{"id":15789,"date":"2022-03-12T16:58:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T20:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=15789"},"modified":"2022-03-12T17:09:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T21:09:27","slug":"baby-boy-keller-brother-to-thomas-tommy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2022\/03\/12\/baby-boy-keller-brother-to-thomas-tommy\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boy Keller, Brother to Thomas (Tommy)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle!<\/p>\n

You helped us name our son<\/a> in 2017, Thomas Baldwin Keller, he goes by Tommy.<\/p>\n

We have another boy coming this May and are desperate for some new ideas! While we would welcome more kids, this baby is YEARS in the making, so likely our last.<\/p>\n

Our previous names that were on our old list seem boring now to me; Brooks, Liam, Wyatt (still like but can’t use), Graham.<\/p>\n

I really like the idea of having a formal name and then a nickname, but not necessary. We had great girl names, but I can’t seem to match my excitement around those; Campbell, June, Reese, Annie, Caroline.<\/p>\n

We can’t use; Teddy, John, Charlie, Jack<\/p>\n

Middle name would likely be my maiden name, Petersen or my dads full name, James. Could also be my husbands full name, Jackson.<\/p>\n

Our Top Contenders:<\/p>\n

Bo, what would a formal name be? Is Bo a nickname for William?
\nEverett James Keller (Rhett), weird to spell a nickname different?
\nWhitaker James Keller (Whit), trying to decide if I feel like its too girly?
\nBriggs Petersen\/or Jacks Keller<\/p>\n

Very open to new ideas. I like the unique exciting ones, but do worry I will chicken out in the hospital and will walk out with something super traditional!<\/p>\n

Thank you!!<\/p>\n

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

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I might consider Bo as a nickname for Robert. Though with a brother named Thomas and called Tommy, Robert\/Robbie feels more natural to me.<\/p>\n

Everett\/Rhett is a familiar combination to me. It also feels familiar to have nicknames spelled differently than the given name—as with Thomas\/Tommy, where it’s Tommy and not Thommy.<\/p>\n

Whitaker and Briggs feel like such a different style than Thomas! It’s not a clash, but it’s a surprising leap. There’s no rule that you have to stay with the same style, but it’s something to take into consideration if you’d LIKE the names to coordinate. (If I encountered this kind of pairing in the wild, I would guess the parents had felt forced to use a family name for the first child, and then had switched to their own naming style. Because this happens pretty commonly, it makes the traditional\/unusual combination a little less startling than it might otherwise be.)<\/p>\n

I don’t find Whitaker girlish, but I find Whitaker Keller kind of a lot of K and -er.<\/p>\n

I don’t want to eliminate the option of using your birth surname as the middle name—but if you decide not to use it ANYWAY, then I suggest Peter as a first name. It’s traditional\/familiar like Thomas, but feels surprisingly uncommon. Peter James Keller; Thomas and Peter; Tommy and Pete\/PJ. More options:<\/p>\n

August Keller; Thomas and August; Tommy and Gus
\nBenjamin Keller; Thomas and Benjamin; Tommy and Benny\/Ben
\nCalvin Keller, if you like the alliteration; Thomas and Calvin; Tommy and Cal
\nCamden Keller, again with alliteration; Thomas and Camden; Tommy and Cam
\nDaniel Keller; Thomas and Daniel; Tommy and Danny\/Dan
\nEdmund Keller; Thomas and Edmund; Tommy and Eddie
\nFranklin Keller; Thomas and Franklin; Tommy and Frankie
\nGeorge Keller; Thomas and George; Tommy and Georgie
\nHarvey Keller; Thomas and Harvey; Tommy and Harvey
\nHenry Keller; Thomas and Henry; Tommy and Hank
\nJoseph Keller; Thomas and Joseph; Tommy and Joey
\nLouis Keller; Thomas and Louis; Tommy and Louie
\nNicholas Keller; Thomas and Nicholas; Tommy and Nick
\nNolan Keller; Thomas and Nolan; Tommy and Nolan
\nSamuel Keller; Thomas and Samuel; Tommy and Sammy
\nWesley Keller; Thomas and Wesley; Tommy and Wes
\nWilson Keller; Thomas and Wilson; Tommy and Wils\/Will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle! You helped us name our son in 2017, Thomas Baldwin Keller, he goes by Tommy. We have another boy coming this May and are desperate for some new ideas! While we would welcome more kids, this baby is YEARS in the making, so likely our last. Our previous names that were on our […]<\/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-15789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-46F","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15789","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=15789"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15796,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15789\/revisions\/15796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}