My wife and I found out that our first child together is a boy a few weeks ago, and we haven’t found a single name we both like yet 
We both like old fashioned names, but whereas I like names that are well known and used, my wife likes much more obscure ones that we probably won’t hear on another person.
My favourite names right now are; [name_m]Harry[/name_m], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Adam[/name_m], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] and [name_m]Christopher[/name_m]
My wife’s favourite names are; [name_m]Marcellus[/name_m], [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_m]Silvanus[/name_m], [name_m]Marius[/name_m], [name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m], [name_m]Cedric[/name_m] and [name_m]Algernon[/name_m]
She says that my names are ‘boring’ and I think her’s are way too out there for an actual child.
Does anybody know any names that we might both like? That aren’t too out there, or too boring?
When I saw your list, I thought maybe you could substitute [name_m]Sylvan[/name_m] for [name_m]Silvanus[/name_m]. It’s not what I’d call classic, but I think it’s more wearable.
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Quentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]/[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Marco[/name_m]
[name_m]Arnold[/name_m]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Quentin[/name_m], [name_m]Silas[/name_m], [name_u]August[/name_u] and [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] are good suggestions, and I love the idea of [name_m]Sylvan[/name_m] or [name_m]Silvan[/name_m] as a mellower version of [name_m]Silvanus[/name_m]. I think the ideal here would be something with more of a romantic flair than [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] or [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], but still not as unexpected as [name_m]Silvanus[/name_m] or [name_m]Marcellus[/name_m].
Picking from both your lists, I could see [name_m]Cedric[/name_m], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] and [name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m] in the same sibset. To be honest, the names you like are not old-fashioned, they’re just classic, or perennially popular. They aren’t just around, they always have been. Her choices are unusual even on these forums where there’s a lot of odd choices going around, so you really seem to be on opposite ends of the spectrum here.
Some suggestions (they’re a little all over the place, sorry!):
[name_m]Anders[/name_m] / [name_m]Andreas[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximilian[/name_m] / [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_m]Declan[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Griffin[/name_m]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]
[name_u]Laurence[/name_u] / [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Orson[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] / [name_m]Edwin[/name_m] / [name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Colin[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
And because what could possibly be wrong with [name_m]John[/name_m], I’ll throw him in as well.
Ooooh, love this!
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m] ([name_m]Monty[/name_m])
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
[name_m]Humphrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] ([name_u]Toby[/name_u])
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m] nn [name_u]Teddy[/name_u]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m] nn [name_u]August[/name_u] or [name_m]Augie[/name_m] or [name_u]Gus[/name_u]
[name_m]Angus[/name_m] nn [name_u]Gus[/name_u]
[name_m]Byron[/name_m]
[name_m]Fraser[/name_m]
[name_m]Carleton[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m] nn [name_u]Gus[/name_u]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]
[name_u]Dean[/name_u]
[name_m]Ford[/name_m]
[name_m]Jarvis[/name_m]
[name_m]Giles[/name_m]
[name_u]Leland[/name_u]
[name_m]Jethro[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_u]Lyle[/name_u]
[name_m]Gulliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Truman[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
Is there anyone you’d like to honor with the name? This might help with acceptance of a name that’s a little different style. But, even if there isn’t, I think you can find a balance here! Some possibilities:
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruce[/name_m]
[name_m]Christian[/name_m]
[name_m]Craig[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Douglas[/name_u]
[name_m]Edmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Eli[/name_m]/[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u]
[name_u]Evan[/name_u]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Gordon[/name_m]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Harold[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Harry[/name_m]?)
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Ian[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Marshall[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Miles[/name_m]
[name_u]Neil[/name_u]
[name_m]Nigel[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Trevor[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Warren[/name_m]
my first thought was [name_m]Felix[/name_m]
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[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m]/[name_m]Abram[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Clive[/name_m] or [name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Stefan[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]/[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_m]Damon[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
Thank you so much! There’s some names here we both really like, so we finally have a starting point!
Unfortunately, there is no one really either of us would like to honour, so that’s not an option.
Maybe you would both like [name_m]Simon[/name_m]/[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]/[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]/[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]/[name_u]Alfie[/name_u] or [name_m]Archie[/name_m]