Anything, really… boys’ names have always been ridiculously hard for me. I don’t even have a proper top 5, just a top 2. [name_u]August[/name_u] and [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m] are my only constant favorites, with [name_m]Henry[/name_m] sort of lurking in the background (but his popularity turns me off. Might make a middle out of him, as it’s a family surname).
[name_u]August[/name_u] and [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m] both embody what I’m really looking for in a boy’s name. They’re both (in my opinion) decidedly masculine, but not in-your-face macho in that [name_m]Breaker[/name_m]/[name_m]Gunnar[/name_m]/[name_m]Butch[/name_m] way. They have a softer, more lyrical quality, and I could picture either on an artist, a judge, a doctor, or a musician. If I have my way, my sons will grow up surrounded by arts, crafts, nature, animals, and music. They’d be the type to bring home strays rather than chase them away with sticks. I could just as easily see any boy of mine knitting and building birdhouses as I could roughhousing and playing in the mud. If they looked like me and my SO they’d end up with light brown or brownish-red wavy hair and blue or green eyes with long lashes, bow lips and straight noses. My SO is long-haired so there’s a chance they’d go for that as well 
of course I’m just imagining at this point.
Getting to the point… I used nymbler for some inspiration and these names caught my eye. I have some concerns about some of them so I’d love brutally honest opinions (not about [name_u]August[/name_u] or [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m] though please, those are set) and any suggestions if you have them. [name_f]Every[/name_f] name is welcome except [name_m]William[/name_m] - please, please do not suggest [name_m]William[/name_m]. It’s out for reasons I don’t want to get into.
Without further ado, what do you think of:
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m] - [name_m]OTT[/name_m]? Maybe a middle?
[name_m]Clement[/name_m] - I also like [name_f]Clemence[/name_f]/[name_m]Clemens[/name_m], but worry about whether it’s too harsh sounding. [name_m]Clement[/name_m] looks like ‘cement’ to me, anyone else?
[name_m]Harmon[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Bayard[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobin[/name_m]
[name_m]Luther[/name_m] - SO’s surname is “Belts”, some commented it might sound like “Looser Belts” with a lisp, or “Leather Belts”?
[name_m]Prosper[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
[name_m]Whistler[/name_m] - a current GP that might make a push for my real list.
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]
[name_f]TIA[/name_f]!
I think it’s the [name_m]Will[/name_m]- part… my dad is the [name_m]William[/name_m] and I in no way want him to think he’s being honored, as rude as that might sound. [name_m]Rigby[/name_m] makes me think of the Beatles’ song ‘[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_m]Rigby[/name_m]’. I think [name_m]Ludo[/name_m] is adorable though! Never thought of the [name_f]Flo[/name_f] [name_f]Rida[/name_f] song associated with [name_m]Whistler[/name_m], I think that will pass though. That song is already practically unplayed. I like it because of the artist’s name, but it’s definitely more a middle option than first.