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I like:

Octavia
Oriel
Perdita
Piran
Primrose
Rayner
Sabina
Saul
Silas
Simeon

I like:

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Oberon - for a cat or a pet. Not so much for a kid. Midsummer's Night is studied at yr7 here, and the 'king of the fairies' association could haunt a kid throughout school. It is pretty cool, but not a good idea in real life.
Octavia - love, love, love this name. A lot.
Odette - is growing on me. I know it has a ballerina fairy-tale lacey association, but the sound and look is, to me, very heavy, simple and rounded.
Opal - I love opals, they're one of my favourite precious/semi-precious stones. And the name itself is kinda cute and retro. I don't think it'd work in real life, though.
Ottilie - super pretty.
Ottoline - clunky, dorky and amazing. It's not as pretty as Ottilie, but I like it just as much.
Perdita - I've liked it since the Terry Pratchett character. It's silly and frilly with a morbid meaning, it's kinda neat.
Philomena - clunky, but kinda interesting. I prefer Philomela / Philomel's meaning, but Philomena kinda rolls heavily off the tongue.
Roland - love. I like Stephen King, and it has a dorky, geeky link to the 'anti-hero' of his Dark Tower series. Since I got way too into that series and the last book ruined me, I'm pretty sure my love of Roland comes at least in part from the books. I've never met anyone else who likes it or thinks it would work as a name, so I guess I'd have to use it as middle name if at all.

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Other thoughts:
Obadiah - I *hate* -iah names - pretty much all of them. They're so fusty and Biblical and... well, the only place I can imagine them working without raising eyebrows is America. Obadiah's one of my least favourites. It's just unattractive.

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I like:

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Odette
Ottoline
Percival
Peregrine
Primrose
Prudence
Rhona
Roland

I like

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Odette
Odile
Oriana
Oswald
Peregrine
Roland