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Twin Brother for Ambrose??

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Grumpylabrador · 18/05/2022 19:46

Me and my partner have already decided on the name for one of our twin boys and he’s going to be called Ambrose.

we wanted opinions on which name for a bother would go best and we’re open for suggestions, on our list so far we have

Balthazar
Magnus
Oswald
Thaddeus
Solomon

Many Thanks

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Macon · 18/05/2022 21:15

OP, your taste in names is very similar to mine so I can't help but approve.

Ambrose is lovely, but I wouldn't go for Bram (Stoker).

Augustus would go well with Ambrose. If I had had third son, Augustus would have been my first choice.

QueenB5 · 18/05/2022 21:16

Absalam and Ambrose. 💙💙

collieresponder88 · 18/05/2022 21:16

Atticus

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Grumpylabrador · 18/05/2022 21:18

elfran · 18/05/2022 21:10

Don't look any further than Magnus, it's perfect. Bram and Gus. ❤️

(I've had flack on this board for suggesting that Magnus could be nicknamed Gus before, but I do know one and it seems perfectly natural to me. As does Bram for Ambrose - so we might be similar, shall I say, more flexible? nicknamers, OP. 😉)

For me I think Magnus nn Gus is top of my list (I guess we’re are quite similar) and for my partner his favourites are Balthazar and Solomon

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RoseMartha · 18/05/2022 21:21

Bernard
Cornelius
Gabriel

TabithaTittlemouse · 18/05/2022 21:22

I love them all but Magnus and Oswald are my favourites.
Maybe also Rupert or Rufus nn Roo?

Ambrose is a great name and I love the nn!

MoonKnight · 18/05/2022 21:23

Balthazar is my ‘name I love but too scared to use’ name.

I like previous posters suggestion of Hector too.

my suggestion would be Ephraim

20viona · 18/05/2022 21:25

All utterly awful.

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Grumpylabrador · 18/05/2022 21:29

MoonKnight · 18/05/2022 21:23

Balthazar is my ‘name I love but too scared to use’ name.

I like previous posters suggestion of Hector too.

my suggestion would be Ephraim

how is Ephraim pronounced??

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DFOD · 18/05/2022 21:31

Aloysius (Alo)

DFOD · 18/05/2022 21:32

Lorenzo (Enzo)

DFOD · 18/05/2022 21:32

Jeremiah (Jer)

StaunchMomma · 18/05/2022 21:34

I like Magnus & Ambrose. Or Fergus.

StaunchMomma · 18/05/2022 21:35

Grumpylabrador · 18/05/2022 21:29

how is Ephraim pronounced??

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Pronounced Effrum. Emphasis on the Eff.

Therunecaster · 18/05/2022 21:35

Starbeach · 18/05/2022 20:42

I'm sorry I hate them all including Ambrose

I think it's a Piss take.

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Grumpylabrador · 18/05/2022 21:36

StaunchMomma · 18/05/2022 21:35

Pronounced Effrum. Emphasis on the Eff.

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Thanks I quite like it

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MyCatIsInCharge · 18/05/2022 21:42

My suggestion would be Edmund. Or possibly Fabian. Or Ludovic shortened to Ludo.

but Bram and Gus would be an adorable pair!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 18/05/2022 21:44

Ambrose and
Lucian
Sebastian.
Maurice
Julian
Herbert
Cedric
Victor

SpritzingAperol · 18/05/2022 21:52

I'm obsessed with Thibo at the moment.

mathanxiety · 18/05/2022 21:56

Love Thaddeus from your list. It fits perfectly.

Basilbrushgotfat · 18/05/2022 21:59

Rhys

SmiledWtherisingsun · 18/05/2022 22:01

Solomon is the best of your list.

How about:

Leander
Theodore (Teddy)
Maximilian
Bartholomew
Amos
Barak
Elijah
Emmanuel (Manny)
Felix

Rainbowqueeen · 18/05/2022 22:04

I came on to suggest Barnaby until I saw you had a short list

i like Solomon and Magnus best from your list.

mathanxiety · 18/05/2022 22:06

I really love your taste in names, and second your appreciation of several of the suggested names.

My suggestions:
Rufus
Leo
Roland
Louis
Clement

mathanxiety · 18/05/2022 22:07

And also Ivo.