Normal-sounding names for a boy?

I’m writing a fantasy story where the main character (a 14-year-old boy) finds a portal into another dimension. I’d like his name to be common/normal-sounding to make him more relatable and make the names of characters from the other dimension stick out and seem more exotic. I’ve thought about [name_u]Owen[/name_u] and [name_u]Jackson[/name_u], but not sure yet. He also needs a surname, if you have any suggestions for that. Thanks!

[name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_u]Evan[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_u]Jack[/name_u]
[name_m]Kevin[/name_m]
[name_u]Mason[/name_u]
[name_u]Nick[/name_u]
[name_u]Will[/name_u]
[name_u]Connor[/name_u]
[name_u]Sam[/name_u]
[name_u]Tyler[/name_u]
[name_m]Josh[/name_m]
[name_m]Jake[/name_m]
[name_m]Ben[/name_m]
[name_u]Ryan[/name_u]

[name_m]Brown[/name_m]
[name_m]Smith[/name_m]
[name_m]Johnson[/name_m]
[name_u]Jackson[/name_u]
[name_m]Jefferson[/name_m]
[name_u]Garcia[/name_u]
[name_m]Williams[/name_m]
[name_m]Thompson[/name_m]
[name_m]Adams[/name_m]
[name_m]Harris[/name_m]
[name_u]Green[/name_u]

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[name_u]Robert[/name_u]
[name_m]Eric[/name_m]
[name_u]Kyle[/name_u]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Nate[/name_m]
[name_u]Chris[/name_u]
[name_m]Brandon[/name_m]
[name_u]Carter[/name_u]
[name_u]Jamie[/name_u]
[name_m]Tom[/name_m]
[name_m]Matt[/name_m]
[name_m]Tim[/name_m]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
[name_u]David[/name_u]

[name_m]Richardson[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Phillips[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_u]Miller[/name_u]
[name_u]Baker[/name_u]
[name_m]Smith[/name_m]
[name_u]Charles[/name_u]
[name_u]Porter[/name_u]

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