Anyone got a......

[LucyLou19]

We’ve got two girls and are so lucky to be having a boy....we’ve picked Xander! Anyone else have a Xander? What do you shorten it too? Thinking Bobby for a middle name xx

If your going to use Jax I'd suggest using it with just one X. Too many x's

Count Ducula is right about Jaxx.

My nephew is Xander David.

I like the idea of a ‘quirky’ first name with a more traditional middle name.

Xander Michael
Xander Ray
Xander Steven
Xander Thomas

Etc

I knew a Xan at uni. He’s a film critic now. Writes for the Guardian a lot. I thought it was weird at the time but I rather like it now.

I agree that Bobby doesn’t go as a middle name.

And as for Jaxx the PPs are right. It’s heyond awful. I would judge the parents of a Jaxx

I like it but id spell it Zander

Zander is a fish

I really wouidn't, even if I thought the name was brill

Xander is ok. Bobby is good. But not together. Jaxx? Is that even a name?

Xander isn't a name in itself, and paired with bobby is just awful. Jaxx is horrendous.

Jaxx?! Have you considered ‘Basement’ as a first name?

Jaxx is terrible! Why the double x?

Xander is ok but not with Bobby as a middle name. Xander William or William Xander would be better.

Sorry but if I saw Xander Jaxx or Xander Bobby as official name I would assume uneducated parents, you may well lol but that is what people will think (but not say out loud)

Alexander Robert is lovely and then call him Xander

Jaxx/Jax is naff

Bobby is fine as a nn for Robert

I know a Zander- I know it's 'wrong' but it looks better than Xander.
Jaxx is awful especially with a name beginning with X!

I would also assume uneducated parents if the name was Xander Bobby or Xander Jaxx.

Xander offsets it a bit, but those middle names are horrific.

Xander William, on the other hand, is lovely.

Xander Jaxx- it comes across you can’t spell

My best friends boy is called Jax 😂😂she will laugh her head of when she sees these comments xx

Xander works on its own, if you really hate Alexander 🙂

Xander Bobby just doesn't go. Having two nns together looks a bit silly.

Xander William is better.

I don't normally have strong negative opinions on names (that I voice), as I get everyone's tastes are different... But Jaxx just looks retarded to me.

I would say if you aren't using Alexander as the full first name, go with Zander rather than Xander.

Xan is a common shortening of Xanthe, so personally I wouldn't use it for Xander.

Illiam is a great middle name that goes with most other names. Jaxx looks made up I'm afraid and will attract a lot of judgements

Xander is a name on its own? It’s not just used as a shortened version of Alexander 🙄 it’s on all the baby name lists we’ve been looking at.

Agree that jazz suggests a lack of education/sense. Sorry but you did ask.
I quite like Xander but even better is Xavier with xav as a nickname. Jackson is nice as a nickname. So much better than jaxx...

Xander Jackson
Xavier Jackson

Both are better than Xander jaxx or Xander Bobby which don’t flow and are too nicknamey imo.

Sorry jaxx autocorrects to jazz...

If that was a reply to me, I did say Xander works on its own 🤷

It is a name like Theo, Josh, Toby etc... All names in their own right now, but they are shortenings of their original names.

I'd definitely go with a more traditional middle name, to level it out 👍

Exactly, what @pudding01 said.

I think Xander is fine on its own, in the same way that Josh, Jack and Toby are, but it IS a shortening of Alexander - it doesn't have any other origin. So people will naturally assume!

That's part of why people are suggesting longer names for the MN, rather than Bobby.

Xander Bobby, just no. Two nicknames together doesn't work and Jaxx is just awful and, I agree, a sign of uneducated parents.

Xander is meh
Jax is awful
Jaxx is atrocious

Xander Jaxx is a diagnosis.

I would assume you were illiterate