Alexander and...

[Smizzlediz]

I’m sure this will have been done before (my searches are coming up with threads over a decade old though!) but what would you call a sibling for Alexander (Alex)?

If it is a girl, she will likely be called Annie in honour of a close relative, though I am still interested in alternatives/middle name possibilities.

Boys are proving more difficult! If we had the slightest bit of Scottish heritage I’d go for Ruairi, but we don’t so I think it’s out really and I just don’t love Rory in the same way somehow. I quite like Thomas, but there are so many around including a few of DH’s friends so I’m not sure he’d go for it. I also quite like Calum/Callum but I’m not 100% sure, and middle name could well be Alan and I don’t think that works!

All ideas welcome... Interested in sibling names of any Alexander’s you know too!

Nicolas
Angus
Alistair
Fergus
Iain
Ewan
Scott

I love the name Alexander. Shame not Thomas as Alex and Tom sound great together.

How about:
Joseph
Gabriel
Nicholas
William

I think another name that has options like Alexander does (Alex, Xander).

Daniel
Joseph
Cillian
Jack
Liam

We have a Leo Alexander. I think they go together quite well.

smizzlediz at the risk of sounding pedantic, we Scots would normally spell it as Ruairidh.

Hope you find a name you love!

Alexander and James

Sebastian
Dominic
Tobias

Cameron
Francis
Johnathan
Nathaniel
Luke

Graham

Alexander and Samuel

Alexander works brilliantly with Antonia (nn Annie!) to me - both classical with the same number of syllables so they sound nice together imo.

For boys maybe Sebastian or Maximilian (again long and classical), or you could use fellow traditional names to Alexander, such as William, Edward, Charles, James, Samuel etc

I have Annie Florence who would be Alexander if she'd been a boy. I also love Peter, Luke and Christian.

I know three Alexanders with brothers called James and one with a brother called Daniel.
Bertram (Bertie), Toby, Sebastian?

Benjamin - Alex and Ben when they're older

Andrew (st Andrew = Scottish, plus Andrew is similar to Annie)
Angus (as above)

Other names=
Samuel
Daniel
Gregory
Duncan
Connor
Archibald
Logan
Robert
Duncan

I don't think there are lots of Thomases now though? I think the height was 80s/90s? Double check cos goes very nicely with Alexander. I personally love Rory. Really don't like Callum. James nn Jamie would go very well.

I think the PP idea of Antonia nn Annie is great - Anna, Annabel, Annabeth, Annalisa nn Annie are all lovely too. I would personally give her a grown up name with nn Annie, so she doesn't feel hard done by next to Alexander.

Brothers of Alexander (Alex) I’ve heard of are Rory and also Conor.

My nephew is Noah Alexander, I think that goes.

Robert
James
Oliver
Anthony

Alexander &

Camden
Quintin
Patrick
Nathaniel
Theodoric
Fergus
Phineas/Finnegan
Griffin
Dominic
Frederick
Hamish
Joseph
Mackenzie

Peter

I know siblings Alexander and Michael.

Benjamin? Or Liam?

Laurence

James
Andrew
Christopher
Rowan
Iain

Lachlan, Tom/Thomas, James, Benjamin i think most already mentioned and I know you said not Thomas but I think Tom and Alex are great together :)