Our baby boy will arrive any day and we haven’t settled on a name.
Our main priority is that it is a classic name that travels well (it needs to at least be pronounceable in French) and is a dedicated first name rather than a surname or a noun. All of the “-son” names in particular feel trendy to us.
I really like [name]Luca[/name] and [name]Leo[/name] but we’ve had to rule out L names due to a strong L sound in our last name. Names starting in E and V are out due to initials, or we would have considered [name]Victor[/name].
[name]Sebastian[/name] is a strong contender but it is fairly popular where we live. [name]Alexander[/name] would have been our chosen name if it weren’t in the top 10.
Louis was the first name that popped in my head but since you’ve eliminated “L” names from contention, what about…
Rémy
Thierry
Armand
Alain
Christophe
Gustave
Henry/Henri
Marcel
Lucian/Lucien
Jerome
Laurence/Laurent
Pascal
Quentin
Pierre
Olivier
Tristan
Xavier
Yannick
Maurice
Claude
Vincent
Roland
Jules
Emmanuel
Blaise