Short go-anywhere boys' names. Adam? Simon?

[MrsBadger]

we have tight criteria and are low on ideas.

Must be one or two syllables, not too easy to shorten and not an abbreviation of a longer classic (so not Tom, Ben, Joe).

Erring slightly on the side of poncey rather than ch modern or unique.

So far ideas include
Adam
Simon
John (tentative as is an uncle)
Alex (tentative due to Alex / Alexander rows)

wish we could use James but is already bagged.

middle name will be Henry, surname is one long syllable (think Stone or Rowe).

bring it on, oh wise MNers...

Finn?

Oliver if chorister, Olly if brickie.
Harry work for either.
Charles if chorister, Charlie if brickie.

Anyway - what do you want him to be - chorister or brickie, and decide from that!

Peter

Eric ? Seth ? Paul ? Arthur ? Toby ?

Brett

Not Rhys, sorry if this offends MNers with a ds of this name but that's a chav name, and OP clearly wants something more classy ("floppy haired" was mentioned).

Arthur? Frank?

Oscar
George

re chorister/brickie, we want him to have the choice!

DH's procilivities mean that a Charles would be Charlie fro Day 1, chorister or not

actuall DH loves Oliver, which I think is hilarious for a man who said that Eleanor was 'too frilly'

What about Leon?

All the names I love are out as are nn: Sam (which is DS), Jake, Charlie, Max, Will...

Hmm...Hugo? I love it but Dh says absolutely not.

Jack? Elliot?

Owen

Am wondering what are chorister names

Evan, Ellis, Adam, Rhys and Lewis were all on our shortlist for DS (and we live in Wales too!).
Also love Matthew - but it can obviously be shortened!

Choristers that i know are called

Patrick
Charlie
Jordan
Benjamin

Finn (but I know loads)
Kett
Toby (tho I suppose in principle short for Tobias)
Rufus

Friend's french husband said (re a mutual friend's baby) that Leon to him said drunken docker from Marseilles . . . so I suppose if you're planning a French choral scholarship

Seth - we have a Seth and I LOVE the name. It's short and sweet.

I wanted Seth for boy's name but DP point blank refused So we have a Sebastian instead second choice was Edward.

So:
Brendan??
Seth
Andrew (although obv can be shortened)

Ilike glenn
Peter's good too but carries echoes of family guy
Simon's nice as well
(fat lot of good I am)

We're expecting DS2 in about 5 weeks and I want a Welsh one this time (Dh is Scottish) but he's given the restriction that it must be pronouncable and spellable given we don't live in Wales.

We have:

Dylan
Morgan
Ioan

on the list at the moment and are warming to Dylan.
Am with you re future choice - for me the name has to pass the QC test as any name can be a brickie!

Top names for you are Mark and Evan. Well, that's what I say.

Brendan could also fit the bill.

Rodric, Hector, Edward, Fergus, Justin,

(I went to a really posh school, so am just listing teenage boyfriends )

Peter, Julian, Thomas, Ralph,

What about Haydn?

Might be a bit alliterative with Henry though.

Oh I'm so pleased so many of you seem to like my ds1's name - big hint, one of the writers of the gospel! - surprisingly pretty unusual now, yet his class is full of Olivers, Callums, and Oscars! (no offence to anyone loving those names, it's just funny that now the plain old-fashioned names are becoming quite unusual).

I don't like Brendan, sorry. Or Evan.

Oliver is lovely. Mark is the best so far though: it's a good, solid name but not too over-used. I still love Adam too.

Seth is, in my vho, hideous.

I really don't like Oliver.

SO janeite and I - who know a lot about names - choose Mark

I think someone also already mentioned Owen - my lovely nephew's name, and I don't know any others. Owen Henry has a lovely ring to it.

Noah
Lev
Leo
Seth
Eli