Naming a boy - why so hard??

[SquiffyHock]

Because I just can't think of any that I like that haven't been used by friends or family.
I like William, Edward, Theo, Simon, David but all have been used. Don't want something too common but also don't want wacky. I have no problem if it's a girl but I'm really stumped for a boy. I'm only a few weeks pregnant but I want to get some names straight in my head.

Any ideas? We have Irish and Italian parents so could be inspired by that. I never thought that I'd post in baby names but here I am

really

I like Rafe!

Noah
Cassius
Angus
Caspian

I found this list from National Statistics good
as I wanted something traditional but not too popular so didn't want anything in the top 100.

www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_boys.asp

I chose Robin for my little boy after much discussion it was the only boys name we both liked

manus/ maghnas

John / Jonathan
Thomas
Alexander

Can't think of any more. I know what you mean though about DH not liking anything. My DH has only proposed my DB's name, his DB's name and his and my DS's name (the same name). GRRRR.

In that post DS = darling sister btw.

Rufus

Rafael/Raphael - shortened to Rafa or Rafe - now if only DD had been a boy . . .

We also like not common but not wacky, and have a shortlist of Duncan, Dominic and Lawrence, with Elliot as a middle name.

Ds is Justin the other names we picked were Joel, Jack, Dylan, Zach, Ashton and Lewis

Declan?
Cormac?

But my fav is Luke - or Luca for Italian derivative?

I agree re the office for national statistics list, we avoided the top 50 deliberately.

D Sis did not for her DD1 and is regretting it already [smug emoticon]

Ethan, Ray, Sebastian, Dexter, Maxamus, Edmund, Edgar, Arthur, Frederick, Brook, Ash, Charles, Alfred, Tobias, Hector, Stanley, Boris, Barnaby, Jeremiah, Zack, Jasper, Rory, Niall, Noah, Moses, Rupert

Piers?

Geoffrey, Gregory, Godfrey, Henry, Harry, Harold, Howard, Donald, Ronald, Victor, Gerald, Francis, Patrick, George, Fergus, Albert, Abraham, Harvey, Jonah, Jarvis, Stirling, Albert, Rufus

Jackson

Monty?

Biff? Kit? Judah?

Hi

This is my faves list but they are quite common at the mo

Ryan
Samuel
William ( Liam )
Charles (Charlie)
Fredrick (Freddy)

Our top three are Peter Francis, Eamonn John, and Edmund Gregory, if that's any help....

Laurence, Duncan, Aled, Damon, Carl, Anthony, Basil, Farrell, Lloyd, Maurice, Oswald, Waldo, Ivan, Ivor, Lionel, Dino, Ambrose, Jerome, Nigel, Cuthbert, Marcel, Leonard, Reginald, Damien, Alby, Ivo, Yves, Yvon, Elias, Krishna, Gilbert, Pierre, Dawson, Alec (alexander) Daryl, Rodrey, Kelvin, Terence, Dennis, Declan, Chandler, Chuck (charles), Andreas, Adrian, Blythe, Quentin, Blake, Blaise, Ivory, Dell, Evelyn or Guy.