Help!! I cannot name my son!!

[Maero]

I’m having an awful time trying to choose my son’s name (he’s here already). In my list are Rowan, Roman, Rhys/Reece, Rian, Reagan, Mason, Jayden, Jamie and Corey. Problem is right now he suits Corey, but I’m also aware he won’t look cute forever and am conscious of choosing a strong name that will see him through his later years, which my daughters will. With a boy, I feel like I want his name to portray strength, handsome & cool, which is asking a lot. From searches I’ve realised I’m more drawn to soft names and gender neutral names for boys.

I’d love something unusual like my daughter’s name but with boys I just can’t seem to find that. As my daughter’s name is 3 syllables, I’d ideally like at least 2 or long sounding name eg Rhys.

can anyone share their thoughts on my list and perhaps share any other names they think I might love….

boys names are harrrrrrddddd!

I prefer Cory. Rowan and Roman are also solid names. Work for an adult also.

Louis

Great name, ticks all your boxes and never taught a bad one.

Corrin, but Cory for a nickname?

Roman or Jamie are my favourites from your list. I’d be careful with Rowan as I know of two and the pronunciation of both is different - one is like Ro-an and the other is row (as in argue) Row-an.

What about Cormac with Corey as nickname?

Corey is lovely and absolutely suits a teen / adult as well as a child. I know a very cool teen Corey and by the time your Corey grows up there will be lots of adults with similar names as trends have changed and it will feel like a strong adult male name.

My personal favourite from your ideas is Rhys - love this name so much.

Love pp suggestions of Rory and Dylan too. Owen, Evan and Ewan have a similar feel, or Ellis, Koby, Cyrus, Silus, Ethan, Harvey, Spencer, Callan, Finley, Elias, Milo, Soren, Riley.

Roman is truly one of the worst names I’ve ever heard and I have no idea why it’s so popular.
most of the names you like for a boy are not hard masculine sounding names, but they’re nice names and he can grow into it and make it his own.

I like Corey, I think it fits all your criteria and I’m not sure why you don’t want it
please don’t use Jayden, and rian should be Ryan unless you’re Irish.
rowan mason and Jamie are fine, not my taste but inoffensive I think, I think mason is the only one that fits your brief though.

how about rory, Theo (though excessively popular), zander, milo, logan, Jacob, jasper,
or wild card ‘unusual’ names might be florian, Fabian, sorell, Aster, asher,

I”ve only seen girls called Rowan . Aidan or Conor are nice

Rowan is classic and timeless, will sound good anywhere, and not pigeonhole your son to a particular geographical area, era or demographic. What more could you ask for?

My DH said that, so unfortunately I had to choose another name.

I like Corey

I only like Rowan from your list tbh

Like your tennis name

@Maero
Miles
Jude
Rafe/Raiffe

I appreciate those are all shorter names and not multi syllables but they’re strong names, mainstream without being too common and I think suit all ages.

Throwing a curveball into the mix…

What about Sebastian? Shortened to Seb/Sebby?

From your list I like Rhys. Alternatives Christopher, Ethan, Benjamin and Nathaniel.

Connor - could be Cory for short

Bit more out there, but how about Raven or Ash, cool and strong!

But you really, really can not be so gender focused.

Jamie

I love Rian if you’re going for the Irish pronunciation of ree-un, if you’re just spelling Ryan wrong then I’m not a fan!. I also like Rhys.

What about Ethan?

I really like Corey. My friend just had a Colby

Ronan is better than Roman imo

I like the name Millar for a boy.

Oren. Similar to your name ideas.

I love Louis (cute & masculine)
Or what about Bradley (cute) & Brad is a masculine version for an adult.

Rowan