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Mummy2Babba · 03/01/2021 13:23

Hi there, currently 28 weeks pregnant with DS2.
Have agreed on the name jack but would like a middle name the same as DS1.
The 3 main ones we are indecisive on just now are:
Carter
Elliot
Oliver

Please tell me which one you prefer after jack or if you have any other suggestions of names that would go with Jack I would appreciate it greatly!
Thanks ladies ❤️

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Katjolo · 03/01/2021 13:24

All lovely names. However, I'd pick Carter.

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 03/01/2021 13:26

I dont like Carter with jack
Jack Carter Jakarta
(Other way round is much nicer)

Similar with Elliott.
Jack Elliott jackelliot

Again, works well reversed. Elliot jack

Jack oliver is the best option

missmouse101 · 03/01/2021 13:29

Elliott is the nicest. Don't like the 'liver' bit in Oliver. Carter sounds daft preceded by Jack.

whatausername · 03/01/2021 13:37

Elliot

YoniAndGuy · 03/01/2021 13:39

Carter is the only one which doesn't work at all - same sound at end and beginning! Say it out loud. You literally have to stop between the two names so it's not a tongue twister. And it makes 'Jakarta'.

Jack Elliot is the nicest. Oliver is very overused.

Chilldonaldchill · 03/01/2021 18:29

I think Jack Oliver sounds great.

Mummy2Babba · 03/01/2021 19:13

Thank you ladies appreciate your responses 💙 what do yous think of Jack itself? X

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Peachbubble · 03/01/2021 19:14

I like Jack Elliot the best.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 03/01/2021 19:43

I really like the name Jack (although my personal preference is for the classic John with the nn Jack, but I know some people find John old fashioned).

There are loads of Jack's about though, if that matters to you? (He may not be the only one in his class and there will almost certainly be others in his hobby/sports groups as Jack was the number 1 name for a long while and is still top 10). Similar names Max or Zack are a bit less popular/overused.

Of your middle name choices, I agree with pp that Elliot is best (Oliver too common and Carter too surname/run on with Jack).

FluffyEggsontoast · 03/01/2021 19:43

Love the name Jack @Mummy2Babba

Chilldonaldchill · 03/01/2021 20:29

I like Jack. It's traditional and cool.

DueMay2021 · 03/01/2021 21:44

I love the name Jack unfortunately my OH doesn't

I think Jack Oliver is lovely

MercyBodle · 03/01/2021 22:18

Jack is a great name!
I love both Jack Oliver and Jack Elliot. Carter doesn't really work.

PainterInPeril · 05/01/2021 15:46

Jack Oliver is a perfect name. It's sounds really cool!

emmathedilemma · 05/01/2021 17:25

I like Oliver but conscious it's very popular at the moment.
I quite like Elliot and it's probably nothing like as popular.
I really don't like Carter.
Jack is also good as a middle or first name.

sundowners · 05/01/2021 18:02

Oliver is so overused right now it just sounds so boring and plain, I don't even have an opinion as its so bland and meh. Please don't settle for this!

Elliott always has a sharp acidic sound to me like vinegar, if that makes any sense.
Carter is very different from them both, and maybe a bit too preppy for me- but the best for me- any others you're considering?

Alwayswrongneverright · 05/01/2021 18:52

I really like Jack, I considered it for my 3 (before knowing what I was having) but always found it really hard to find a middle name to go with it. I love Elliott and really like Elliott jack

Onlinedilema · 05/01/2021 22:40

I don't think Jack Carter sounds nice, it conjures up images of an old detective in my mind one in a cheap suit smoking fags, sorry. Either of the other 2 sound nice.

Mally2020 · 06/01/2021 05:11

not jack, oliver or elliott as a first then if you really must, jack as a middle

partyatthepalace · 08/01/2021 01:39

Oliver
Don’t like Elliot
Don’t think Carter is really a given name. Wasn’t Jack Carter a flop film?

maddsclairelouise · 08/01/2021 02:29

Jack Oliver is adorable but I think the other two work well too!

Jack is a great, classic name!

IckleBear · 08/01/2021 03:56

Jack Elliott

Iremembertheelderlykoreanlady · 08/01/2021 22:25

Jack Carter is the nicest of the 3

Elliot and Oliver both conjure up images of children getting their lunch money stolen, for me

Jack Thomas?

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