Help with Henry John!

Boy Names
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[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone! This is long, sorry!

I’m not expecting - just collecting names, but this one’s been on my mind for the last few days. [name_m]Henry[/name_m] has been my favourite boy’s name for as long as I can remember and right now, as long as my future partner doesn’t hate it, I’m 99% sure that my first son will be [name_m]Henry[/name_m]. :slight_smile: My middle name pairings with it constantly change (my favourite at the moment is [name_u]August[/name_u]) but recently my mom mentioned that, if I was a boy, my name would have been [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m] - [name_m]John[/name_m] after her dad, who she adored and who died before I was born - and I really loved that. I like the idea of honouring him with my own child’s name, since my mom never had a son. My only problem is that both [name_m]Henry[/name_m] and [name_m]John[/name_m] are reasonably common names and while I don’t mind using a popular first name because I love it so much, I don’t like the fact that there must be hundreds of '[name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m]'s walking around, so I have some questions:

  1. What do you think of [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]August[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m]? Or [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_u]August[/name_u]?
  2. Are there any ways of honouring [name_m]John[/name_m] that don’t use that name? (Or [name_m]Jonah[/name_m]/[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]?)
  3. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any suggestions of names I could use with [name_m]John[/name_m] as a second middle? [name_m]Henry[/name_m] _____ [name_m]John[/name_m], or [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m] _____ ? Here’s my favourites list, just to give an idea of my style:
  • [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
  • [name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
  • [name_u]August[/name_u]
  • [name_m]Levi[/name_m]
  • [name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
  • [name_u]Elias[/name_u] (eh-LIE-as)
  • [name_m]Elijah[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Luka[/name_m]
  • [name_u]Laurence[/name_u]
  • [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
  • [name_u]Asa[/name_u]
  • [name_m]Angus[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
  • [name_u]Robin[/name_u]
  • [name_u]Austen[/name_u]/[name_m]Austin[/name_m]

Thanks so much for your help! :slight_smile:

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I like the flow of [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]August[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m], and I think it’s a case where two middles work well since none of the names are overwhelming. [name_m]John[/name_m] is a nice honor name because it gives the name strength but slips in there without drawing a lot of attention to itself. I like [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Jonas[/name_m] best if you decide you don’t want to deal with two middles.

From your list, I like names like [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_u]Arlo[/name_u], [name_m]Levi[/name_m] and [name_m]Luka[/name_m], but the style of both [name_m]Henry[/name_m] and [name_m]John[/name_m] is so classic that I’m finding it tricky to fit those together well. I like: [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Elijah[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m].

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I would go with [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]August[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m] that combo is beyond beautiful!

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I think [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]August[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m] is rather lovely actually!

My first thought was [name_m]Jack[/name_m], which has a bit more of a youthful vibe to it.
I also quite like the idea of [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m], or even better, [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_m]Jack[/name_m], though I’m not sure if you want to keep [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] as a first name.

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[name_m]How[/name_m] about a form of [name_m]John[/name_m]? [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Ian[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Sean[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Ivan[/name_m]…

I also like [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]August[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m] or [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m]

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  1. What do you think of [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]August[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m]? Or [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_u]August[/name_u]? Both are very handsome. I prefer the flow and sound of [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]August[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m].

  2. Are there any ways of honouring [name_m]John[/name_m] that don’t use that name? (Or [name_m]Jonah[/name_m]/[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]?) [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m], [name_m]Johnny[/name_m], [name_m]Ian[/name_m], [name_m]Sean[/name_m], [name_m]Hans[/name_m].

  3. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any suggestions of names I could use with [name_m]John[/name_m] as a second middle? [name_m]Henry[/name_m] _____ [name_m]John[/name_m], or [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m] _____ ? Here’s my favorites list, just to give an idea of my style:

[name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u]

[name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u] and [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]August[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m] would by my personal favorites.