Noodling on names before we find out the gender. Hi NameNerds,

My wife and I have been brainstorming names since we found out we were expecting a few months ago and we want to have things narrowed down before we find out the gender next week.

The last name is similar to Morton. My background is mostly American with some Scandinavian and my wife's is Germanic.

**Girl:**    
We're set on Allison/Alison but having trouble agreeing on spelling. Allison just looks right to me but my wife says all her baby name apps say Alison.

**Boy:**    
We haven't found one that we love yet, but these are the ones we're ok with so far.    
Jason    
Marcus    
Alex    

Any thoughts on Allison vs Alison or any ideas on other names for boys? We don't want anything that will be super common but also nothing super out there.
