spellings) and it isn’t meant in a nice way…