Baby Names

You would think that it would be easy to come up with a single name. However, my husband and I have found it to be one of the most taxing tasks we have had to tackle. As someone with a name that was almost never around (I have only ever met 2 other Jonies in my life and never spelled my way JONE instead of an i or ie), I desire our child to have something unique. I want him or her to stand out and not be surrounded by a class full of students with the same name. Being a teacher, you see how popular names are and that they come in waves. One teacher has 6 Ryans right now. I just want to prevent picking out a name that is going to be just like any other. That being said, I do not want a weird name. So unique but not weird. Is that so hard to ask for? There are ton of books out there and lists galore. One could toggle through the internet and find millions of names. You can look up names by type (whether you want a fashionista name, or techie name) or you want a name that is Irish or German, or you want a name that is gender neutral, a button or a flip of the book can give you a wide range of names. So why is it so hard to choose a name? It seems every name we throw out is veto somehow. Whether we already know someone with that name, or it is too close to another name, or my husband's two favorites (it sounds like a last name or he can make fun of it somehow).
A long time ago, before we were even married, I had a dream of our little baby girl (actually it was the nursery I saw in my dream). Usually I don't remember everything about my dreams but the one thing that stood out to me were the white letters that spelled out the name of our daughter in the vintage white and ivory room. They spelled out HADLEY KRUZ. So for years that was her name. It was even part of how I told my husband he was going to be a father. But, alas it was spoiled. When I was talking to my mom one day about names we were considering, I brought up Hadley. She immediately said No because a girl that I had grown up with in church (years and years ago mind you) had named her son that. I never see this girl or her family but my mom was like no way can they have the same name. My husband was broken hearted. Now we are on the search for a name for our baby. We have a list and some top favorites but nothing seems perfect. We would like the name to end in that ee sound (like Jone and Jeffrey). It seems that everyone is trying to get in on the naming process as my mom has this long list of names (Sagen for a boy tops her charts-we say NO) and even Jeff's daughter is suggesting names Jonah, Olivia, and Avery. She says she is having a baby sister though (she will be 8 in July).
I like classic names but not plain Jane. For instance, I love Sophie or Gwenaviere but dislike names like Lilly or Brittany. I would love to be able to incorporate a family name in but looking at the old family tree leaves much to be desired when it comes to names. Usually names get interesting again with great grandmothers but that just isn't our case. I also love literature names-Harper, Holden, Auden, Scarlett. The problem is finding something that sounds good with our last name Boak (sounds like joke). I would prefer to keep our name a secret when we figure it out but I might be so glad to finally have a name that I blurt it out. I would just like to keep from hearing stories of so and so's child is named that or I knew a kid like that who was weird and ate paste.

Some of the names we have considered though:
taking the h off of Hadley and tweaking it to:
ADALEY
EVERLY
LAKELYN
ELIONA

HUDTON
BRU (as a middle name for our dad's Gary Bruce and Bruce O.)
JAXTON
ELIJAH (EJ)

But we don't know....still on the search. Thoughts?