Brother name for Eli

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so I have 7 weeks left and no closer to a name for my baby boy. My first son is called Eli.

names we are brainstorming:

Kurt
Leo
Kit
Otis
Obie
Remy
Milo
Albie
Nate

Leo would be our “safe” choice but it’s so popular now. I like a bit different but not too out there… I worry some of the above might be overly trendy.

we have a long unusual Dutch surname so we prefer a shorter simpler name.

any help / opinions appreciated!!

I love Eli and -

Max
Zack
Ted
Jake
Luke
Seth

Eli and Paton

I love Leo and Kurt. Don’t care about popularity one iota.

Eli and Ayrton
Eli and Wade
Eli and Quade
Eli and Rupert
Eli and Regan
Eli and Chad
Eli and Jesse
Eli and Torin
Eli and Trey
Eli and Callan
Eli and Fraser
Eli and Owen
Eli and Gage
Eli and Seth
Eli and Arlie
Eli and Jude
Eli and Luke
Eli and Evan
Eli and Cole
Eli and Toby
Eli and Lyle
Eli and Kyle
Eli and Damon
Eli and Joel

Bram is a great Dutch name that goes well with Eli, and whilst unusual in the UK, its not difficult to pronounce or spell.

I am slightly biased as we called ds Bram, and I still love it now.

My first thought was Ray.

Ezra
Aram
Luca
Ira
Jonah
Jonas

As l see Eli as a Biblical name l would go for another similar one
Levi
Luke
Zach
Abe
Simon
Josh

That is nice but our nephew is called Isaac and he has the same surname too!!

So this thread is a few weeks old and me and my my husband and I are still undecided…

But we have a last minute idea and both like the name Ari. (Pronounced Ah-Ree). Any thoughts on this?

Thinking of a middle name like Ari Noah, Ari Nathaniel, Ari Benjamin.

Love Ari. Ari Benjamin is cute

Ari Benjamin

Eric

Random!

Ari Nathaniel is nice.

I like Nate too. Or Otis.

I know siblings called Eli & Albie.

Excuse me? Why is it random? It is a nice name similar to Eli.

I asked for opinions on the name Ari and you replied with a single word - a different name - with zero context… hence why I commented that your answer was random…

In your first post you don't mention Ari...
You are just rude, why to ask opinions in a forum if you don't like people giving you their opinion?
Ari is nice but in some countries will be confuse with Ariadna (Ari for short).

Theo?

Otis goes well with Eli.
Max
Mark
Daniel
Zachary
Finlay
Joseph

Love Leo but feel like saying both together is a tongue twister 'Eli and Leo' (think it's the 2 'L's')

My thought without opening the thread was 'Eli and Cole' for some reason so I'll say Kit or Kurt from your list. The C/K sound goes really well in my opinion

ETA - just saw your update, Ari is also really nice

Eli and Otis sound perfect together
My DS1 friend has Eli and Asa

I think Ari will have a lifetime of people mispronouncing it –. Ah-ree versus Arry (which would sound cockney for “Harry”!). Just something to think about.

We occasionally have Eli pronounced “Ellie” (usually by non native English speakers) but I just politely correct and move on so that wouldn’t bother me too much.

i also think names like aria being more common helps people to be more open minded to pronounciations