[name]Just[/name] discovered I’m having a boy. My father’s name is [name]Peter[/name] and my husband’s father is [name]Alexander[/name]. I’m not a huge fan of his father and am not thrilled with my son’s name including it, but I figure if I do argue to include my dads name, I may need to make concessions. Can you suggest variations of [name]Alexander[/name] that might work?
You is, that’s not necessarily true. Does your husband want his father to be honored like this? Nameberry has a list of '[name]Alexander[/name]‘s international variations,’ which I can’t link to on my iPad right now. Basically avoid anything ending in the -ER sound. [name]Peter[/name] [name]Alessandro[/name] works, but [name]Peter[/name] [name]Xander[/name] does not.
Peter________
[name]Alec[/name]/[name]Alex[/name]
[name]Alejandro[/name]
[name]Alexandre[/name]
[name]Alexandru[/name]
[name]Aleksandr[/name]/[name]Alyosha[/name]/[name]Sasha[/name]
[name]Alessandro[/name]/[name]Sandro[/name]
[name]Alasdair[/name]/[name]Alastair[/name]
[name]Sandor[/name]
You could also use forms of [name]Alexis[/name].
[name]Alexis[/name]/[name]Alexei[/name]
[name]Alexios[/name]
[name]Alessio[/name]
Thank you for the suggestions!
I like [name]Peter[/name] [name]Alexei[/name] or [name]Peter[/name] [name]Alessandro[/name]! I like [name]Peter[/name] [name]Alasdair[/name]/[name]Peter[/name] [name]Alistair[/name], too, even with the repeated “R” endings. I even think something like [name]Peter[/name] [name]Sasha[/name] or even [name]Pierrot[/name] [name]Sasha[/name]/[name]Piero[/name] [name]Sasha[/name] would work.
Good luck!