http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2010\/07\/23\/baby-boy-greenfield\/<\/a><\/p>\nWe ended up naming our son Evan Maxwell Greenfield. He was going to be Max right up until the eve of my scheduled emergency c-section, but somehow Evan started to feel much more “right”. We didn’t settle on his full name until he was born. Several hours after his birth and (my parents begging to know the baby’s name!), we decided to risk it and use both favorite boys names we loved in one fell swoop. I let my husband “win” by using the more formal Maxwell instead of Max. Now, I obviously regret that just a little but can’t imagine him with any other name.<\/p>\n
So now I’m due with baby boy #2 in October and it’s back to the drawing board. I do still really like Alexander (Alex for short). We have very close friend named Alex and his full name is Alejandro, so I feel like if we used Alexander it would somehow distinguish our boy’s name a little bit. Though I would really plan to use Alex down the line. What are your thoughts on Evan and Alex for brother names?<\/p>\n
Also, we’d like to use either the initials J or S for a middle name. My grandfather was named Julius and we have multiple grandmothers with S names to honor. These are the (very) few names that are in the running.<\/p>\n
Alexander Jacob Greenfield
\nAlexander Jules Greenfield
\nJacob Alexander Greenfield
\nAlexander Samuel Greenfield<\/p>\n
There seem to be so few good S names. And I actually really like Jacob as a middle or first name, but I hate the nickname Jake (so thought maybe a middle name would eliminate that). It makes me think of the book “Jacob Have I Loved” from my childhood. Though it seems incredibly popular right now and I don’t love the Twilight association. We could also still use the name Cooper as a middle name. I would have loved to use something kind of offbeat for a middle name like Sky or Blue (though it sounds corny to write type that out) but our last name doesn’t really lend itself to that style. I also like Reid.<\/p>\n
Are there any other names that come to mind that have a similar look\/feel to the names I listed? Would love to hear your suggestions.
\nThank you!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I think Evan and Alex make very compatible brother names (I think Alex is even more compatible than Alexander), and it’s nice that the name has some of the sound of Max.<\/p>\n
I’d also suggest Alec again.<\/p>\n
If you love the name Jacob, but it’s too popular and you hate the nickname Jake, I’m definitely in favor of your idea of using it as the middle name. The nice thing about a name being popular is that the associations become very diluted: I don’t think of Twilight particularly.<\/p>\n
Or Caleb is a nice Jacob alternative for either the first or middle name.<\/p>\n
I also think Scott would make a handsome middle name: Alexander Scott Greenfield.<\/p>\n
Or Stephen: Alexander Stephen Greenfield.<\/p>\n
And I like your idea of Samuel; that seems very compatible with Maxwell.<\/p>\n
More first-name suggestions:<\/p>\n
Andrew
\nAsher
\nDaniel
\nDerek
\nJackson
\nJared
\nJasper
\nJeremy
\nJoel
\nJoshua
\nKyle
\nRhys
\nSpencer<\/p>\n
Sawyer might make a nice S middle name along the lines of Cooper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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