Brother to Nikolai?

Hello all,

I’m looking for suggestions on names that would pair well with [name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] (as a sibling)? So far I have [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] and [name_m]Dmitri[/name_m], but neither one feels quite “right” to me.

Thanks in advance!

Hmm. [name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] is very Russian to me, so I automatically think of other Russian names. However, if that’s not what you are going for…

[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustine[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelian[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcellus[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcel[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Perseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Remus[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Valentin[/name_m]

[name_m]Donovan[/name_m] came to mind.

@kipperbo1: thank you for the suggestions! I especially like [name_m]Alistair[/name_m], [name_m]Valentin[/name_m], and [name_m]Remus[/name_m]. I’m open to Russian names, it was [name_m]Dmitri[/name_m] in particular that didn’t really appeal to me.

@fearlessfirefly: [name_m]Donovan[/name_m] is nice, thanks!

Any more suggestions?

[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] and…

[name_m]Lev[/name_m]
[name_m]Constantin[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthasar[/name_m]
[name_m]Fyodor[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnabas[/name_m]
[name_m]Viktor[/name_m]
[name_m]Alphonse[/name_m]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Maksim[/name_m]/[name_m]Maxim[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Griffin[/name_m]

[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] and [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] are great!

[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Demetrius[/name_m]
[name_m]Demetrio[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Remus[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnick[/name_m]

What about…
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
Artem
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_m]Ilya[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyprien[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_u]Ari[/name_u]
[name_m]Timon[/name_m]/[name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeremy[/name_m]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions! I have a lot of new favorites :slight_smile:

[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] is stunning! My first thoughts were [name_m]Laszlo[/name_m] and [name_m]Alexei[/name_m]. I could see Iskander/Skander working well too. [name_m]Soren[/name_m] and [name_m]Stellan[/name_m] are gentler options but remind me of the pp’s suggestion of [name_m]Magnus[/name_m].

@ceruleanstardust’s: Thank you for the suggestions! [name_m]Alexei[/name_m] is perfect :slight_smile: I also like the softer sounds of [name_m]Soren[/name_m] and [name_m]Stellan[/name_m].

I think [name_u]Micah[/name_u] would work great.

My first thought was [name_m]Buchanan[/name_m] for some reason.
Artyom
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_m]Ishmael[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Piers[/name_m]
[name_m]Pietro[/name_m]
Georgio
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
Sevren
Kodiack
[name_u]Mischa[/name_u]/[name_u]Misha[/name_u]
Sorry it’s just a mish-mash of a bunch of different names.