Brother for James and henry

[FireDay]

James and Henry have a brother arriving soon. Shortlist is:

Arthur
George
Edward

Middle name will be a family name probably don't know which one. We are going round in circles with the first name and only have 6 weeks left.

[cosmicglittergirl]

Came on to suggest Edward and it's one of your choices.

[cosmicglittergirl]

Although George works well too.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Edward

[CaptainWarbeck]

I was going to say George. Do you shorten James or Henry? Art is a nice nn if so.

[GoldPlatedBacon]

Edward is also my first suggestion.

Alexander, William or Samuel are in the same ilk

[dementedma]

Alexander

[FireDay]

No we don't shorten James or Henry.

We considered Alexander but it would definitely become Alex (don't like sandy or xander) and alex just seems.... Meh....

Edward is currently the favourite.

Arthur is a bit "out there" (not even top 100 in the country we live in although I know it's reasonably high in England)

James and Henry are so safe that Arthur is a bit crazy for us although we like it.

George... Not sure if it's too similar to James and also do they sound too obviously Royal as a threesome set?

Edward is the default leader at the moment then.

[Babymamamama]

Alexander or Oliver or Benjamin

[ForeverLivingMyArse]

Sounds like a vacuum cleaner collection!

[StitchesInTime]

All good, Edward is my favourite of those 3.

Edward sounds just as royal as George BTW. There have been 8 King Edwards, after all. And there's the mythical King Arthur too.

On a less serious note, James, Henry and Edward are 3 of the main engines in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. They each get a line in the theme song.

[DontKillMyVibe]

All 3 are nice and 'go' with Jamed and Henry. Might just be a matter of waiting until he's born and seeing which name out of the 3 suits him best?

[Nanasueathome]

Andrew

[Sophronia]

Arthur

[Mrsj70]

Another vote for Edward

[OhYouLuckyDuck]

George. I thought George before I clicked on the thread and saw it was on your short list.

[GruntledOne]

Thomas?

[BeStrongAndCourageous]

Yep, before I even saw your list I thought "George. James' and Henry's brother is clearly George."

[FireDay]

Thanks everyone so not a clear winner. Why is naming a human so hard! At least it's a boy, we had NO girls names so this is easier anyway

[OhYouLuckyDuck]

George can be used for a girl if the scan is wrong!

[RJnomore1]

Thomas for me too!

[FireDay]

Not keen on Thomas (for no good reason it's a nice name just not for me)

[Mouseinahole]

I came to say Edward or George of which Edward is my favourite :)

[Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost]

Before I opened the thread I was already thinking Arthur