Oliver is a terrific choice. :-)
I can't promise all of these won't have some biblical / religious reference / element to them, but I'll try:
Oliver Forest / Silvan /
SilvanusOliver HeathOliver SorrelOliver StirlingOliver SorenOliver StellanOliver SeamusOliver Peregrine (as in the falcon)
Oliver Wolfe /
WolframOliver KendrickOliver MariusOliver SeptimusOliver QuintusOliver TarquinOliver TybaltOliver Tavish /
ThomasOliver Bosun (= boat swain)
Oliver Tadhg /
Tighe (= poet)
Oliver DariusOliver DaxOliver Knut (after the
German polar bear?)
Oliver LeifOliver RuneOliver Esmund /
EsmondOliver HadrianOliver TitusOliver Geraint (you could read him to sleep with stories from the Round Table)
Oliver ArchimedesOliver Euclid Oliver PtolemyOliver Polaris
Oliver Orion
Could any of these work for you? Perhpas they give you ideas for another name that you like better.
I'm sure there are scads of great names you could glean from arstrological / astronomical books. I've found myself in libraries culling indexes of history books for names as well. Shakespearean character lists are great too.
Good luck. I'd love to hear how your search for the perfect name progresses. Thanks for a fun challenge. :-)
ETA: I just noticed that your ds' name is
Sebastian.
Sebastian and
Oliver make a stunning set of brothers. Nice job.
If
Oliver will be joining you this summer, then perhaps his mn could reflect the month he is born in. Junius,
Julius /
Julian,
August /
Augustus,
Leo?
This message was edited 4/24/2009, 11:48 AM