Help me find a boys name...

[Juno77]

I am going to be really fussy, dismissive for ridiculous reasons and probably sound like an arse on this thread. But I am really stuck. We've had a girls name set for a few months and I am still happy with it. But the boys name.. we keep going off them.

I need help.

I don't want anything common, in both senses of the word.

Our list thus far has been:
Jackson
Deacon
Brodie
Caleb

And I liked them all at first, and now I hate them. I think they sound chavvy. I have a DS with a top 10 name and thankfully he goes by a lesser used NN anyway, but still, I don't want to repeat that. He's one of 4 in his year.

HELP!

[Juno77]

Well I don't like them anymore either so don't apologise!

I don't like plain, classic names like your list.

I want something that isn't common. I want something unusual but not invented.

[Secretlypregnant]

Oakley
Gilbert
Ivan
Fletcher
Zachary

[fs2013]

Here's a few

Zebedee
Lucian
Cole
Nate
Morgan
Jimi
Jenson
Ryder
Rhys
Miles
Theo

[RoseHoney]

I'm going to out myself now but here goes....

Jude
Luca
Flynn
Quinn
Ezra
Max
Theo
Felix

[soontobeslendergirl]

Hayden
Crispin
Miles
Keir
Ross
Blair
Nico
Gregor
Guy
Alastair

[Spookey80]

I am pg and need a boys name too. I love the name Thaddeus ( nn Tad) but am unable to use it, maybe you would like that?
I also like beau, but dh has vetoed.

[soontobeslendergirl]

Cormac
Giles
Hal
Jonah
Michael
Nigel
Patrick
Toby
Edgar

[InfiniteJest]

Orson
Gideon
Raphael
Joaquin
Django

[TeaAndFag]

Harley, Devon, Cailen, Cody, Lucas

[ApplesAndStares]

Lennox

[Juno77]

Well, most of these I find awful (sorry - just not to my taste) and some are hilarious (Zebedee? Django? ) and some are nice but I can't use for various reasons (relatives of same name, etc)

I like Cailin. Might get shortened to Cale.

[dobedobedo]

Rory
Luke
Luca
Jude
Jesse
Ashton
Seth
Brock
Jonah

I like those names. One of which is my ds and another of which is probably going to be new ds when he's born!

[Juno77]

I love Jesse but we live in Scotland.. Probably not a good idea!

Don't like the rest sorry

[Juno77]

Should say - I do actually like some but they are taken by family members or close friends.

[AnAdventureInCakeAndWine]

Which ones do you think are nice but you can't use? It will give us a better idea of what we're looking for.

[ChaffinchOfDoom]

Corbin
Dexter
Linus
Lennox
Cassion

[AnAdventureInCakeAndWine]

So far I notice that everything you like or have liked is two syllables with the stress on the first syllable. That only narrows down the list of potential names slightly, but it's a start, perhaps?

[soontobeslendergirl]

Just as well you came back there OP as I was thinking that having a "common" name might be the least of his problems :o

If you are in Scotland, then how about:

Torin
Lorne
Cairn
Moray
Innes
Harris
Euan
Lyall
Craig

[AnAdventureInCakeAndWine]

Lorcan ?

[soontobeslendergirl]

Fraser
Nairn
Tiernan
Neil

[soontobeslendergirl]

Actually when i re-read your original list, I think Brodie stands out as not schemey to me when it is removed from the rest of the list, especially when not next to Deacon - It makes me think not of the person Deacon Brodie, but the pub of that name :)

[dobedobedo]

I love Brochan - it's scottish.

[Juno77]

I still like Brodie but maybe for a girl.

cake interesting. I've never noticed but you are correct, I do prefer 2 syllables, first one emphasised!

Don't like Scottish names. They are ten a penny round here.

Yes to deacon Brodie - we realised this the other day!