This is my first time posting even though I have been an avid nameberry follower for a couple years! My hubby and I are having a baby boy in [name_u]December[/name_u], our first baby. We have pretty much settled on the name [name_u]Kai[/name_u] for our son but cannot agree on a middle name! I want [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] after my grandfather. He originally was ok with that but has changed his mind since his parents came out to visit. Now he wants to use his paternal grandfather’s English variant name, [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] (his family is Latino so his grandfather’s name was actually [name_m]Antonio[/name_m] but he doesn’t like that version). I do not like how [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] sounds as it reminds me too much of a person I don’t like. Should we skip a family name altogether and go with something totally different (and if so, what?) or can anyone give me feedback on which name they like better? Thank you in advance!!!
Congrats on your pregnancy and welcome to Nameberry. I like [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] with [name_u]Kai[/name_u] but if it reminds you of someone you don’t like then I would choose another name. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you like [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Anton[/name_m] as an alternative? I love the one-syllable [name_u]Kai[/name_u] with a longer mn.
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Zachary[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Finnegan[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
I was also going to suggest [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m], and I really like [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] suggested above. A few more ideas: [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Donovan[/name_m], [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Lennox[/name_m], [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Daniel[/name_m], [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_u]Emerson[/name_u], [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Robert[/name_m]…
But I honestly think [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] or [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] sound just fine if you’d like to honor a grandfather. I regret not having done that.
What about a double middle name to honor both grandfathers? [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m], [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] [name_m]Anthony[/name_m]? [name_m]Both[/name_m] are handsome, meaningful names that I bet your little one would be delighted to grow up with 
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] is a great boys name!!! [name_f]Love[/name_f] it.
Kai____:
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] -jonathan is a combo of anthony and joseph??
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_u]Jamison[/name_u]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
If you’re open to putting [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] and [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] together, I really like the suggestion of [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]. [name_u]Kai[/name_u] [name_m]Jotham[/name_m] might work too.
These are all great suggestions! We will have to look at all of them and see. Thank you so much for helping everyone! It’s nice to have non biased and fresh perspectives. It helps keep me grounded and not have tunnel vision.