My husband and I don’t at all agree on a boys name. Please give me your thoughts on the names for a brother for Nathan (Nates) and Susannah (Zuzu). Susannah would have been Wesley or Jake had she been a boy. Middle name will be William (unless we go with Wesley).
MY likes (not husband approved)
Troy
Wesley (Wes)
Jake
Jude
Emmett
Everett
Andrew (Drew)
Maxwell (Wells or Mac)
Micah (Mac)
Matthew
Beckett (Becks)
Lucas
Caleb
Leo
The only name my husband likes is Jacob. We are an interfaith family and I think it sounds too much in the direction of my husband’s religion when added to our surname. I also love Reid and Graham but neither work with our surname (color starting with G).
Hmmmm seems like a even split in your list of biblical and non biblical: so not sure which direction you’re looking to aim for.
Biblical Options:
Gideon
Tobias
Jacoby- not sure if this would be better then Jacob
Ezra
Isaiah
Paul
Silas
Jethro
Jared
Jason
Noah
James
Luke / Lucas
Benjamin
Mason
Ethan
Asher
Thomas
Non Biblical:
Oliver
Allister
Ambrose
Edwin
Griffin
Greyson
Edward
Henry
Warren
Jett
Logan
Jack
Wyatt
Lincoln
Harrison
Westin
Grant
How about…?
[name_u]Mason[/name_u]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] nn [name_u]Toby[/name_u]
[name_u]Greyson[/name_u] nn [name_u]Grey[/name_u] or [name_u]Sonny[/name_u]
Eliasson nn [name_u]Eli[/name_u]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u] nn [name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_u]Tanner[/name_u]
[name_u]Taylor[/name_u] nn [name_u]Tay[/name_u]
[name_u]Easton[/name_u] nn [name_u]East[/name_u]
[name_m]Weston[/name_m] nn [name_m]Wes[/name_m]
[name_u]Maddox[/name_u] nn [name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_m]Everson[/name_m] nn [name_u]Ever[/name_u] or [name_u]Sonny[/name_u]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m] nn [name_m]Matt[/name_m]
[name_u]Callahan[/name_u] nn [name_u]Cal[/name_u] or [name_u]Cali[/name_u]
[name_u]Logan[/name_u]
[name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m] nn [name_m]Josh[/name_m]
[name_u]Miles[/name_u]
[name_u]Mason[/name_u]
[name_u]Zeke[/name_u]
The thing that strikes me immediately is that [name_u]Wesley[/name_u] = [name_u]John[/name_u] [name_u]Wesley[/name_u], the founder of the Methodist church. So if you don’t want the name to lean very much to one religion, [name_u]Wesley[/name_u] seems off to me.
[name_m]Troy[/name_m] seems to be from a different time to me, around mid to late 20th century.
[name_m]Jake[/name_m] is different because it’s a less formal name without a nickname, but it’s not glaringly out of place.
All of the other names seem to fit! I think my favorites with the siblings are Andrew/Drew and Micah/Mac.
Good luck and congrats!
Is it sad I have no idea who [name_u]John[/name_u] [name_u]Wesley[/name_u] is? I’m [name_m]Roman[/name_m] Catholic and my husband is Jewish. [name_f]My[/name_f] only hold up if at all with [name_m]Wes[/name_m] is that it sounds cowboy compared to my other two But I do love its simplicity!
Your reply made me giggle. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband is [name_m]Jared[/name_m] and his twin brother is [name_m]Jason[/name_m]. [name_f]My[/name_f] nephew is [name_u]Noah[/name_u]. [name_f]My[/name_f] cousin and godfather and best friends son are [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]. I love Tobias/Toby by husband hates it. And I absolutely love “Gr” names, especially [name_m]Graham[/name_m] and [name_m]Grant[/name_m] (and love [name_f]Gwen[/name_f] for a girl), but our surname is a one syllable name starting with a Gr. I’m also older and have eight nieces and nephews and my friends are done having kids. Some of your recos are favorites that are all in use. [name_f]My[/name_f] husbands groomsmen named his son [name_m]Luke[/name_m] a month ago but we are still considering [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] as a work around PS: do you think [name_m]Gideon[/name_m] Gr**n is too much G? It’s such a great name.
[name_f]My[/name_f] son is [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] [name_u]Bennett[/name_u]. When I names him that (after grandfathers [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] and Benedict), my friend told me I’d regret it because [name_u]Bennett[/name_u] is a great first name it so is!
Honestly, I don’t know if it’s actually a big deal. I’m Catholic too, and I immediately knew [name_u]Wesley[/name_u] was a famous Protestant, but I did have to look up who exactly he was. Sorry, I should have specified that! Looking into it further, [name_u]Wesley[/name_u] is a top 100 name in the US, so I’m sure it must have use outside of devout Methodists. And, now that I think about it, I wouldn’t assume that parents of a [name_u]Wesley[/name_u] were Methodist, even though [name_u]John[/name_u] [name_u]Wesley[/name_u] is my predominant association. I’m sorry; I think I was too hasty in my first response. And I really like [name_m]Wes[/name_m]! I think it goes well with Nates, and I actually think of [name_f]Susannah[/name_f] (although not Zuzu) as a prairie-type name and one that would be at home in the Old [name_u]West[/name_u].
It’s not clear if your husband is still holding onto [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] but if it doesn’t work for you, he’s going to have to relinquish it and get serious about some other names. [name_m]Jake[/name_m] and [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] from your list are very close alternatives to [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] if he manages to come around to them. I would say [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] and [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] are most consistent with the style of [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] and [name_f]Susannah[/name_f].
Looking for other names with similar sounds to [name_m]Jacob[/name_m], I first think of [name_m]Job[/name_m] and [name_u]Robert[/name_u]. Perhaps you would like names with the long ‘a’ vowel sound such as [name_m]Xavier[/name_m], [name_m]Damien[/name_m], [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u], [name_u]Blake[/name_u] and [name_u]David[/name_u]. The other prominent sound in [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] is the hard ‘c’ sound and it also features in five names on your list. Some names I haven’t seen mentioned on this thread that may appeal to you are [name_m]Patrick[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_u]Michael[/name_u], [name_m]Dominic[/name_m], [name_m]Eric[/name_m], [name_m]Marcus[/name_m], [name_m]Conrad[/name_m], [name_u]Declan[/name_u] and [name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m].
If I may answer your question–I think [name_m]Gideon[/name_m] sounds great with your surname. Sure, they share the same first and last letters but the full effect isn’t overwhelming. If I saw the name written down or heard it called out I wouldn’t think anything of it. Everyone has their own perspective on alliteration, so you and your husband will have yours. If you can’t overlook it, I guess it’s not the right name for you. All the best with your decision.
Well your post hits home for me as well… my husband is Nathan and a variant of Susannah runs in my family. And I completely think Gideon G is not too much G (as long as you keep a G out of the middle slot…. But I’m also biased towards the name Gideon as well…. That’s my youngest
I like [name_u]Leo[/name_u] best with your family (I tend to avoid quite themey sibsets so [name_u]Micah[/name_u], [name_m]Matthew[/name_m], and [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] are out for me). I also like [name_u]Wesley[/name_u], [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] and [name_u]Everett[/name_u] from your list. I also really like [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], and though biblical it’s seen as quite mainstream so I think it would work well.
But I do love its simplicity!