Need help on a boys name!!!

[emmy236]

So we still don't know the sex of this baby yet but I had a mild panic attack yesterday when I realized I didn't love the name I had agreed to. Background: DS is Reed Alden. Both names are family names on my side so I made a deal with DH that he would be able to name this baby something that had great meaning to him. His original name choice was Sullivan Robert. I had thought Sullivan was a family name and he didn't correct me. It's not and I am not liking it. DH is a little mad but he understands that this name wasn't feeling right to me.

Here is our new list but nothing is striking me as the ONE. Please feel free play keep, toss, add. We like uncommon but traditional names. I'm dutch and DH is Irish so anything with those roots is a bonus! LN is Irish starting with G. Names DH vetoed. Graeme, Hugo, Brooks, Pierce, Matthias, Johan, Tobias. Our girl name choice is Juliet Adelaide or Juliet Vera (both MNs are family names).


Theodore - probably my favorite
Robert - FIL and Grandpa IL's name but FIL doesn't want us to use it.
Elliot - DH's grandma's maiden name. I don't like the lack of NNs but she was important to him. DH doesn't like the actual name but wants to honor grandma
Colin- feeling like our back up school
Thomas- same
Flynn- actually we both like this and I like that my BFF and sister are Lynn and Lyn, it feels like a small part of it is for them. Not sure how it sounds with Reed.
Alexander- like it but know a few douchey guys named Alex. Xander is a little trendy to us. Maybe Alec as NN?
Seamus- DH's favorite Irish name but my Dutch mother hates it. We now live in the south so not sure if people where would have a problem pronouncing it.

Thank you all so much!

[reginaphalange]

Theodore and Elliot are my favourites from your list. What about Lachlan, Emmet, Liam, Quinn, Ronan?

[emmy236]

Want to add that DH likes Seamus because he thought that was the funniest alias Luke Wilson used in Wedding Crashers (Seamus O'Toole). Sullivan was after an actor he likes from the TV show Strike Back. I wish there was a little more meaning than these.

[ashiscute]

I don't think a name has to be a family name to be special or significant.

Theodore- Love it
Elliot- I like it but if your H doesn't then it should be scratched. Middle name?
Colin- Love but you don't seem to
Thomas- Like but you don't seem to
Flynn- I'm sort of meh on this name. I thought the name was supposed to be special for your H?
Alexander- Love it. Not a fan of Xander. Alec is okay but I prefer Alex. I wouldn't use unless you are okay with Alex as it is the most obvious nn for this name.
Seamus- Love! Your mom's opinion is irrelevant. I don't think pronunciation is an issue with this name.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

I love Juliet!!

Theodore - Keep. Love this one.
Robert - Toss. I love it, but you have better options.
Elliot - Keep.
Colin- Toss. I love it, but you have better options.
Thomas- Toss. Love, you have better options.
Flynn- Keep. I think it sounds fine with Red.
Alexander- Keep. Love Alec as the nn.
Seamus- Keep. I wouldn't let your mom's opinion keep you from using it, and think people would pick up on the pronunciation fairly quickly.

Add:
Alasdair
Alistair
Arthur
Bram
Conall
Cormac
Cian
Ciaran
Desmond
Eamonn
Edmund
Eoin
Finnegan
Finnian
Harlan
Hamish
Ivor
Ian
Lorcan
Lars
Leopold
Malcolm
Miles
Niall
Noel
Oliver
Oscar
Orrin
Peter
Patrick
Philip
Ronan
Rory
Riordan
Sebastiaan
Seth
Tristan
Willem