Traditional names which have nice NN (boys) please

[MrsHBaby3]

We like 'sensible' names (i.e. not made up/ chavvy) such as

James (Jamie),
Alexander (Alex),
Oliver (Olly),
Samuel (Sam),
Tobias (Toby),
Jacob (Jake/ Jack)
possibly Lucas (Luke),
William (Billy), etc

as they can all be shortened into nice NN but hubby doesn't like these particular ones or family/friends have them

.. any other ideas please?


We are soo stuck for boys names!

[PelvicFloorClenchReminder]

Edward (Eddie) is a particular favourite of mine - any good?

[HauntingMyWay]

I LOVE Nicholas (Nick)

[BikeRunSki]

Edward/Ned is nice
Benjamin or Benedict/ Ben

[ShatnersBassoon]

Richard - Rich, Richie, not Dick obvs
Michael - Mikey, Mick
Edward - Ted, Eddie

[MadameCastafiore]

Maximilian - Max
Alexander - Xander
Xavier - Xavi
Raphael - Raphy

[booklava]

Christopher/Cristian - Chris
Robert - Rob/Robbie
Peter - Pete
Stephen/Steven - Steven
Nicholas - Nick
Jonathan - Jon/Jonny
Matthew - Matt/Matty
Martin - Marty

[MrsHBaby3]

Theres an Edward, Richard, Max, Michael and Ben in the friends/ family group too I'm afraid (honestly!) but I do love your suggestions so far!
I don't think Raphael would go with my other DCs names, which I guess are quite British
sounding?

[AndWhenYouGetThere]

Timothy (Tim/Timmy)
Samuel (Sam)
Jacob (Jake)

[AndWhenYouGetThere]

Sorry - got confused above. I meant Jonathon/Jonny - I see you've already listed Jacob. It is lovely though.

[AudreyCox]

I love Nicky for Nicholas. Maybe I've read too much Mog! DH (who works in The City says its very posh though so wasn't keen for baby DS.

[AudreyCox]

Yes I also like jonny/johnny. I know 2, both lovely. One is jonothan and the other is john.

[PoppadomPreach]

Douglas - Dougie
Angus - Gus

[JennyPiccolo]

William/will/billy
Donald/don
Christopher/chris
Dominic/Dom
Angus/gus

[LexieSinclair]

Joseph (Joe)

[MrsHBaby3]

Some of these are fab thanks. Half the problem is there are too many males in our family.. I have 10 uncles and 3 brothers..!

[ecuse]

I like Isaac (Ike) and Josiah (Jed) (West Wing addict!)

[GreenShadow]

Daniel (Dan/Danny)
Charles (Charlie)

[bigbluebump]

Maximilian - Max
Quentin - Quin
Sebastian - Seb


But imo nicknames evolve naturally and are often not linked to the actual name at all!

[BackforGood]

Daniel
David
Robert
Mark (I know that's short already!)
Andrew
Peter
Nicholas
Christopher
Jacob
Joshua
Benjamin
Samuel

[DebK2012]

Edward (Teddy)

[Plokahontas]

Hmmm, I may have missed it but I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Thomas on this thread so far.
I also like pip as a nn for Philip.

[lolajane2009]

Edward (Teddy/ Little Ted) cant stand Eddie tbh or Ed

[NapOfTheDamned]

Thomas. Tom.

[LineRunner]

Edward
Edmund
Edwin

all NN down to Ted/Teddy/Eddy/Ed

Also I like Win as a NN for Edwin.

And Daniel is a fabulous name.

[iheartmycat]

Ronald (Ronnie)
Vincent (Vinny)
William (Liam)
Robert (Robbie/Bobby)
David (Davy)
Francis (Frankie)