Alexander or Joseph

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Help me choose one please.

Alexander is a sure winner for me..

Im biased as dd is Alexandra and would have been Alexander if a boy so it made it easy 🤣

Nothing wrong with Joseph though.. I like 'Joe' and 'Joey'

Two really great strong, classic names. I really like them..... maybe first and middle?

Alexander Joseph
Joseph Alexander

I like both. I would probably choose Joseph because I prefer the Joseph nicknames.

Both lovely. Another biased towards Alexander as I have one.

But Joseph is a brilliant name, too, just never popped up for us.

I love both! Difficult choice! I think I’d choose Joseph as it’s less commonly used, but a good, solid classic.

both lovely.

I lean towards Alexander as I prefer Alex over Joe.

Joseph sounds very religious to me.

I prefer Alexander, although there are A LOT of both male and female Alexes about!

Like Joseph, love Alexander.

I have a Jospeh and an Alexander, so I obviously like them both !

Alexander, love it

Alexander is lovely

I love them both. Have a Joe myself. JoJo when he was little was v cute. But I like the shortening Xan too.

Alexander

However, why don’t you wait until babe is here and then see what name suits him best.

I like both. Maybe decide based on which shortened version you like or don't like.
Alexander will be Alex or Xander
Joseph will be Joe or Joey

Both lovely classics with lovely nn potential but I prefer Joseph as a full name as Alexander is a bit of a mouthful.

Alexander

Joseph, but Alexander lovely too

These were the two middle names we were torn between for ours and we didn't make a decision in the end until he was actually here.
They are both great names, but as a first name Alexander would probably win for me because of so many potential nicknames

Joseph. Alexander is lovely too though

Both strong lovely names with nice shortenings.

This is the most difficult choice on these baby name threads ever. Two excellent names. It’s really difficult to choose, sorry not much help.

To be honest, your question shouldn’t be Alexander or Joseph? It should be Alex or Joe? Because with the exception of a Xander everyone I’ve met with those names has gone by Alex or Joe once they are past early childhood.

The full name choice is really difficult imo - because while both are gorgeous, timeless classics, I slightly prefer Alexander because “The Great” always follows in my head 🤣 However I’ve met so many Alex’s over the years I find it a bit dull now (I’m a child of the 80’s and half of them were girls too) - where as Joe seems fresher 🤷‍♀️

So after a long answer - Alexander with the nn Lex, Xand/Xander etc is my fave but if it’s another Alex then I prefer Joseph/Joe.

Joseph

I will never understand the MN obsession with diminutives.. We have a Joseph. Not Joe.Not Joey. Just Joseph,because that's his name. He's 22 now and Joseph to all.( or Lurch,because he's 6 foot 3 and built like a barn door). If people call him Joe he just politely says" It's Joseph".

Another biased; I have an Alexander, love the shortened version Alex but grimaced when he was young and a neighbour started calling my son Al, a name I never liked.
I think Joseph is a very nice name, timeless.
Joseph Alexander sounds better imo to Alexander Joseph.