Which boy names do you like a lot?

[Tkoko]

I have been gathering opinions on this forum for a while now and find it very difficult to understand which names are considered nice and lovely… would you please name three of your favorites?
Modern and not overused. Thank you

Define what you consider modern. Most of MN favours classic, traditional names.

Gregory, Matthew and Luke.

Those that sound modern without feeling old school…

I'd say on the whole traditional names are favoured on here, but tastes will vary a lot.

I'll go for Felix, Tristan and Stefan. (Tristan is on someone's list on another thread today for names you'd never call your children! So it really is a matter of personal preference.) None of those are modern though.

Finn

Sebastian

Henry, Edward, Nicholas, Nathaniel, Spencer, Jack, Oliver, Dylan.

David, Luke, Nicholas, Frederick, Marcus, Matthew for starters.

Claude
George
Victor

I would look at names that have stayed consistently popular enough to not be associated with a particular generation. Alexander, Benjamin, Henry, James, Thomas, William, etc. or Elliot, Joshua, Lucas type names if you don't want "royal family vibes".

Why not give us some examples of names you consider "modern without feeling old school" then we might be able to help.

It strikes me that very many the most popular names over the last few years, are actually names of my Grandparents and Great Uncles and Aunts.

Jack, Arthur, Stanley, Archie, Fred(die), George, Alfie, Reggie, etc etc.

Phinneas
Timothy
Jonathan
Sebastian
Tristan

When we were expecting, Christopher was the top of our list but I think I prefer Christian now.

well it’s very subjective! It’s up to you and OH if relevant what you choose. My favourite ‘modern and not overused’ would probably be

Fletcher
Caspian
Rio

We would have chosen James for a boy. My second choice was Albie/Albert followed by Thomas.
I would think all of them would be somewhat popular though.

Asher
Cian
Isaac

Some of my current favourites are - Toby, Luke, George, Max, Jacob / Jake, Finley / Finn, Fred, Arthur, Nathan, Sebastian / Seb, Edward / Ted, Benjamin / Ben, Thomas / Tom, Samuel / Sam, Zachary / Zach, Adam, Dylan, Evan, Louis, Leo, Oscar.

Lots of these are quite traditional rather than modern and some are very popular, but I love them anyway 😊

They are beautiful… how would you chose one for a son?)

Laurence/Laurie
Reuben
Felix
Sebastian
Joshua

I mean mine might be quite ‘overused’ but I love
Enzo
Rocco
Teddy
Luca

Lachlan.
There is one of these at school & I think it's lovely.

If my 2nd was a boy, then he was going to be Jasper.

Also love Solomon & Sawyer.

I like Quentin and Felix at the moment

Lorcan.

Recently i really like Cole and Clay. But my favourite has to be Heath

I chose by seeing which worked best with our surname and really it’s just a bit of a gut feeling, not really that logical! Good luck with choosing! 😊

yeah))) gut feeling… so true