After a long struggle with infertility, I am finally 12 weeks pregnant!! [name]Baby[/name] is looking great and we are starting to think of names. I need some serious help with boy names, please!!! There are no boy names that we really love!
I know what I don’t want -
A name that rhymes with our last name [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]One[/name] that starts with D or ends with S
I’d like to avoid a two syllable first name
A name that starts with M or ends with an ie, ee or y sound (due to incompatibility with middle name)
A unisex name that has become popular for girls
An overtly biblical name eg. [name]Noah[/name], [name]Caleb[/name], etc
[name]Jack[/name] / [name]John[/name] or anything starting with these (since mother in law asked us to name our son [name]Jack[/name]!)
My husband really likes [name]Archer[/name] - I don’t hate it BUT it’s two syllables and I think [name]Archer[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] sounds a bit like a law firm. I really like [name]Nathaniel[/name] and while hubby doesn’t hate it, he thinks people will just call the kid [name]Nathan[/name]. I love [name]Alexander[/name] but don’t like [name]Alex[/name] on a boy. There are a few kinda “out there” names we both like but we don’t love any of them right now eg. [name]Thor[/name], [name]Fox[/name], [name]Wolf[/name]…kinda cool, but what if our kid is really nerdy? A librarian called [name]Thor[/name]…hmm.
I just need some advice on names that go with [name]Douglas[/name], that are strong, not two syllables, with either no nick name or a great nickname (eg. I think [name]Nathaniel[/name] -> [name]Nate[/name] is awesome). Thoughts?!?!?! Naming a girl is so much easier than a boy and I feel worried that we will never find the perfect name
Well, personally, I like [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] and think your husband is wrong. I would call him [name]Nate[/name] straight off, and other people will too if you tell them that’s what you prefer. I also like [name]Alexander[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] and I don’t like [name]Alex[/name] either. I would call him [name]Xander[/name]. There’s also [name]Lex[/name], [name]Al[/name], or [name]Xan[/name].
Other suggestions:
[name]William[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Kyle[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Christopher[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] – I would use [name]Topher[/name] as a nn
[name]Blake[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Graham[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] – i would use [name]Theo[/name] as a nn
[name]Xavier[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Joel[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Bartholomew[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Julian[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Raphael[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
I really love [name]Nathaniel[/name] and can’t imagine people going to [name]Nathan[/name] either. FYI [name]Nathaniel[/name] is a Biblical name.
[name]Adrian[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] (mildly feminine with [name]Adrienne[/name]?)
[name]Anderson[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Carlton[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] (again, Biblical, but not heavily so to me at least)
[name]Edison[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Finnegan[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Everett[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Harrison[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]James[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] (I think the z/s contrast is enough - I know [name]Jack[/name] is a low frequency nickname for [name]James[/name], though)
[name]Jameson[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Jeremiah[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Luke[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] (again, Biblical, but I don’t think it’s the first thing people think of)
[name]Paul[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] (Biblical, but I don’t think too much?)
[name]Zachariah[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
I know it breaks one of your rules, but I think [name]Donovan[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] is alliteration that works…
I also wouldn’t use [name]Nathan[/name] as a nn for [name]Nathaniel[/name]. Those feel like two different names to me since the emphasis is on different parts of the name. I would jump right to [name]Nate[/name], and [name]Nate[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] is great! I think [name]Theodore[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] and [name]Julian[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] are marvelous suggestions, too.
[name]Lionel[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] ([name]Lion[/name] or [name]Lee[/name])
[name]Fitzwilliam[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] ([name]Fitz[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Liam[/name] and you could maybe pull [name]Fox[/name] as a nn)
[name]Everett[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] ([name]Ever[/name], [name]Rhett[/name], but I don’t think this needs a nickname) - love this one!
[name]Adrian[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Leander[/name] [name]Douglas[/name] (an alternative to related [name]Alexander[/name])
[name]Anderson[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Emerson[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Charles[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Reid[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Alistair[/name] [name]Douglas[/name]
Thank you all so much! These are great! A few I love eg. [name]William[/name], [name]Benjamin[/name], [name]Oliver[/name] and [name]Sebastian[/name] but can’t use for one reason or another. Others are going on our list including [name]Alexander[/name] (nn [name]Xander[/name]), [name]Theodore[/name], [name]Finnegan[/name], [name]Edison[/name] and [name]Everett[/name]. I really appreciate the help, you have given me some good ideas! :o)
