{"id":14072,"date":"2019-03-12T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=14072"},"modified":"2019-05-09T06:21:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T10:21:34","slug":"baby-boy-giant-with-a-w-brother-to-everett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2019\/03\/12\/baby-boy-giant-with-a-w-brother-to-everett\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boy Giant-with-a-W, Brother to Everett"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Swistle,<\/p>\n

My husband and I are due in one month (April 6th) with our second son and most likely our last child.<\/p>\n

Our first son is Everett James (Ev). My husband\u2019s name is James, and my name is Katelyn (Katie). Our last name sounds like Giant but with a W.<\/p>\n

We plan on using David for the middle name, but we are stuck on the first name. We would love for our son to have a strong first name with a great short nickname like his brother.<\/p>\n

Initially we loved Theodore (Teddy) because our baby looked like a teddy bear in his first sonogram, but after some more thought, we felt that it was a little old-fashioned for us and the nicknames of Theo and Teddy didn\u2019t feel like the right fit.<\/p>\n

After looking at many baby name books, we settled on Griffin for most of the pregnancy, but in the last couple of weeks, we\u2019ve started to question that choice because we don\u2019t like the nicknames Griff or Finn. We still love the name, but we just aren\u2019t completely sure about it.<\/p>\n

In the past couple of weeks, we landed on Max. It is a strong name, and we love it. The only issue is that we don\u2019t like any of the long forms of the name \u2013 Maxwell, Maximus, etc., so it would just be Max. We\u2019re not sure if that\u2019s too short of a name for a birth certificate.<\/p>\n

Some other names that we\u2019ve considered and rejected are: Henry, Peter, Thomas, Sidney, Ethan, Mitchell, Jackson, William, Jonah, Maddox, and Bradley.<\/p>\n

If the baby was a girl, the top names would be Posey, Eleanora, or Anna.<\/p>\n

We could really use your help!<\/p>\n

Thanks and best wishes,<\/p>\n

Katie<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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There are types\/categories of nicknames, and I’m not clear on the lines between all of them (and I don’t think there ARE clear lines between them), but there are some I consider Nickname Nicknames (such as Max for Maxwell, or Will for William), and some I think of more as…abbreviations, or short forms, or something that is a nickname but not in the same way. I think one way to help find the line is whether or not the child would write the nickname on a school paper. I would say generally yes for Max, but generally no for Ev—though of course it would vary from person to person. Still, in general I would think an Everett would not typically write Ev on a school paper, even if it were common for his parents to say “Hey Ev, time for dinner.”<\/p>\n

In fact, I would generally think of Everett as a name that didn’t have a natural nickname: if parents said a nickname was important to them, I would not suggest the name Everett. So when you ask me to find another name with a great short nickname like Everett\/Ev, I’m not sure what to search for. I’m not sure if I should look for names that DO have what I consider great short nicknames (the Maxwell\/Max, Benjamin\/Ben, Samuel\/Sam category), or if I should look for names similar to Everett\/Ev (the Simon\/Si, Emmett\/Em, Keegan\/Keeg category). My plan, then, is to look for names I think go well with Everett, and then just see what is available for nicknames and short forms.<\/p>\n

I suggest Oliver, nickname Ollie. Everett and Oliver, Ev and Ollie.<\/p>\n

Or Frederick, nickname Freddie. Everett and Frederick, Ev and Freddie.<\/p>\n

Or Louis, nickname Louie. Everett and Louis, Ev and Louie.<\/p>\n

Or Nolan, though I’m not sure about a nickname. Nole? Lannie? Perhaps one would emerge on its own. Everett and Nolan.<\/p>\n

Or Charles, nickname Charlie. Everett and Charles, Ev and Charlie.<\/p>\n

Or Malcolm, nickname Mal. Everett and Malcolm, Ev and Mal.<\/p>\n

Or Franklin, nickname Frankie. Everett and Franklin, Ev and Frankie.<\/p>\n

Or Calvin, nickname Cal. Everett and Calvin, Ev and Cal.<\/p>\n

Or George, nickname Georgie. Everett and George, Ev and Georgie.<\/p>\n

Or August, nickname Gus. Everett and August, Ev and Gus.<\/p>\n

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The name Max feels to me as if it goes with brothers named Jack and Sam, while Everett feels as if it goes with somewhat dressier names such as Jasper and Simon. And I don’t like the way the -x of Max blends into the Wy- of the surname: I get an unpleasant “kswy” sound. And it doesn’t meet your preference for another name\/nickname combination. But both Everett and Max are vintage-revival names, so their styles overlap; and I don’t think the name Max is too short for a birth certificate if you don’t like the longer forms.<\/p>\n

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Name update:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Swistle, <\/p>\n

Thank you so much for your thoughtful naming advice and the wonderful input from your readers! Our baby boy arrived a month ago, and we ended up naming him Max. We are so happy and grateful for your help! <\/p>\n

Best wishes,
\nKatie<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Swistle, My husband and I are due in one month (April 6th) with our second son and most likely our last child. Our first son is Everett James (Ev). My husband\u2019s name is James, and my name is Katelyn (Katie). Our last name sounds like Giant but with a W. We plan on using […]<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-name-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-3EY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14072","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=14072"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14151,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14072\/revisions\/14151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}