DS2 due this month and still no name

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DH and I had agreed on William but DSis recently used it for DN so we're back to square one again and running out of time.

Our DS1 is called Benjamin. The other names we liked for DS2 were;
Alexander
Ethan
Sebastian

I'm struggling to get past the name William when looking at names, but DSs will spend a lot of time with DN so definitely can't use it now. I'm hoping some MN suggestions will help us find another lovely option.

Liam?

I like Alexander.

Oliver
Nathan
Nathaniel

The 3 names you have listed sound good too - or maybe ask your sis what her short list was?

Alexander lots of lovely nn too unlike William.

Luke
Lucas

Alexander is lovely!

You could also consider:

Frederick (Fred or Freddie for short)
Alasdair
James
Thomas

Love Alexander

Alex or Xander for short.

Alexander
Matthew
Russell
Daniel

I like Edward. Teddy when he’s young, Ed or Ned later.

Dominic
Elliot
Christopher (I love Kit)
Cameron
Francis
Zachary

I love Ethan. Can you not use any of the names you had picked for your last baby?

Alexander and Sebastian are both lovely with Benjamin.

I like Alexander best from your list, Sebastian is my 2nd choice, both good names.

My list in no particular order:
Max
Henry
Ezra
Jeremy
Gregory
Sam
Michael
John
Matthew
Bailey
Jasper
Rupert
Rory
Albie
Rex
Zac
Jake
Tobias
Dominic

Of those Matthew, Gregory or Dominic work best with Benjamin I think although I know 2 pairs of brothers called Ben and Sam which is also a good combination.

I know brothers Ethan & Benjamin.

Thomas
Arthur
Robert
Owen
Daniel
Samuel
Maxwell
Frederick

Dominic
Vincent
Nathan
Theodore

Sebastian is lovely.

Marcus
Sebastian
Max

I’d go with either Alexander or Sebastian

Anthony, Adam, Aaron, Aiden, Aubrey, Asher, Baxter, Basil, Boris, Cassius, Christian, Conner, Cian, Christopher, Danial, Declan, David, Dorian, Emmett, Elijah, Edward, Fabian, Fletcher, Gideon, Grayson, Horacio, Hector, Henry, Harry, Ivor, Jackson, Jonah, Jacob, Jethro, Liam, Lewis, Lloyd, Lennon, Matteo, Matthew, Marcus, Maximilian, Max, Maxwell, Nathaniel, Nate, Oliver, Percy, Peter, Patrick, Paul, Quinn, Quentin, Robert, Rhys, Samson, Sean, Saul, Seth, Stephan, Trevor, Terence, Tegan, Taliesin, Taylor, Tyler, Troy, Vernon, Watson, Wilson, Walter, Winston, Xavier, Zander, Zack

I love your taste in names! Could you use William, but call him Billy?
Alexander, Sebastian and Ethan are really lovely too.

What about Michael or Micah?
Matthew
Marcus
Mark
Sean
Owen
Joseph
Rueben
Jerome
Simon
Evan
George
Peter
Samuel
Thomas
Leonard
Jared
Nathan/Nate
John
Christopher
Rhys

Alexander & Sebastian are both lovely - much nicer than William to me. Very difficult when you’ve had your heart set though.