Ok, I am dying to be a part of the “just for fun” list updating! I have always had a pretty good sense of what my naming style was, so it’s not too hard to find name that I like in general, but I have only recently figured out why I prefer some of the names on my list more than others. I am a huge sucker for three syllable boy names! There I said it.
There are plenty of wonderful names that I love almost everything about, but in terms of those I have actually considered using they have never been any more or less than three syllables. I just did a search through the database and it came up with over 3,000 choices to meet that criteria so I certainly have plenty to choose from… However, I have one more requirement that I’ve been recently looking into. I want there to be the chance of a 3 letter nickname option as well. What? Yep, my name is only 3 letters long and there aren’t many of those I’m fond of but I love having that subtle connection between me and [name]Dom[/name] so I’d like to see what else would give me that. I’ve thought of a few but I know there have got to be more than I am able come up with so help me out… Please and thank you! =]
Ok here are some of my fave boys names. For boys and girls, I tend to like longer names with spunky nicknames. I feel like it will give kids a lot of versatility.
[name]Josiah[/name] - [name]Joe[/name]
[name]Benedict[/name] - [name]Ben[/name]
[name]Augustus[/name] - [name]Gus[/name]
[name]Augustine[/name] - [name]Gus[/name]
[name]Malachi[/name] - [name]Chi[/name] ([name]Ky[/name])
[name]Ezekiel[/name] - [name]Zeke[/name]
[name]Jebediah[/name] - [name]Jeb[/name]
[name]Zebediah[/name] - [name]Zeb[/name]
[name]Japheth[/name] - Japh (jafe) - not 3 syllables but I love it
[name]Ignatius[/name] - Ig or [name]Nate[/name]
[name]Leonidas[/name] - [name]Leo[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Raphael[/name]
[name]Balthasar[/name] - Bal
[name]Salvador[/name] - [name]Sal[/name]
[name]Mordecai[/name] - [name]Cai[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name] - Xav
[name]Solomon[/name] - [name]Sol[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name] - [name]Fred[/name]
Oh thank you guys, I knew you would have some lovely ones for me! Writing almost all of these down… (And I love that people keep sticking [name]Gabriel[/name] in there.)
@mischa, essjay & charlieandperry, missu: Thank you all so much, I’m going to have to go through these more closely later but I really love a lot of them! This is so exciting! I am such a fan of nicknames, so it seemed like something I really wanted a seperate list for, these are perfect.
@[name]Ottilie[/name], thanks! [name]Sebastian[/name] and [name]Benjamin[/name] are my favorites too. (Yay [name]Orion[/name], hehe.) I am not at All prepared to have a girl. You’ll definitely have to help me if I ever do, you’re much better at it! =]
I’ve got a son [name]Dominic[/name] too, what a great name it is.
[name]How[/name] about:
[name]Adrian[/name] ‘[name]Ade[/name]’ or ‘[name]Ian[/name]’
[name]Jeremy[/name] ‘[name]Jer[/name]’ or ‘[name]Jez[/name]’ or ‘[name]Jem[/name]’
[name]Kennedy[/name] ‘[name]Ken[/name]’
[name]Eduardo[/name] ‘[name]Edd[/name]’ or ‘[name]Edi[/name]’
[name]Solomon[/name] ‘[name]Sol[/name]’ or ‘Mon’
Came up with a few more…
[name]Aeneas[/name] - Nee
Diggory - Dig
[name]Everett[/name] - Ret
[name]Lazarus[/name] - Laz/Zar/Rus
[name]Massimo[/name] - [name]Max[/name]/[name]Mio[/name]
Merrion - [name]Merry[/name] (I know it isn’t three letters, but c’mon!)
[name]Percival[/name] - [name]Per[/name]/[name]Val[/name]
[name]Peverell[/name] - Pev
[name]Philemon[/name] - Fil/Mon
Pipperell - [name]Pip[/name]
[name]Rainier[/name] - [name]Ray[/name]
[name]Reginald[/name] - [name]Reg[/name]
Some of these might be a bit of a stretch: