Bramwell, Wilfred, Digby or Atticus (yes I know…)

[Lelongducanal]

Aware all of these are a bit/a lot out there. Our elder DS is called Nathaniel and tbh I wish I’d saved his middle name for no 2 (Rowan) but too late now!

Digby (Diggy for short) - dh loves, I’m not sure
Bramwell (Bram) - I love, dh not sure, can anyone think of a good alternative long name that shortens to Bram?!
Atticus (Attie) - we both like but worry about associations to the character post Go Set a Watchman
Wilfred (Wilf but obvs he has the option of Fred if he chooses) - DH loves, I’m not sure and don’t like the Boris Johnson connection

Find boys names so hard! Any views? Alternatives which are unusual but less marmite?

Wilbur is cool. I also like Gilbert but spelt the French way Guilbert so that it is pronounced "Jill-bear" (a bit like Wilbur).

If you like Benjamin but there is one in the family how about Benedict? Nathaniel and Benedict go well together and he can be Ben or Ned for short.

Howard
Fraser
Magnus
Sebastian
Alexander
Zachary
Edward
Edwin

I think you got it right first time....both Nathaniel and Rowan are the nicest of all the names mentioned in the thread.

Why not use Rowan? It's lovely and you can always have the story of wanting to link two brothers in a lovely way. Second names are rarely used anyway.

I like Bramwell/Bram a lot. I think I could grow to like Atticus, but the other two are not really my style, sorry.

What about Jack, OP? @Lelongducanal

My thoughts too 😁

Can’t tell if you’re joking, but Jack has to be THE most overused name. Wasn’t it THE most popular boys name for many years in a row recently? We know loads

I'm not a fan of Digby.
Bram sounds fine on its own, I know 2 - or Abram maybe?
Like Atticus and it isn't overly common where I am. Wilf/Wilfred seems more popular.

Other ideas

Abel
Angus (Gus)
August (Augie)
Austin (Ozzy)
Barnaby (Barney)
Benjamin (Ben/Benji/Benny)
Caspian/Casper/Cassius
Christopher (Kit)
Dominic
Edgar/Edwin
Felix
Hugo
Jonah
Leonard (Leo)
Maxwell
Montague (Monty)
Oswald (Ozzy)
Otto
Percy
Rafferty (Rafe)
Ralph
Rupert
Tobias (Toby)
Vincent (Vinnie)

@Zebralie

so what if it’s popular? Maybe it’s popular because it’s nice. Kids don’t need unusual names.

I like Robin as the middle name because Nathaniel Rowan and something Robin sound good together.

I think names like Jacob, Jonah, Elijah, Tobias, Isaac go with Nathaniel.

Kit
Cassius
Cosmo
Abraham
Guy
Atticus
Leo
Alexander nn Alex, Sasha or Xander

I second using Rowan, I know two brothers the eldests middle name is the youngest’s first name - it has never been an issue

You can't rely on your child going along with your chosen nickname, so if you don't like the full version don't call them that. This isn't the actual name obviously, but we thought one of my dcs was Lottie and now she is a teenager she uses Charlotte.

Nathaniel and…

Jesse
Lawrence/Laurie
Gregory
Vincent
Saul

Bertrand - Bertie
Atticus
Torquil
Cedric
Barnaby
Wilbur

I know two sisters, Hannah Alice and Alice Hannah as they were the only two names their parents liked.

@NattyFox

why do they need to sound good together? For the vast majority of our lives our names are not used in conjunction with our siblings, especially not first and middle names.

Diggory?

Well I suppose they don't have to go but I do find it odd when people have one child called Edward and another called Blaze.

Wilfred or Atticus