sensible long boy names that you can shorten

[sirlee66]

Hi everyone! I'm struggling. Mainly because I'm trying to achieve the impossible and we are very fussy.

Need a boy name that is.... Not common (I love Oliver so much but it's number 1 on the most popular boys list for 2018!!) We want a rare name.. where he will be the only one in the class with that name.

Sensible and as my nan likes to say 'a proper name' nothing like 'Blue' or 'North' (can't think of any other celeb baby names!)

Also our surname is 2 syllables starts with a 'D' and ends in the 'ee' sound. So a name like Danny won't work for us.

Also!!! We like long names that can be shortened eg. Theodore - Theo

DH hates Theodore plus it's on the top 20 UK baby names this year so that means its out :(

Any suggestions please help!

I can think of

Johnathan - Johnny - John
Matthew - Matt

But I don't actually like them! Haha! I LOVED Rupert but DH hates it and had vetoed it. I also loved Robert but that's out because of our surname (it would be the same as a famous actor!) Danngg!!

Cuthbert
Donovan
Donald
Ronald
Martin
Desmond
Richard

Nathaniel (Nate) and Sebastian (Seb) were on our list

Christopher. We have one, and only one, in the HUGE school I work in... Great nicknames too; Chris, Kit, Christy, Topher, Toff

FullDisclosure: I'm biased because I have a (much older) Christopher myself

Nicholas- Nick/ Nicky
Hardly any around

Kristian/Kit
Conrad/Rad
Nicholas/Nick/Nico
Marcus/Mac

My Oliver is the only Oliver in his year at school despite being a top 10 name!

I know someone with an Isambard nn Sam which is quite cool.

Alexander (Alex, Alec, Sandy, Xan, Cander, Lexi)

That’s meant to be Xander.

Patrick
Sebastian
Gregory
Matthew

Nicolas
Nicoli

Micheal
Christopher
Andrew
Loepald
Horacio
William
Thomas
Presley
Joshua
Ashton
Fredrick
Alistair
Alexander
Stuart
Anthony

Robert

Maximilian
Solomon
Alistair
Christopher
Timothy
Francis
Jonathan

Alasdair
Alexander
Andrew
Thomas

If you are going to shorten it, why not just use a short name.
e.g. Max instead of Maximilian
Tony instead of Anthony
Toby not Tobias
Theo not Theophilus

Some of the spellings on here are a bit dodgy (it's Jonathan, Horatio, Michael, Leopold etc ) and some names are likely to be more popular than you think (Sebastian etc).

Peter

Cameron (Cam)

I have a Sebastian. Chosen because it's unusual but not out there and the nn is easy (seb).

I also have a Francesca for the same reasons (Frankie nn).

Edwin
Edgar
Wilfred
Reginald
Anthony
Timothy
Nicholas

Edmund

Maximillian - Max
Benjamin/Benedict - Ben
Nathaniel - Nate/Nathan
Bartholomew - Bart
Alexander- Alex
Frederick- Fred
Leonardo- Leo
Leonard - Leo/Len
Edward- Ed/Eddy
Albert- Bertie
Percival- Percy
Remington- Remi/Remy
Rafferty- Ref/Refe/Raffa
Raphael/Rafael - Raffa/Raff
Elliot- Eli (pronounce like Ee-lie)

Dm named my sister something unusual nearly 30 years ago. When she went to school there were another 3 in her class. Go with what you love.

Benedict (Ben)
Christopher (Kit)
Tobias (Toby)

Nathaniel /Nate, Nat
Gabriel /Gabe
Patrick / Paddy, Pat, Ricky
Fredrick/ Fred, Freddie, Rick
Wilfred / Fred, Freddie , Wilf
Elijah/ Eli
Philip/ Phil, Pip
Robert / Rob, Robert, Bert, Bertie, Bob
Dominic/ Dom, Nic
Bartholomew / Bart
Timothy/Tim
Christopher, Christian /Kit
Julian /Jules
Anthony / Ant, Tony
Tobias or Tobin /Toby

Isaac/ike, Zac
Zachary /Zach
Louis, Louie/Lou