Twin boys: Edward and.....? Love to hear your suggestions.

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Just discovered the twins we're expecting next year are both boys!

DH and I are stuck. He's vetoed Alexander and I'm vetoing William
(for Windsorish reasons!)

Already have a DS and DD. Naming prefs are for classic, formal names with plenty of decent nickname potential.

Want DCs to be able to adapt their name to suit rather than be defined by our tastes IYSWIM.

I'm amazed at the number of people recommending William with Edward -Bill & Ted!!

Shame DH is not on board with Alexander.

I like Henry or Christopher or Nicholas from the suggestions here. Or Robert.

How about Alastair, Robin, Leonard, Peter, Benjamin?

I was going to suggest William.. What about Edward and Dominic?

Ben / benedict

James

George

Charles

Frederick. Ted and Fred.

Jonathan

I second Nicholas NN Nico, Nicko, Nick
Like Joseph too
Andrew NN Drew?

Another one for Nicholas.

Eddie and Nick - perfect.

Edward and Frederick

Edward and Toby

Edward and Christian

Edward and Oscar

Edward and Rufus

oh Edward and Louis

big congratulations

David
Henry
Peter
James
Andrew
Thomas

Peter, James, Isaac, Anthony, David, Adam, Matthew, Inigo?

not sure about the nickname .i knew one and they called him wood head.
wood ed.is your head made of wood? other kids use to say.

head wood

Thomas my first thought too.

Wow! Went for a bath and returned to such riches! Thank you.

Two of the most popular suggestions are already taken by DH and DS1 so you're all definitely on the right lines - very impressive.

Nicholas and David are very close friends, although I like both names, and Christopher is my DBil!

Like Theodore (Theo, not Teddy, obv), Andrew, Frederick, Henry and Thomas (although the last two are a bit Rev Awdry with Edward).

Thank you all so much, great suggestions. Will run things by DH later as he's glued to evil Savile expose ATM.

Edward & Thomas - ted & tom
Edward & Stanley - ted & stan

matthew,alastair ,benjamin,charles ,andrew,phillip,peter,george,samuel,harrison,joseph.
not keen on nicholas /nicker less.

timothy-tim

Alexander, Alfred, Edmund, William, (don't do Theodore as some people might use Teddy which is an Edward diminutive too), Henry, Christopher (Kit for short), Nicholas

Not Theodore. Teddy and Teddy?

robert

Edward and Oscar.
Edward and Robert.

Know a family with an Edward, James, Paul, Peter and Johnny!

I'd avoid Frederick - Ed and Fred

I think Theodore is ok though, if you call him Theo it's unlikely that people will use Teddy

Edward & Dominic
Edward & James
Edward & Julian
Edward & Justin
Edward & Benjamin
Edward & Felix
Edward & Oliver
Edward & Lawrence/Laurence
Edward & Max
Edward & Daniel
Edward & Patrick
Edward & Lucas

(some of these are repeats!)