Nicholas

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Any thoughts?
DH's only suggestion so far!

I really like it. My friend has one who gets called Nico.

Loely name. Not keen on Nico though.

Lovely
I love Nicholas but DH's uncle is called Nicholas and find really want 2 in the family.. And don't want him thinking we named our child after him!

Really like it - though not keen on any of the nicknames / shortenings (ie. Nick, Nicky, Nico).

Nice traditional name

Really lovely.

I love Nick or Nico.

Classic, easy name currently under used.

Nicker-less

LOVELY!

I have to be honest 'knicker - less' what the first thing I thought of too.

I love it, although very biased as I've got an 8yo Nicholas. We hardly ever meet another one, and he's also always known by his full name, although I'm sure that will change as he gets older.

Lovely, classic.

Really like it, especially with nn Nico. Would have a bit meh about it until a few years ago as I knew quite a few of my own generation, but it doesn't seem to much used for babies/young children - have only come across two in five years of teaching. Definitely an underused classic nowadays.

I really like it. I see it in the same vein as David, Robert and Christopher - nice, classic names that don't get used much nowadays but I am sure they will be in vogue again in 10 years' time so you could be ahead of the trend!

I'm biased. Nn niccolo piccolo here, now Piccolo!!

I have a 19 year old Nicholas, he's never been called knicker less.

This was my top choice if DC2 was a boy - underused and underrated at the mo IMO

Love it, nice 'nick'names too

A good friend is Nicolas (dutch version maybe as his father is Dutch) ie without the h and is abbreviated to Nic which I like better than Nick. I like the names Nic and Nicolas.

This is what we're planning to call DS2, due in a couple of weeks. We've not told anyone real life so it's good to hear nice comments on here! We were pleased to finally agree on a classic name that everyone knows but which is well outside the top 100 (Ds1's name is top 10).

Love it, nice normal name which everybody should be able to spell and pronounce.

A friend of the family is 50 and has always got Nicholas but my 35 year old cousin gets Nick or Nicky off our Grandma.

It's growing on me :-) nice to hear so many positive comments.
Nicholas Richard?

Much prefer Richard.

I love Richard and Nicholas. I would like to hear of a baby called Nicholas or Richard. Would make a nice change.

Richard not an option as a first name, only as a middle name, as it is the name of a close family member and would get confusing, though I do love it. It is also the name of DH's (long dead and much missed) dad, so it is a cert as a middle name to remember him, rather than after the still living close family member.
The more I say 'Nicholas Richard OurSurname' to myself, the more I like it. Thanks for the replies everyone.

I don't think you'll regret it OP. All the teenage boys called Nicholas I know-friends of my three DSes (admittedly all called Nick) are really cool, nice lads. I have a soft spot for the name because of them.