What do you think of my list, 2nd boy due!

[elfisheyes]

Our 2nd boy is due in a few weeks and really struggling to settle on a name, and one we agree on!
I love slightly less common names.. Being half Polish I’d also like it to be pronounced easily by my Polish family but doesn’t have to be a direct Polish version name.
Our first son is Zachary (nns Zach/Zachy).
Here’s the list- honest opinions much appreciated! :

Tobias
Elias
Elian
Caspar/Casper
Oskar
Fabian
Leon
Benjamin

Any other ideas also so welcome, thank you x

Love Leon and Elias.

Caspar and Tobias are a bit ‘wet, posh boy’

Elian sounds like a girl’s name.

Oscar is over used.

Fabian for the win

Stefan
Theo
Alexander

I know a Tobias. It really suits him and it never gets shortened to Toby. My vote would be for that name. It seems to go well with Zachary too.

Close runners up for me are Oskar, (I actually like this spelling more than Oscar) Fabian and Benjamin

How about

Caspian
Theo
Roscoe
Arlo
Leo

Me too! I was going to say the same thing, I usually look at these threads and giggle tbh but I like all of these names!

Caspar or Oskar would be fantastic. Fabian is great too.

Casper

I think Zach and Otis sound great together!

I'm going to guess you don't live in Scotland..?

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Joby is 'joe-by' not 'jobby' but kids will be kids.

@NamingNoNames ah thanks, I've never heard it before! But I'd still just see/say jobby

Tobias and Benjamin are both really nice, the rest of your list aren't my taste at all I'm afraid.

Other ideas:

Felix
Brandon
Ethan
Jonah

It’s “Joe-Bee” actually.
Rhymes with Toby.

My DFIL was Polish and called Zygmunt - we called our son Ziggy after him. It's a cool name but would 2 Zs in the family matter

Toby isn't Toe-Bee actually, @TheActualQueen .

When a first vowel is followed by a single consonant, which is followed by Y, the rule is that the first vowel is long (joe-bee)

If there is a double consonant before the Y then the first vowel is short (jobby).

@NamingNoNames

Toby is pronounced toe-bee.

How do you pronounce it?

I pronounce Toby as Toe - Bee, but the Bee element is quite short, not long.

@mathanxiety , how do you think I say it?

ˈtəʊbi not təʊ'biː

Caspar is the best

I am aware of that and I assumed it would rhyme with Toby, my point was only that it looks like a word that to a whole country means turd (in certain accents it would sound a bit like joby, too).

Obviously anyone who likes it should crack on!

Tobias is my favourite from your list. I really dislike Fabian, Caspian and Elias / Elias. Oskar is ok but he’ll spend his entire life saying “Oskar with a k”.

I have a common name with a letter changed to a less common spelling and I have spent my (nearly) 70 years hating my parents for trying to be cool.

From your list I like Tobias, Caspar/Casper and Oskar. (I know a young Oskar with this spelling, and it has not been a problem for him.)