Alexander, Sandy for short

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I would prefer that the proper name was not shortened, but this will inevitably happen. There are loads of Alexes around and I think Sandy is a really sweet alternative. Ihave known two Sandys and they were both Scottish-I think it is a Scottish name.
Thoughts?

Another DS1 Alexander here, although we call him Alex. Like others have said, we liked all the shortenings we could think of and that he would have some flexibility over choosing what he would like to be called when he's a bit older.

Somebody told me that Alexander is the most popular male name of all time (because of Alexander the Great), but don't know if that is true. I liked that it means protector of men, and that fitted with what I hope my gentle wee man will grow up to be .

See, it's a wonderful name

Out of interest (blatant hijack too ) what have people named Alexander's siblings? I'm seriously beginning to panic that we'll never come up with anything as good if DC2 turns out to be a boy!!

I prefer Xander

Absolutely Sarah.

Alex doesn't have any siblings, but if he did and it was a DS, DH would be strongly arguing for Benjamin (Ben for short), although I think that is primarily because it would be alphabetical. Don't like all the Benjamin abbreviations though, not least because I'm old enough to remember Benny in Crossroads and Benji the dog.

I've always liked Daniel and Thomas, but they don't really work with our surname.

Our other ds is a Christopher. I guess I just like long boys names, but I also like quite traditional names. (We also considered Thomas for ds2, after Thomas the Tank Engine which is ds1's all time favourite ).

We skipped the Alexander and named our boy Sandy - only one person has said 'that's a girl's name'! Mind you he's only 3 months, plenty of time for the name-calling to start

But I think it's a name that works for baby, little boy, teenager and grown-up.

SarahL2, as well as Alexander we have a James and a Robert. They are family names but also Scottish Kings (and we are Scottish), if I have another I'm not sure what to call a DS as I don't like any other king's names. Really need to have some girls and give them queen's names.

Love it! very cute!

All lovely names. Unfortuneately, I am related to a Benjamin and a James and got my heart totally broken by a Daniel. Will add Thomas and Christopher to the list though