Need some names

So I started a new story and I’m having a little bit of trouble with naming. It’s for two teenagers who are stepsiblings. One already has a first name, their name is Wonder. I don’t know if that’s a name someone already thought of but I was trying to make up a name myself. I wanted it to be a made-up name, in the story it’s supposed to be made up by their father because they survived miraculously after a difficult birth. But I can’t think up a middle name for them. They don’t have any gender so the name has to be unisex or maybe a gendered name that could be made unisex.

And as for the stepbrother, I was thinking that his name should be very traditional and masculine but not too common. I was going to give him a nickname too, so a longer name with a well-known nickname, if that makes sense. I was thinking [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] nn [name_m]Ben[/name_m] but I don’t know. It’s hard thinking up a sibset because Wonder isn’t a real name but [name_m]Ben[/name_m] doesn’t go too well [name_f]IMO[/name_f]. Or maybe [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] but the nn [name_m]Seb[/name_m] has the same problem, plus [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] has a softer sort of sound? At least to me anyway.

Any suggestions? Thanks :slight_smile:

[name_m]Long[/name_m] names with common nicknames:

[name_m]Maximilian[/name_m] nn [name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]/[name_m]Alexandros[/name_m] nn [name_u]Alex[/name_u]
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m]/[name_m]Christian[/name_m]/Christopherus nn [name_u]Chris[/name_u]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m] nn [name_m]Ben[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] nn [name_m]Jon[/name_m]
[name_m]Zacharias[/name_m] nn [name_m]Zack[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacopo[/name_m]/Jakobus nn [name_m]Jake[/name_m] (I think I like this one, Wonder & [name_m]Jake[/name_m])
[name_m]Jackson[/name_m] nn [name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] nn [name_u]Nick[/name_u]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]/[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] nn Raph

My first idea for a gender-neutral middle name was [name_u]Sky[/name_u], but I wouldn’t pair Wonder with another word name. [name_m]How[/name_m] about…
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_u]Marion[/name_u]
[name_m]Esra[/name_m]/[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_u]Kim[/name_u]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]

Wonder [name_u]Jamie[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Mason[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Noah[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Raleigh[/name_u] (Beautiful on paper but might turn into “Wonderally” when said)
Wonder [name_u]August[/name_u] (A second word name but I’m kinda digging it)
Wonder [name_u]Elliott[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Rylie[/name_u] (It actually doesn’t blend the letters too much)
Wonder [name_u]Owen[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Bay[/name_u] (Word name and might be confused with [name_f]Bae[/name_f] “before anything else” but I love the sound)
Wonder [name_u]Oakley[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u]
Wonder [name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]/[name_m]Tennison[/name_m]
Wonder [name_m]Quintin[/name_m]
Wonder [name_u]Quin[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Kennedy[/name_u]
Wonder [name_m]Malloy[/name_m]
Wonder [name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Eden[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]London[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Holland[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Alex[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Frost[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Tyson[/name_u]

[name_m]Marcus[/name_m] ([name_m]Mark[/name_m])
[name_u]Evan[/name_u]
[name_m]Earnest[/name_m]
[name_u]Cayle[/name_u]
[name_u]Ryan[/name_u]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] ([name_m]Xander[/name_m] or Ender for nn to mix it up)
[name_u]Arden[/name_u]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m]/[name_m]Zachary[/name_m]/[name_m]Zacharias[/name_m] ([name_m]Zac[/name_m]/[name_m]Zach[/name_m])
I also am loving Wonder and [name_m]Jake[/name_m]. Some longer, less common names that could use [name_m]Jake[/name_m] as a nn are:
[name_m]Jacoby[/name_m] (pronounced Juh CO [name_f]Bee[/name_f] but could still work)
[name_u]Jericho[/name_u]
[name_m]Jacquez[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacobo[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacquan[/name_m]
[name_u]Jacquel[/name_u]
You could always use [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] but change the spelling to [name_m]Jakob[/name_m], [name_m]Jakub[/name_m], [name_m]Jaycob[/name_m], etc. to give it a less common look.

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helped :slight_smile:

Wonder [name_u]James[/name_u]
Wonder [name_m]Phelan[/name_m] (a play on the often-used [name_f]Fay[/name_f], “[name_f]FAY[/name_f]-lan”)
Wonder [name_u]Kennedy[/name_u] (I didn’t realize this was already on someone else’s list but I really like it so consider it as a second vote for [name_u]Kennedy[/name_u])
Wonder [name_u]Orion[/name_u] (I like [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] but I don’t like the double-rs from Wonder [name_u]Ryan[/name_u], so went to [name_u]Ryan[/name_u]'s cool celestial brother)
Wonder [name_u]Lee[/name_u] / Wonder [name_u]Leigh[/name_u]
Wonder [name_u]Legend[/name_u] (I was going to try to avoid word-names but this would be a cool middle name so, why not?)
Wonder [name_m]Bandit[/name_m]
Wonder Felon (I initially thought [name_m]Phelan[/name_m] was pronounced like Felon and I was kinda into it so here it is)
Wonder [name_f]Paige[/name_f]
Wonder [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
Wonder [name_f]Faith[/name_f]
Wonder [name_u]Gwyn[/name_u] (“blessed”, like blessed to be alive)
Wonder [name_m]Bennett[/name_m] (also “blessed”, it’s typically masculine but there are a bunch of feminine variations like [name_f]Benita[/name_f] and [name_f]Benetta[/name_f] that are basically the same name but with an added “a”, so might as well stick with the original)
Wonder [name_m]Donahue[/name_m] (“dark fighter”)

[name_m]Christopher[/name_m] “[name_u]Kit[/name_u]” / “[name_u]Chris[/name_u]”
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] “[name_u]Max[/name_u]”
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] “[name_u]Nick[/name_u]” / “[name_m]Cole[/name_m]” / “[name_u]Nicky[/name_u]”
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] “[name_m]Art[/name_m]” / “[name_m]Artie[/name_m]”
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “[name_m]Fred[/name_m]” / “[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]”
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m] “[name_m]Al[/name_m]” / “[name_u]Alfie[/name_u]” / “[name_m]Fred[/name_m]” / “[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]”
[name_m]Jackson[/name_m] “[name_m]Jack[/name_m]” / “Jacks” / “[name_m]Jax[/name_m]”
[name_u]Michael[/name_u] “[name_m]Mike[/name_m]”
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m] “[name_m]Dom[/name_m]” / “[name_u]Nick[/name_u]” / “[name_u]Nicky[/name_u]”
[name_m]William[/name_m] “[name_m]Bill[/name_m]” / “[name_u]Billy[/name_u]” / “[name_m]Will[/name_m]” / “[name_m]Liam[/name_m]”
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] “[name_m]Will[/name_m]” / “[name_m]Fred[/name_m]” / “[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]”
[name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m] “[name_m]Manny[/name_m]”
[name_m]Steven[/name_m] “[name_u]Stevie[/name_u]” / “[name_m]Steve[/name_m]”
[name_m]Zachary[/name_m] “[name_m]Zack[/name_m]”

You could go the alliterative route and have Wonder and [name_m]William[/name_m]. I like the pairing of Wonder and [name_m]Jackson[/name_m] (I think someone else might’ve suggested that one too). Has the harder sound you might be looking for.

For Wonder, my votes are for [name_u]Kennedy[/name_u], [name_u]Orion[/name_u], [name_u]Leigh[/name_u], [name_m]Bennett[/name_m], and [name_m]Donahue[/name_m].