Help us name our baby boy

Boy Names
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We are expecting our first baby in [name]December[/name] and I’m having a hard time with names. A lot of the names we like are already taken by family - [name]Alexander[/name], [name]Matthew[/name], [name]Nicholas[/name], [name]Joshua[/name]. I like [name]Joseph[/name] but my dh doesn’t like that one. We also like [name]Luke[/name], [name]Noah[/name] and [name]Nathan[/name].

The name we both like the most is [name]Ethan[/name] [name]Lewis[/name]. What do you think of this name? [name]Lewis[/name] would most likely be the middle name, as long as it goes with whatever first name we can come up with. The name I am set on if we have a girl next is [name]Elise[/name]. I am wondering if [name]Ethan[/name] and [name]Elise[/name] are too matchy with the strong E and two syllables. [name]Ethan[/name] also just seems like such a strong name and I can picture a grown man with that name, but not the soft and precious baby or the sweet and imaginative little personality I have in my head. Any other name suggestions we might like?

2

Congrats on your pregnancy and welcome to Nameberry! I love [name]Ethan[/name] but personally I do find it matchy with [name]Elise[/name] (same initial, same strong “ee” sound). I think [name]Nathan[/name] and [name]Elise[/name] would be better for siblings. Here are some suggestions.

Biblical

[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name]
[name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Eli[/name]
[name]Caleb[/name]
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Aaron[/name]
[name]Abram[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Josiah[/name]
[name]Seth[/name]
[name]Tobias[/name]
[name]Jonah[/name]
[name]Jesse[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Asa[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]David[/name]
[name]Asher[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Timothy[/name]
[name]Silas[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Jonathan[/name]
[name]Philip[/name]
[name]John[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Andrew[/name]

Others

[name]Richard[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]William[/name]
[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Brendan[/name]
[name]Damon[/name]
[name]Justin[/name]
[name]Gregory[/name]
[name]Francis[/name]/[name]Franklin[/name]
[name]Robert[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Zachary[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]

3

Are you only going to have two children? If so, [name]Ethan[/name] and [name]Elise[/name] is fine. If not, I would consider another boy’s name.

4

I know what you mean about having only two versus more. I wouldn’t want to have an odd one out of we do have a third baby. My dh likes [name]Ethan[/name] so much I might be willing to give up [name]Elise[/name] or use [name]Elise[/name] as a middle name.

Of that list, I like [name]Henry[/name] and [name]Charles[/name] or [name]Charlie[/name] a lot.

5

I love [name]Luke[/name], and I love [name]Lewis[/name]. I have a friend with a boy named [name]Lewis[/name], and I love it as a fn. could you do [name]Lewis[/name] [name]Ethan[/name]? Otherwise, I don’t find it too matchy with [name]Elise[/name], esp if you don’t plan to have more kids.

6

I like the idea of [name]Lewis[/name] as a first name, but I know people would automatically think [name]Louis[/name] as that is the more common version in this area.