thoughts on our name for our baby boy?

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My husbands nickname was Ethan Mack (his middle name is not Mack) after his Uncle whose name was “_ Mack” because he spent a ton of time with him growing up and his Uncle taught him how to rebuild car engines & made him his little prodigy.

We were thinking of using Mack for a middle name but we love Grant. Grant Mack. I don’t want to post our last name because it’s not a common one. But wondering what you guys thought about Grant Mack. Thinking G-Mack for a cute nickname!

It sounds fine to me . It's really nice to name the baby after a loved one

I worked with someone whose surname was Mack and he ended up becoming a mentor and one of the most sincere and supportive people I know.

So I am obviously biased but I love it!

It's quite harsh. Grant. Mack.

It doesn’t flow that well to me, but I love the idea of you using Mack with the history, so if you are set on Grant as a first name, then go for it. It doesn’t sound bad together.

Grant and Mack don’t work together — too similar in being two single-syllable names with the same short ‘a’ and that end with a distinct consonant. This won’t matter particularly if you never plan to use the middle name, obviously, but if you’re planning a nickname that uses it, you presumably are.

If you’re going with Grant, then I think you need a two- or three-syllable middle name eg Grant Peter Surname, Grant Ethan Surname, Grant Nathaniel Surname. If you want to use Mack as a middle name, then I think you need a two- or three-syllable first name eg William Mack, Oliver Mack, Jacob Mack.

How many syllables is your surname? If only one syllable then I don’t think this works, if two or more then it flows better. E.g.,
Grant Mack Smith - too harsh/blunt
Grant Mack Johnson - better

If you’re worried about the two short names together you might like Grantley? Grantley Mack sounds lovely.

“G-Mack”? Awful. Just use Grant Mack in the same way as your husband used Ethan Mack.

Geraint is a Welsh boys name and similar (ish) to Grant and would flow better with Mack, just as another possibility.

i would just call him Mack surname...not keen on the grant. Mack is cute tho

Grant is too old fashioned. It's Grant and Phil now lol

Gerard
Jonathan
Aaron
Louis
Christopher
Franklin

I really like Mack (and the special significance of it is so sweet). I'm not keen on Grant personally and agree that it doesn't "go" with Mack (which wouldn't normally be a consideration for me except it sounds like your little boy will get called by his first and middle name sometimes? G-Mack sounds cool. I'd go for another G name personally.

Sounds fine to me and the nickname is very cute.

Have you thought about a first name like Mackenzie or Macauley, and just calling him Mack. Could be Mackenzie Grant.

Mack is a dogs name and g-mack is horrific

As others have said, going with two one-syllable names probably isn't a typical choice, but that doesn't mean it's in any way wrong. If you both like it, that's what's important. People will get used to his name, whatever it is, and then they won't think twice about it.

No one ever knows what someone’s middle name is so call him what you like

people massively overthink middle names and no one else really cares or even knows

grant is nice.

G-Mack unfortunately reminds me of Gmax, Ghislaine Maxwell's self-bestowed "nickname", which she used to sign many of her now notorious emails.

"Grant" doesn't sound right with "Mack."

A multi syllable first name would work better:
Alexander Mack
Nicholas Mack
Jonathan Mack
Preston Mack
Gregory Mack

George?
George Mack sounds cute.. Grant Mack makes me shudder

Nothing wrong with Grant Mack. I like the idea of the longer Mack names too. Also, Gethin for a G name. Whatever you pick, it'll be absolutely fine!

Why not have Mack as a first name? Grant isn’t great to be honest…but Mack is fabulous! You could call him Mackenzie with Mack for short?

Switch them round, and you've got Macky-G 👍

Really don't like Grant. G-Mack is horrible. The Mack middle name is nice because of the meaning.
Agree that two short names are harder to work together but you don't say the full name much beyond initial babyhood when introducing your newborn to people. I'd go for a 2 syllable first name though, and the Geraint suggestion is really nice, it's so much softer sounding than just Grant and you can still do the nickname if you like it. And after all it's whether you like it, not me!

Mack is quite a sweet name and nice that it has family links...I like that.

Grant is a bit of an unusual choice for a child nowadays.

As for G Mack....words fail me.

If you like the nickname why not a solid first name like George and a longer Mac name like Mackenzie, you get you shortening but it’s a much more formal sounding name for paperwork older. Remember babies grow up, I know two youngsters who changed their names at 18 so to have a proper name, cutesy or fashionable weird names aren’t very professional for adults