Boy name help please!

[Lilyrudi93]

Help me decide on a name! Middle name will likely be James.

My current faves are:

Micah
Ezra
Joel
Jude
Luke
Louis
Gabriel
Heath
Phineas
Solomon
Caspian
Jasper

My favourite name is Ambrose but my husband isn’t on board :(

I love Caspian
also lovely: Jasper, Heath, Louis, Jude, Joel and Ezra

Joel, Luke and Louis are my favourites! Also like Jasper, Ezra and Solomon (Sol is a cool nn).

Do you like -

Amos
Asa
Isaac
Finley
Casper
Felix
Milo
Jonah
Nathan / Nathaniel
Leon
Jesse
Lewis
Zachary
Sebastian
Isaiah
Elijah / Elias / Eli

I like Caspian

Or how about
Caspar
Quentin
Reuben
Sebastian

I love James! Would use that as the first name. From your list, I only really like Luke - all of the others are a bit too trendy for me, though they are mainly OK. Personally, I really dislike Caspian and Jasper, though I know MN disagrees!

Gabriel or Caspian. Lovely.

Heath is one of the few lovely but not too “out there” sounding nature names for boys imo and it also fits into the Surname trend to boot - so I’ve never been able to work out why it’s so underused (maybe because of Ledger? but that’s not a big deal imo).

I do really love similarly romantic sounding Caspian too, but I suppose it does feel a bit more unusual -so whether I’d use it personally would depend on where you live/your social circle (where I live it would stand out quite a lot).

Bit more “ blah” on the rest of your choices but don’t dislike any of them apart from Jude, Micah and Solomon which have never been my cup of tea as I’m not keen on their sounds.

Ezra James

Agree. Caspian is cute. The CS Lewis vibes might be too much though. I think Eli or Milo would be beautiful. Eli is - I think - especially gorgeous. Real names and not overused currently. I actually think Jean (French pronunciation is pretty - Despite Oasis). Both my DC like their names. Which are each from where my mum's family heralded from. But aren't outlandish. They still suit their names. I wasn't 100% till I saw them though. Your whole shortlist IS rather lovely!

Ezra is also nice. But it's a big name for a toddler. I'm not sure I like Ezra Pound either. I think Jude is lovely. Because of Hardy. I'm not keen on Heath. I suppose I just think Heathcliffe, who wasn't nice.

I like most of them, just not keen on Luke, Heath, Phineas and Caspian (but I love Cassius). Micah and Joel are my favourites.

Caspian.

Ezra - I wanted that but was vetoed!

Caspian james or jasper james are 😍😍😍

I;m loving Otto but of course depends on your surname.

I don't mind Luke and they turn out ok. It's not especially middle class either.
Like Silas and Magnus.
And Cassius or Caspar rather than Caspian

We have very similar tastes! James is one of my favourite boy middle names too.

My favourites;

Micah
Louis
Gabriel
Caspian

You've mentioned Luke...I like Luca, Lucas and Lucien.

Caspian and Gabriel are my favourites.

Can I throw Raphael, Tobias, Benedict and Tristan into the mix? 🙈😂

I like a multiple syllable first name if you have single syllable second. It also depends on your last name. I think names need to have a certain flow.

Lovely list, my favourites are

Louis
Gabriel
Solomon
Caspian
Jasper

I like Ezra and Jude but they are particularly on trend right now which would put me off.
Heath, Micah and Phineas - I’m not sure... Joel and Luke are fine.

Gabriel is easily one of the best names ever.
Heath is also gorgeous.
Hate Caspian, cheesy, too try-hard.

Ambrose is great.
Phineas is silly.
Another vote for Gabriel ❤️

My favourite from your list is Solomon.
Soloman James

Do you like ..
Sandford
Keith

Solomon James…
Wow, that’s fantastic

Gabriel is my eldest's middle-name. Their are family reasons for it. He has always been an angel too!

I'm not really sold on Keith. In the UK, Keith is 65 and sells drugs to teenagers in Blackpool. Keith is a dodgy grandpa name in the UK. Terrible name for a kid at nursery here!

Gabriel ..Gabe
Louis
Sebastian..Sebby

Jude
Caspian and Ambrose ok but Ambrose remind me of a desert

Agree…Keith is bloody awful for a baby! Nowhere in the same league as the gorgeous names OP has mentioned.