Possible Names

Hello Nameberry,

Not expecting to need anymore names anytime soon, (we’re expecting twins within the next two months), but we were talking and drew up this list because we plan to have at least one more child after these two. What do you think?

(with older siblings [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Rose[/name], [name]Jonathan[/name] [name]Andrew[/name] ‘[name]Jonny[/name]’, and [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Drake[/name] ‘[name]Nate[/name]’)

Boy Names We Might Use:
[name]Fletcher[/name]
[name]Finnegan[/name]
[name]Dennison[/name] ‘[name]Denny[/name]’
[name]Caspian[/name] ‘[name]Cass[/name]’
[name]Benjamin[/name] (A longtime favorite of mine)

Girl Names We Might Use:
[name]Sofia[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Aria[/name]
[name]Alissa[/name]
[name]Lennox[/name] ‘[name]Lexi[/name]’
[name]Peyton[/name]
[name]Taylor[/name]

We also really love the nicknames ‘[name]Nick[/name]’ and ‘Lei’ but don’t love [name]Nicholas[/name]/[name]Nico[/name] or [name]Leilah[/name]. Any suggestions for longer names with those nicknames?

What do you think of our Possible Name list? [name]Do[/name] the names go well with our other children’s? Thank you!

  • [name]John[/name] and [name]Drake[/name]

[name]Fletcher[/name] - Personally, I’m not a fan of [name]Fletcher[/name]. It seems a little dated compared to his siblings. [name]Jonathan[/name] and [name]Fletcher[/name] go well together, but not so much [name]Jonny[/name] and [name]Fletcher[/name].
[name]Finnegan[/name] - I love this name, nn could be [name]Finn[/name]? One of my all time favorites.
[name]Dennison[/name] ‘[name]Denny[/name]’ - I love the name [name]Dennison[/name], but not so much the nn [name]Denny[/name]. Plus, [name]Denny[/name] and [name]Jonny[/name] end the same.
[name]Caspian[/name] ‘[name]Cass[/name]’ - Another one of my favorites! [name]Caspian[/name] ends very similar to [name]Jonathan[/name], but if you used the nn [name]Cass[/name] it sounds great with the sibs!
[name]Benjamin[/name] (A longtime favorite of mine) - I love this name because it never gets old. nn [name]Ben[/name]?

[name]Sofia[/name] - I’m not a fan of [name]Sophia[/name] because it sounds a little too matchy-matchy with [name]Olivia[/name]. Maybe [name]Sophie[/name]?
[name]Charlotte[/name] - I love the name, but it seems a little too dated compared to the rest of your children.
[name]Aria[/name] - Sorry, not a fan. :frowning:
[name]Alissa[/name] - I do like this name, but again ending with the ‘uh’ sound is too alike with [name]Olivia[/name] for me.
[name]Lennox[/name] ‘[name]Lexi[/name]’ - [name]LOVE[/name]. This is definitely my favorite so far.
[name]Peyton[/name] - Though I do love the name, it has been jumping in popularity. My daughter’s daycare class has three [name]Peyton[/name]'s in it!
[name]Taylor[/name] - I love the name, but again it is very high in popularity.

Of your choices for a boy, I think [name]Benjamin[/name], with the handsome and friendly nicknames [name]Ben[/name] and [name]Benji[/name], would make a perfect brother to [name]Olivia[/name], [name]Jonny[/name] and [name]Nate[/name]. [name]Caspian[/name] is very handsome, too, although more unusual than your other choices - would this bother you? I don’t mind [name]Finnegan[/name], as I think [name]Finn[/name] would fit nicely with his siblings, but still, as with [name]Fletcher[/name] and [name]Dennison[/name], it seems wrong to fall into the surname names trend when your other choices have been so classic. [name]Daniel[/name] “[name]Danny[/name]” would be, of course, a very similar option to [name]Denny[/name], and you might like [name]Findlay[/name], [name]Finley[/name] or [name]Phineas[/name] in the place of [name]Finnegan[/name].

