When we’ve got such a perfect name for our son, [name]Dominic[/name] [name]Joseph[/name], how do you match that up with a brother? Unlike our girls’ names, where we’re just so different, we really have no clue for a boy at all. We’re looking for something familiar but not super-popular, like [name]Dominic[/name], and that has cute nicknames (we call him DomDom, DJ and [name]Nico[/name]).
Our surname is one that is used as a boys’ name now (J___son) so names like [name]Tyler[/name], [name]Bailey[/name] etc that are surnames are out, because we don’t want him being called J___son [name]Bailey[/name] by mistake or whatever. Obviously -son ending names won’t work at all.
Our tentative list:
[name]Alexander[/name] (is this too common in comparison to [name]Dominic[/name]?)
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Spencer[/name] (hubby really likes this, I can’t think of any nicknames for it)
…and that’s it. None of them really feel like ‘the one’ though to me.
I actually quite like [name]Adrian[/name], though it feels really dated to me, I don’t know any who are less than about 30 and I think he’ll object because of that. I like [name]Declan[/name] but I don’t know if I want another D name, because if we have [name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Declan[/name] it might tie us down to a D name if we ever have a third. [name]Alistair[/name]'s nice but I think [name]Ali[/name] is a bit girly as a nickname and what else is there?
[name]Theodore[/name] is perfect. [name]Both[/name] names are strong, handsome, three syllables, and familiar but not common. If you’re religious, both [name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Theodore[/name] have a meaning related to God as well.
I personally love [name]Spencer[/name]. The nickname potential is less though, [name]Spence[/name], [name]Pen[/name], of course you could always stretch it a bit
[name]Theodore[/name], [name]Sebastian[/name] and [name]Alexander[/name] all go well with the strong and masculine [name]Dominic[/name]. [name]Spencer[/name] is the odd one out so I would use it for a middle name.
Suggestions
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Cassius[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Felix[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Xavier[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Tobias[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Josiah[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Julian[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Cyrus[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Silas[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Matthias[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Augustus[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Tristan[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Malachi[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Lucian[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Raphael[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Constantine[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Laurence[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Leo[/name]/[name]Leopold[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Gregory[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Bartholomew[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Fabian[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Thaddeus[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Mischa[/name], what a fabulous list, many I’ve never even thought of. I’ll show it to the husband and see if there’s any he likes, but my standouts are [name]Gregory[/name] (fear he won’t like this though’, [name]Raphael[/name], [name]Nathaniel[/name] and [name]Felix[/name].
