Help with baby boy name

scraig6812

Hi all, I'm really struggling with this one. We just found out we're having a second boy and I'm a little worried about choosing a name. Our first son's name is Abraham James, and we want to make sure we choose a name that can stand alongside this name. We'd like to go with something classic and biblical but don't like going with something popular (which is how we chose Abe!). I keep coming back to Peter, but for some reason I'm hesitant about it. I'm also having a hard time choosing a potential middle name if we went with Peter. Our last name is Craig which I feel like makes it a bit more difficult.

Any suggestions on names... or middle names for Peter? 

Thanks everyone!!

thetacobelle

I love Peter! I think it's great as a FN, but works well as a middle name. Here are a few strong, less popular, biblical names I like.

Solomon
Josiah
Gideon
Urijah
Felix
Boaz
Ezekiel 
Titus

kmvisioli

Silas
Ezekiel (nn Zeke)
Judah
Josiah
Titus (nn Ty)
Thomas
David
Adam

scraig6812

Thanks for the input ladies!! I really appreciate it. I sort of like the sound of Peter Solomon...
I will do some thinking on the rest!

nerdtoyourmother

Peter Solomon is a solid choice! 

Peter Benjamin
Peter Christian?
Peter Elijah

Love Judah and Titus from above...

Levi
Micah
Jesse
Shepherd
Ransom
(Those last 2 are not 'Biblical names' per se, but definitely lend themselves to a Biblical worldview/chance to explain why you chose them. )

scraig6812

Thanks for your input, I love hearing all your guys thoughts! We like Michael and Daniel as well but worry about the Daniel Craig associations. And just not sure if Peter Michael can stand up to sounding as strong as Abraham James. 

bawags

I think Solomon would be a great choice for a first name!

Suggestions
Simon
Judah
Jericho
Thomas
Boaz
Josiah

I don't really love the name Peter, but here are some mn suggestions
Peter Thomas
Peter David
Peter Lawrence
Peter Joshua
Peter Benjamin 

kmvisioli

Adding a few more:
Timothy
Asher
Samuel
Isaiah
Micah

I think Peter is a fine choice! If you're just not sold on it as a first name, it would be great in the mn spot for a lot of these. Micah Peter, Samuel Peter, Isaiah Peter...

scraig6812

Thanks again for the input everyone. I guess nothing has really struck me yet, the way it did when we chose the name for our first. So far Peter Solomon is definitely sticking out the most.. as well as possibly Peter Charles (my husband's name). Someone on another thread mentioned Abe and Pete not sounding great together... thoughts on that? I guess that doesn't bother me *that* much since they will take their names individually throughout their lives.

nerdtoyourmother

You expressed one of the ideas in a favorite naming article of mine! I MIGHT never even get to name another baby, and I still find the ideas in here so refreshing and liberating. 

https://blog.latchedmama.com/2018/02/05/baby-names-never-used/

scraig6812

@nerdtoyourmother
 Thanks, I really needed that! Really good points.