Good solid boys names, like James and Thomas... but not them?

[LittlePeanut]

I like James and Thomas, but can't have them as other family members have already nabbed them! Any suggestions for similar traditional, "solid" boys names? TIA x

mathew
david
michael
jonathan
edward
simon

Andrew, David, Stephen, Mark, John, Robert (thinking back to the limited range available when I was young!)

George
William
Edward
Benjamin

Thanks everyone. I really like William, but my DH can't get past the royal connection (and can't bear the royal family!)

You're going to struggle with trad boys names then.

Yep. I know!

Harold
Alfred
Philip
Joseph
Andrew

If you look to the traditional Catholic names you can side step the royal connection. What about;

Nicholas
Lawrence
Benedict
Francis
Patrick

Alexander

My DS is called Samuel Graham, he gets called Sam though.

Timothy?
Alexander?

William
George
John
Joseph
Francis
Patrick
Robert
Richard
Alexander
Charles
Andrew
Anthon y
Nicholas
David
Edward
Stephen
Marcus
Timothy
Matthew
Henry
Edmund
Samuel
Daniel
Oliver
Alan

Thanks for these excellent suggestions. I'm really liking Samuel (and my DH also likes it!)

Love Alexander too, but yet AGAIN, it's been used by a cousin. Damn my large family and their excellent choice in baby names!

I know you don't want royal but I still think Edward is the best boys name ever!!!

Also, Simon is really underused these days- it's BIL's name and gets shortened to Sim which I like.

glad you like Samuel, littlepeanut
It suited my DS when he was a baby and it suits him now he is a 6 foot 20 year old!

Do you call him Samuel or Sam?

mostly Sam, these days.
I don't normally have to tell him off much which is when he usually gets Samuel

Patrick. Best boys name there is!

Yes purepurple, very handy to have a name you can shorten but then use in full to tell them off! I like both Samuel and Sam. I suggested Sam to my DH a few weeks ago, and he said he wasn't keen. But when I just read out "Samuel" he said "ooh I like that!"

Bless him, don't think he's made the connection!

I am going to stick with Samuel I think.

Thanks everyone for your help! I heart Mumsnet!

Michael
Lufner
Justapose

I have a Sam (Samuel) as well. He is a teenager now and it really suits him, solid and dependable type.

Justapose? Never heard of that mrs r!

Bruffin - a solid and dependable baby is what I'm after! I feel all excited now I'm settled on Samuel. Now I just have to make sure my DH doesn't go off the idea in the next 9 weeks...

My DH just made a suggestion - a traditional boy's name for an ardent republican.

Oliver.

(Edward and George are the best boys names ever but they are all so naughty. Delicious but naughty)