Name to go with Frederick

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

Frederick will be either the first or middle name for this baby, after my terminally ill brother. He will go by his other name though. My husband likes Clay though it has no meaning for us and Jeeter, which is a family name albeit a pretty strange one. The name will have to be two syllables at most, preferably one because we have a long three syllable last name. The name Lee (family name) is off the table (we used that as dd2's middle name). TIA

bbiutmcph · July 2015

Is Jeeter like Derek Jeter pronunciation?

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

I believe so. Jeet (like Deet) er. We could probably change the spelling to Jeter vs Jeeter if it is less confusing - it would mean a lot to my mil regardless of spelling and I prefer the easiest spellings

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

@bbiutmcph

bbiutmcph · July 2015

Well personally I wouldn't change it to match Jeter because then it screams I love Derek Jeter. Of the two I would pick Clay although neither are really my style. If you stick with Jeeter keep the family spelling

wassuphoes · July 2015

Of your options, I prefer Frederick Clay, just because while Jeeter is a family name, it will never not look like Jeter worship.

There has to be another family name you could use from his side, surely all the men in his family aren't named Jeeter Jeeter.

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

The other family names are terrible. Crockett is one for example. And Gold. So Jeeter is the only family name I could maybe live with but I have no idea who Derek Jeter is, so I could see football people thinking it is Jeter worship.

So since family names are out, what other names would sound good with Frederick? Bearing in mind this child would go by that name, not Frederick.

Just to humor you, let me list some of the family names we have to work with.

Albert (no)
Glenn (no)
Randolph (no)
Crockett (hell no)
Gold (no)
Sowers (no)
Jeeter (maybe)
Lee (already used by us for another child)

The rest of the names are variations of the above (randy, al, etc.). We are using Frederick from my side, so I don't want to use another family name on my side. Even if I did, we are from another country and Frederick is the only name that would work.

Soooooo. What other names would sound good with Frederick? I have no preference with Frederick being the first or middle name, just that our son will go by his other name rather than Frederick.

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

@bbiutmcph @wassuphoes

bbiutmcph · July 2015

Derek Jeter is a BASEBALLS legend and icon. Although you might not know him literally 99.9% of people do even if it's just from Gatorade commercials or the fact ladies think he is attractive. Albert, Glenn and Randolph are all fine names and millions better than Jeeter. If there aren't family names you like why force it? Simply pick a name you like. The kids likely have your husbands surname to carry on. Just names that sound nice

Frederick James
Frederick Anthony
Frederick Thomas
Frederick Christopher
Frederick Michael
Frederick Ryan
Frederick Owen
Frederick Dean
Frederick Samuel
Frederick Benjamin

bbiutmcph · July 2015

Also if he's going by a name other than Frederick it's a HUGE NO to Jeeter.

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

bbiutmcph said:
Derek Jeter is a BASEBALLS legend and icon. Although you might not know him literally 99.9% of people do even if it's just from Gatorade commercials or the fact ladies think he is attractive. Albert, Glenn and Randolph are all fine names and millions better than Jeeter. If there aren't family names you like why force it? Simply pick a name you like. The kids likely have your husbands surname to carry on. Just names that sound nice

Frederick James
Frederick Anthony
Frederick Thomas
Frederick Christopher
Frederick Michael
Frederick Ryan
Frederick Owen
Frederick Dean
Frederick Samuel
Frederick Benjamin

Baseball! Haaaaaa! Oops.

Dh wants max of two syllables bc last name is 3 and Frederick is three. He prefers 1, but will be ok with 2.

He has 86'd all of those names already

I really pushed for Dean.

eliztheforrizz · July 2015

Jeeter is awful, sorry. Definitely will make everyone think of Derek Jeter, whether you know who he is or not (hard to believe you don't). Not a huge fan of Clay either. I think Albert and Randolph are great names, but if you don't, that's fine. Maybe pick a different J name?

Jeremy Frederick

Jude Frederick

Jeremiah Frederick

Jasper Frederick

Joshua Frederick

Joseph Frederick

Jedidiah Frederick

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

He wants the name Crockett. He thinks it is so cool. He knows how much I hate it so he is not pushing the issue. He just wants a name that is maybe less common and has "character" (whatever that means to him goodness only knows). Explains why he is stuck on Jeeter now. He moved on from Crockett to Jeeter. Oh help me!

Iznik · July 2015

What about Walter Frederick?

Definitely make Frederick the middle name if he's not going to go by it. I have been called my middle name since birth and it's terribly annoying.

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

eliztheforrizz said:
Jeeter is awful, sorry. Definitely will make everyone think of Derek Jeter, whether you know who he is or not (hard to believe you don't). Not a huge fan of Clay either. I think Albert and Randolph are great names, but if you don't, that's fine. Maybe pick a different J name?

Jeremy Frederick
Jude Frederick
Jeremiah Frederick
Jasper Frederick
Joshua Frederick
Joseph Frederick
Jedidiah Frederick

I have very little American culture because my family isn't from here.

Albert is DH dad's name and both of them don't like it. Randolph is DH's first name and he HATES it.

Love Jude but my best friend just named her son that. Joseph is the only other one that would make the syllable cut but he doesn't like that. I kind of like Jacob and is a family name quite a few generations back on his side. But of course dh isn't a fan.

