Brother for Jacob and Benjamin

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Henry, Samuel or Alexander? (We would use the long name rather than shortening.)

or something else?

thanks

Alexander

Alexander

or what about Elijah?

Thanks both - I worry with Alexander that unless we use a shortened name from day 1 (Xander would be the best), he will eventually end up as Alex, even though I would much prefer to call him Alexander than Xander.

Elijah is nice but we know another and so wouldn’t use it.

Think Samuel works best. I teach a Samuel and it's never shortened. It's lovely.

I also think Theo would work really well.

Samuel. Ds had a lovely friend named Samuel & I am therefore biased toward it 😊.

Samuel, Daniel, Isaac

I'd say Alexander. However I'd advise against it if you don't want it shortened. You can only control that for so long. You can't be telling him at 30 tha t he can't call himself Alex.

Love Samuel. Jake, Ben and Sam is great when they’re older.

Really like Samuel.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Asher, Dan...maybe steer clear of Joseph though.

I'd go for Samuel. Love the names you have chosen for your older sons.

Samuel. Or Reuben, Noel, Asher.

I thought Samuel just based on the thread title, so that definitely gets my vote. Lovely names all of them though.

I have an Alexander. As soon as he was old enough to say so, he wanted to be Alex. The only person who didn’t get an eyeroll when they call his Alexander is his Nanna.

With Jacob and Benjamin you have the whole 'tribes of Israel' theme. Samuel is most biblical but to fit with theme you could go with; Reuben, Simeon, Levi or Joseph.

In terms of sound - Gabriel seems to me to fit in well with the other 2 names.

We have a Benjamin, Jacob and Samuel ! They all get shortened of course. They are all grown up now but timeless names.

Samuel or isaac

I like them all but would choose Henry if you don’t want it shortened

Solomon

Asher, Isaac, Noah or Behr

I'd choose Samuel. Lovely name that goes beautifully with the other OT names, and Sam is a gorgeous abbreviation if one is ever used.

I don't think Alexander fits as well with the other names as it's Greek in origin, and I share your feelings about Alex as an inevitable nickname.

Henry is another non OT name, and the rhyming Ben- and Hen- syllables would put me off.

I instantly thought an H name would look good with these. I don't particularly like the name Henry, but if you do then that's the one I reckon you should go for! (Or Harry or Harvey...)

I like Samuel ( Tobias is another option)

I have 3 boys with similar names and they’re only the long version at home. They opted for the shorter version once at school.