Middle name for Albert

[Sareiah29]

We're pretty set on calling our baby boy Albert 💙(Albie for short) and our surname is Edwards, but we're really struggling with choosing a middle name.

These are the options we have come up with so far:

• Albert Eric Edwards (Baby's great grandad's name was Eric, just not sure if it flows well enough 🤔)

• Albert Sylvester Edwards (Baby's grandad's middle name and also his great great grandad's first name - pretty quirky and I am not sure if it is too odd 🤔but I like the family tie and how the name flows)

• Albert Sebastian Edwards
• Albert Henry Edwards
• Albert Oscar Edwards

Would appreciate any thoughts on these (and votes!) and/or suggestions of other names that could work well. Thanks so much🤗

Albert Joseph.

Genealogists of the future will like the Sylvester, though.

@TheSandgroper Thank you - I thought that too when looking at the family tree! Joseph cannot be used as it is the name of another family member that would be unsuitable, but thanks for the suggestion :)

Sylvester

I love Albert Oscar! Albert Henry and Albert Sebastian are nice too.

Dislike Sylvester.

I like Albert Oscar Edwards. Other suggestions.
Albert Louis Edwards
Albert James Edwards
Albert Thomas Edwards
Albert Francis Edwards.
Albert Charles Edwards
Albert Vincent Edwards

Albert Sylvester Edwards ... is the most handsome, is the best to hear aloud and is historically relevant to your family.

Sylvester is such a cool and memorable name. I much prefer it to Albie (which is very overused imo)

Your need to be a bit carefule with the initiials and avoid ALE, ATE, ACE.

How about Albert Michael, Albert John, Albert Magnus, Albert Stephen, Albert Nicholas?

Tatlock.

Albert Sylvester Edwards is a great name, especially if it has family connections.

Middle names are great for having something meaningful so I’d go with Sylvester. A bit unusual but honouring relatives.

Other suggestions:
Albert James Edwards
Albert Jude Edwards (though will maybe be nicknamed to AJ!)
Albert Thomas Edwards

Maurice

I like Albert Henry just make sure you don’t use 2 middle names with initials R and S !

Lovely name, my grandad was Albert Edward but obviously you can’t use that with your surname.
Love Albert Henry and Albert Eric is nice because of the family connection

Definitely go for one of your family names - realistically middle names are rarely used anyway so it's not that important how it sounds really. More important is the name you do give. 💙

Albert Oscar gets my vote, lovely flow and strong

William or Charles

Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert was actually "Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel". How about one of those? I think Karl goes well.

Einstein

If you are going for family names then personally I prefer two - one from each side of the family (unless you are using Mums or Dads name for the middle). Is there another Grandad’s/Great- Grandad’s name from the other side of the family that would work with Eric?

Otherwise I think for balance you should go more classic/timeless for the middle name, since Albert is quite fashionable again at the moment - so Henry is a good shout. Other possibilities might be Thomas, Alexander, William, George etc

Leon

Stanley

I voted for Albert Eric Edwards. Nice to have the family connection, and I like the name Eric. Or, Sylvester, for the same reasons.

I think I agree with this op.

One thing to consider here is you have as a surname a very classic first name (or very near to it: Edward). So, while I like Henry very much, I think you needs something to enliven it: Edward, Henry and Albert are lovely, traditional classics but together its all a bit safe.

I don't like the vowel on vowel of Albert Oscar Edwards: it creates a gulping effect and sounds like an ostrich swallowing an egg whole (like in the cartoons where you see the shape going down that long neck).

I am not a fan of Eric. Sorry, in so far as I know it connotes a relative for you.

Sebastian I think is in a weird place at the moment. It's moved from an unusual name with a certain vibe to a much-used name with a very different vibe.

I'd go for Sylvester. It has meaning for you as a family and makes his full name a little more interesting, while still keeping two nice classic names for everyday use.