I give up/DH might get this one....your thoughts?

sept9107bride · August 2015

Our last name wasn't the most loved here so I'm coming back. Your thoughts on the following: James Matthew or James Joseph?

Siblings: Asher Thomas, Miles Edmund, Liam Robert

DH's full name is Thoma.s Matthe.w. He picked James. I'm not the biggest fan due to possible nn Jamie and that I like 2 syllable names. But we're getting no where and have about 30 days left. Sigh.

Names I love, he has rejected: Luca, Dylan

Names he loves that I rejected: Joshua, Adam

Names that we thought might be "the one" but weren't: Everett, John, Owen

Thanks ladies! If I finally get a girl, her name (for the last 8 years) will be Lucia Grace. So easy!

kayway85 · August 2015

I'm not big on alliteration for names, and my sons name is matthew, so I'm bias. I also like that Matthew is a family name.

kanga915 · August 2015

My brother is James and no one has ever tried to call him Jamie. It's not one of those automatic nicknames like Jess for Jessica or Chris for Christopher. I like James a lot. Either mn sounds good. Both options read very Biblical (which I love, but just giving you that impression in case that's not what you're going for)

letyourheartbeyourguide · August 2015

I wouldn't worry about Jamie as a nn for James.

What about Matthew James?

ashleyandely · August 2015

James Matthew.

nurse714 · August 2015

I love James. I like James Matthew.

sept9107bride · August 2015

letyourheartbeyourguide said:

I wouldn't worry about Jamie as a nn for James. What about Matthew James?

I should have prefaced it...my husband goes by Matthew. And his FN went to our first son's middle name.

Both DH and my MIL have suggested he just be DH's name JR which I politely vetoed no.

CaboBride2015 · August 2015

I think either one is nice. Four boys and you avoided a jr.... I'm actually kind of impressed!

momo21 · August 2015

James Matthew. I know a few little boys named James and not one has ever gone by Jamie. It's a great name!

JNGettinMarried · August 2015

Agree with James Matthew. DH is James and I've never heard anyone call him Jamie... every once in awhile a person of an older generation will go for Jim. He usually just rolls with it but if it's at work or somewhere he thinks it might stick he just tells them that he prefers James and it's never a problem.

magsugar13 · August 2015

James matthew

theGDpaterfamilias · August 2015

If you want a two syllable NN, Jimmy is right there for the taking. I don't like it on an adult but for a little boy Jimmy fits. It's a much more natural fit than Jamie. Or just call him James no matter what kids at school use. My wife's parents are the only people I know who call her by her full name but there's nothing wrong with that. She just started using a shortened form in late high school.