We are having our fourth child and cannot come up with a boy name. I love the name [name_u]Franklin[/name_u] but really don’t like the nicknames [name_m]Frank[/name_m] or [name_u]Frankie[/name_u]. Any similar name suggestions?
We have a son, [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u], and I love his name. I’m looking for softer boy names that aren’t too popular or too obscure.
A few others I like but don’t love:
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_u]Milo[/name_u]
[name_u]Wesley[/name_u]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Collin[/name_m]
[name_u]Finnegan[/name_u]
[name_u]Declan[/name_u]
[name_u]Finley[/name_u]
[name_u]Laurence[/name_u]
[name_m]Aaron[/name_m]
[name_u]Greyson[/name_u]
[name_m]Preston[/name_m]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Forrester[/name_m]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_m]Oran[/name_m]
[name_m]Jason[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Gordon[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
[name_m]Orson[/name_m]
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_u]Anderson[/name_u]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Abram[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilhelm[/name_m]
Some ideas:
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m]
[name_u]Reid[/name_u]
[name_m]Fredrick[/name_m]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_u]Blake[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_u]Lincoln[/name_u]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
Joseph
Judah / Jude
Jonathan
Nathaniel
Graham
Jefferson
Linus
Seth
David
I also love [name_u]Franklin[/name_u]! Would Frankford be an alternative you could use ? [name_m]Ford[/name_m] as a potential nickname ?
Alternatives to the subtle soft names
[name_m]Graham[/name_m] / [name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_u]Levi[/name_u]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]- I love all the nickname possibilities although this name feels like a fat departure from your other favourites ( [name_u]Cory[/name_u], [name_u]Neil[/name_u] , [name_m]Linus[/name_m] , [name_u]Eli[/name_u] , Cole)
[name_m]Aaron[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Buchanan[/name_m]
Burtie
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_u]Charles[/name_u]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
[name_u]David[/name_u]
[name_u]Douglas[/name_u]
[name_u]Edward[/name_u]
[name_u]Elijah[/name_u]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_m]Hiram[/name_m]
[name_m]Ike[/name_m]
[name_m]Irving[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Jason[/name_m]
[name_u]Joe[/name_u]
[name_u]John[/name_u]
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonny[/name_m]
[name_u]Joseph[/name_u]
[name_m]Josh[/name_m]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_m]Lemuel[/name_m]
[name_u]Leon[/name_u]
[name_u]Levi[/name_u]
[name_m]Martin[/name_m]
[name_u]Melvin[/name_u]
[name_u]Morgan[/name_u]
[name_m]Nate[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_u]Robert[/name_u]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Russell[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Stephen[/name_m]
[name_m]Stewart[/name_m]
[name_u]Sylvester[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_u]Walter[/name_u]
[name_u]William[/name_u]
[name_m]Wes[/name_m]
[name_m]Zach[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachary[/name_m]
Names like Franklin…
[name_m]Lochlan[/name_m]
[name_m]Macklin[/name_m] (nn Mack)
[name_m]Zebulon[/name_m]
[name_u]Lincoln[/name_u]
[name_m]Anakin[/name_m]
[name_u]Benjamin[/name_u] [name_u]Franklin[/name_u] seems such a famous historical figure, I don’t think I’d use each for brothers (whether I lived in the United States or not) 
, although I like both names. Suggestions: [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] 
, [name_u]Lincoln[/name_u], [name_u]Jackson[/name_u], [name_m]Isaac[/name_m].
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_u]Cato[/name_u]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_u]Finlay[/name_u]
[name_m]Fintan[/name_m]
[name_u]Lindsay[/name_u]
[name_u]Quentin[/name_u]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_u]Winslow[/name_u]
[name_u]Marlowe[/name_u]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u]
[name_u]Leland[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
As much as I like [name_u]Franklin[/name_u], I agree with @EJK1720 - [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u] and [name_u]Franklin[/name_u] as brothers would be too much.