Thoughts on Lin, Rumi, Reo and Arran for a baby boy?

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We’re having a boy and have come up with our shortlist of names. We’re not tied to any particular culture as we have a mixed heritage family. We also want something slightly different from the current popular names - we have multiple friends with Noah’s and Maya’s (I love both these names though)!

Our shortlist is:
Lin
Rumi
Reo
Arran

Would love to hear any thoughts on these as we don’t have a favourite out of them.

I really like Arran (and I do know an Arran and he doesn’t get called Aaron!)

Lin and Rumi sound like girls names to me

Reo I don’t like, but maybe Rio or Leo?

Rumi love the poetry,

Really like Arran

Yes I was gonna say the same. I know originally it's a male name (I think?) but Gen alpha and their parents will just associate it with KPDH.

Lin and Rumi - surely are female names???

Lin to me would always be Lynn, I wouldn’t do that (puts me very much in mind of the song the boy named Sue) Rumi is ok but makes me think (for unknown reason of a drink) being Scottish and biased I do like Aaron and also as apps have mentioned Harris x

edit to add I’m not sure what KPop is and how it relates 😆

They are all pretty terrible to be honest. Rumi makes me think of cows chewing then regurgitating their cud (Rumination) 🤮.

Arran is the best of a poor shortlist.

Arran. I rather like Reo because of the sound and the meaning but it seems I in the minority here.

Not Lin as it sounds like an old style girls name. Even worse if it’s short for Lindsay?

the other names I like.

I know an Arran; it is a great name. You would have to spell out any version of it, and you have to spell practically every name anyway. Lin and Rumi will be read primarily as girl's names, lovely names though.