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That was us!!! We had a few names that were okay before I went into labor. Literally during labor my husband and I were going back and forth with names. Boys names are very hard in my opinion.

Evrick, Elliot, Easton, Anders

I completely agree, boy names are hard! When I was pregnant with my daughter, we had so many girl names that we both liked, but never really found a boy name that we both loved. Now that I'm pregnant again, we didn't even need to discuss girl names (we'd just use our second choice from last time), but it's back to the drawing board for boy names again.

I have a cousin named Quinton a.k.a. "Quincy"... similar to Quentin, but perhaps without the associations that you're concerned about?

DS has a friend named Quentin at school and to me it just sounds British. His other favorite friends is named Everett which might be a nice contender.

Sawyer
Theo
Jameson
Henry
Carter
Anders
Parker
Brady
Arie
Emmett
Milo

I knew someone named Quentin and always thought it was a cool name. I also know of Quentin Tarantino but it’s not an immediate or negative association for me. He sometimes went by Q which I thought was also cool (this was an adult when I knew him).

I like Ethan and Elias too- I’ve never met an Elias so I don’t think it’s really very common at all.

We came up with my second daughters name on the way to the hospital. The first we were team green and we never had a boy name we loved so good thing she was a girl.

@Truth Bombs: agree with everything you said. @periwinklebee: I know a (gorgeous, maybe that influences my opinion) guy named Corwin--have you heard it before? It's a surname, maybe like naming your kid Carter another name we considered that's a family name is Lucien. We didn't go with it but I still like it.
ETA: I kind of let my husband in effect pick our kid's name by acquiescing to his rejection of all the ones I loved, and we ended up with a name I feel pretty lukewarm about. I strongly encourage you to not do that, you're doing the heavy lifting here

I don’t have any negative associations with Quentin, but I would push for something you love. Naming is so hard!

I don't think you need to worry! I don't know how people can name a baby without first meeting him or her. Since the baby will have your DH's choice for middle and last name, I think you can be firm on making the final decision on the first name. I would probably take my top 5 or so names and have your DH eliminate the ones he hates and take 2 or 3 to the hospital. Or if he can only live with one then just go with that.
No matter what though, I vote for you to have a bigger say in it. If you have a bad association with Quentin, eliminate it!

@ShootingStar: Ethan- I get, but Sawyer was cool. Lol

Oliver is the name picked out for boy #2. DH loves it because of Arrow.

i agree on naming when the baby is born! We went in with a favorite and some backups but it wasn’t equally favorite for both of us. Husband’s choice (I was just ok with) for #1 and the middle was a name from my family. #2 we ended up with the reverse, his family for middle and my favorite for first name. I think once you name them, something you feel just ok about can seem just right because it belongs to a real person now and with that sweet baby face. But if either of you really hates it that might be hard to overcome. Good luck picking!!! Both my kids have common names so I’m no help there.

My nephew's name is Quentin and everytime Dh and I see or hear his name we think Quentin Tarantino, ugh. No one wants to call him Quentin, the whole family calls him Q, baby Q.
I think Ethan is a good name.

I don't have a negative association with Quentin, but I think you should choose something you like better. Some suggestions:
Felix
Caleb
Micah
Hugo
August
Miles