Boy names help!

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I find girl names so easy but really struggling to love a boy name.

I like traditional names. My issue is I’ve read a lot of CVs and I’ve seen people have unconscious bias around more exotic or none traditional names. I don’t agree with it but i know it happens.

Girl names examples are Sophie, Emily etc.
Girl names I dislike Primrose, Esme

Any help or suggestions for boy names?

Elliot
Eric
Stanley
Luke
Benjamin
Charlie
Oliver (very popular I still love it)
George
Sidney

These were all on our boy list (I won't say what I chose)

Traditional and timeless names that I like are

Christopher
Quentin
Alexander
Vincent
Leonard
Edward

Joshua
Benjamin
George
Jacob
Callum
Joseph
Nicholas

I feel like I’m too fussy 😂😂

I love Benjamin and Alexander but less keen on the inevitable Ben / Alex.

I do like Jack, Luke, Charlie, Oliver.

Jonathan - could be John or Jonty
Nathaniel
Lucas
Lawrence
Joshua
Patrick
Peter
Joseph
William
Samson / Samuel
Edgar / Edward
Alasdair
James
Duncan

Edward
alexander
john
peter
george
henry
christopher
nicholas
frederick
arthur
james
joseph
vincent
leonard

Samuel
Peter
Owen

James
Thomas
Samuel
Harry
George
Jacob
Joseph
Adam
Matthew
Louis
Samuel
Jonathan
Theo
Henry

Isaac
dominic
jacob
joshua
samuel
jiseph
benjamin
charles
arthur
edward
benedict
rufus
albert
noah
oliver
max
luke
adam
thomas
william
frederick
george
harry
henry
leo
oscar
robert
sebastian
zachary

Daniel
David
Robert
Christopher
Matthew
Vincent
Peter
Henry
John

Adam
Luke
James
Benjamin
Elias
Marcus
Dominic
Isaac
Zachary

I like Zackary but don’t like Zac/k. At this rate I feel like picking an ok one out a hat 😂

Peter
Matthew
James
Jake
Ralph
Rupert
Vincent

Peter
Paul
Patrick
John
Anthony
David
Richard
Luke

James
William
George
Thomas
Samuel
Owen
Joshua
Matthew
Matthias
Josiah
Rhys
Oliver
Joseph
Barnaby

Mark, Martin, Ethan, Elliot

These seem to be classic English girls names you like - right to assume you don’t want anything too modern / American / Celtic?

My son is an Alexander, his best friend is Benjamin - neither get shortened, so it isn’t totally inevitable! 😂

An Alexander doesn’t have to be Alex. You can stick to the full name or use Xander instead if you like that. Lex or Sandy would be other options.

otherwise:

Nathaniel
Henry
Hugo
Thomas
William
Matthew
Joshua

I think some of the names that were always shortened when we were young like Benjamin and Alexander now are more often not shortened (also thinking Thomas here)

David
Elijah
Reuben
Seth
Mark
Matthew
James
Luke
Benedict
Merlin
Raife
Martin
Percy
Monty
Arthur
Jaego

Ohhh I love Xander as the Nick name ….we could have a name on the shortlist 🥰