[name]Robert[/name] is a family name I don’t entirely love, but I do like that it is classic and I adore the nickname [name]Rob[/name].
Last name starts with B and I thought the combo [name]Robert[/name] [name]Oliver[/name] B was very handsome, then realized [name]ROB[/name] would a) spell his nickname and b) spell a negative word. A is cool, less sure about B.
What do you think? Good, bad, mixed bag? Thanks!
I actually think it’s kind of cool, lol. [name]Jack[/name] [name]August[/name] [name]Cole[/name] is my second favorite boys’ name… his FN is [name]Jack[/name], and his initials would be [name]JAC[/name]… I kind of like it, haha. But as for the [name]Rob[/name]-verb thing, it might be a bit negative (and I would hope it wasn’t a self-fulfilling prophecy!), but since his FN would be [name]Robert[/name] and the nn [name]Rob[/name], I don’t really think of the criminal act, more just that his nn is [name]Rob[/name] and so are his initials… besides, how often will he be known by all of his initials? It’s usually just the first and last initial, right?
I find it ok. [name]Robert[/name] [name]Oliver[/name] B sounds beautiful.
Thanks for the feedback! It may well go on the list, as I do like the flow of the name and do think it’s clever to have the initials in the nickname (well done with [name]JAC[/name], too : D!). And you are right, too, it’s so often just first and last. My own initials also spell a potentially mildly negative word (JAB - not as bad a verb as [name]ROB[/name], but also less of a nickname) and I’ve never minded / it hasn’t been any self-fulfilling prophecy, so I should probably take the cue to just chill.
I don’t know if you want to go with something less classic, but I met a guy named [name]Robinson[/name] today (like [name]Robinson[/name] Crusoe!), so I think something like that, or even just [name]Robin[/name], nn [name]Rob[/name]/[name]Robbie[/name], would be really usable. It doesn’t sound like it really bothers you anymore, haha, but if you don’t like the whole [name]ROB[/name] initials you could always change the MN. I’m sure there are other awesome names that work between [name]Robert[/name] and your ln! 
[name]Robinson[/name] would be pretty awesome, thanks ashthedreamer! Maybe TOO awesome for my ultimate taste : D, but I will have to think on it. You are right, I could go with another middle, I just think [name]Robert[/name] [name]Oliver[/name] sounds so nice and I do think spelling the nickname is really cool, if I can get over the verb (which I think I can). Anyway, this is all still 1-2 years off anyway most likely, but trying to have the plan in place. Not sure what I like as much with [name]Robert[/name], honestly, but lots of time to think! [name]Robert[/name] [name]Xavier[/name], maybe…
Hmm. [name]Robert[/name] [name]Xavier[/name] is kind of cool! I think [name]Xavier[/name] spices up the classic [name]Robert[/name]. [name]How[/name] do you say [name]Xavier[/name]? like ZAY-vyer or EX-zay-vyer?
I’ve always been partial to [name]Robert[/name] [name]Josiah[/name] (maybe [name]Robert[/name] [name]Jonas[/name]?) and [name]Robert[/name] [name]Landon[/name] myself. I think [name]Landon[/name] might be a little trendy/mainstream for your taste, though. I think something literary would be nice with [name]Robert[/name]–[name]Robert[/name] [name]Radley[/name] (kinda “R” heavy, haha, but I like the association to “To Kill a Mockingbird”… [name]Robert[/name] [name]Harper[/name] could be cool, too, if you’re into [name]Harper[/name] on a boy at all), [name]Robert[/name] [name]Henry[/name] ([name]Henry[/name] Wadsworth [name]Longfellow[/name]), [name]Robert[/name] [name]Fitzwilliam[/name] (Mr. [name]Darcy[/name]!), [name]Robert[/name] [name]Holden[/name] (Catcher in the [name]Rye[/name]… maybe not the best association, haha), [name]Robert[/name] [name]Sidney[/name] (A Tale of Two Cities), etc.? I had so much fun coming up with a literary MN for [name]Henry[/name], haha. I don’t know if you’re really into literature, so I don’t know if you’d really like the connection, but I think it’s cool.
My [name]Xavier[/name] is kind of in between : D. Closer to ZAY-vee-er/Zay-vyer. But really almost like Gzay-vee-er/Gzay-vyer. Tricky I know : D. I would NOT be bothered by either of the other pronunciations (especially as a middle name). Also - all of these week ‘i’'s are sort of both syllabic and not for me, so I never know how to spell it. Like, the name [name]Xavier[/name], since I don’t start with Ex, is between 2 and 3 syllables for me. [name]Julia[/name], [name]Dahlia[/name], etc, all the same.
[name]Robert[/name] [name]Josiah[/name] is nice! Ooh and I do love [name]Jonas[/name] and everyone gets so “[name]Jonas[/name] Brothers” about it : D. RJ would be good initials. I have admiration for several historical figures named [name]Jonas[/name]. But, I always get weird about 2-2 rhythms for no rational reason : D. So [name]Josiah[/name] is nicer for me. [name]Landon[/name] is handsome but yes, I tend to like older names. I do like the literary suggestions - I do like literature and have literary connections to most of the names I like - although they tend to be unintentional bonuses, rather than something I’ve sought out per se. Like: the [name]Evelyn[/name] Waugh novel [name]Helena[/name], [name]Louisa[/name] [name]May[/name] [name]Alcott[/name], [name]Shakespeare[/name]'s [name]Imogen[/name], [name]Sylvia[/name]/[name]Sylvie[/name] Plath (dark, I know, but still there), the bible-as-literature for the Hebrew names I like. [name]Even[/name] little [name]Christopher[/name] [name]Robin[/name] for [name]Christopher[/name] and [name]Robert[/name] to a lesser extent. And there are others.
The ones you suggested are handsome, [name]Robert[/name] [name]Radley[/name] would be my favorite, I don’t mind the R R, but again, 2-2 is a weird aversion (but a mild one to be fair).
Something about the Wadsworth suggestion made me think of [name]Thoreau[/name] ([name]Henry[/name] [name]David[/name]?), and [name]Robert[/name] [name]Thoreau[/name] would be really nice. It’s 2-2, but the stress being on the second part of [name]Thoreau[/name] breaks it up for me more. And [name]Thoreau[/name] makes me think of [name]Ralph[/name] [name]Waldo[/name] [name]Emerson[/name] and I could really like [name]Robert[/name] [name]Emerson[/name]. [name]Emerson[/name] is too “girly” sadly for me for a boy in first (just because of use, like [name]Harper[/name], not because of the name itself), but in the middle it’d be fine.
Anyway, all fun planning, thanks!
I think it’s super awesome when that happens.
My cousin’s daughters name is [name]Zoe[/name] [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]. And I know a girl whose full name spells out her first name. [name]May[/name] [name]Ali[/name] Y----
I love it on girls. I think it’s great in your case as well.
I never even noticed/remembered that [name]Rob[/name] was a negative word, in this type of placement you just think of the name.