{"id":12967,"date":"2017-09-25T09:32:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T13:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=12967"},"modified":"2017-09-25T09:32:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T13:32:29","slug":"baby-boy-zongs-brother-to-william-and-benjamin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2017\/09\/25\/baby-boy-zongs-brother-to-william-and-benjamin\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boy Zong@s, Brother to William and Benjamin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle,<\/p>\n

I am expecting my third baby in early April, another boy! This will be our last child. I always joked that I couldn\u2019t have another boy because I couldn\u2019t possibly come up with another boy name, but here I am! My first 2 are: William Elliot and Benjamin Oliver. Our last name is pronounced Zong@s with a silent T on the front. With a difficult to pronounce and spell last name it\u2019s important that first names are relatively straightforward. As you can see we also prefer more timeless names that shorten easily, though William is still always William, Benjamin is often Ben or Benj.<\/p>\n

This baby\u2019s middle name will be Patrick. Although we didn\u2019t use honour names with our first 2, I was with my uncle Patrick when he passed away, and hours later I found out I was pregnant again with this baby.<\/p>\n

Our front runners are:<\/p>\n

Sebastian \u2013 our favourite, but not a fan of the nickname options. William, Benjamin & Sebastian sounds great, but Will, Ben and Seb?!? Or Will, Ben and Bash\/Bastian?!? I just don\u2019t think those work\u2026<\/p>\n

Nathan or Nathaniel \u2013 both full name and nickname are good, just not sure it\u2019s the one<\/p>\n

Lucas \u2013 I love this name, but feel like this doesn\u2019t work well with our last name<\/p>\n

Other names we\u2019ve considered:<\/p>\n

Theodore \u2013 too formal, although a great nickname<\/p>\n

Maxwell \u2013 don\u2019t love the full name (and other Max starts are too formal), love the nickname<\/p>\n

Marcus<\/p>\n

Elijah<\/p>\n

Names we won’t use: Alexander, Samuel, Nicholas, Thomas, Christian, Michael.<\/p>\n

If this baby was a girl, her name would have been Cecilia.<\/p>\n

Should we just go with Sebastian and not worry about the nickname issue? I\u2019d love your input on the names we\u2019re considering and anything else we should re-consider with a fresh set of eyes!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Sebastian seems about as formal as Theodore to me; that is, I think either of them would be fine in the sibling group but that both are a little dressier than William\/Benjamin. Although the nicknames Seb\/Sebby don’t come as naturally to me as Will\/Ben do, I think this is because I grew up with a couple of boys named Ben and I know a bunch of children named Will and Ben now, but I haven’t yet known a Sebastian. If I practice it a little, it doesn’t take me long to be able to picture saying, “Hey, Seb—time to brush your teeth” or “Hey, Seb, we leave in five minutes, okay?”<\/p>\n

Nathan\/Nathaniel\/Nate seems great to me.<\/p>\n

I agree with you that Lucas Zong@s does not quite work. It hits my ear with a comical bouncing near-rhyme. Marcus is similar.<\/p>\n

I suggest Jonathan. Jonathan Patrick Zong@s; William, Benjamin, and Jonathan; Will, Ben, and Jon.<\/p>\n

Or Daniel. Similar to Nathaniel. Daniel Patrick Zong@s; William, Benjamin, and Daniel. Will, Ben, and Dan.<\/p>\n

Or Jacob. Jacob Patrick Zong@s; William, Benjamin, and Jacob; Will, Ben, and Jake.<\/p>\n

Or Calvin. Calvin Patrick Zong@s; William, Benjamin, and Calvin; Will, Ben, and Cal.<\/p>\n

Or Charles. Charles Patrick Zong@s; William, Benjamin, and Charles; Will, Ben, and Charlie.<\/p>\n

Or Gabriel. Gabriel Patrick Zong@s; William, Benjamin, and Gabriel; Will, Ben, and Gabe.<\/p>\n

I’d like to suggest Wesley, but I’m not sure about it: possibly the nickname shares too many sounds with the other two nicknames. Wesley Patrick Zong@s; William, Benjamin, and Wesley; Will, Ben, and Wes.<\/p>\n

If you decide to give up on the preference for a nickname, I suggest Henry. Henry Patrick Zong@s; William, Benjamin, and Henry. I think Henry’s Y-ending gives it a sound that’s compatible with nicknames, so that even if William eventually goes by Will, I still like the sound of Will, Ben, and Henry. Or you could use Hank or Harry as a nickname.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle, I am expecting my third baby in early April, another boy! This will be our last child. I always joked that I couldn\u2019t have another boy because I couldn\u2019t possibly come up with another boy name, but here I am! My first 2 are: William Elliot and Benjamin Oliver. Our last name is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-3n9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12968,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12967\/revisions\/12968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}