Something similar to Aiden, but not as common?

General Name Discussion
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[name]Hi[/name] all! My hubby and I have two kids and are expecting boy/girl twins VERY soon, and I’m really stressing about the boy’s name. We’ve decided on [name]Clara[/name] [name]Joy[/name] for the girl. Our older two children are [name]Beckett[/name] [name]Reed[/name] and [name]Summer[/name] [name]Paige[/name].

Hubby really wants to call the baby boy [name]Aiden[/name]. He wanted [name]Aiden[/name] for our first son too and I do like the name, but it’s just so common now and I don’t really want him to be one of five Aidens in his class for his entire life. He suggested we change it to [name]Ayden[/name] or [name]Aaden[/name] to make it more unique but I don’t really think that would do anything but make it more likely to be misspelled. I’ve been trying to think of something similar to [name]Aiden[/name] while staying away from other super-common names like [name]Braedon[/name], [name]Caden[/name], [name]Jayden[/name] etc. [name]Aaron[/name], [name]Alden[/name], and [name]Auden[/name] came to mind but Hubby hates [name]Auden[/name], I’m not crazy about [name]Aaron[/name] and while we kind of like [name]Alden[/name], we don’t know if we love it enough to give it to our son.

So we need a baby boy name that sounds kind of like [name]Aiden[/name] but isn’t as overused, goes well with [name]Beckett[/name], [name]Summer[/name], and especially [name]Clara[/name], and sounds good with a one-syllable middle name. (We didn’t do that on purpose but figured why stop now? It will very likely be [name]James[/name] or [name]Bryce[/name].) Does anyone have any suggestions?

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[name]Arden[/name]
[name]Adrian[/name]
[name]Edan[/name]
[name]Hayden[/name] (I love [name]Hayden[/name])
[name]Ethan[/name]
[name]Liam[/name]
[name]Aaron[/name]
[name]Evan[/name]
[name]Logan[/name]

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[name]Arden[/name]
[name]Adrian[/name]
[name]Edan[/name]
[name]Hayden[/name] (I love [name]Hayden[/name])
[name]Ethan[/name]
[name]Liam[/name]
[name]Aaron[/name]
[name]Evan[/name]
[name]Logan[/name]
[name]Delvin[/name]
[name]Dameon[/name]
[name]Antwan[/name] or [name]Anton[/name]
[name]Owen[/name]

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I think if your husband loves [name]Aidan[/name] it is worth reconsidering. It is a great name.

[name]Eamon[/name] (sounds VERY similar to [name]Aidan[/name] yet is uncommon)
[name]Declan[/name]
[name]Ewan[/name]

emiliaj

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I second [name]Hayden[/name] and [name]Declan[/name], and how about [name]Rowan[/name], [name]Ashton[/name], or [name]Dalton[/name]?

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[name]Aidan[/name] is the traditional spelling, two a’s no e.

[name]Declan[/name] is good.

Other ideas:
[name]Linden[/name]
[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Samson[/name]

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[name]Ethan[/name] (but it’s popular)
[name]Ian[/name]
[name]Evan[/name]
[name]Ivan[/name]
[name]Mason[/name]
[name]Jason[/name]
[name]Damon[/name]
[name]Camden[/name]

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[name]Auden[/name] is my favorite unisex [name]Aidan[/name] sounding name.

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[name]Ewan[/name]
[name]Evan[/name]
[name]Anton[/name]
[name]Anthony[/name]
[name]Ethan[/name]
[name]Asher[/name]
[name]Ashton[/name]

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I really like the name [name]Aidan[/name], but agree that it is too popular. [name]How[/name] about:

[name]Brendan[/name]
[name]Ian[/name]
[name]Evan[/name]
[name]Ethan[/name]
[name]Owen[/name]

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I second [name]Eamon[/name], [name]Ewan[/name], [name]Declan[/name] and [name]Ian[/name]. I would also like to add [name]Gavin[/name] into the mix!

Good luck!

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Names similar to [name]Aiden[/name]: [name]Gavin[/name], [name]Owen[/name], [name]Asher[/name], [name]Elias[/name] and [name]Ian[/name].

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I absolutely love [name]Alden[/name] - I think it’s classic and simple yet a unique and surprising choice. But, if you guys aren’t that into [name]Alden[/name] I’ll second the ideas of [name]Eamon[/name], [name]Declan[/name], and [name]Adrian[/name] and add [name]Desmond[/name] to the list.