Brother Names — What would you name brothers?

Peter & Wesley :bug: :fallen_leaf:

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Today it would be [name_m]Irving[/name_m] and [name_m]Roger[/name_m]! [name_u]Or[/name_u] maybe [name_m]Irving[/name_m] and [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] :orange_heart:

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For me I have the opposite problem when it comes to girl names! Anywho, my fave brother combos that I’d actually use:

[name_u]Paris[/name_u] [name_u]Henry[/name_u] & [name_u]Daniel[/name_u] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_u]Addison[/name_u] [name_u]Wesley[/name_u] & [name_u]Elijah[/name_u] [name_u]Bradley[/name_u] “Addy & Eli”
[name_u]Adley[/name_u] [name_u]Michael[/name_u] & [name_u]Tristan[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u]

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I kinda dislike the pressure to match sibling names, so this article rubbed me up the wrong way a bit! I prefer the ‘whichever name you love most’ approach, starting with a blank slate for each child. Otherwise, I feel pressured to give up my favourite name to fit someone else’s ideas of what ‘goes’. [name_f]My[/name_f] boy’s name is top 100 and rising, old but not a classic, a nature name in the 2-syllables-ends-in-n style. But I wouldn’t hesitate an instant to go below 1000 or pick a name with a totally different style if that was the name my husband and I both loved. Of course, if there are several equally loved in contention, you could use style matching as a way to break the deadlock, I suppose. Basically, I’m just saying there should be no ‘should’ here.

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I adore [name_m]Lazaro[/name_m] & [name_m]Marcello[/name_m]! They’re gorgeous.

I might actually replace [name_m]Lazaro[/name_m] with [name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m] “Renzo” if I went with that sibset.

Others from the list I loved:

[name_u]Luca[/name_u] & [name_m]Mateo[/name_m] (I’m a sucker for Italian & Spanish names)
[name_u]Miles[/name_u] & [name_u]Wesley[/name_u] (I’m United Methodist, so [name_u]Wesley[/name_u] makes connects with my religious background)

Boy names I haven’t paired yet:

[name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_u]Jack[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u] “Jamie”
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_u]Griffin[/name_u]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]

[name_f]My[/name_f] sons are [name_u]Levi[/name_u] and [name_u]Griffin[/name_u]. If we were adding another brother to the mix it would most likely be [name_u]Levi[/name_u], [name_u]Griffin[/name_u] and [name_m]Alec[/name_m]. :slight_smile:

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[name_u]Rome[/name_u] [name_m]Alexio[/name_m] & [name_u]Leo[/name_u] [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] :orange_heart:

or if not that then [name_u]Rome[/name_u] [name_m]Alexio[/name_m] & [name_m]Vito[/name_m] Dimitrie

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Not a parent (yet) but a novelist here, these are some of my favourite brother names I’ve seen in literature & some I’ve used for my own characters!

Declan & Ronan
Sirius & Regulus
Rhian & Rafal
Sherlock & Mycroft
Victor & Ernest
Tucker & Tyghe
Alvar & Fitzroy “Fitz”

Peregrin & Willow
Roman & Casper
Ciel & Astre ((“sky” and “star”))
Ambrose & Abraham “Bram”
Senza & Ciaran ((“light” and “dark”))
Atticus & Adair
Luca & Armelle

I also have a character named Bennett whose brother has never had a name because he doesn’t appear in the story, but I may be tempted to name the brother Brooks after seeing your list! ((Bennett Rhys, and I think it’ll be Brooks Remus))

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[name_m]Clark[/name_m] & [name_m]Cole[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] / [name_u]Cal[/name_u] & [name_u]Leo[/name_u]

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Coming back to this again!

Two boys:
[name_m]Peter[/name_m] & [name_m]Todd[/name_m]
or
[name_m]Peter[/name_m] & [name_u]Timothy[/name_u]

Three boys:
[name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Todd[/name_m], and [name_u]Rudy[/name_u]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_u]Timothy[/name_u], and [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]

[name_u]Four[/name_u] boys:
[name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Frederick[/name_m], [name_m]Todd[/name_m], and [name_u]Rudy[/name_u]

I have 1 son, [name_m]Benton[/name_m] [name_m]Grover[/name_m]. I’d name his brothers [name_u]Jasper[/name_u] [name_u]Charles[/name_u], [name_m]Isaac[/name_m] [name_m]Randall[/name_m] and [name_u]William[/name_u] [name_m]Luther[/name_m].