DH and I have having a tough time choosing a boys name. We seem to have very different tastes, he is being stubborn and so am I. To compound things, I work with special needs kids (seems to be mostly boys) and over the course of the 10 years of my career have formed some strong negative associations with many boys names. Then it seems that any names that I actually would feel comfortable using are the names used by family and friends. We are getting very frustrated!
Our 4 year old daughter is [name]Avery[/name].
My husband favors one syllable names. We have a one syllable last name that starts with s and ends with k and I don’t think many of them flow well. This is what he loves: [name]Wade[/name], [name]Jude[/name], [name]Gabe[/name], [name]Quinn[/name] (he adores this), [name]Abe[/name]. For multisyllabic he also really likes: [name]Ethan[/name], [name]Adrian[/name], [name]Ewan[/name], and [name]Cameron[/name]. I like [name]Cameron[/name] but would like to avoid a unisex name for this one as we went that route with [name]Avery[/name]. To me, many people seem to associate [name]Avery[/name] with a boys name and [name]Cameron[/name] with a girls name, that would be confusing to me. [name]Adrian[/name] sounds almost too close to [name]Avery[/name] for me.
I really like: [name]Henry[/name] (but am concerned that his family would call him [name]Hank[/name] which I loathe), [name]Nathan[/name], [name]Patrick[/name], [name]Ian[/name], [name]Oliver[/name], [name]Everett[/name], [name]Theodore[/name] (love [name]Theo[/name] husband doesnt) and [name]Alexander[/name].
I love [name]Nolan[/name] and [name]Corbin[/name] but can’t go with either of those due to friend/co-worker usage. I really like [name]Wyatt[/name] and [name]Logan[/name] but have strong negative client associations.
I just feel lost, I don’t love anything that I can use, and then have no idea what to use for middles for any of these.
Anyone have any thoughts from our list?
I like [name]Nathan[/name], [name]Theodore[/name], [name]Everett[/name] with [name]Avery[/name] and they have short nicknames that your husband can use ([name]Nate[/name], [name]Theo[/name]/[name]Ted[/name]/[name]Teddy[/name], Rett)
I think the best option for you is to find a longer name (like you want) with a short nickname (for your husband)
[name]Alexander[/name] nn [name]Alex[/name]/[name]Lex[/name]/[name]Xander[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name] nn [name]Seb[/name]
[name]Jameson[/name] nn [name]Jamie[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name] nn [name]Ben[/name]/[name]Benji[/name]
[name]Jacoby[/name] nn [name]Jake[/name]
[name]August[/name] nn [name]Gus[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]/[name]Edwin[/name]/[name]Edmund[/name] nn [name]Ed[/name]/[name]Ned[/name]
[name]Elijah[/name] nn [name]Eli[/name]
[name]William[/name] nn [name]Will[/name]/[name]Liam[/name]
[name]Weston[/name] nn [name]West[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name] nn [name]Art[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name] nn [name]Jazz[/name]
[name]Sullivan[/name] nn [name]Van[/name]/[name]Sully[/name]
[name]Tobin[/name]/[name]Tobias[/name] nn [name]Toby[/name]
[name]Asher[/name] nn [name]Ash[/name]
[name]Leonard[/name]/[name]Leon[/name] nn [name]Leo[/name]
I think [name]Avery[/name] and [name]Ethan[/name] go well together. Beyond that, I’m not sure I love any of the other names with [name]Avery[/name] either.
Other suggestions:
[name]Jasper[/name] (already suggested, but I like it)
[name]Arthur[/name] (ditto)
[name]Jack[/name]/[name]Jackson[/name] (nn [name]Jack[/name])
[name]Elliott[/name] (nn [name]Eli[/name])
[name]James[/name] (nn [name]Jim[/name], [name]Jimmy[/name])
[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name] (nn [name]Em[/name])
[name]Charles[/name] (nn [name]Charlie[/name])
[name]Isaak[/name] (nn Iz)
[name]Zachary[/name] (nn [name]Zack[/name])
Favorites: [name]Ethan[/name], [name]Ewan[/name], [name]Wade[/name], [name]Jude[/name], [name]Ian[/name], [name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name] [name]Wade[/name]
[name]Ian[/name] [name]Jude[/name]
[name]Ethan[/name] [name]Jude[/name]
[name]Ian[/name] [name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name] [name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Ethan[/name] - okay, would work well with Sk, bit dull compared to [name]Avery[/name]
[name]Adrian[/name] - feminine, I’d avoid this
[name]Ewan[/name] - this isn’t bad, similar style to [name]Avery[/name], good option I think
[name]Cameron[/name] - I agree with you that this is feminine
[name]Wade[/name] - nice and simple, I like this one as well
[name]Quinn[/name] - I really love this name, but it also has a bit of the unisex about it, maybe [name]Quincy[/name] or [name]Quentin[/name]
[name]Abe[/name] - [name]Abe[/name] and [name]Avery[/name]? Meh, don’t like the matchiness of the letters or the mixture of old and new
[name]Gabe[/name] - okay, what about [name]Gable[/name]
[name]Jude[/name] - one of my favorites! Would sound great with Sk
[name]Henry[/name] - meh, not fond of this with [name]Avery[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name] -meh
[name]Nathan[/name] - okay, not nearly as interesting as [name]Avery[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name] - don’t like this name
[name]Ian[/name] - I like this as well, valid choice
[name]Oliver[/name] - this one I kinda like actually, seems like it would fit rather well
[name]Everett[/name] meh
[name]Alexander[/name] - what about [name]Xander[/name]?
I am liking the suggestions. Hubby is saying he really likes [name]Gabriel[/name] now so he could use the nn gabe. Maybe if I take on of his favorite 1 syllables and pair with one of my choices as suggested I can get this settled. Any thoughts on [name]Gabriel[/name]?
I really like [name]Gabriel[/name] with [name]Avery[/name]. We also have a little [name]Avery[/name] (girl) and would have considered [name]Gabriel[/name] but it’s the name of a friend’s son. I like the suggestion above of using a name with a short nickname and Dantea’s list is great. 2 of our top choices are on that list. From your list I like [name]Nathan[/name], but prefer [name]Nathaniel[/name]. I think [name]Everett[/name] and [name]Avery[/name] sound too similar. From your husbands list I like [name]Jude[/name]. I also love the name [name]Quinn[/name] but it is quite unisex as well so would be confusing with [name]Avery[/name].
My favorite of those suggested is [name]Jude[/name] with [name]Avery[/name].