Brother for Edward

[Victoria315]

Help! I’m 32 weeks and my husband and I still can’t come to a decision on what to name our baby boy.
He’ll have a big brother called Edward (we often call him Eddie for short).
Names we’ve mentioned are: Toby, Louie, Archie, Thomas, George, Jacob, Henry and Benjamin.
Our surname is one syllable.
Do you think any of those names go well with Edward? I’d be happy to hear other suggestions too, we’re at a real loss!

I first thought of Thomas and Benjamin when reading your post.
George and Henry work too.

Other suggestions
Arthur
William
Andrew

Edward is a great name.
I like all the names on your list, and I think all those names can work well with Edward!
My favourite combos are
Edward and Thomas
Edward and Jacob
Edward and Benjamin

Oliver James Albert. George Harry, Jack, Hugo.

Isaac, Matthew,

Thomas and Benjamin were also some of the first that came to mind! Both work well with Edward

Also:

Alexander
Callum
Christopher
Daniel
Dominic
Frederick
Gabriel
Isaac
Jonathan
Joseph
Joshua
Lawrence
Matthew
Michael
Nathaniel
Nicholas
Oliver
Owen
Peter
Philip
Robin
Samuel
William
Zachary

Theodore
Winston
Oliver
Joseph
Milo
Isaac

Out of your list I like George or Henry :)

Know of an Eddie and Hayden and an Edward and Joshua

Other names that work well are
Albert (albie)
Thomas
Jonas (Joe Joe)
Tobias (toby)

We have an Edward and a Matthew

I think the last 5 names on your list go great with Edward!! Other ideas

william
luke
matthew
robert
samuel
daniel
james
joshua
charles
alexander
oliver
nicholas
isaac
christopher

James, Thomas, Henry, Gordon..

I am also 32 weeks pregnant with our second. Our first is also called Edward. We don’t know the sex of the baby and our first choice boys’ name is George.

Toby came to mind first.

Miles
Jonathan
hugh/Hugo
James

My cousin has an Edward and Barnaby.. Teddy and Barney...

Toby is great

I love Edward. ❤️

How about these:

Alexander
William
Hugo
Oliver
Leo

I have an Edward (Eddie) and a Benjamin (Benji)

James

We have an Edward and a Lawrence

George is my favourite! (I’m biased as I have one!) I love all of your name ideas though and think they all go with Edward.

I also like Sebastian, Samuel, Alexander, Joseph, Jonathan, Arthur and Harry.

Most obvious pairing is William - I suspect there’s a lot of Edward and William sibsets out there as it sounds so classic and Kingly with a variety of nn choices (yet both are popular enough that you can’t tell age or social background). Eddie and Billy or Ed and Will just work well together.

Equally Henry, George, Alexander, Charles and James would be obvious style choices for the exact same reasons (and James in particular might sound great/really punchy with a one syllable surname- ala James Bond. Eddie and Jamie/Jimmy? (Edward and James).

But most of your choices would work well - I especially love fellow timeless classic Thomas with Edward too- like with William, I suspect there’s a lot of Thomas and Edward sibs out there (Eddie and Tommy/Ed and Tom just sound good too).

Benjamin (Benji/Ben) and Edward (Ed/Eddie) also sounds okay to me, as does Jacob - I’m just not quite as keen on them as Thomas, William, James or Alexander as all those are a bit more timeless like Edward (all have never left the Top 100).

The only ones in your list I would really hesitate on are Archie, Louie and Toby - too nickname compared to Edward imo and Archie is horribly trendy to boot. Louis is a more classic spelling than Louie at least and If you love Toby, as a nn for Tobias it would work better.

Edward and ..
Alexander
Timothy
Raphael
Michael
Thomas
William
Charles
George
James
Roger
Bruce
Hugh
John
Ian

If you think the boys will like Thomas the Tank Engine - make sure the new boy's name is also in the series.
Neville
Derek
Ferdinand

James

I think Edward and Thomas work well together!

I think Frederick/Freddie would be a nice name because it has got a completely different sound to Edward but the nicknames Ed and Fred go together nicely, or if you go for Teddy, then you've got Ed and Ted.

You could also go for any boys names ending in a d, Arnold, Reginald etc. because then it's have the same ending as Edward.
Or you could go for a boys name beginning with E and start a theme that way, Elliot, Ezra, Ezekiel etc.
Hope this helps

My first thought was Peter. I love Edward by the way.

I have a friend who has a five year old Peter. It's really lovely.

Otherwise I agree with PP about Thomas, James etc. That sort of classic vibe.