Otis Xander or Seth Xander

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My lovely baby boy is 5 days old and he needs a name! He has lots of dark hair-if that helps!

Im also open to middle name suggestions with a similar 'Xander' vibe.

In fact I'm open to first names too....

Heeeelllllppppp!

Congratulations on your baby!

While they are individually lovely names, I don't much like the '-is -san' or '-th -san' sounds linking first and middle names. They sound too 'hissy' if that makes any sense!

I think Seth is the nicest of the two first names. A different middle name would work for balance - Lysander or Alexander instead of Xander would retain the vibe but remove the 'hiss'!

Alexander as the 1st name

Not that I'm biased

How about Seth Alexander?

Otis is a fantastic name - cool, classic and not overused!

Otis Alexander would be lovely or Otis James. Also like suggestions of Otis Lysander.

I don't like the sound of Seth at all, sorry. It also doesn't travel well into other lanuages.

Seth Xander just reminds me of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Good names, but I'm really not sure about Xander as a middle name.

Seth is hard to say.

I think Xander is a lovely name - nicer than either Seth or Otis. Any particular reason you haven't put it as the first first name?

I also really like Alexander and with that as the first name you could call him Xander all the time with the option of Alexander for him if he wants when he's older. Win win!

I really like Otis.

You rarely use middle names so I'd focus on finding a first name you love! Xander is quite nice or how about Xavier?

I like Otis.

Seth Xander initials are SX - Essex anyone? Besides they don't flow properly. I prefer Alexander which can be shortened to Xander anyway.

I immediately thought of buffy with Seth xander as well.

You will have to enunciate very clearly with either of those first names followed by Xander. It will be SeTH Xander or OtisSS Xander IYSWIM.

Alexander Otis nn Xander

I prefer Xander to either Otis or Seth. Prefer Otis to Seth.

Agree with other posters that Otis Xander and Seth Xander are quite hard to say.

I also agree the full name Alexander goes much better than the short Xander with both Seth and Otis.

I would prefer Otis if the other choice was Seth (which I think is an ideal name for a snake), but I also agree Alexander is the nicest.

The initials OX might sway me away from Otis.

Otis - way nicer than Seth!

Xander doesn't go with Otis or Seth though unfortately.

How 'bout ... Otis Elijah...?

Otis Elijah is great. Very distinguished sounding!

Not overly keen on either name... Bryan Ferry has a son called Otis and the others are called Isaac, Tara and Merlin - would one of those work?

Elijah is great. Asa? Reuben? Torin? Arlo?

Otis sounds strong and cool, but not commonly used if that's important to you.

Seth I don't like at all. Always sounds like someone trying to say s e x with a lisp to me...

Xander sounds like a dashingly handsome hero in a novel. Which is great if you are dashingly handsome, but perhaps Alexander (nn Xander) is easier to live with.

Names with a similar vibe which you might like - Saul, Ethan, Jago, Max, Rex, Elijah, Raffety, Blake, Lucas, Rufus,

I like Otis Elijah very much. I think it has a great ring to it. lots of gravitas and also very cool.

Otis Elijah is very nice. So is Otis Alexander. A bit different without being too out there.

Not keen on Seth at all, too lispy. Xander sounds like it's short for Alexander, not a complete name, but it's nice as a nickname.