Thanks to everyone’s help, I think we’ve settled on [name]William[/name] as our top choice if this baby is a boy. [name]Alexander[/name] and [name]Benjamin[/name] are still in the running (and are probable future brothers), but we decided [name]Sebastian[/name] made a better middle name candidate since we don’t really care for any of the nicknames. Now we need some help deciding on a middle name for [name]William[/name]. We have a rather long list of candidates, but none of them are sticking out as the absolute “one”, so I’d like to get some outside opinions. Which combos would you suggest we throw out, and which do you like the best? Any other thoughts?
BTW, our last name is one syllable.
[name]William[/name] [name]Casper[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Christopher[/name] - [name]Christopher[/name] is my husband’s middle name, and it’s become kind of a traditional middle name for his family. (It’s my father-in-law’s and grandfather-in-law’s middle name as well.) He’d like to continue the tradition, but isn’t insisting on it.
[name]William[/name] [name]Dominic[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Frederick[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Gregory[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Joshua[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Nicholas[/name] - [name]Nicholas[/name] is my favorite boys’ name, but hubby vetoed it for a first name due to the fact that we already have a nephew named [name]Colin[/name]. He’s fine with it as a middle name, but a part of me hopes that maybe if we ever have a second son, I can get him to change his mind.
[name]William[/name] [name]Oliver[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Patrick[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Samuel[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Theodore[/name]
My favorites are [name]William[/name] [name]Frederick[/name], [name]William[/name] [name]Theodore[/name] and [name]William[/name] [name]Patrick[/name].
[name]William[/name] [name]Nicholas[/name]! If its your favorite boy name, use it! It’s not like [name]Nicholas[/name] and [name]Colin[/name] are completely the same, plus it sounds really nice!
I love [name]William[/name] [name]Casper[/name]. [name]Casper[/name] is unexpected, mysterious, and complements the classic [name]William[/name] very nicely.
[name]William[/name] [name]Casper[/name], [name]William[/name] [name]Frederick[/name], and [name]William[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] are my favorites.
[name]William[/name] [name]Christopher[/name] - this has a great sound as well, I think the history should make it one of your top contenders
[name]William[/name] [name]Sebastian[/name] - I like this, bit less exciting than [name]Casper[/name], but more than some of your more traditional options, I think this is a very good choice
[name]William[/name] [name]Casper[/name] - nice ring to it and I like that it’s more out of the box than your other choices.
[name]William[/name] [name]Gregory[/name] - I prefer this to [name]Gabriel[/name], I think the flow is better, rather traditional, but nice.
[name]William[/name] [name]Frederick[/name] - this is nice, very traditional sounding, but a good option
[name]William[/name] [name]Theodore[/name] - this is okay, weirdly enough it reminds me of the Chipmunks “[name]Alvin[/name], [name]Simon[/name], [name]Theodore[/name]”. I don’t love it, but it’s okay
[name]William[/name] [name]Patrick[/name]/[name]Dominic[/name] - I prefer [name]Frederick[/name] to both of these options, both feel a bit “saintly” to me for some reason, not necessarily a bad thing, but yea
[name]William[/name] [name]Oliver[/name] - I think you have other better choices that don’t run together as much
[name]William[/name] [name]Nicholas[/name] - yea I’d save this one if you love it. I really see no connection between [name]Colin[/name] and [name]Nicholas[/name] expect that they have a couple letters in common, unless you were planning on using [name]Cole[/name] as a nn or something.
[name]William[/name] [name]Samuel[/name] - the multiple L’s and AM’s make this too close for me, I’d nix it
[name]William[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name] - okay, but again the L’s, I think you have better options
[name]William[/name] [name]Joshua[/name] - this is just a bit dull for me, no real spark to it
[name]William[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] really jumped out at me!! I also like [name]William[/name] [name]Oliver[/name]. A lot of the middle names you picked are gorgeous, but are too long with the already long [name]William[/name]. [name]Willaim[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] is perfect and not cookie cutter.
I really love [name]William[/name] [name]Samuel[/name] and [name]William[/name] [name]Gabriel[/name]! I like [name]William[/name] [name]Dominic[/name], [name]William[/name] [name]Joshua[/name], and [name]William[/name] [name]Caspar[/name]/[name]William[/name] [name]Casper[/name], but to a slightly lesser degree. I don’t know if it interests you or not, but I love [name]William[/name] [name]Ezra[/name], too, and I think it has a similar feel to a lot of these.
I don’t know if it interests you or not, but I love [name]William[/name] [name]Ezra[/name], too, and I think it has a similar feel to a lot of these.