Middle name for Benjamin

[Tallgiraffe]

Hi everyone,

So after months of thinking, we've finally settled on Benjamin for a first name. But now we're stuck for a middle name! Any suggestions...???

Our surname is L-B if that helps :o

Benjamin Alexander L-B
Benjamin Peter L-B
Benjamin Charles L-B
Benjamin William L-B
Benjamin Zachary L-B
Benjamin Felix L-B
Benjamin Edward L-B
Benjamin Joshua L-B
Benjamin Theodore L-B
Benjamin Dominic L-B
Benjamin Miles L-B
Benjamin George L-B
Benjamin Rufus L-B
Benjamin Christopher L-B
Benjamin Isaac L-B

Edward

I think a 1 syllable name might suit best as Benjamin is quite long in itself and Im guessing your surname is too...

How about:

James (can rarely go wrong with this!)
Marc
John
George
Jude
Lee
Paul
Tate
Frank
Jack
Zac

They're fab, thank you!

Cherub - The shorter name point is a good one, don't want the poor boy to run out of space on forms :)

CPtart - I love Edward, it was one of my favourites, but unfortunately one of the nicknames for it wouldn't work with our surname so it got ruled out as a first name. Could definitely work in the middle though as that's less likely to get shortened.

Volauvent - They're great, thank you. I shall present all these names to hubby tonight. Although a couple we've already used on pets, so I suspect they might be ruled out :o

Thanks again, knew mumsnet would have the answers!

Out of those James or Jack go really well. Although the initials would be BJ.

Make sure that whatever you use doesn't sound funny with Ben too in case he shortens his name later.

i.e. I'd avoid any thing beginning with D - Ben D. Surname.

I have a Benjamin Edward

John or James

Benjamin Edward seems to be the est suggestion, I would be wary of the initials BJ!

Not James. It's extremely popular ubiquitous as a middle name.

And you would get "jam" twice.

Benjamin Flynn L_B

I wouldn't go with a 'J' initial for middle name . We had the same issue with our ds whose name begins with B.

Benjamin Storm
Benjamin Arthur
Benjamin Rufus
Benjamin Eli
Benjamin George
Benjamin Luke
Benjamin Issac
Benjamin Conor
Benjamin Oliver
Benjamin Taylor
Benjamin Brody (my fave)

Benjamin Gaius
Benjamin Merlin (do you see a BBC drama taking over me?)

Thank you all!

I think we're heading for Benjamin Edward :o

Had to think about the BJ initials for a while stupid baby brain!! Had a good laugh about the Ben-D names though :o

Excellent choice