Need Fresh Ideas For Boy Names!

The hubby and I have a little one on the way. We still have no idea of the sex, but in the event it’s a boy we need some help with boy names! We cannot seem to agree on a single boy name together. My favorites are [name_u]Riley[/name_u], [name_m]Tucker[/name_m], and [name_m]Bennett[/name_m], but he HATES those. He has suggested [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m]/[name_m]Gunner[/name_m] or [name_m]Buck[/name_m] but I don’t particularly care for those either.

I like less common, but more modern sounding boy names (I prefer a name not in the top 100). Hubby dislikes anything too trendy sounding and unisex names. I feel like we just keep going in circles so some fresh ideas for names would be great!

I also don’t particularly care for Biblical names either but that’s not a deal breaker.

You both seem to like strong, masculine-sounding names that are on the shorter side. Here are some suggestions:

[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_m]Forest[/name_m]/[name_m]Forrest[/name_m]
[name_m]Harry[/name_m]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_m]Weston[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_m]Brendan[/name_m]
[name_m]Dalton[/name_m]
[name_m]Heath[/name_m]
[name_u]Leland[/name_u]
[name_u]Easton[/name_u]
[name_m]Fox[/name_m]
[name_m]Miles[/name_m]
[name_m]Scott[/name_m]
[name_m]Penn[/name_m]
[name_u]Porter[/name_u]
[name_m]Zane[/name_m]
[name_m]Troy[/name_m]
[name_m]Declan[/name_m]
[name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_u]Dean[/name_u]

Might be a bit too popular:
[name_m]Jackson[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_u]Hunter[/name_u]
[name_m]Connor[/name_m]
[name_u]Evan[/name_u]

Seems like there is a bit of common ground with the Tucker/Buck choices… What about Tuck?

Other choices that may strike the same kind of rough and tumble chord (some are more common as nicknames):

Gus (Angus, August, etc)
Dex (Dexter)
Sullivan
Chet (or Chester)
Wade
Vince (Vincent)

You seem to like surnames and he seems to like hyper-masculine names…let’s see…

[name_m]Boone[/name_m]
[name_m]Brock[/name_m]
[name_u]Carson[/name_u]
[name_u]Corbin[/name_u]
[name_m]Deacon[/name_m]
[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m]
[name_m]Griffin[/name_m]
[name_u]Hunter[/name_u]
[name_m]Jackson[/name_m]
[name_m]Kingston[/name_m]
[name_m]Maddox[/name_m]
[name_m]Maverick[/name_m]
[name_m]Merrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Pierce[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ryder[/name_m]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_m]Slade[/name_m]
[name_u]Sloane[/name_u]
[name_m]Weston[/name_m]

I agree that [name_m]Tucker[/name_m] would be a good compromise.

So out of the names suggested so far, I really like [name_u]Easton[/name_u], [name_m]Heath[/name_m], [name_m]Brendan[/name_m], [name_u]Porter[/name_u], [name_m]Declan[/name_m], [name_m]Chester[/name_m] ([name_m]Chet[/name_m]), [name_m]Fletcher[/name_m], [name_m]Maddox[/name_m], [name_u]Carson[/name_u], [name_m]Ryder[/name_m], and [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u].

These are great and extremely helpful so far!

I think there can definitely be a middle ground for you. [name_m]How[/name_m] about:

[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Wyatt[/name_m]
[name_m]Gavin[/name_m]
[name_m]Nash[/name_m]
[name_m]Drake[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Hank[/name_m]
[name_u]Beau[/name_u]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
[name_m]Clint[/name_m]
[name_m]Judd[/name_m]
[name_m]Weston[/name_m]
[name_m]Archer[/name_m]

[name_m]How[/name_m] about -

[name_m]Lochlan[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Locke[/name_m])
[name_m]Gibb[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m]
[name_m]Briggs[/name_m]
[name_m]Gable[/name_m]