Any boy suggestions within these parameters?

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Hi all,

We have an Alfred George (nearly 3) and we need a name and middle name for his poor nameless new brother due in a few weeks...

Guidelines (ideally)

relatively traditional (or at least not a Ballonz)

options to shorten / lengthen (e.g Alfred could be Alf, Alfie, Freddie, Alfred)

Our surname is relatively "English" and short (e.g Davies, Willis type name)

I love Albert (Bertie), Arthur, Henry etc, very "old man" names.

DH likes Jude, Finnegan, Edgar, Sunny so a bit more out there than me.

Alfred suggested Sidney or Brontosaurus 🦕 🤷‍♀️

We can both agree on most of them but so far there is nothing we love

Please help!

Edward
Nicholas
Thomas
William
Christopher
Robert
Samuel
Alexander
Frederick
Benjamin
Joseph

Find your first name first - then choose a nice middle name - maybe something your dh likes as a compromise to a more ‘out there’ name
Edward Jude for example.

I find boy names so hard. Some we considered...

Alistair (Al, Ali, probably too similar)
Robert (Rob, Robbie, Bert, Bertie, Beto)
Ronald (Ron, Ronnie, Aldo)
Desmond (Des)
Christopher (Chris, Chrissy, Topher)

Hope you can find something you love!

Andrew

Wilfred Gregory

Douglas.( Dougie)
Arthur (Artie)
Richard (Richie)
Wilbur (Will)
Edward (Ted Ned)

Benjamin

Theodore

Harrison

Frederick
Henry
Harold
Joseph
William
Francis
Vincent (Vinnie)
Raymond (Ray)
Leonard (Leon or Lenny)
Bertie
Monty
Dashiell (Dash)

Angus
Winston
Edward
Hugo
Arthur

“Parameters.”
Have you swallowed a thesaurus.

Light hearted obviously before any one eats me and spits me out

Hudson Joseph

Sidney Jude (Sid)
Arthur Edgar (Art/Arty)..maybe too similar to Alfie if that's what you use for your other DC.

Sebastian Edgar (Seb/Sebbie)
Alexander Jude (Xan p.Zan)

Hope you let us know what you choose.

Austin
Isaac
Raymond
Edwin
Oswald
Tristan
Patrick
Leonard
Dominic
Theodore
Julian
Lawrence
Samuel

Oooh some fab ones there already, thanks... some we've not thought of too...

@Chocolatecake12 I love Frederick, Robert,

@fuzzymoon Wilfred Gregory also great.

@Awwlookatmybabyspider Really like Douglas,

@TheVanguardSix Vincent is great and might just fit both bills...

Benjamin, Edward, ...

Yes @MorayPlace , DH says Arthur too close to Alfie but I don't think so!

@Auto Edwin is on both of our lists but our godson is an Eddie, but Tristan and Oswald are pretty great...

Glad I posted now thanks!

Stanley
Victor

Solomon - Sol
Nathaniel - Nat/e Nathan
Michael - Mikey Mike
Anthony - Ant Tony
Olivier - Oli
Alfred - Alf
Elijah - Eli
Leonard - Leo Leonardo
Theodore - Teddy Ted
Richard - Dick Ritchie Rich
Jonathon - Jon Jonny
Alexander - Alex Alec Xander
Robert - Rob
Thomas - Tom Tommy
Samuel - Sam Whiskers
Vincent - Vinnie Vin
Sunny - Sun?
Julius Julian - Jules
Matthew - Matty Matt

Sidney is a great suggestion! Why not stick with that!

How about Laurence or Tristan

Peter?

Edgar Sidney or Edgar Henry are lovely.

Though a Finnegan Brontesaurus could work depending on you surname 😀.
Alfred and Edgar (Alf and Ed or Alfie and Eddie, work brilliantly together.

John/Jonathan very traditional and don't even seem to make the top 100 currently, plus Jack is the traditional nickname for John if you prefer a nn that's more widely used. Cameron is popular in Scotland, shortens to Cam.

I know brothers Alfred and Edgar, the names do go really well together.

Other names with lots of possible nn:
Theodore: Ted, Teddy, Theo
Christopher: Chris, Topher
Peter: another one not used much at the moment, can be shortened to Pete and I know a Peter who goes by Pedro but he's a bit of a wanker ;)

I like your dh's suggestion of Sunny as a nn too, any of the names that end with -son could be shortened to that: Mason, Jackson, Samson, Edison etc.

Freddie Edwin ?

Although I do love Brontosaurus!!

Sebastian. Shortened to Seb.