Help us find a crossover/compromise

[HonoriaGlossop]

Any ideas on names that would suit both my partner and me?
[name_f]My[/name_f] faves tend toward literary or historical (uncommon) like:
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
Oslac
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Aslan[/name_m]
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]

Partner likes ‘cool’ and minimalist (but also prefers less common) names like:
[name_u]Rio[/name_u]
[name_u]Cruz[/name_u]
[name_u]Axel[/name_u]

[name_m]Can[/name_m]'t have [name_u]Max[/name_u], because of an association with a person called that.

[ethelmary]

Otto
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Zev[/name_m]
[name_u]Milo[/name_u]
[name_u]Beau[/name_u]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u] (nn [name_m]Dex[/name_m])
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozzy[/name_m]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u]

[EdgeOfTheMeadow]

Your awesome names have cool nn potential - [name_m]Leo[/name_m], [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m], [name_u]Jules[/name_u], [name_u]Niko[/name_u]. I’m with you that the full names are

Reuben
[name_u]Jonah[/name_u] or [name_m]Jonas[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
Maybe [name_m]Reon[/name_m] or [name_f]Rion[/name_f]
[name_u]Lennon[/name_u], [name_u]Lennox[/name_u]
[name_m]Ramone[/name_m]
[name_u]Keats[/name_u]
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m]
[name_m]Aramis[/name_m]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u] (nn [name_m]Art[/name_m]?)
[name_m]Barthelemy[/name_m]
[name_m]Rochus[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Rocco[/name_u])

[tallemaja]

Hmm what about:
[name_m]Anders[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_u]Archer[/name_u]
[name_u]Atlas[/name_u]
[name_m]Apollo[/name_m]
[name_m]Caio[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Elio[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_m]Ford[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitz[/name_m]
[name_m]Fraser[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Gus[/name_u]
[name_u]Griffin[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Harris[/name_m]
[name_u]Holden[/name_u]
[name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m] ‘’[name_u]Luca[/name_u]‘’
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m] ‘’[name_m]Leo[/name_m]‘’
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m]
[name_m]Nestor[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m] ‘’[name_u]Finn[/name_u]‘’
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_u]Rhys[/name_u]
[name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m] ‘[name_u]Sol[/name_u]’
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m]
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m]
[name_u]Vaughn[/name_u]
[name_u]Wilder[/name_u]
[name_m]Wolfe[/name_m]

[Luminen]

I’m trying to think of names that are both historical and minimalist. Maybe…

Cato
[name_m]Caius[/name_m]
[name_m]Theon[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Damon[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexei[/name_m]
[name_m]Marco[/name_m]
[name_m]Titus[/name_m]
[name_m]Dante[/name_m]

(Btw, I’m a Wodehouse fan so I absolutely love your user name and profile picture!)

[Kipperbo1]

Sorry for repeats!

Ansel
[name_m]Aurelian[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_u]Atlas[/name_u]
[name_m]Bastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]/Lucius
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Romeo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ruben[/name_m]/Reuben
[name_u]Rocco[/name_u]
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_m]Thiago[/name_m]
[name_m]Titus[/name_m]
[name_u]Vaughn[/name_u]

[HonoriaGlossop]

Phineas, [name_m]Ronan[/name_m], [name_u]Dexter[/name_u], [name_m]Cormac[/name_m], [name_m]Rochus[/name_m], [name_m]Thorin[/name_m], [name_m]Ansel[/name_m] are amazing I actually love almost every single name on these lists but the DH is a bit less open to suggestion. I think I could get some of these past him.
@Luminen yay another Wodehouse fan🤩 don’t you just love the names in his books, and not to mention the nicknames!

[Ehrob1]

Oh I love the lists so far ! I will add
[name_u]Dane[/name_u]
[name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_u]Lex[/name_u]
[name_m]Ajax[/name_m]

[HonoriaGlossop]

Dane is very cool thank you!

[MaisieDee]

Some names that could work for both of you:

Byron
[name_m]Fitz[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m]
Athos
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_m]Heath[/name_m]
[name_u]Huxley[/name_u]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_u]Keats[/name_u]
[name_u]Ridley[/name_u]
[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u]

[Harvest-Endellion]

Oh, goodness! This is a name style difference!

