My Husband and I share two favorite names: [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] and [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]. When making name lists I always pair [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] with [name_m]George[/name_m] ([name_m]George[/name_m] is my dad’s name) and [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] with [name_m]John[/name_m] ([name_m]John[/name_m] is my husband’s dad’s name.) [name_m]George[/name_m] and [name_m]John[/name_m] would be top contenders for first names if we didn’t already have nephews with these names. Both names are super important to us; however, there is no guarantee that we will ever have two sons to use both of these. So, we would like to combine them but truthfully [name_m]George[/name_m] and [name_m]John[/name_m] sound pretty terrible as a double middle.
What if you went full blown [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]? [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m] sounds handsome to me…as does [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m].
Perhaps you could use an international variation of [name_m]John[/name_m]? Maybe you have heritage from one relevent country or another but I prefer those listed below. I don’t think the issue with [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m] is the alliteration… but since they are both so common it almost sounds like a made up placeholder name. 119 Variations of John | Nameberry
[name_u]Shane[/name_u]/[name_u]Shaun[/name_u] are Anglicized versions of [name_m]Sean[/name_m] (I think).
[name_m]Zane[/name_m] is a possible [name_m]John[/name_m] variant.
[name_m]Jack[/name_m] could also work.
You could even use [name_m]Evander[/name_m] ([name_u]Evan[/name_u] is a [name_m]John[/name_m] variant), though it would be a bit of a stretch.
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Jack[/name_m] (probably better off with [name_m]John[/name_m] . . . !)
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_u]Shaun[/name_u] [name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_u]Shane[/name_u]
I love [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m]! I really like the idea of other posters in using a variation of [name_m]John[/name_m].
My first though was a variation of [name_m]John[/name_m] as well. [name_m]Johnson[/name_m] was the first that came to mind. And you could always save one of the names (I suggest [name_m]George[/name_m] for female variation names) for a future child, whether it’s a boy or a girl.
I second the idea to save one of the names for next time around, unless you are 100% certain there will be no next time. I kind of shot my wad with honoring both sides of my family with my daughter’s name, and now we are pregnant with [name_u]Baby[/name_u] #2 and I’m finding that there are a lot of names I like, but am still not that excited about because they don’t carry as much meaning as DD’s name.
Lots of good suggestions so far, but the one I haven’t seen yet is using either one or both of the grandpas’ middle names instead, if they have one. If your father’s last name was your maiden name, you could use that paired [name_m]John[/name_m], too. Oh, or maybe just using J and G initials for the middle names? Of course you’d want to avoid any other G name that begins with a “J” sound, but there are plenty that don’t, like [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]Gideon[/name_m], [name_m]Gregory[/name_m], [name_u]Gray[/name_u], [name_m]Grant[/name_m], etc.
If you just want both families represented in a name, you could pick another male family member to honor instead – or even a female, if they have a feminine version of a male name. Like, for example, if your mother’s name was [name_f]Michelle[/name_f] and your mother-in-law’s name was [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f], you could name the first boy [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], and if there’s a second, [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_u]Michael[/name_u] (or vice versa). (And you could do the same idea for a girl, using [name_f]Georgia[/name_f]/[name_f]Georgina[/name_f]/[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]/[name_f]Georgette[/name_f] and [name_f]Jane[/name_f].)
What last name will your future son have? If it’s the same as his father (and his father) then I would lean towards using your father’s name as the middle, because your son would already have a name in common with the paternal grandfather.
As far as the names [name_m]George[/name_m] and [name_m]John[/name_m] go, if you’d use them both as middles for one child I much prefer ------ [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m] to ------ [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m]. The end of [name_m]George[/name_m] and beginning of [name_m]John[/name_m] run together so much!