Suggestions for a baby boy name when nothing feels quite right

[TheGreatPoet]

Very very early days pregnancy wise
we don’t know gender yet

but
if baby is a boy, we are so genuinely STUCK.

there’s names we like

• Miles
• Xander
• Jude
• Luca
• Isaac
• Elijah
• Elias

However there is something wrong with all of them (in no particular order)

• Too Popular
• Too Boring
• Too plain
• Too trendy
• Too biblical sounding
• Not well received

So we are stuck.
help is appreciated.

Alexander is a lovely name, nicer than Xander.

How about:

Daniel
Edward
William
Hector
Matthew
Oliver
Henry
Jack

Boys names are really hard!

I love some names but we won’t be using them for a number of reasons:

Barney/Barnaby
River
Bobby
Freddy

All the names you listed are quite popular. What about looking at more classic names or less popular names?

Seth
Zachary
Elliot
Jay
Baxter
Harrison
Jonathan
Bryce

Wilbur
Douglas
Heath
Mack
Declan
Digby
Murphy
Travis
Billy
Hamish
Stuart
Joey
Benedict
Noel
Colin
Sonny

I love Wilbur ❤️

I love Elijah, Eli for short

Op a lot of them are biblical you're obviously drawn to those names. The only one on your list I really don't like is Miles, how many miles ?

What about Ruben?
The two Ruben's i know are both about 20.

Josh / Joshua is very popular too.
Jason maybe
Joseph

You've plenty time, get a baby name book, look at both biblical and regal names, something will jump out or you'll wait until the baby is born and they'll look more like one name then the other.

Nico
Asa
Tom
Silas
Callum
Julius

What do you like about those names?
I don't see much similarity other than between Elias and Elijah.

It looks like you are looking at names that are currently popular not a list of all the different names you could choose from.

Look through the family tree until you see something that you like..
Cyril.
Cecil
Charles
Adam
Dominic
Lyle
Clive
Geoffrey
John
Alan
Winston

Miles - Micah
Xander - Alex
Jude - Hugo
Luca - Laith
Isaac - Asher
Elijah - Gabriel
Elias - Emmet

I wouldn’t worry about it. You’ll have to call them something and you have the best part of a year to think about it. Nothing was quite right for us either and we agreed on something when our child was about a week old. Don’t let anyone convince you parents need to choose in advance so excited aunties can knit personalised hats. It’s a big decision and you can take your time.

@user1492757084 , one of my sibling did that. The DC2 arrived and none of the names they thought of felt right. No amount of suggestions or baby name lists helped. A name from the family tree seemed right and a bit different so they went with that.
The name is now very popular.

Fraser
Curtis
Lincoln
Angus
Vance
Dominic
Nate
Alexander
Owen
Eric
Wade
Quinn
Ashton
Jeremy
Adam
Christian
Weston
Francis
Magnus
Trey
Kurt
Ayrton
Seth
Asher
Cameron
Jarrad
Eugene
Jacques
Lyle

I like Miles, or how about Quentin or Marcus?

Kieran
Jasper
Seth
Toby
Dominic
Otis
Patrick
Joel
Rex
Tristan
Sidney
Flynn
Damon
Ellis
Wesley
Julian
Rhys
Harrison

I like Jude and Elias but other options-

jesse
ellis
zachary
casper
felix
seth
asher
milo
august