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Boy name to go with Alexander

33 replies

whatnextsteps · 10/01/2026 10:41

We've just found out pregnant with baby no. 2 and need to start thinking of boy names because DS name took a long time to pick one we both liked and wasn't a family name. We have a girl name so if have a girl this time no worries.

DS is Alexander but goes by Xander. We'd like to find another long/traditional name that has nickname options. Middle name will likely be Drew after my dad, DS middle name is after DH's dad.

Family names include Joseph, Robert and David.

Thanks for any help!

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Nearlyamumoftwo · 16/01/2026 22:23

Hi @whatnextstepsi have named two boys - it's really really hard. One of them is called Alexander too. I find boys names so much harder than girls - I could have had 10 girls! what I would say is please don't narrow your pool of names just so boy no2 will "match" your first boys name. Our boys don't have matching names - they have names we love. I wouldn't have found it fair to name one just to suit his brother. Just something to consider if you're struggling!

Lollylavender · 12/01/2026 08:31

EmotionallyWeird · 12/01/2026 08:25

Edward (Ed/Ned/Ted)
Robert (Rob/Robbie/Bob/Bert)
Nathaniel (Nat/Nate)
Jeremy/Jeremiah (Jerry/Jem)
Philip (Phil/Pip/Flip)

Some of these nicknames are awful - Bert, Flip, Ned?!

EmotionallyWeird · 12/01/2026 08:25

Edward (Ed/Ned/Ted)
Robert (Rob/Robbie/Bob/Bert)
Nathaniel (Nat/Nate)
Jeremy/Jeremiah (Jerry/Jem)
Philip (Phil/Pip/Flip)

Jackrabbit22 · 12/01/2026 06:32

x2boys · 10/01/2026 12:25

I have an Alexander and Christian.

Oh, so do I !

BahMinthumbug · 12/01/2026 01:07

Xander and Xavier

Alexander and Zachary/Zakaria
Xander and Zak

Alexander and Nathaniel

Alexander and Sebastian

Alexander and Lysander

Alexandrine · 12/01/2026 00:56

William seems the obvious pick as a sibling name for Alexander to me. Then you have Alexander the Great and William the Conqueror - hard to have stronger sounding namesakes than those. Plus both are a very similar style: well used but not Top 20 popular in E & W, yet are timeless classics (historically never left the Top 100), both very international, both names of Kings, several choices of nicknames etc

2nd choice might be something like Frederick, Maximilian or Nicholas as fellow Royal classics with good nickname options - but they aren’t quite as close a sibling “match” to me as they tend to go more in and out of fashion than timeless Alexander and William.

PurpleCyclamen · 11/01/2026 22:35

Rafferty (Raff)
Elijah (Eli)
Christopher (Chris)
Benedict (Ben)
Montgomery (Monty)
William (Will)
Samuel (Sam)
Geoffrey (Geoff)
Stanley (Stan)
Michael (Mike/Mickey)
Jason (Jase)
Bernard (Bernie)
David (Dave)
James (Jamie/Jimmy/Jim)
Julian (Jude)
Thomas (Tom)

Kiki25 · 11/01/2026 19:10

I have a Toby you could call him Tobias as it’s a shortened name for the more traditional Tobais and shorten it to Toby. Thats not what we done however people always ask if his full name is Tobias. I also have an Oscar and my girl is Freya. I’m going to struggle for boy names this time round although you have just put Xander in my head though lol

sunflower85 · 11/01/2026 18:30

I have an Alexander, we called our second boy Oliver. I agonised over a name for him and we decided on Oliver only a couple of weeks before he was born, but it so suits him.

christmasgeek · 11/01/2026 13:57

I'm sure most of these have been said, but;

Christopher / Kit
Edward / Ted
Theodore / Theo / teddy
Jonathan / Jonty
Monty
Benedict / Ned
Sebastian / Seb

aintnospringchicken · 11/01/2026 13:45

William
Edward
Henry
Harry
Robert
Nicholas
Matthew
George
James
Dominic

temperance75 · 11/01/2026 13:39

Maximilian

Changeforthis79 · 11/01/2026 13:36

YYURYYUCICYYUR4ME · 10/01/2026 11:17

Ptolemy

That's an awful name seriously

Clover15 · 11/01/2026 13:36

Congratulations! We have an Alexander! His brother is Oliver.

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whatnextsteps · 11/01/2026 11:49

Thank you all for ideas 😁

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LilyLemonade · 10/01/2026 14:52

Barnaby
Adrian
Ferdinand
Darius

whiteroseredrose · 10/01/2026 12:57

We have Alexander the Great. So if DD (Catherine the Great!) had been a boy she would have been Frederick or Peter 😂

BoleynMemories13 · 10/01/2026 12:42

My first thought was Alexander and Matthew, but Matthew really does go with Drew.

Alexander and...

Thomas
Samuel
Henry
William
Benjamin
Zachary
Stanley
Peter
Christopher
Michael
Frederick
Sebastian
Oliver

x2boys · 10/01/2026 12:25

I have an Alexander and Christian.

TomatoSandwiches · 10/01/2026 12:24

It has to be Nicholas really doesn't it.

Mumofgirls2017 · 10/01/2026 12:20

Alexander and

Christopher- kit
edward- Ted/ teddy
theodore- Theo/ teddy
vincent- vinnie
frederick- Freddie/ eric
leonard- Leo/ lenny
nicholas- nico
reginald- Rex/ reggie
sebastian- Seb/ bastian
harrison- Harry/ sonny
wilfred- Wilf/ freddie
magnus- max/ gus

Cocktailsandcheese · 10/01/2026 12:13

First one that came to mind was Frederick (Freddie). I think Xander and Freddie sound great together.

Mercurial1 · 10/01/2026 11:34

Benjamin
Alistair
Patrick
George
William
Harrison
Edward
Robert
Louis
Elliott
Matthew
Jonathan
Michael
Theodore

beachbum12 · 10/01/2026 11:33

Sebastian (Seb or Bas)
Theodore (Theo, Ted, Teddy)
Samuel (Sam)
Tobias (Toby)

Lollylavender · 10/01/2026 11:29

Xander and

Quentin
Marcus
Vincent
Leonard

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