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I'm feeling lost with names for our upcoming baby boy. I'm going to give names we have considered in the hope that you'll use these to give wonderful suggestions!

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Names I like, but my husband doesn't:
Paul
Luke

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Names we like but won't use:
Ewan - Because it will be mispronounced and we don't want anything that ends in N
James- cousin's name
Henry - uncle's name
Joseph - cousin's name
Walter - this is really falling down on my list
Hector - I still really like this, but my husband doesn't really care for it anymore
Enzo - We like this, but I don't want to use a nn for a fn. My husband doesn't like Lorenzo, and I don't like anything else that can be shortened to Enzo.
Job - Pronounced with a long O sound. I've liked this for awhile but I'm so unsure about the teasing issue. I don't think we'll use it.
Douglas - really love and would use except for the tragic history of this name in our family
Llyr - don't really like anymore... maybe too cool for us

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I'm reconsidering Piers - prounounced PEERZ. this was on our list long ago before Piers Morgan became famous in the US. I've actually never seen his show (I don't watch TV) but our surname is Marten, and I think Piers Marten is too similar to Piers Morgan. Do you think so? I really liked this because my husband's name is Peter and this is a variant.

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My children's names:
Daughter - $ a g e
Son - C y r u $

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I don't want to use anything with a strong S sound and I don't want anything that begins with M or ends in M or N because it's too much with the surname. I want something more classic that balances with our other names.