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Luna C · January 2014

I know we have a name board, but I want opinions from my June Bumpies, since I like and trust you guys more. Deal with it.

Looking for some help in choosing boy name alternatives. Baby's last name is Italian but fairly short. (Sounds pretty close to Barillo.)

We don't like trendy or super popular names, loathe "unique" names. We'd like something classic but not super-common, with a strong sound to it. Ideally, the name would have a nodding acquaintance to, or at least "go" with, one or more of our ethnicities -- Italian, French and Russian. (This could be very subtle, I don't necessarily mean names like Enzo, Pierre and Feodor.)

I LOVE the name Nicholas. DH likes it a lot, but hates the nickname Nick and isn't really feeling any of the alternatives either.

I've thrown out other options (some of which I like more than others):

Alexander

Steven

RIchard

Daniel

Joshua

All of which were rejected by DH for various reasons (too close to a friend's son's name, bad nickname, creepy second cousin's name, just not feeling it, etc.)

Any other suggestions that might work for us? Or feedback on Nicholas/Nick issue? I feel like Nick is such an inoffensive name, I'm sort of blown away that he dislikes it.

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Luna C · January 2014

He's too picky. TOO PICKY!

/harumph

jenn72178 · January 2014

I really like Nicholas it was one of my top boy names. We were going to go with Derek if we had a boy...but I also like Dominic. Feel free to steal :-)

MrsP419 · January 2014

Our top choice was Nicolai for our first, nn Nico; I still love the name, but my first ended up being a girl named Lorelei :-). I also have a friend whose DS is named Nicola (she is Bulgarian).

LovetoLive614 · January 2014

Cole could be NN for Nicholas. I will try to think of other names to suggest. Drawing a blank at the moment.

EmbracingChange · January 2014

Anthony, Broderick (Brody), Charles, Timothy, Nathaniel, Stephen.

You can use my grandpa's name... Orville

bumpuser9343355 · January 2014

I like Nicholas too. What does he think of Nico as a nickname? Like PP said, it's an alternative to Nick.

temursgirl · January 2014

MrsP419 said:

Our top choice was Nicolai for our first, nn Nico; I still love the name, but my first ended up being a girl named Lorelei :-). I also have a friend whose DS is named Nicola (she is Bulgarian).

Aha! Now I get your siggy!

temursgirl · January 2014

Too bad, I like your names a lot!

We had agreed on a boy's name but are having a girl. It was Maxim after my Russian grandfather

Some others:

Andre

Cyrus

Peter

Ruslan

Victor

Christopher (or variations thereof)

Also, have you seen this site: https://www.babynameguide.com/index.asp

coffee-saur · January 2014

There's a family here with a Nicholas and they just call him Nicholas, so it doesn't get shortened to Nick very often at all. There are a couple older siblings of his that call him Nick occasionally but for the most part, I've only heard him called Nicholas.

MrsRage · January 2014

I vote for Alexander - it's such a timeless name! Plus it's DH's name so I'm biased.

What about Igor or Boris??

J/K I'm Russian and I don't like 90% of the names.

crhein26 · January 2014

If we had a boy, his name was going to be Andrew William. I do like Alexander too. That was another option for our LO.

dragonfly711 · January 2014

Luna C said:

I know we have a name board, but I want opinions from my June Bumpies, since I like and trust you guys more. Deal with it.

Looking for some help in choosing boy name alternatives. Baby's last name is Italian but fairly short. (Sounds pretty close to Barillo.)

We don't like trendy or super popular names, loathe "unique" names. We'd like something classic but not super-common, with a strong sound to it. Ideally, the name would have a nodding acquaintance to, or at least "go" with, one or more of our ethnicities -- Italian, French and Russian. (This could be very subtle, I don't necessarily mean names like Enzo, Pierre and Feodor.)

I LOVE the name Nicholas. DH likes it a lot, but hates the nickname Nick and isn't really feeling any of the alternatives either.

I've thrown out other options (some of which I like more than others):
Alexander
Steven
RIchard
Daniel
Joshua
All of which were rejected by DH for various reasons (too close to a friend's son's name, bad nickname, creepy second cousin's name, just not feeling it, etc.)

Any other suggestions that might work for us? Or feedback on Nicholas/Nick issue? I feel like Nick is such an inoffensive name, I'm sort of blown away that he dislikes it.

Edited for formatting, words, baby-brained author

Luna C

So my hubby is Italian and his name is Nicholas Joseph!!! I love the name Nicholas and he is Nick for short well to friends and co workers, ( Nicky with family LOL) yeah that is funny. I like the nickname Nick I do not think it is bad at all. He is actually a Jr as well. I think Nicholas/ Nick is an awesome name!!!! Out of the ones you have listed I like Nicholas/ Nick the best!!

