[name_m]Hi[/name_m]!
We just found out last week that we’re having a boy! We’re super excited, but are having a hard time coming up with a name we love. The one thing we agree on is that we don’t want a name that’s super popular; nothing in the top 100 or at least the top 75. My husband loves classic and Biblical names, and while I love the Bible, most of those names are either too popular or just don’t feel right when I try to say them in reference to my son. I feel like I’m all over the place with name style for boys, but I think I like vintage-modern best… maybe? Our daughter’s name is [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] [name_f]Elise[/name_f], which we both absolutely [name_u]LOVE[/name_u]. I want to find a name that I love just as much for our sweet boy that doesn’t sound awkward paired with [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]. We think we’ll use either [name_m]Raymond[/name_m] or [name_m]Forrest[/name_m] as a middle to honor a grandfather, but I’m willing to look at other options too.
The names we’ve talked about most are [name_m]Beckett[/name_m], [name_m]Xander[/name_m], [name_m]Tobias[/name_m], [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] and [name_m]Finnick[/name_m]. We both like [name_u]Elias[/name_u], but a cousin (who we’re really close to and with the same last name) already has an [name_m]Eli[/name_m], and I just think it sounds too similar to use. Nothing seems to be jumping out as “the name”, and we welcome your suggestions!
I feel like I am a little rusty with suggestions! Sorry if these are completely off the mark.
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Harrison[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnegan[/name_m]
[name_m]Absalom[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Stefan[/name_m]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_m]Calloway[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
[name_m]Seamus[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_m]Fabian[/name_m]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Travis[/name_m]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]
[name_m]Adriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_u]Mercer[/name_u]
[name_m]Cyprian[/name_m]
[name_u]Brighton[/name_u]
[name_m]Oren[/name_m]
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobiah[/name_m]
[name_u]Azariah[/name_u]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthis[/name_m]
[name_m]Henrik[/name_m]
[name_m]Canaan[/name_m]
[name_m]Asmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Cadmus[/name_m]
[name_m]Jove[/name_m]
[name_m]Noam[/name_m]
[name_m]Noaz[/name_m]
[name_m]Boaz[/name_m]
[name_m]Elio[/name_m]
[name_m]Donovan[/name_m]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_m]Merrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
[name_u]Collins[/name_u]
Congratulations & good luck 
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] and:
I love [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] with [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f].
[name_u]Micah[/name_u] (might be too popular for you)
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Rembrandt[/name_m]
[name_m]Terrance[/name_m]
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Anderson[/name_m]
[name_m]Broderick[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Bennett[/name_m]
[name_u]Channing[/name_u]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrison[/name_m]
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]
[name_m]Severin[/name_m]
Theodin
[name_u]Torrance[/name_u]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_u]Remington[/name_u]
[name_m]Marshall[/name_m]
[name_m]Mitchell[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
[name_m]Langston[/name_m]
[name_m]Kensington[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeremias[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
Allistair
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrett[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_m]Demetrius[/name_m]
[name_m]Dimitri[/name_m]
[name_m]Clifton[/name_m]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_m]Arlington[/name_m] nn [name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_m]Callum[/name_m]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m]
[name_m]Quentin[/name_m]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
I love [name_m]Malachi[/name_m]. Other thoughts: [name_m]Dominic[/name_m], [name_m]Benedict[/name_m], [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_u]Blaise[/name_u], [name_m]Hugh[/name_m], [name_m]Edmund[/name_m].
I really like [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] and [name_u]Blaise[/name_u].
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] is one of my favorites. Suggestions:
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_m]Bennett[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Heath[/name_m]
With [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] I like your middle choices - [name_m]Forrest[/name_m] or [name_m]Raymond[/name_m] - as the first name. Or maybe [name_m]Roland[/name_m] or [name_m]Forrester[/name_m]. I knew a man name [name_m]Forrest[/name_m] whose nn was Frosty and it was cute. Of your first name choices I like [name_m]Finnick[/name_m] the most…my only hesitation is that the [name_m]Fin[/name_m] names seem to me to be going to the girls. Lots of little girl finleys and finnigans now. (Insert exasperated sigh) Other names I like with [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] are:
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] (with nn [name_m]Xander[/name_m] this is cute)
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Broderick[/name_m]
[name_u]Hollis[/name_u]
Revere
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellison[/name_u]
[name_m]Edison[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] (nn fox is cute)
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Pericles[/name_m]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
I guess I really like those three syllable names with [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]! Also names that sound a bit historic but not necessarily biblical. I think [name_m]Broderick[/name_m] is my favorite. It means brother and it sounds posh like [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] plus it had the cute nns [name_m]Brody[/name_m] or [name_u]Bo[/name_u]. [name_m]Broderick[/name_m] [name_m]Raymond[/name_m] is dashing indeed. Good luck!
I like names with similar meanings for siblings
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] means ‘tribe woman’. [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] is the name of an ancient Greek tribe. [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] and [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] flow well together.
[name_f]Elise[/name_f] means ‘pledged to God’. [name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m], which means ‘pledge of peace’?. A little bit match-y, but I think it’s cute - [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] and [name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m].
[name_u]Arliss[/name_u] means ‘pledge’. You could then team that with a religious middle name to get close to ‘pledged to God’.
[name_m]Just[/name_m] some ideas! Good luck!
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyprian[/name_m]
I love [name_m]Tobias[/name_m]! [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] & [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] are my two main suggestions for you.
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] is my favorite girl name. [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] [name_f]Elise[/name_f] is lovely!!!
Right now my favorite boy names to compliment [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] are:
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Harrison[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_u]Reid[/name_u]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Bennett[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Warren[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] & [name_u]Walker[/name_u]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m] & [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] - My personal guilty pleasure, and I have to say it with [name_m]Jack[/name_m] first because it makes it fun.