A brother for Evelyn

[Ironicallure]

Hi all,

I have under three weeks left until baby boy arrives and I am still feeling so indecisive about his name! Both my partner and myself have found boys names SUPER hard to choose! We have one DD named Evelyn but is usually called by her nn Evie.

So far our list consists of Oliver and Jude. Surname is 2 syllables and begins with D. Potentially Oliver Robin or Jude Peter? Not sure that Jude Robin flows well?

What do you prefer or do you have any other ideas regarding names that we may like? Not concerned regarding popularity.

Some other names we like but cannot use:

Henry
Harry
Thomas

Thanks in advance!

Evelyn and ..
Christopher Robin Durname
Peter Robin Durname
Robin Oliver Durname
Robin Peter Durname
Duff Robin Durname
Steele Peter Durname
Russell Peter Durname

I really like Oliver but not a fan of Jude at all.
Benjamin Robin aka Evie & Ben
William Peter aka Evie & Will
Matthew Robin aka Evie & Matt
Daniel Peter aka Evie & Dan

Please not Christopher Robin unless you're a winnie the pooh fan!!

Would you consider Robin as a first name?

Evelyn to me has a 1920's / 1930's vibe (I'm a big Evelyn Waugh fan - his first wife was also called Evelyn) so perhaps a name like Hugh, Cecil, Cyril, Walter, Wilfred, Eugene, Lawrence, Edwin, Maurice, Philip

Maxwell

Strong classic names like the royal names goo well with Evelyn - so things like Louis, George, William, James. Or older generation (but now more popular) names like Sidney, Stanley, etc

Oliver sounds perfect with Evelyn to me! Oliver Robin is gorgeous!

Do you like

Theodore
Sebastian
George
Frederick
Zachary
Alexander
Samuel
Benjamin
Joseph
Jacob
Harry
Henry
Jasper
Rory
Max
Isaac
William
Oscar
Eliiot
Ellis
Lewis
Jack
Toby
Louis
Thomas
Reuben

Not a Winnie the Pooh fan so Christopher Robin is most definitely out!! Thanks for your other suggestions too.

Robin was a first name contender for a long while actually. However, made the mistake of telling a few family members our shortlist. My partner and I are naturally redheads and a few made comments that if baby has our colourings it might be an unfortunate name whilst they are at school etc. I know it sounds silly but I just felt the seed of negativity in respect of that name was planted when they said that. But I do really love the name so would still happily use it as a middle name. I may have to have a little look at 1920’s/ 1930’s names to see if I have missed anything!

Fred or Freddie

Rafe Oliver

@Grennwyld Thanks. I do like Louis but wonder if there would be mispronunciation issues with this name. George, William and James are all lovely traditional names, but I just don’t feel like any of them are the one. Two of my ex-partners were called George and William so that may play into why I’m not particularly keen on those names.

@Moreteaandchocolate Thanks. Do you think Evelyn and Oliver sounds like a mouthful? I feel like Evie and Ollie sounds quite sweet. I really like Jack too but DP not a fan.

Oscar came to mind when I read the thread title. Evelyn and Oscar?
I do love Robin too.
Other suggestions that come to mind,
Evelyn and Alistair
Evelyn and Aidan
Evelyn and Lucius
Evelyn and Nicholas
Evelyn and Zachary

Absolutely love Oliver Robin!

Evie and Ollie sound gorgeous! The longer names sound nice together too - they would be trickier to shout quickly together across a busy park but I guess they’d be Evie and Ollie day to day so it shouldn’t be an issue.

I like Jude Peter.

Evelyn and

wilfred
jacob
jasper
leonard
george
rowan
ralph
oscar
theodore
frederick
franklin
owen
tobias
gabriel

@Ironicallure So far our list consists of Oliver and Jude. Surname is 2 syllables and begins with D. Potentially Oliver Robin or Jude Peter? Not sure that Jude Robin flows well?

Oliver's #4 in the 2022 ONS list, so I'd rule it out on the basis that it's too popular.
Not a fan of Jude, or Robin - partly because they're unisex.
Nor of Peter - not a 'strong' name, nn worse.

I'd go for something like Horatio, Cosmo or Inigo, with John or James as middle.

Richard

I love Robin as a first name! What about Jasper?

A colleague has Evie and Austin which I think is lovely

Evelyn and Wilfred aka Evie & Wilf
Evelyn and Stanley aka Evie & Stan
Evelyn and Leonard aka Evie & Lennie

I think Oliver pairs beautifully with Evelyn. I also like Wilfred nn Wilf, William nn Billy, and Jack.

Evelyn and Rupert
Evelyn and Christopher
Evelyn and Dexter

Evelyn and Ambrose
Evelyn and Vincent
Evelyn and Ivo
Evelyn and Quentin
Evelyn and Nathaniel
Evelyn and Raphael
Evelyn and Myles

Orlando

Max
James
Jules