Middle name suggestions???

cookieslove1

hi ladies! It's been a while since I've posted I've had my babe's name picked since 16 wks when we found out he was a HE but as we near 33 weeks im starting to feel middle name anxiety...His first name will be Dorien and I promised daddy that his initials would be DNW same as his. His dad's middle name is Nathaniel which Im not a huge fan of :-/ please help me think of some good middle name ideas...any of you ladies having name anxiety?

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mlee116

I actually really like Nathaniel, so that gets my vote  

Other suggestions:

Nathan

Nicholas

Nolan

Noah

Nate

I'm still liking Nathaniel better than these though.  All the other ones I can think of, like Nelson, sound like last names.

klmurner

Shorten it to Nate or Nathan? Nicholas is nice. Noah... Very little can be worse than my great grandpa who went by Newt

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RicKeyBaby

December baby....maybe Noel?

ae793

I like Nicholas too that's the only thing that popped into mind and I think it sounds good too I'm in the same boat. DH and I have decided on Connor for the first name but are having trouble with the middle name. His family doesn't like Connor---they'd prefer (no joke) "Guy Solomon"...

mcr957

My nephew's name is Nathaniel so that also gets my vote! But of the other suggestions, I like Nicholas also. We settled on our LO's name a few weeks ago so no anxiety over here, but go with your gut!

chicorojo

Nathaniel and Nicholas are nice and flow well.

ginalisa28

I like Dorian Nicolas. The only time I ever heard Dorian, was Oscar wildes character. Thought it was a purely masculine name.

cookieslove1

I've heard more women named Dorian and I thought adding an E would make it a little more masculine being that I have a female relative that spells it with an A.I do like Nicolas and Noel but I was thinking Noel may be feminine as well so idk how hubby will feel about TWO unisex names

cookieslove1

And I would have loved to just used Gray as the middle name but unfortunately doesn't start with N

krystrist2014

Dorien Neil?

Dorien Noel?

Dorien Nelson?

Dorien Niles?

Dorien Nixon?

Dorien Nash?

 

 

krystrist2014

cookieslove1 said:

I've heard more women named Dorian and I thought adding an E would make it a little more masculine being that I have a female relative that spells it with an A.I do like Nicolas and Noel but I was thinking Noel may be feminine as well so idk how hubby will feel about TWO unisex names

Noel is definitely masculine (IMO). Noelle would be feminine.

pinklepop

I like Nicolas too

cookieslove1

I spoke to hubby and he's against the baby having his middle name, Nathaniel since he's not going to be a jr. Ugh [-(

RaeChay

Nicolai, Noah or Nero. Or Neo. 

ginalisa28

My first son is Nicolae.(After his dad) nico for Short.
That's the Romanian way of spelling Nicolai, Nikolai

soulcupcake

I prefer Dorian (with an "a") if paired with Nicholas or Nathaniel (due to "a's" in both names -- yeah, I'm picky about that stuff).

brookey79

I only know one person named Dorian and he's male, so I have always thought of it as a masculine name.  Haven't seen Dorien before.  

My vote would be for Nicholas or Niall.

cookieslove1

@brookey79‌ ‌ how do you pronounce Niall?

efgallarday

Dorian reminds me of Dorian Gray, which is a story by Oscar Wilde. I think it's a nice name. Maybe Dorian Noah?

ginalisa28

There is one more Dorian I can think of and its a male. The bad tough guy from the movie the mask, with Jim Carey

rshamos

Before I read your whole post, I thought Nathaniel. Someone else suggested Nash, which I like as well. Middle names don't have to be your favorite name, I like when they have a special meaning. Maybe Nathaniel can be a new tradition for you to pass down?