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HelpNew Here and Looking for Advice and Help on a Name for Baby #2
Hello to everyone! I'm 19 weeks pregnant and expecting my second child with a due date of December 8th, at my ultra sound last Friday I found out the sex of the baby. Which I'm so happy to say is another little boy. I have a four year old (he just had a birthday on June 12) who has asked for brother consistently since last Hallowe'en.
I'm really into names and I was so set on my oldest sons name, which is Adriaan James (Arie) after both my and my husband's maternal grandfather's. I want something that goes with Adriaan, so I picked Nicolaas if I had another son not long after Arie was born. Unfortunately I've never settled on a middle name.
We want something simple and masculine, somewhat traditional, possibly biblical and nothing trendy or unique. Nicolaas is unique in itself since I want(ed) all of my sons to have Dutch first names and English middle names. Which is due to the fact husband and I are both one-fourth Dutch, one-fourth German, and one-fourth Anglo-American. I also spent a year and a half abroad in the Netherlands where I got my MA.
Combinations of Interest:
*Nicolaas John
*Nicolaas Gordon
Nicolaas Amos
Nicolaas Elihu
*Nicolaas Thomas
Nicolaas Timothy
Nicolaas Robert
*higher ranking
I'm up for any suggestions, and thank you for any help or advice
I'm really into names and I was so set on my oldest sons name, which is Adriaan James (Arie) after both my and my husband's maternal grandfather's. I want something that goes with Adriaan, so I picked Nicolaas if I had another son not long after Arie was born. Unfortunately I've never settled on a middle name.
We want something simple and masculine, somewhat traditional, possibly biblical and nothing trendy or unique. Nicolaas is unique in itself since I want(ed) all of my sons to have Dutch first names and English middle names. Which is due to the fact husband and I are both one-fourth Dutch, one-fourth German, and one-fourth Anglo-American. I also spent a year and a half abroad in the Netherlands where I got my MA.
Combinations of Interest:
*Nicolaas John
*Nicolaas Gordon
Nicolaas Amos
Nicolaas Elihu
*Nicolaas Thomas
Nicolaas Timothy
Nicolaas Robert
*higher ranking
I'm up for any suggestions, and thank you for any help or advice
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I favor Nicholaas John. If I had to pick any middle name for Nicholaas that was English, I'd choose Arthur or Henry.
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Adriaan is so, so cool.
Nicolaas is great too. The nickname Nico is really cute, if you're into using nicknames?
From the higher-ranking ones I like Nicolaas Thomas and from the lower ranking ones I like Nicolaas Timothy (this is my favourite one).
I'd also love Nicolaas Julian, Nicolaas Benjamin and Nicolaas Eli.
Nicolaas is great too. The nickname Nico is really cute, if you're into using nicknames?
From the higher-ranking ones I like Nicolaas Thomas and from the lower ranking ones I like Nicolaas Timothy (this is my favourite one).
I'd also love Nicolaas Julian, Nicolaas Benjamin and Nicolaas Eli.
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I really like Nicolaas John.
My husbands name is Nicolaas (Nico) and he gets quite frustrated because no one ever pronounces his full name correctly, just something to keep in mind if you're not living Dutch speaking area.
My husbands name is Nicolaas (Nico) and he gets quite frustrated because no one ever pronounces his full name correctly, just something to keep in mind if you're not living Dutch speaking area.
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I'm sure it will be mispronounced, Adriaan is often mispronounced and no one spells Arie correctly, but I want my kids to have nice names that aren't trendy and aren't common, and tie into our heritage and personal lives. Luckily some in my town might since part of it was founded by Dutch immigrants. At the moment my other son likes his name, obviously he's four though and that will probably change. Still, I think Adriaan James is a wonderful name and I am sure I'll never regret naming him that.
My two favorites are Nicolaas John and Nicolaas Gordon, but it's still undetermied. :)
Thanks, and my apologies for the drawn out reply, haha!
My two favorites are Nicolaas John and Nicolaas Gordon, but it's still undetermied. :)
Thanks, and my apologies for the drawn out reply, haha!
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Both were shots in the dark, both names in my family. I'm not particularly pleased with Robert because of correlations but I think it's a wonderful name. I love it on it's own, without nicknames. Thanks for the input!
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Congrats! I too am expecting my second DS and my boys will also be around 4 years apart! As for the name, I like:
Nicolaas John
Nicolaas Elihu
Nicolaas Robert
I also think these would work:
Nicolaas Abel
Nicolaas Paul
Nicolaas Eli
Nicolaas Aaron
Nicolaas Benjamin
Nicolaas Joshua
Nicolaas Judah
Nicolaas John
Nicolaas Elihu
Nicolaas Robert
I also think these would work:
Nicolaas Abel
Nicolaas Paul
Nicolaas Eli
Nicolaas Aaron
Nicolaas Benjamin
Nicolaas Joshua
Nicolaas Judah
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Out of yours I love the middle names Aaron and Benjamin. I especially love Aaron, but don't think it'd work with the aa's so close together. :(
My oldest will be 4 1/2 by the time #2 is born, and if another comes I hope they're closer in age, I really want a little sister for them both. But that's miles ahead! I'm just thrilled with the one I have and the one I have to look forward to at the moment. :)
Congrats on your upcoming due date by the way! I'll be looking forward to the possible news.
My oldest will be 4 1/2 by the time #2 is born, and if another comes I hope they're closer in age, I really want a little sister for them both. But that's miles ahead! I'm just thrilled with the one I have and the one I have to look forward to at the moment. :)
Congrats on your upcoming due date by the way! I'll be looking forward to the possible news.
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Thanks for the response. :)
We most likely will, we used a diminutive for Arie so I'd like to use one for Nicolaas as well. I'm hoping he doesn't turn up another Nick(y) and I detest Nico personally -not that I believe it's not cute, but personal correlations - so I'm really digging Kai or maybe another nickname that'd fit. Klaas is a nice name, but I'm positive it'd get picked on so that's a no-go.
For all that, we won't know entirely until we've met them and I'd be really happy if Arie could help us choose his nickname at least. Still, I think Arie and Kai would be such cute names together!
We most likely will, we used a diminutive for Arie so I'd like to use one for Nicolaas as well. I'm hoping he doesn't turn up another Nick(y) and I detest Nico personally -not that I believe it's not cute, but personal correlations - so I'm really digging Kai or maybe another nickname that'd fit. Klaas is a nice name, but I'm positive it'd get picked on so that's a no-go.
For all that, we won't know entirely until we've met them and I'd be really happy if Arie could help us choose his nickname at least. Still, I think Arie and Kai would be such cute names together!
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