Boys Names

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Hi, its my first posting here.
I find out what gender baby I am having on Monday. I don't intend telling anyone what it is...hence this posting being in advance whilst I don't know!!

My partner and I have really struggled with names. We spookily agree on everything else in life but are poles apart re names. We can just about agree on a couple of girls names but boys names we don't have a clue despite trawling through tens of thousands of names.

I have 3 main criteria:
1. The name has to look good on a CV - ie not twee / nickname / non gender specific / or plain daft - for example my nieces are called Princess and Frankee....I know!! It doesn't have to be too formal though either...just normal!
2. The name needs to be able to be shortened to a nickname that I like - because I never had one as a child and I longed to have one. I have found several names that I like as either a full name or as a shortened version but not many for both.
3. I want it to be a little bit more unusual without being too way out ie I dont want it to be one of 4 Thomas's in the class.

However if I really liked a name then I would comprise! I like Storm and Blaze for example - but wouldn't give a child either because its kind of labelling them as angry - and also Cosmo/Cosimo, Orson, Oriel, Oberon, Oscar which all would struggle to be shortened. My partner hates all of these :(
He tends to go the opposite way and wants something very plain and ordinary like David or Mark. He doesn't get the nickname thing and thinks if you want to call a child Toby then just call it that and not have Tobias on its birth certificate (BTW thats just an example).

Have you any ideas for slightly more unusual boys names? I really like pagan / earthy / gods names but am open to any suggestions all round. My partner won't go for anything which doesn't sound vaguely english!

Thanks in advance.