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!!

Bartholomew

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

I know a Willoughby, nn Willo. Not my fave but it is 'rare'

Alistair/Ali
Jonathan /Jonny
Michael / Mickey, Mikey
Andrew / Drew

I can give you a few ideas in Spanish, if you’d like to go down that route?
Maximiliano (Max or Maxi)
Santino (Santi)
Felipe (Feli)
Emiliano (Emi)
Valentín (Vale or Valen)
Francisco (Fran, Paco or Quito)
Gael - short but lovely!
:)

Sebastian - Seb

Nathaniel

I know someone with a son called Dexter, nn Dex.

OP, you're called De Niro? Wow!

William
James
George
Henry/Harry
Charles
Alexander
Richard
Michael
Christopher
Samuel
Stephen
Edward
Frederick
Francis
Peter
Philip
Patrick
Andrew
Marcus
Simon
Bartholomew
Julian
Joseph
Edmund
Thomas
Laurence
John/Jon

My son has one of the names on this list. He was one of two with that name in his boys' school, with over 200 boys in the year group. He's in his 20s now and is still the only one in his group of friends with his super-popular name.

• In his year, I meant. I expect there were a few others in other year groups.

Robert

William

Nicholas?
Frederick?
Hubert?
William?

Douglas
Nicholas
Samuel
Cameron
Joseph

Sebastian- seb/sebi
Joseph

I have an Oliver- he’ll be 16 this year. He has always been the only Oliver in his class at school. He went to 2 primary schools btw in 2 different area too.
I also have another ds and he has no friends called Oliver at the groups he attends and no Oliver’s in his class.
It might be the most popular name but I honestly know no others!!
Go with a name you like, a name that you like the shortened versions of and don’t worry so much about the popularity of a name!

My dd is 21 and there seem to be loads of Olivers her age. At one stage all her friends seemed to be called either Oliver or Ben.......

Bertrand I'm in my early 20's and know a ridiculous amount of Oli/Olly's, Ben And Sam's.

They have probably already come up but

Tobias
Marcus
Zachary
Nathanial
Franklin
Vincent
Spencer
Russell
Gavin

Good luck OP

OP... intrigued to know what you went for in the end?

My criteria is similar to yours!