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Boy names help needed!! Brother for Alexander

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barleyteddy · 11/03/2017 09:07

Hi so baby due soon and we cannot think of any boy names we love....help please! Due to surname no names starting with B, soft sounding G or J. We like classic sounding international names.....ok go!

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kep1979 · 12/03/2017 21:03

I have an Alexander (Alex) and a Gabriel (Gabe). Now need another boy's name!

ChippieBeanAndHorro · 12/03/2017 13:38

I know I'm being a fuss pot....

Don't worry, I'm the same ;) I think it's our right as pregnant women/mothers.

I love the suggestuions of Rupert, David and Hector.

What about Vincent, Cenric, Cedric, Anton, Emmett, Julius, Wulfric or Ulrik? (some of these were probably already suggested, sorry, I just skimmed the thread and didn't read all the suggestions)

Puremince · 12/03/2017 13:14

We have an Alexander. We too wanted a classic sounding international name.

Our shortlist if DC2 had been a boy was:

Hector William
Patrick William
David William
Samuel James

We had William chosen as a middle name because we liked the name, but didn't want to risk it being shortened to Willie. We didn't think William worked with Samuel, though.

Logolphin · 12/03/2017 13:08

Owen
Wulfric

Lemondrop09 · 11/03/2017 19:50

I haven't come across a William called Willy or Billy for a long time. I know a few who have shortened it simply to Will, which is nice enough. Alternatively Liam is another shortening of William (although has become a name in its own right too)

ToastVacuum · 11/03/2017 19:24

Felix
Wilfred
Caspar
Edwin
Leon
Adam
Lewis
Magnus
Ethan
Robin
Harrison
Connor
Liam
Duncan
Reuben
Emil
Rupert
Cassius
Marius

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barleyteddy · 11/03/2017 18:39

Thanks for all the suggestions. I really don't like alliteration with our surname so sticking to original plan of avoiding b/j/many g names. Hadn't thought of Ivan or Laurence, I like William but hate Willie, Billy etc....I know I'm being a fuss pot....

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sotiredbutworthit · 11/03/2017 17:34

I have an Alexander and a Samuel.

SallyGinnamon · 11/03/2017 17:11

You've got Alexander the Great. Why not Frederick (Freddie) or Peter the Great?

(I've got a Catherine the Great!).

averythinline · 11/03/2017 17:09

Maximilian
Montegue
Jasper could work and then nn could be JJ !

apotheke · 11/03/2017 17:05

Your surname must start with J (as you don't want BJ understandably or J/GJ sound. )

I agree with a PP that you shouldn't discount J names. JJ are good initials.

You want simple, classic names to go with Alexander and work internationally.

Nic(h)olas, T(h)omas, Matt-hew/ieu, Jack/Jacques?

crapfatbanana · 11/03/2017 16:58

David
Martin
Patrick
Victor
Vernon
Ivan
Roland
Edmund
Wesley
Graeme
Ellory
Amos
Chester
Horatio
Marcus
Benito
Phineas
Niall
Sebastian
Laszlo
Montgomery

FancyPantsDelacroixTheFirst · 11/03/2017 16:53

Alfred
Ferdinand
Simeon
Leo
Conrad
Tristram
Lucius

ClaryIsTheBest · 11/03/2017 16:47

Frederik
Nathaniel
Oscar
Erik
Anthony
Mungo
Julius
Basil
Marcus
Donato
Thomas
Henrik
William
Harry
Philipp
Sebastian

NuffSaidSam · 11/03/2017 16:44

Nathaniel
Daniel
Cosmas
Tobias
Sebastian
David
Edward
Lucas
Phillip
Marcus
William
Anthony
Jonathan
Paul
Samuel
Caspian

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 11/03/2017 16:44

Most alexanders we know seem to have brothers called William.

Matthew, Lucas, Daniel.

What about Kit short for Christopher?

Sophronia · 11/03/2017 16:39

Charles
Christian
Dominic
Daniel
Edmund
Edward
Frederick
Francis
Gregory
Gabriel
Henry
Hector
Hugo
Isaac
Isidore
Ivan
Lucas
Leo
Matthew
Michael
Maximilian
Nathaniel
Oliver
Oscar
Patrick
Peter
Philip
Robert
Solomon
Thomas
Theodore
Vincent
William
Zachary

Sistafromanuthamista · 11/03/2017 16:36

Marcus
Timothy
Luca(s)

Logolphin · 11/03/2017 11:01

Was supposed to be Gregor but autocorrected for me. I quite like both.

Logolphin · 11/03/2017 11:00

Gregory

Logolphin · 11/03/2017 10:59

Arthur Edward Patrick Hector Andrew Laurence

If your surname starts with J don't automatically dismiss J names, for example James Jones sounds great!

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 11/03/2017 10:07

Nicholas
Lawrence
Jonathan
Nathaniel

Gummibears · 11/03/2017 09:59

Elliott works well internationally but Charles and Simon are pronounced very differently in other languages.

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barleyteddy · 11/03/2017 09:15

I like Christopher and Nicholas, Thomas is ok too. DH doesn't like nickname for Nicholas and I don't really like Chris.... Tom is ok....we had also thought of Elliott, Simon and Charles but I just don't love any of them aaagh!

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AuntieStella · 11/03/2017 09:11

Peter, Oscar, Philip?