Alex, Oscar or Ben

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Can you help us decide out of these names, the middle name will be either Peter or Thomas.
Our surname begins with N.

Thank you x

Alex

I'd say Ben but Ben Nelson sounds like Ben Elson.

Not keen on Oscar, but that's me.
Alex(ander) is great but I know so many.#

Both middle names are fine.

Try each one with the surname.

Ben. Its a great name.

Oscar

Ben. Then Alex.

Oscar isn’t for me.

They are all nIce names. I think Ben is a good name for all ages. You could wait and see what suits him when he's born.
What we had originally picked for our youngest didn't suit him at all. We then chose a name we had never considered before and he actually really likes his name.

Peter

I'd use Peter as a first name! Strong and memorable as not too popular.

The others are overused and dull imo.

I like Peter too. I know a young Peter and it seems such a nice names compared to the more trendy and overused names.

All great (not helping).

If pressed, I think I'd go for Alex.

I love Oscar.
Alex is lovely too although I would go for Alexander and I then prefer Xander as a nickname.
Ben is nice enough but a bit boring imo.

I know soo many young Oscars, Alexes (boys and girls) and Bens. I need their surname to identify them.

I don't know any young Peters.

Alex

But they are all fine.

Oscar would be my choice. The other 2 are nice enough I suppose. I love Benjamin though.

All nice but I’d go Oscar

My son (21) is Benjamin Alexander aka Ben .He loves his name.

Alex

Oscar Thomas

Ben/Benjamin runs into your surname initial a bit for me. Alex works but I much prefer the full Alexander (Alex is too unisex for me as a given name, though fine as a nn).

So despite it's trendiness I'd chose Oscar of the 3. I like Peter but I think Oscar Thomas N flows best (if I can't sell you on Alexander Thomas N!)

I love Oscar - also love Alex (but now personally dislike the Alexa speaker similarity 🤬)
Ben is also a great name, as indeed is Peter. So overall whichever way you go it’s sounding good!

My two boys have all of those names between them so I think they're all good :).

For DS1 we did register him Alexander, but soon after started using his middle name. It hasn't proved to be that much of a bother really.

Oscar.

We have a Ben(jamin) Thomas so that's my favourite! Alex is on my list if we were to have another boy. I'm not a fan of Oscar.

Alex. I've always found it a pleasing name to say out loud.

Gonna add to my previous post that I love them all as they're all pretty international names too, especially Oscar which I love for being very Scando, Latin American, whichever way you want it really! Benjamin, Benedict etc has plenty of history to it, Alexander the same. I love the scope of them all.

Oscar is actually Irish. But I love that it's a really common name in Ireland and then also in various South American countries. Can't think of another name like that.