help! boys name

i hate the way my two absolute favorite names, axel and west, sound with our last name (simpson). also, axel was recently used by a close family member. i’m looking for a similarly strong, unique without being completely bizarre boys’ name.

some others i like but don’t love:
wilder (trying too hard?)
heath (too romance novel hero)
jasper (twilight-ugh-and too popular)
cole (too popular)
bodhi (girl’s name begins with b; don’t want to repeat initials)
sebastian (getting too popular, hate w/ last name)
avery (too femme?)
luca (too femme?)

as you can see i’m super picky- basically i don’t think there’s anything that competes with axel and west! any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. THANKS!

I can see how [name]West[/name] [name]Simpson[/name] kinda runs together but i really don’t think it’s that bad, since you love it so much. If you used something similar but longer, like [name]Westin[/name] or [name]Westley[/name], you could avoid that and get the nn west.
other names that came to mind for you
[name]Clay[/name]
[name]Wade[/name]
[name]Wyatt[/name]
[name]Cade[/name]
[name]Gage[/name]

Hmm…

I’m not sure that I agree that [name]Axel[/name] and [name]West[/name] don’t really go well with your surname. I think [name]West[/name] [name]Simpson[/name] has a nice ring to it, actually.

Here are some other ideas:

[name]Casper[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Flint[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Ezra[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Grey[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Drake[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Leo[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Archer[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Otto[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Cyrus[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Reid[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Alden[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Emil[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Asher[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Milo[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Desmond[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Anders[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Max[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Magnus[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Amos[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]

I agree with the pp, I don’t think that [name]West[/name] [name]Simpson[/name] is that bad and it seems like its the name you really want. But here are a few more suggestions for you…

[name]Weston[/name]
Westrey
[name]Wright[/name]
[name]Sayre[/name]
[name]Rhodri[/name]
[name]Raoul[/name]
[name]Omri[/name]
[name]North[/name]
[name]Malo[/name]
[name]Lenox[/name]
Kaleo
Iskender
[name]Hart[/name]
[name]Hayes[/name]
[name]Frost[/name]
[name]Ford[/name]
Dutch
[name]Durie[/name]
[name]Destry[/name]
[name]Brom[/name]
[name]Bruno[/name]
Atian
Atley
[name]Autry[/name]
Aurin
[name]Aurek[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name]

Best of [name]Luck[/name]!

Thank you so much- I feel a bit better about [name]West[/name] and you guys had some great suggestions too!!

[name]How[/name] about:

Adler
[name]Archer[/name]
[name]Theo[/name]
[name]Grant[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Kurt[/name]
[name]Quinton[/name]
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Dimitri[/name]
[name]Desmond[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Mannix[/name]
[name]Alden[/name]
[name]Thatcher[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Silas[/name]
[name]Lucian[/name]
[name]Pierce[/name]

If you watched the world cup this year, you may have noticed [name]Wesley[/name] Sneijder of the dutch team. Shortened to [name]Wes[/name]-it almost sounds like [name]West[/name]- good luck!

I think I like [name]Weston[/name] a lot better and you can have a nickname for him of [name]Wes[/name] or [name]West[/name]. I think if it was just [name]West[/name]…full name [name]West[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]…it would seem like he was always giving out directions when he would say his name. (ex: I live on [name]West[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]) That could just be how I see it. I know someone named [name]Wesley[/name] and [name]Weston[/name]…I like both full names and both of them actually go by [name]Wes[/name] most of the time. It gives a choice of what you/he would want to go by as he gets older.

I love a lot of your names that you like! The first name that comes to mind is [name]Oliver[/name]… I think [name]Oliver[/name] [name]Simpson[/name] sounds great! I don’t know if it is too popular for you though.

Other names I think would work with [name]Simpson[/name]:
[name]Oscar[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]George[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Edgar[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Trey[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Milo[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]River[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Harley[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Beau[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Hugh[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]
[name]Gregory[/name] [name]Simpson[/name]

I love this suggestion!