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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!

Alexander and Clementine
Annabel (NOT Annabelle!) nn Annie
Isobel (not Isabelle)

Ivo
Hamish
Rory
Angus

Lots of good ideas, thank you! DH’s name has been mentioned lots of times along with his brother and nephew’s, so we’re probably on the right lines.

I really like Liam, adding that to the list! William too though I can’t imagine us having a Will for some reason. Edward is another maybe on the traditional line.

I think Alex and Tom sounds lovely and I can imagine having a baby Tom, so I think that will stay in there. It is common here though, I work in a primary school and have known 7/8 in the last few years. I guess it’s popular for a reason though so maybe it doesn’t matter!

@amfairpuggled I did know about the Ruairidh spelling, though thought Ruairi is an acceptable alternative which would be slightly easier in England. Having read more about it it seems Ruairi is a more common Irish spelling... now pondering whether my Irish grandma is enough of a connection but I’m not sure it is really!!

I also quite like Andrew and like that it has the ‘An’ link, as we won’t be having any more babies after this one so won’t get to use Annie if it’s a boy, not sure about the nicknames though. Angus is also nice but I don’t know whether it would bring up the same ‘do you have Scottish heritage?’ as Ruairi/Ruairidh. Maybe I’m over thinking that!

@Backhometothenorth Annie Florence is beautiful! I had been wondering about Annie Rose as that would be a nod to another relative, but Rose is such a common middle name (don’t necessarily mind that for a middle name though) and it might be nice for her to have one name that is all her own.

Thank you all for distracting me from pregnancy insomnia too!

Callums are naughty (teacher experience!)

Benedict
Gabriel

James
Cameron
Samuel
Matthew
Oliver(Ollie)
Jacob

I like Thomas, Marcus and Matthew for boys names.
How about Joy as a middle name for Annie?

Lawrence
George
Reuben
Joseph
William
Christian
Charles
Frederick

Beatrice
Rebecca
Elspeth
Lorna
Clementine
Naomi
Isabella
Georgina

Maximilian
Conrad
Magnus
Felix
Jasper
Henry

Rosanna
Rosalind
Hermione
Annabel
Felicity
Ariadne

My two DC are Alexander and Eleanor.

The siblings of Alexanders (Alex) I know are:

Reuben
Daniel
Ashton
Michael
Harrison

Hugo
Patrick
Michael
Joseph

Annabelle nn Annie
Emma
Tamsin
Clara

Callum seems quite dated, most of the ones I know were born in the 90s / 2000s.

Others:
Elliott
Nathaniel / Nathan
Luke

Girls
Eleanor
Imogen
Harriet

You could go with Ruairi, it's a gorgeous name and you do have an Irish connection.
People use names from all over the world, Alexander is Greek. I also think it's getting more well known now.