Alexander nn Xander ?

[WillowTheWitch]

Ok I am now obsessed . I need help . :)

I think Xan is a much better nickname and less popular. I loved buffy though

Love Alexander was on short list for ds2 used it as middle name in end. Alexander always becomes Alex but I think Xander just seems bit try hard.

That's the name we have chosen if we have a ds. It's a family name but xander modern nn.

Vin diesel in xxx and xander from buffy.

We love it willow :) ... Willow? Xander? Buffy fan too?

I have a lot of alexanders in my family tree. One was a sandy and one was a lexy. Never yet had an Alex!

Agree, Xander very try to hard. Alex, or Ali or Alexander much nicer :)

Too even!

I lived in Sunnydale (metaphorically speaking) for a long time and we called ds1 Alexander with the full intention of calling him Xander. Didn't work - he's got an entirely different nickname at home, his teachers call him Alexander and his friends call him Al...

Worst of all, he refuses to watch Buffy with me.

Alexander is an excellent name. Xander is OK but personally I'd just go for the usual Alex.

I have an Alexander. He gets Sandie or Xandie the few times its shortened.

Ds1 pronounces it Alex-zarr-nda. Like on peppa pig.

I have an Alexander. We shorten it to Alex. I love the Scottish shortening which is Lex.
But the reason we chose alexander is he could shorten it as he wishes - I love zander or xander but as a nickname....

Alexander, nn Xander is on our short list, I don't like Alex but like the full name and nn Xander, we're waiting now to find out what we're having and then decide on name (our short list for boys names is 1, girls is 0, due in 2 weeks!)

If you like it, choose it!

Love it!

DH likes lex as a nn too . Think that's partly because he is a huge superman fan . Like the nn , not so keen on calling our ds after a villain ??

Alexander is a great name (I have one ). He used to be affectionately called Ali within the family but now he's Alex. We knew another Alexander who was called Zander by his family (only spelt it that was because that's how I'd say it!). It's a very versatile name - Scottish shortened to Sandy quite often, or Alex, Ali, Al, Lex, Lexy, I don't think Xander is try-hard at all.

If you name him Alexander, he can decide on his nickname when he's older, and he won't be lumped with a 'trendy' try-hard name for the rest of his life. FWIW I love the name Alex and Alexander but Xander is becoming a bit too popular, I think it'll sound less 'cool' in a few years time.

My brother is an Alex / Al / Alexi.

I have an Alexander. His nickname turned out to be Teppin which is nothing to do with his given name...

Sandy?

I like sandy and lex but I really don't like alex . Around here it almost always gets pronounces "Alec" which I really hate .

Alexander is the best boys name ever, and used by all the best parents.

One of the great things about it is that it does give the child a bit of flexibility re nick names when he's older. Xander is great. I'd be quite happy if our one ended up as Xander, though at the moment he's Alex or Sandy.

Puremince I couldn't agree more ;)

I really like Sasha (Russian NN for Alexander) but it's very difficult to avoid the NN Alex when they are little.

puremince you are absolutely right and anyone who doesn't agree is just stoopid

My Alexander is usually an Alex, though I did try Lex for a while but came to the conclusion that I'm just not cool enough . Since his little sister started talking, he also gets called Ix (all she can manage!) so if you want a less popular nn you may have that!

Another nn is Zander

DH is trying too hard to NN our boy "Big Al"! I think it's meant to be sarcastic (he was a preemie and is still quite little). I'm just ignoring and hoping it (the NN) will die of natural causes...