2nd boy - name to go with Alexander

[ConfusedKiwi]

First son is Alexander (usually Xander), due with my second in December and struggling to think of a good list of names.

Ideal would be something similar - a solid name with a modern abbreviation. Would be nice if it had a Scottish or Welsh connection too.

Don't want a name starting with A, F or Ph (due to surname).

DH keeps suggesting Casper!!!

Christian, Nathanial, Marcus, Dominic, Sebastian ???

Nicholas shortened to Nico.

Magnus
James (Jamie)
Benjamin
Broderick (Brodie)
Cameron
Christopher
Crawford
Duncan
Elliot
Gregory (greg)
Hamish
Kenneth
Jonathon
Struan
William

My 2nd is Alexander but we call him xander. First boy is Nathaniel. Third boy is Dominic. Job done!

ha! how wierd all the names I said

Luke

James.

It's a Scottish name (all the Kings of Scotland were james except 1 I think!)

My son is James and we have Alexander picked for another boy (if we had one)

We don't abbreviate it though so can't help with that. What about Jay, Jamie, Jimmy?

Only seven Kings of Scotland were called James. Other Scottish kings were called Robert, William, Constantine, David, Duncan, Alexander, Malcolm.

We have an Alexander and other names we liked were:
James
Douglas
Patrick
Hector
David

We would have used William as a middle name (less chance of being shortened to Willie as a middle!)

Maximilian, nn Max

Beetle.

(sorry)

Zach
Joshua
Ryan
Toby

Stuart
Ruari
Conall
Cormac
Arthur
Fergus
Fraser

I have a Xander (Alexander). Also have a Michael and a Max.

Casper is nice for a December boy as that was the name of one of the Three Wise Men (so there is a Christmas connection though their arrival in Bethlehem is celebrated in January)

How about
Joseph
Gabriel

Love Fergus, Struan, Michael, Hamish..

On the theme of Caspar...what about Jasper?

Gregor

Evan
Haydn

... sorry they don't really abbreviate well, but I think they go

Also

Michael
Christian (Chris)
Marcus

I have an Alexander and now 8 week old Sebastian. Other names we considered for ds2 were:
Charles
Edward
Lawrence
Max
Dominic

And I loved Hugo and Rupert but my dh vetoed them. Sob.

Thank you all! Sorry for the delay in coming back and I love a few of them. Now just need to work on DH.

I thought of another one that might go -

Laurence/ Laurie

we have alexanders in our family and always have a nicholas too but thats because of a russian link! michael is also nice.

I know two sets of brothers called James & Alexander so they must go well. One set are Jamie and alex.