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Reuben or Elias

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Cherrysummerfruits · 29/06/2020 16:22

And what middle name for a boy? We have a long surname (written and syllables) so it would be something like:

Reuben Something Long-Surnamery
Elias Something Long-Surnamery

Any others that would go?

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AdaColeman · 29/06/2020 16:28

Reuben Felix

Reuben Marcus

Reuben Daniel

Whatsyourflava · 29/06/2020 17:02

Elias is much nicer

How about Eli or Ellis if you like Elias

Suggestions:

Barnaby
Nathan
Sidney or just Sid
Caleb
Laurence nn Laurie
Vincent nn Vinnie
Christopher nn Kit

Peachbubble · 29/06/2020 17:41

Elias

Tillygetsit · 29/06/2020 23:45

Reuben Joseph
Reuben Leo
Reuben George
As you see, I much prefer Reuben.

Crosswithlifeatm · 29/06/2020 23:47

Go the whole hog There are increasingly children with hyphenated first names and surnames,be extra special and stick a hyphenated middle name in there as well.

WanderingTrolley1 · 29/06/2020 23:59

Elias (or, better still, Eliah).

HPLikecraft · 30/06/2020 00:21

Reuben Francis
Reuben James

Elias Fox
Elias River

Reuben and Elias are both great names; you can’t go wrong!

Cherrysummerfruits · 30/06/2020 08:04

@Crosswithlifeatm Reuben/Elias would be a non hyphenated first name. The middle name would also be non hyphenated. It would be too much (imo) with our long surname.

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tinyradish · 30/06/2020 08:13

I love them both. What about Reuben Elias or Elias Reuben...then you get to use them both :D & both ways work quite well, I think.

MikeUniformMike · 30/06/2020 10:39

I'm not keen on either of them. Reuben seems a bit wet and Elias is too long.

Leah00 · 30/06/2020 10:45

Elias

spiderlight · 30/06/2020 13:33

I love them both - Reuben possibly just edges it for me. If we'd had a DS2 he'd have been Rowan Elias.

user1493494961 · 30/06/2020 13:36

Elias

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