Alternatives to Julian and Felix

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] all!

My husband and I just cannot seem to agree! See, our surname is [name_m]Stuart[/name_m], and we feel we have the following restrictions:

  1. Due to the House of [name_m]Stuart[/name_m], traditionals such as [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]William[/name_m] and [name_m]Charles[/name_m] seem silly. I don’t want people to think I’ve named my son after a historical figure!

  2. Celebrities! [name_m]Patrick[/name_m] [name_m]Stewart[/name_m], [name_m]Jimmy[/name_m] [name_m]Stewart[/name_m] to name a couple. Can’t go there!

  3. According to some friends, because [name_m]Stuart[/name_m] is a common first name we should avoid surnames as first names. Apparently it sounds sort of weird?

This being said, we can kind of agree on [name_m]Julian[/name_m] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m] and [name_m]Felix[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]. I’m on the fence a little bit. Are either of these names cool? Anyone have any suggestions for a picky husband?

Thanks a bunch!

[name_f]Jeannie[/name_f]

I really like both! Whether they’re cool or not depends on your definition. Are they trendy? Yes. Are they edgy? Not really.

Suggestions -

[name_m]Gideon[/name_m] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u] [name_m]Miles[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m] [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonah[/name_m] [name_m]Ezra[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m] [name_m]Graham[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u] [name_m]Julius[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m] [name_m]Olivier[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m] [name_m]Felix[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m] [name_m]Miles[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Matteo[/name_m] [name_m]Walter[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_u]Seth[/name_u] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_u]Owen[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u] [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Ford[/name_m] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Callum[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m] [name_m]Miles[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Archie[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] [name_u]Owen[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Cole[/name_m] [name_m]Julius[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m] [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_u]Evan[/name_u] [name_m]Julius[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m] [name_u]Owen[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m] [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m] [name_m]Ezra[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcel[/name_m] [name_u]Owen[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Marshall[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m] [name_m]Miles[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Harris[/name_m] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_u]Kieran[/name_u] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_m]Keith[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]

I have a son named [name_m]Julian[/name_m]. In my opinion, you can’t go wrong with that name.

I love [name_m]Felix[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]! And I agree with the people who said that most surname names wouldn’t work for you.
Suggestions (and sorry for repeats):
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Bennett[/name_m]
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Hendrix[/name_m]
[name_u]Lennon[/name_u]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Griffin[/name_m]
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Killian[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]
[name_m]Lochlan[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]

I like both!

[name_m]Archer[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m]
[name_u]Beau[/name_u]
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]
[name_u]Chase[/name_u]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_m]Grayson[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrett[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Harrison[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_u]Kieran[/name_u]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Miles[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximus[/name_m]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Wyatt[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]

I love [name_m]Julian[/name_m].

I really like Julian and I think it holds up against Stuart whereas Felix Stuart has great rhythm but the styles of the two names aren’t as matched (plus, there seemed to be a real spike of Felix around 10 years ago!). I personally wouldn’t go hipster or whimsical with Stuart basically. Plus, now I’m being picky, it’s not super easy to go from X to S.

So many good suggestions already and I do think you’ve got solid options anyway, but there’s also (and excuse repeats):

Edward
Tristan
Callum
Finnegan
Gregory or Graham ‘Grey’
Alasdair (so good with Stuart!)
Christopher ‘Kit’
Xander (or Alexander nn Xander)
Adam
Cameron
Xavier
Dominic (and could use Dom or Nic)
Arthur
Simon
Phillip ‘Pip’
Richard
William ‘Liam’
Lachlan (prob my fave if not Julian!)
Samuel
Toby

I like [name_m]Julian[/name_m] and [name_m]Felix[/name_m]. I think a biblical classic would work since that’s a different set of names than the royals. They have been mentioned, but I like [name_m]Calvin[/name_m], [name_m]Miles[/name_m], [name_u]Elliot[/name_u], [name_m]Graham[/name_m], and [name_m]Leo[/name_m].

[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]

I think [name_m]Felix[/name_m] is amazing. I saw the suggestions of [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_m]Miles[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] and [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m], and I’m just gonna recommend the suggestions.

I love both [name_m]Julian[/name_m] and [name_m]Felix[/name_m]! Other suggestions are (sorry for the repeats):

[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]