More boys' names needed!

[InvaderZim]

We have a shortlist and a long time to go (19 weeks) but are stuck on three very distinctive boys' names but probably need more to choose from!

Our requirements are nothing New Testament/Christian and nothing too popular.

So far we have:
Quentin
Avi
Barnaby

BTW we don't know the gender but have plenty of girls' names!

Barnaby is the best on that list. Quentin has a kind of sniggerish undertone to it that I couldn't live with. It's like a parody of effeminate upper-class wannabe name.

Avi is a bit incomplete sounding, and very girly. I would have to say 'sorry can you repeat that?' a couple of times. Do you want him to have a life time of people saying 'what?' when he introduces himself.

Barnaby is the only usable one on your list.

Avi is an abbreviated form of Abraham isn't it? I personally don't really think it sounds incomplete, and it's my favourite of the three.

Sorry i never know if a name is religious:

Rory
Glen
Eddie
Felix
Stanley
Titus
Perry
Miles
Casper
Toby
Peirce
Arty
Edwin

Sorry, it's purely my taste, but Quentin and Barnaby sound a bit weak and posh to me. Not "solid" enough

What about

Evan
Asa
Rufus
Marcus
Matthew (know it's new testament, but ...)
Patrick
Hugo

Also

Hector
Victor (nn Vic)

I love victor. also Donald and Howard which have a similar vibe (imo).

Marcus is a great roman classic. Love that name as well

Barnaby is great, Marcus good too. I like Rufus - none of them in the Bible as far as I know

None of them are quite to my to my taste but Barnaby is definitely my favourite of the three.

I love Quentin. It is getting more popular, though, I know two under the age of 5.

Reminds me of Quentin Tarantino or Quentin Blake - hardly weak or posh .

Barnaby nice too, but Avi sounds a bit feminine to my ears.

From your three, I prefer Quentin.

There is a Avi in my ds's school who is of Indian origin - not sure if the name is?

I like Barnaby and Quentin.

My ds is Quentin. It suits him perfectly . We sometimes shorten to Quin. Not sure if it is getting more popular but it is very popular in France.

I'm less keen on Avi.

My order of preference of your suggestions would be
Quentin
Barnaby
Avi

I also like Felix, Vincent, Sebastian, although I'm not sure how religious they are.

Theo? Theodore?

I love Quentin. Very cool (reminds me of Quentin Tarantino).

Barnaby is ok, but I'm not keen on Avi.

I like all 3 of your suggestions. Which one goes best with your surname?

Quentin is indeed very popular in France, it is my (French) nephew's name. I like it.

Barnaby is nice too but won't travel as well into other languages, but that may or may not bother you .

Theo is about as religious as you can get, comes from the ancient greek for God I think

Good point, eatyourveg, Theo does indeed mean 'god' - e.g. Theo-logy.

Theo is also very popular.

Barnaby and Quentin are both lovely. I'm not sure about Avi is ok, but only because I've not heard of it before.

Lawrence
Duncan
Piers
Russell
Jasper
Angus
Jeremy
Gregory
Julian

Like Barnaby best from your list.

I have a Quentin, so obviously love that one. .

I also like Angus, Marcus, Barnaby and Jasper.

aidan
ralfie
cole
owen
robert
eugine
nial
ethan
kieran
lucas
luka
lennon
leo

Do you know what I like? Quinn. Love it. I am done though so you can have it

From your list I prefer Barnaby....

What about Arlo?

Barnaby - love it. Don't like Avi.

Really like Quentin. Quinn would be a nice nickname.

Barnaby is ok, reminds me of the purple dinosaur.

Avi is nice if it has some cultural relevance to you (is it Indian?).