It would probably go great with your last name too. We have a short Italian last name and Nicholas is great with it!!!

ricecakes1216 · January 2014

crhein26 said:
If we had a boy, his name was going to be Andrew William. I do like Alexander too. That was another option for our LO.

That's my brother's name. He goes only by Andrew.

OP I think if you set the standard that he is Nicholas and not Nick people won't call him that. I do like others suggestion of the NN Nico.

kbellizio3 · January 2014

When my cousins were adopted from Russia they were Anatoli, Nikolai and Andre.

I love the name Nicholas, we have a cousin who calls her son Nicky (he's a junior and his dad is Nick) but I do like Nico or Nikolai as the foreign counterparts. Tell DH to suck it up

Luna C · January 2014

He just doesn't like the "ick" sound in Nick. Nor does he like Nico or Cole. I ran the idea of "you call him Nicholas, and the rest of us will call him Nick," and he's considering it.

He may just need time to get used to it, but in the meantime I'm looking for other options just in case. He fell in love with our first choice girl name (Julia) and I think since he likes this not-quite-as-much it feels off to him.

Names are hard.

kbellizio3 · January 2014

@lunaC if it makes you feel better DH and I settled on a girls name right away but kept going back and forth on boys names (good thing we're not having a boy or he'd probably be nameless days after being born). So maybe if he sits on it a little bit, writes it out with the last name and sees it and the more he says it he might come around to it

LEO2010 · January 2014

What about Christopher? That's pretty classic and gives another option if hubby won't budge on Nicholas.

You could also do something a little more traditional Italian like Giovanni, Georgio, Antonio, Vincenzo, etc... My BFF loves the name Salvatore although I'm not crazy about it. To each her own

I like pp's suggestion of Nicolai too- adds a little flare!

You don't like unique names- does that mean you aren't going to like my little Hadley girl?!

katekat8721 · January 2014

I love Nicholas too, I would just nick name him Nico (Neek-o) instead of Nick. My second choice would be Luca. Third would be Dominic.

Dammit I just saw he didn't like Nico. Why are husbands so difficult! lol

lscal20 · January 2014

I like Nicholas, but it could be because I have a brother named Nicholas

we tried the whole only calling him Nicholas thing because my parents wanted him to always go by that...once he was old enough, he chose to go by nick mostly, so that didn't work for us. ...side note, my other brother is Christopher and the only calling him Christopher thing didn't work for him either, as he chose Chris once he got into school haha

Sorry I don't have any other boy name ideas though, they're so hard for me

I'm pretty sure we're going with declan if we have a boy, but I let DH pick cause I have no boy name ideas. (Declan is Irish though, so that's not much help to you)

ADalesa29 · January 2014

We're naming our LO Dominic, nn Nico but Dom would be another option since your H doesn't like Nico. Other Italian sounding names we considered: Anthony, Luca, Marco, Sebastian, August (Gus), and Roman.

momof5sept18 · January 2014

mullenem said:
If he loves Julia, could he like Julian?

THIS! I was just about to suggest Julian! Its a great alternative to the name he loved for a girl.

k2k2tog · January 2014

I don't have any additional suggestions, but... I know a Nicholas who is most certainly NOT a Nick. I don't know if it was a decision his parents made, or if he made the decision when he was older, but his name is Nicholas and no one calls him by anything else. If you hate the nickname, don't use it! The rest of the world will follow suit.

Of course, when your little one grows up, you lose control of the nickname choice, but you always have a choice in what you call your son.

Luna C · January 2014

LEO2010 said:

You don't like unique names- does that mean you aren't going to like my little Hadley girl?!

Hadley is fine, just nms. I would hate it if you spelled it Hadleighah (teh final "ah" is silent.) That's what I meant by "unique."

To the "Julian" suggesters, he considered that, but wants to leave Julia as an option if we have a girl later -- which I think makes sense. We both love it to pieces.

becomingmommyagain · January 2014

I'd stick with Nicholas if you both like it.

Were you considering the French pronunciation? (Nee Ko La) I think Neeko (or some other spelling) is a nice nick name for a boy. It sounds masculine to me and would be acceptable in Italian too.

MrsCase1 · January 2014

I like Vincent.

lest12 · January 2014

I'm Italian and big names in our family are Michael, Robert, Anthony, Salvatore, if that's any help. I like Michael a lot.

jclester614 · January 2014

I vote Nico. : )

I was going to suggest Giulio...(however that is spelled!) but Julian works too, as PP have suggested.

Good luck convincing hubby! We totally disagree on boys' names, too, even though our girl name has been set for months.

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