Need help with a middle name, please!

Boy Names
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My husband and I are TTC and we’ve gotten a jump start on the baby naming, having already picked out our boy name years ago. We plan to name our first son Simo (pronounced like it rhymes with [name]Jim[/name]-o) after my grandfather. I’m having a hard time coming up with a middle name to go with it, though. The name is Finnish and traditionally Finns don’t have middle names, apparently.

The only possibility I’ve come up with that I haven’t immediately discarded is Simo [name]John[/name], as [name]John[/name] is my husband’s middle name. But it really sort of seems like a cop out of a middle name. Kind of like picking “[name]Lynn[/name]” for a girl. Perfectly serviceable names but kind of dull and just there to fill space between the first and the last names.

So! Any suggestions would really be appreciated.

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Simo is interesting. Could be mistaken for [name]Simon[/name] though, just a thought.

I don’t think [name]John[/name] sounds like a ‘filler’ middle name, it’s a classic with lots of worthy namesakes. Most people would probably assume it was to honour a family member.

Some other suggestions:

Simo [name]Frank[/name]
Simo [name]George[/name]
Simo [name]Luke[/name]
Simo [name]Mark[/name]
Simo [name]Paul[/name]

longer:

Simo [name]Alexander[/name]
Simo [name]Christopher[/name]
Simo [name]Benjamin[/name]
Simo [name]Jonathan[/name] (if [name]John[/name]'s too simple)
Simo [name]Nathaniel[/name]
Simo [name]Frederick[/name]
Simo [name]William[/name]

  • Anon.
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Anon, thanks for the suggestions. Simo is actually the Finnish version of [name]Simon[/name], so if someone mistakes it for that, it’s actually pretty accurate.

I kind of like Simo [name]Alexander[/name]. My [name]SIL[/name] recently used [name]Alexander[/name] for her third son’s middle name but I don’t think that necessarily rules it out for us, especially if we don’t end up using it for a few more years

Again, I appreciate you taking the time to respond. :slight_smile:

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You’re welcome, [name]Corbie[/name].

Simo is very handsome, I love foreign variations of names. [name]Glad[/name] you like [name]Alexander[/name], would you like me to try again with a different style of names?

  • Anon.