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Second DS - Brother for Reuben!

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Sunflowerdayss · 10/05/2023 15:45

Help please! We have a DS called Reuben James and just cannot decide on a name for our second son.. names we like but just don’t feel like they are the one are…

  • Theo
  • Teddy
  • Caleb
  • Bodhi
  • Spencer
  • Jesse
  • Henry
  • Luca
  • Freddie

Any thoughts or suggestions welcome please! Surname is one syllable so ideally want a two syllable name.

Thanks in advance!

Reuben and ……..

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17caterpillars1mouse · 10/05/2023 15:59

Jonah is the first thing that comes to mind, biblical but we'll known, has a softer feel to it like Luca

Ezra could be another option

bibbingo · 10/05/2023 16:02

Arthur
Remy
Brody
Beau (not 2 syllable but fits the vibe of your other names)

MrsSamR · 10/05/2023 16:08

Monty or Bertie would have been our boys' names (we has 2 girls!)

Olivida98 · 10/05/2023 16:10

The names on your list don’t ‘go’ with Reuben , which is strong, classy, classic and biblical. Except Caleb, which is great! Bodhi for example is really trendy, Teddy and Theo too cutesy and nickname-y.

I love Reuben with:
Seth
Jonah
Nathaniel
Silas
Jude
Benjamin
Thomas
Felix
Jasper/Casper
Cassian/Cassius

ODFOx · 10/05/2023 16:26

Reuben

Caleb
Noah
Joseph
Isaac
Levi
Adam
Saul

Marseilles · 10/05/2023 16:30

I like Silas with Reuben

aintnospringchicken · 10/05/2023 16:39

Jacob
Matthew
Finlay
Lucas
Joseph
Henry
Milo
William
Edmund
Hugo

Chick1986 · 10/05/2023 16:41

Hi everyone

(Posting anonymously incase any of my friends are in this group)

We are going to Majorca in a few weeks for a friend's 40th birthday.

He knows he is going on holiday with his wife but doesn't know we are joining them a couple of days in. We are the surprise - hopefully a good one 😂🙈.

I was just wondering if anyone had any fun ideas how to surprise him?

It will be an all adults, no kids, boozy holiday!

Thanks 😊😊

ODFOx · 10/05/2023 16:44

Chick1986 · 10/05/2023 16:41

Hi everyone

(Posting anonymously incase any of my friends are in this group)

We are going to Majorca in a few weeks for a friend's 40th birthday.

He knows he is going on holiday with his wife but doesn't know we are joining them a couple of days in. We are the surprise - hopefully a good one 😂🙈.

I was just wondering if anyone had any fun ideas how to surprise him?

It will be an all adults, no kids, boozy holiday!

Thanks 😊😊

Wrong thread?

TheShellBeach · 10/05/2023 16:47

Chick1986 · 10/05/2023 16:41

Hi everyone

(Posting anonymously incase any of my friends are in this group)

We are going to Majorca in a few weeks for a friend's 40th birthday.

He knows he is going on holiday with his wife but doesn't know we are joining them a couple of days in. We are the surprise - hopefully a good one 😂🙈.

I was just wondering if anyone had any fun ideas how to surprise him?

It will be an all adults, no kids, boozy holiday!

Thanks 😊😊

You need to start your own thread.

uncomfortablydumb53 · 10/05/2023 16:52

Little Reuben I know has Jackson and Lucas as siblings
I would choose
Caleb
Elias or
Adam

spiderlight · 10/05/2023 16:55

The Reuben I know (great name, btw) has brothers called Noah and Gabriel. Oscar, Felix, Isaac, Lucas, Jacob and Jonah also have a similar vibe.

Mumofgirls2017 · 10/05/2023 17:01

Reuben and…

jude
ethan
elijah
isaac
jacob
gabriel
zachary
leo
louis
felix
elliott
otis
seth
joseph
tobias
arlo
ezra

Bert2e · 10/05/2023 17:03

Seth!

Sunflowerdayss · 10/05/2023 17:06

Thank you so much everyone, this is already so helpful!

@Olivida98 You have literally summarised exactly how I feel about the list but I couldn’t articulate it how you did! Just read your comment (and all the other suggestions to my husband) and he nodded in agreement!

Thank you all so much, keep them coming!

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Waveyhouse · 10/05/2023 17:07

I think we have similar tastes in boys names op, I had Caleb, Jesse, Bohdi and Freddie on my list.

I also had the following:

Leo ( Reuben sounds nice with Leo)
Zak ( I know you wanted more than one syllable but it’s a lovely name)
Eli
Fraser
Austin
Jacob
Miles
August
Frankie
Otis
Willis

uncomfortablydumb53 · 10/05/2023 18:43

Joel
Saul

EggInANest · 10/05/2023 19:05

Zachary
Seth
Micah
Gus

mybestchildismycat · 10/05/2023 19:07

Bert2e · 10/05/2023 17:03

Seth!

Seth Starkadder?

iliveinhappyvalley · 10/05/2023 19:09

Gabriel

elevenplusdilemma · 10/05/2023 19:41

Jude
Noah
Eli
Isaac
Seb(astian)
Elliott
Wilfred
Jasper
Bertie (Albert)
Henry

Coronationstation · 10/05/2023 19:50

Before I opened the thread my gut reaction was Theo and it’s top of your list!

midsomermurderess · 10/05/2023 19:51

Ira.

Skybluepinky · 10/05/2023 21:02

As Rueben was the eldest of the children of Israel
Simeon
Josrph

MandyMotherOfBrian · 10/05/2023 21:04

Rueben and Torin
Rueben and Fionn

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