[name]Hi[/name]! I am new to nameberry and I love it!
We are expecting our second child and we have a son named [name]Samuel[/name] who we always call [name]Sam[/name].
We have only a short list of boys names for this baby and they have been recently taken by family members and close friends! We loved [name]Charlie[/name], [name]Alexander[/name], [name]Ben[/name] and [name]Oliver[/name] but now can’t use them.
We are stuck! We love classic names but not too popular (nothing in top 10).
Please help! No “D” names as last name starts with D.
Also thinking about with either [name]Clara[/name] or [name]Stella[/name] if this baby is a girl. What do you think??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[name]How[/name] frustrating! Are you sure you can’t use them? Maybe [name]Alexander[/name] with a different nickname? They’re just such common names.
[name]Clara[/name] and [name]Stella[/name] are both nice choices. I’d probably recommend [name]Clara[/name] over [name]Stella[/name] to avoid the repeating initials.
Here’s what comes to mind for a little [name]Samuel[/name]'s brother, classic and/or evoking the names you can’t use (forgive me if they’re top 10).
Oh I love the recommendations of [name]Joseph[/name] and [name]Thomas[/name]! [name]Sam[/name] and [name]Joe[/name] or [name]Sam[/name] and [name]Tom[/name] would be great! Your girl names are both nice, but I prefer [name]Clara[/name] over [name]Stella[/name]. And if you wanted to go the one syllable route you could then have [name]Sam[/name] and [name]Clare[/name]. I think that is a really sweet sounding set.
Thanks so much for all your help! We really had not thought about [name]Joseph[/name] but we really like it. We don’t love the nn [name]Joey[/name] but it may grow on us. Keep the ideas coming!
Any other girls names people would suggest?
[name]Natalie[/name] Morales (from the Today show) has a son named [name]Joseph[/name], they call him [name]Josh[/name]. [name]Jay[/name], [name]JoJo[/name] or [name]Joe[/name] might work, too.
Boys Names:
[name]Jackson[/name] - nn [name]Jack[/name]
[name]Peter[/name] - nn [name]Pete[/name]
[name]Connor[/name] - nn [name]Con[/name] (my cousin chose the nn Corn, goes to show you can’t always choose the nn!)
[name]Patrick[/name] - nn [name]Pat[/name]/[name]Rick[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name] - nn [name]Jake[/name]
[name]Steven[/name] - nn [name]Steve[/name]/[name]Stevie[/name]
[name]Evan[/name] - nn Ev
[name]Thomas[/name] - nn [name]Tom[/name]/[name]Tommy[/name]
[name]Josiah[/name] - nn [name]Jo[/name]/Siah
[name]Grayson[/name] - nn [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Jonathan[/name] - nn [name]Jon[/name]/[name]John[/name]/[name]Johnny[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name] - nn [name]Luke[/name]
[name]Elias[/name] - nn [name]Eli[/name]
[name]Robert[/name] - nn [name]Rob[/name]/[name]Robbie[/name]
[name]Caleb[/name] - nn [name]Cal[/name]
[name]Ellis[/name] - nn [name]El[/name]
[name]Raymond[/name] - nn [name]Ray[/name]
[name]Jeremiah[/name] - nn [name]Jer[/name]
[name]Maxwell[/name] - nn [name]Max[/name]
[name]Jonas[/name] - nn [name]Joe[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name] - nn [name]Nick[/name]/[name]Nicky[/name]
[name]Gregory[/name] - nn [name]Greg[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name] - nn [name]Griff[/name]
[name]Griffith[/name] - nn [name]Griff[/name]
Joshur - nn [name]Josh[/name]/Joshie
[name]Timothy[/name] - nn [name]Tim[/name]/[name]Timmy[/name]
[name]Jameson[/name]/[name]James[/name] - nn [name]Jim[/name]/[name]Jimmy[/name]
Girl Names:
[name]Abigail[/name] - nn [name]Abby[/name]/[name]Gail[/name]
[name]Paige[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name] - nn [name]Kate[/name]/[name]Katie[/name]
[name]Anna[/name] (I know a brother and sister named [name]Samuel[/name] “[name]Sam[/name]” and [name]Anna[/name])
[name]Elizabeth[/name] - nn [name]Betsy[/name]/[name]Liz[/name]/[name]Eliza[/name]/[name]Beth[/name]/etc.
[name]Rebecca[/name] - nn [name]Becca[/name]/[name]Becky[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name] - nn [name]Mia[/name]
[name]Evelyn[/name] - nn [name]Evie[/name]
[name]Emily[/name] - nn [name]Em[/name]
[name]Emma[/name] - nn [name]Em[/name]
[name]Elise[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]/[name]Celia[/name] - nn Cici
[name]Jacqueline[/name] - nn [name]Jackie[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Savannah[/name]
[name]Molly[/name]
[name]Jessica[/name] - nn [name]Jess[/name]/[name]Jessie[/name]
[name]Michelle[/name] - nn [name]Shell[/name]/[name]Shelly[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name] - nn [name]Vickie[/name]/[name]Vicky[/name]
Sorry! I’ve got LOTS of names going through my head right now!!
Some suggestions (sorry for any repeats):
[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]David[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name] ([name]Samuel[/name] and [name]Joseph[/name] would make such a handsome sibset!)
[name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Graham[/name]
[name]Ezra[/name]
[name]Nathan[/name]/[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]
[name]Henry[/name], [name]Edmund[/name], [name]Owen[/name], [name]Joel[/name], [name]Isaac[/name], [name]Terence[/name], [name]Daniel[/name]. <–classic names not in Top Ten that go well with Samuel.
Stella and Clara are nice, though I prefer Claire to Clara. Stella alliterates with Samuel and I might avoid that. Esther/Estella could be options with the same starry meaning, or Elle/Ella has a similar sound.
If you loved Charlie and Alexander but can’t use them, maybe that puts Charlotte/Caroline/Charlize or Alexa/Alexandra on the list of possibilities for girls?
[name]Samuel[/name] is such a handsome name! For [name]Baby[/name] #2, I love the suggestion of [name]Nicholas[/name]. [name]Sam[/name] and [name]Nick[/name] sound great together. For a girl, I like [name]Stella[/name], but I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Clara[/name].
I think if you have a [name]Sam[/name], you need a [name]Charlie[/name]!! If it is not a terribly close family member or friend, I would use that. [name]Love[/name] [name]Clara[/name] and [name]Stella[/name].