Help with uncommon boy names before he arrives 🙈

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Hi everyone

Im having a boy and we’re running out of time now because im due really soon and we still havent agreed on a name

I like names that are a bit more uncommon but not so unusual that nobody knows how to say them if that makes sense

My partner is Syrian and im British so we’re trying to find something that works for both of us and thats proving harder than I thought. We both want a name that people here can say but that feels right for his side aswell

I feel like every name one of us likes the other one doesnt 😂

I dont really want anything thats in the top 10 because where we live there always seems to be loads of children with the same names, but I also dont want people constantly asking how to pronounce it

I quite like shorter names but im open to anything really at this point

Please throw your ideas at me because ive looked through so many lists and nothing is jumping out

Im probably being too fussy but this is one of those things you cant really change your mind about later so I want to get it right

Amir
Bilal
Ilias (Elijah)
Iskander (Alexander)
Issa / Essa (Jesus)
Louay
Nima
Rami
Samir
Younes / Younas (Jonah)
Yousef (Joseph)
Zakaria / Zakariya (Zacharias)
Zaki
Ziad / Ziyad

Eliezer
Amos
Luca

If you don’t want anything too common, check the ONS name stats linked above. A lot of the names suggested are pretty popular.

The two probably cross over in Abrahamic religious names due to the regions. So perhaps:

Noah
Moses
Abraham
Ishmael
Aaron
David
Jonah
Isaac
Jacob
Zachariah
Solomon

Arabic names well known in Britain:
Malik
Zayn
Omar
Basil

Peter
Ramsay
Neil
Bruce
Zelman
Basil
Olaf
George
Rex
Leon
Alister
Elton
Ellery
Jedd
Rohan

Casper
Simeon
Zachary
Samson
Blair
Hector
Finley
Jason
Cody
Wilbur
Richard

Thank you, ive genuinely got loads more names on my list now than I did this morning 😂

I do like Rami, Samir, Zaki and Omar

Luca is really nice aswell but one of my friends has a little boy called Luca so I dont think id use it

Leon is another one I quite like, id somehow forgotten about that one

Atlas keeps getting suggested but I dont think its really us if im honest

Noah is lovely but theres so many little Noahs where we are now

I dont think ill be inventing a name 😂 I want something thats a real name, just not one you hear 5 times every time you go to soft play

My partner likes names that are recognised in both places aswell so we’re trying to find that middle ground

I honestly didnt expect picking a boys name to be this hard. With my other children I felt like I knew much earlier but this time every name seems to have something that puts one of us off it

Seth
Eben
Ethan
Jethro
Nathaniel
Saul
Monroe
Basil
Tobias
Jude

Harris
Xander
Finn

Having a short list rather than a definite is a good idea. I was convinced my second was going to be Samuel. My second thought on holding him for the first time was ‘oh, you’re definitely not Samuel!’
here’s some names for the pot

Ash
Benjamin / Ben / Benji
Cyrus
Damien
Elijah
Farhan
Gabriel
Hunter
Jamal
Kareem
Laith

Tarlach (Tarlack)
It’s an Irish name, I think it’s great and I don’t believe in cultural appropriation

August if he’s born this month or just Gus.

Slim (سليم)
('sleem')

Hadi
Zafar
Aziz

Caspar.

Definite Middle East connotations, also been used in England, uncommon but not odd.

Whatever you choose, congratulations!

How are you pronouncing Elias? Ell-ee-us or El-eye-as?

I like the name zander.

Please stand up. Please stand up.

My muslin friend married to a Christian went for Aron as a pan-abrahamic name.

Is your friend a soft toy?

Ha ha very good.

No need to carp... (I'll get my coat 😄)

🤣🤣🤣. Yeah, cheers for putting me off that name. 🤭

Haris
Idris
Ilyas
Junayd
Karim/Kareem
Luay/Louay
Laith
Omar
Osman
Samir
Rafik
Rayan
Sulaiman
Riaz
Sami
Yunus
Tamir
Yusuf
Zayd
Zayan

Maqsud
Azdin

Idris?