Idea #1: You choose first and he chooses middle or vice versa. Then if you have another child, you switch.

Idea #2: Since your names are full names and his are short and sound more nicknamey, what if yours are each given a nickname that he approves?

Leopold, nn [name_u]Lee[/name_u], [name_m]Leo[/name_m], [name_m]Lio[/name_m], [name_m]Lon[/name_m], [name_m]Len[/name_m]
Oslac, nn [name_m]Oz[/name_m], [name_m]Ozzie[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m], nn [name_m]Julio[/name_m], [name_u]Jules[/name_u], [name_u]Juli[/name_u]
[name_m]Aslan[/name_m], nn [name_u]Asa[/name_u], [name_u]Lan[/name_u], [name_m]Lanty[/name_m]
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m], nn [name_u]Nik[/name_u], [name_u]Nikki[/name_u], [name_u]Niko[/name_u], Lai
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m], nn Caz, [name_m]Cas[/name_m], [name_u]Cass[/name_u]

Idea #3: You both go looking for names that include in them [name_u]Rio[/name_u], [name_u]Cruz[/name_u], [name_u]Axel[/name_u], or other names he likes.

Frederico
[name_m]Rodrigo[/name_m]
[name_m]Rigoberto[/name_m]
Adalbarto
etc.

Given how different your styles are, it seems a great option to have the first be from one list and the middle from the other list. There are boys out there who simply don’t want to be [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] and would jump at the chance to be [name_u]Axel[/name_u] just as there are other boys, young Aslans, who would be thrilled to skip [name_u]Rio[/name_u].

Good hunting!

[user30]

For a boy—[name_u]Avery[/name_u], the boy in [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]’s [name_m]Web[/name_m], also quite minimalist.
For a girl—[name_f]Eliza[/name_f].

[may.rose]

[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_u]Easton[/name_u]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_u]Milo[/name_u]
[name_u]Niko[/name_u]
[name_u]Wyatt[/name_u]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]

[EllArePea]

What about [name_u]Asa[/name_u], [name_m]Emrys[/name_m] or [name_u]Orion[/name_u]?

[Greyblue]

Jules
[name_m]Judah[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_u]Nico[/name_u]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_u]Miles[/name_u]
[name_u]Jonah[/name_u]
[name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_m]Anders[/name_m]
[name_u]Beckett[/name_u]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]

[HonoriaGlossop]

Thanks so much for the ideas, I am usually not a major nickname fan but it may be the solution to the problem as I feel like we have to compromise at some point. [name_u]Niko[/name_u]/Nikolai stands out for me.

With such a great list I am sure we’ll figure it out. We don’t know what we’re having but we found a compromise for the girl’s name in [name_f]Frida[/name_f]. I like its history/artsy feel and he likes its simplicity and ‘free’ sound.

I love [name_m]Emrys[/name_m], [name_m]Byron[/name_m], and [name_u]Darcy[/name_u], but he’s not sold . I think [name_u]Orion[/name_u] may be a hit with its space feel.
[name_u]Avery[/name_u] may be really up his alley too, he likes [name_m]Anders[/name_m] but there’s a close in age relative with the the same name. Thanks again for giving us something to work with.

[LoneStar]

I immediately thought of [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] nn Bash

[EJK1720]

Go for one of your favourites with the full name on the birth certificate, but with a short form your husband likes. [name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] using [name_u]Nico[/name_u] is great (or you could use [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] if there isn’t a particular reason for using the Russian/Slavic form) or [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] ([name_m]Leo[/name_m]), [name_m]Cassian[/name_m]/Caspian ([name_u]Cass[/name_u]).

[Rachelhaydenberk]

Caspar
[name_m]Hughes[/name_m]
[name_m]Cesar[/name_m]
[name_u]Joss[/name_u]
[name_m]Ross[/name_m]
[name_u]Neil[/name_u]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m]
[name_m]Niles[/name_m]
[name_u]Lane[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Kane[/name_m]

[mololy]

Sorry for repeats:

Oscar
[name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m] or [name_m]Fritz[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m] (seems simple but plenty of literary references, maybe too common though)
[name_m]Salvador[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvester[/name_m] / [name_m]Sly[/name_m]
[name_u]Sacha[/name_u]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Boone[/name_m]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Bowen[/name_m]