Boys Middle Name to go with Jem

[lucybrad]

Hi, Im looking for a middle name to go with the first name Jem. Our surname is two syllables starting with a B

Any ideas?

Magic?

like here??

err no!

Butty?

Stone?

Sorry, just don't think its a good name for a boy, girl yes, boy no.

Alexander

I don't like it as a boys name sorry.

Opens him up for HUGE bullying without much thought at all.

I have a relative called Jem. It's a boys name. Obviously a short form of Jeremy, but Jem is like chris or alex or sam. Could be short for Jeremy or Jemima.

I'd be tempted to use something with a consontant so it flows better.

Like Terrance or ... Robert. Or something with more thought behind it.

Jem, far far too feminine.

ima?

Bartholomew
Benedict
Barnaby

Jem is a lovely name.

Zachary
Elliot
Aiden

The only Jem I know is male - in his 30s.

Is Jem going to be short for something?

jem is a shortening of jeremy. it's not really a name in it's own right.

alexander would be good-jeremy alexander

jeremy george

but jem? jem stone?

Jem is definitely a male name, but IME it's always an abbreviation, never a name in its own right.

Your surname isn't Beadle, is it?

I love it - it's the name of one of the characters in one of my favourite books; Jem FInch in To Kill a Mockingbird. As others have said I like Jem Alexander and Jem Isaac is also lovely.

But it doesn't matter if his name was Jeremy, themildmanneredjanitor; he was known as Jem; that's the point I was trying to make . OP - both of my children have names that are actually abbreviations of longer names, because I wanted their name to be their name, and more importantly to be something that couldn't be shortened or given a nick name. Personally I don't understand it when people give their children long first names then immediately call them by the shortened version or a nickname - why bother giving them the longer name in the first place if you love Jem go for it; as I said before, I love it

How is Jem any different to Max, Sam, Jim all abbreviations and names in their own right. I find Jem a cool name - In my baby name book it says

Jem - diminutive of Jeremiah or James.

Jeremiah is great, much prefer it to Jeremy.

lucybrad, I think it's because Jem sounds as if it could be short for Jemima/Jemma.

Cem (pronounced Jem) is a Turkish name too.

For middle names, have you got anything that has sentimental value? We used family names. And for ds, who has an unusual first name, his second name is a bit more usual (though still 'chav' apparently, despite being named after a v posh ancestor ).

Don't listen to them all. Jem is an absolutely fantastic name for a boy. (My ds is Jem - not short for anything.)