While [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Rose[/name] is a popular choice, it is also decidedly feminine and elegant, with a lot of class - I feel like a second daughter with a unisex name would feel a little ‘off’, and to me, while it might be spunky, [name]Lennox[/name], [name]Peyton[/name] and [name]Taylor[/name] just don’t have the beauty and history of the Shakespearean [name]Olivia[/name] with its Ancient [name]Roman[/name] roots. Besides, I must admit that [name]Taylor[/name] feels very 90s to me - a little dated already.

[name]Alissa[/name], too, does not have the staying power of [name]Olivia[/name] in my opinion (sorry to be harsh on your favourites), but you might like to consider [name]Alexandra[/name] or [name]Alice[/name] as alternatives. I like the sentiment of [name]Aria[/name], and think she would make a fine sister to [name]Olivia[/name], but my favourites are [name]Sofia[/name] and [name]Charlotte[/name]. [name]Both[/name] are elegant, feminine, and with long and glowing histories, complimenting [name]Olivia[/name] - and [name]Jonathan[/name] and [name]Nathaniel[/name] - perfectly. I personally would choose [name]Charlotte[/name] over [name]Sofia[/name], just because it is slightly less popular, but if you leave that aside [name]Sofia[/name] is actually my favourite. [name]Charlotte[/name] gets a good lot of nickname options, though - the sweet [name]Lottie[/name], the vintage [name]Lotta[/name], the tomboyish [name]Charlie[/name], and you could even go for the full [name]Chuck[/name]/[name]Chance[/name]/[name]Chip[/name] on her, as a spunky gender-bending option which still gives her a lovely formal name to fall back on. You might also like [name]Harriet[/name], [name]Cosima[/name], [name]Flora[/name], [name]Juliet/name, [name]Margo[/name] and [name]Alouette[/name].

Personally I would avoid [name]Nick[/name] if you already have a [name]Nate[/name], but another option if you decided to go for it would be the Russian [name]Nikolai[/name] - could just have the edge for you, although such an exotic choice could feel incongruous next to [name]Nathaniel[/name] and [name]Jonathan[/name]. If you like [name]Nick[/name], you might like [name]Tim[/name] ([name]Timothy[/name]), [name]Pip[/name] ([name]Phillip[/name]) or [name]Sam[/name] ([name]Samuel[/name], [name]Samson[/name]).

As for Lei, there is [name]Leia[/name] (too [name]Star[/name] Wars? Also spelt [name]Lea[/name]-with-an-accent-on-the-E, but as [name]Lea[/name] is sometimes used as a variant spelling of [name]Leah[/name] this could cause confusion in English-speaking countries). There is also the Hawaiian [name]Leilani[/name], the French [name]Leonie[/name], and I think it could work as a nickname for [name]Cecilia[/name] or [name]Lelia[/name], at a stretch. You might also like [name]Lena[/name] ([name]LAY[/name]-na or [name]LEE[/name]-na), which can stand alone or be short for [name]Helena[/name] or [name]Magdalena[/name] - so Lei could be a nickname for those, too.

Good luck!
[name]Auburn[/name]

with [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Rose[/name], [name]Jonathan[/name] [name]Andrew[/name] ‘[name]Jonny[/name]’, and [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Drake[/name] ‘[name]Nate[/name]’

Out of your boys names, [name]Benjamin[/name] would be my top choice, it has the same solid, classic feel as [name]Nathaniel[/name] & [name]Jonathan[/name]. Though I think if you really like the nn ‘[name]Nick[/name]’ you could almost get that nn from [name]Finnegan[/name], though it would be somewhat of a stretch.

Out of your girls names, [name]Charlotte[/name] would be my top choice. [name]Sofia[/name] & [name]Aria[/name] both have the same classic, upper class feel as [name]Olivia[/name] but the similar endings would make me choose [name]Charlotte[/name] over both of them.

Some other options for the nn ‘[name]Nick[/name]’
[name]Domenic[/name]
[name]Nicodemus[/name]
[name]Nicolo[/name]

Some other options for the nn ‘Lei’
[name]Leilani[/name]
[name]Madeleine[/name]
[name]Soleil[/name]