Alexander

[CruCru]

Hi all

What do you think of Alexander (Alec or Alex for short)? I asked my brother and he thought it was boring (we do have quite conventional taste in boys names though).

DH has a cousin called Alex (haven't seen him for years). Is that weird?

[soontobeslendergirl]

No1 son had Alec (Alexander) on the final choice list (only choice :o ) but when he was born it just didn't suit so he ended up with a choice of Craig or Gregor.

I still like it and No2 son has Alastair as a middle name instead :)

[Sunnysummer]

I like it! Or could you do Alastair/Alistair, as the Scottish version?

[MrsTumble123]

My little boy is called Alexander and I am so happy we chose this name. Everyone always says how nice it is, and I have not known that many in my area. We call him Alex at home, but I always introduce him as Alexander at places. Sometimes he is called Zander by his Godmother, and Ali by his Grandparents too.

[DomesticCEO]

My 5 yr old DS is an Alex(ander) - it was dh's choice and tbh I don't like how popular it is .

We had a recent count up and came up with 11 Alex's in our extended friendship group and school friends .

I remember his first day at nursery when the nursery worker welcomed him as Alex D - having been called [first name] S my whole childhood I was gutted.

DS2 has an equally classic but much more unusual name and I love it.

[nelly83]

LOVE it. Its my gorgeous DS name though so I am a bit bias!!

[Bearcrumble]

I have a three year old Alexander too. Lots of them about. I didn't research how popular names were with him, didn't make that mistake second time round (although still love the name). Depends if you mind him being one of hundreds.

[CruCru]

Sandy isn't very us, if you know what I mean. I haven't met any small children called Alex round here so far but to be honest, I thought we were being original with Henry and there are lots.

[savoirfaire]

Lovely name. I know 4 born in the last 18 months though, and know about another dozen who I see regularly. I would put money on there being more than one Alex in many primary school classes, although this may not bother you. What about Sandy as a nick name? I used to work with a lovely Sandy and met a baby Alexander/Sandy just last week. Plenty of Xanders round my way too.

[SurroundedByGiraffes]

My son Alexander known as Alex thinks he has two middle names, Ander and Philip. Sometimes he gets them the wrong way round - "I am Alex Philip Ander Giraffes".

[BistoBear]

When I have children in the future this shall be the name of our son. It's my grandfather's name, my DF's father's name and DF's middle name. I love Sandy for a nick name :)

[chesticles]

Alexander is a lovely name but definitely becoming more popular. Not that it makes it any less nice. And bikeskirun I know loads of Alexanders known as Alec

[BikeRunSki]

Alec is a different name though. It's a name if its own, not an abbreviation of Alexander.

[merr]

I love Alexander as a name, and was thinking bout it for DS2 but it seems to be really popular at the moment.
At DS1's school there are 2 in his class one who goes by Alex and one by Alexander and I have two friends with little Alex's!

[OhOneOhTwoOhThree]

It's a marvellous name for the best boys

[mikkii]

I love it. DH is half Spanish/half Italian. DS's first name is Alessandro (Italian version) although we use his second name, Valentino.

[SageBush]

The best name you can give a boy!

[shockedballoon]

Awesome name.

[afrikat]

Great name. We will be using it if we end up on team blue!

[absentmindeddooooodles]

Love it! Was on my list for ds but dp knew a guy he didn't like with the name etc..... Really lovely IMO.

[Thurlow]

Lovely, though I am biased as I have a female version. Absolutely ageless, and goes so well with Henry too. I quite like Alec though!

[Shodan]

Agree with AberdeenAngusina, especially point g .

Alexander is a most excellent name.

[AberdeenAngusina]

It's a brilliant name because
a) It doesn't get misheard for anything else.
b) You don't often have to spell it.
c) It has a variety of NNs, so built-in future flexibility.
d) It sounds as though it should have "the Great" after it.
e) It's been steadily popular so it won't date.
f) It's international.
g) naming your DS Alexander is a well-known sign of highly intelligent parents ;)

[MaMaPo]

Lovely name. My husband is Alexander (aka Alex, Big Al - he's very tall - Xander, Xan, Xanzi) and I often think how much I love his name.

My nephew is also Alexander. We just call them Big Alex and Little Alex. Once Big Alex had the little one on his shoulders, and Little Alex proclaimed to everyone 'Look! It's the Tower of Alex!'

So basically, go for it.

[SurroundedByGiraffes]

I have a three year old Alexander so I think it is a lovely name. It is very popular here though. Shout Alex in the park and half the boys turn around.

[vix206]

I have a 3 yo Alexander (Alex). He's the only one I know of in my group of friends