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

Iznik said:
What about Walter Frederick?

Definitely make Frederick the middle name if he's not going to go by it. I have been called my middle name since birth and it's terribly annoying.

Ohhh I don't like Walter but keep the suggestions coming

lindsayTTC · July 2015

I never understood why people name their child something just to go by a middle name. I get it if he's a junior and the same name is confusing but I don't get naming someone Federick Ryan just to call him Ryan. Just name him Ryan Federick.

eliztheforrizz · July 2015

Okay, I am just going to throw some random suggestions out there with 'character' and see if anything sticks:

Angus Frederick

Archibald Frederick

Benedict Frederick

Clifford Frederick

Dashiell Frederick

Edmund Frederick

Ephraim Frederick

Herbert Frederick

Horace Frederick

Lucius Frederick

Maurice Frederick

Norman Frederick

Rupert Frederick

Sherman Frederick

Thaddeus Frederick

Vladimir Frederick

Wallace Frederick

bbiutmcph · July 2015

twogirlsandagreen said:
He wants the name Crockett. He thinks it is so cool. He knows how much I hate it so he is not pushing the issue. He just wants a name that is maybe less common and has "character" (whatever that means to him goodness only knows). Explains why he is stuck on Jeeter now. He moved on from Crockett to Jeeter. Oh help me!

Frankly I would tell him he needs to come up with legit usable names say a list of 15-20 and you will discuss them. If the name is a famous surname like Crockett and Jeter they don't have character they scream the exact opposite. He needs to realize the child will grow up and need to be a member of society and hold a job. There have been lots of uncommon names with character listed he can't veto everything. He seems to be pushing for something he thinks will sound cool but Crockett and Jeter do not scream cool not to mention if your child is shy having such a strong surname association isn't going to do him any favors.

Maybe search the SS name list above 500 or 750 or even beyond the top 1000

LNic5 · July 2015

Jeeter is a little too out there for my taste. Frederick Clay could work, it's not bad.

Frederick Louis
Frederick Graham
Frederick Rhys
Frederick Colin
Frederick Elijah
Frederick James
Frederick Marcus
Frederick Jonas
Frederick Lance
Frederick Miles
Frederick Ewan
Frederick Grant
Frederick Adam
Frederick Lyle
Frederick Odin
Frederick Nathan
Frederick Maxwell
Frederick Ethan

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

lindsayTTC said:
I never understood why people name their child something just to go by a middle name. I get it if he's a junior and the same name is confusing but I don't get naming someone Federick Ryan just to call him Ryan. Just name him Ryan Federick.

It's a common thing here in the South. I don't get it either, but I don't find it strange anymore because I am so used to it now

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

He likes Garrett and Everett (nn Rhett) but suddenly likes Clay more.

MamaWren919 · July 2015

lindsayTTC said:
I never understood why people name their child something just to go by a middle name. I get it if he's a junior and the same name is confusing but I don't get naming someone Federick Ryan just to call him Ryan. Just name him Ryan Federick.

This. Definitely mn Fredrick.

Ian Fredrick
Griffin Fredrick
Jude Fredrick
Tucker Fredrick
Jonah Fredrick
Reid Fredrick

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

Our main problem is that he works with a ton of people, so many names one of us has an association with and don't want.

Coworker he dislikes is Ian.
My ex BF of 5 years before DH is Griffin.
My BFF just named her son Jude.
We know a lot of little boys in our area named Tucker, so it is just too common here.
He 86'd Jonah a while ago (it was on my list).
His right hand man at work he had to fire has a son named Reid, so that is out.

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

LNic5 said:
Jeeter is a little too out there for my taste. Frederick Clay could work, it's not bad.

Frederick Louis - I don't like
Frederick Graham - not an option too many Graham's
Frederick Rhys - don't like
Frederick Colin - will present to him
Frederick Elijah - don't like
Frederick James - too common
Frederick Marcus- he doesn't like Marcus or mark
Frederick Jonas - he cut that already
Frederick Lance - he loathes Lance Armstrong but I will put on the list anyway
Frederick Miles - Too common in our area
Frederick Ewan - he crossed of the list before
Frederick Grant - on the list but he doesn't love it
Frederick Adam - not an option
Frederick Lyle - don't like
Frederick Odin - don't like
Frederick Nathan - not an option
Frederick Maxwell - don't like
Frederick Ethan

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

He read them all and still likes Clay best. Sigh.

fghmama6701 · July 2015

It's not about what he likes best. It's about finding something the two of you can compromise on.

LNic5 · July 2015

Hmm tricky!!!! Seems to be no happy medium. Not 100% sure what your style is. Here's some more random suggestions

Frederick Thomas/Thomas Frederick
Frederick Holden/Holden Frederick
Frederick Carson/Carson Frederick
Frederick Tate/Tate Frederick
Frederick Elliott
Frederick Hugh
Frederick Blaine
Frederick Rowan/Rowan Frederick
Frederick Simon
Frederick Cole
Frederick Niall/Niall Frederick
Frederick Cullen/Cullen Frederick
Frederick Clark
Frederick Pierce/Pierce Frederick
Frederick Mitchell
Frederick Malcolm/Malcolm Frederick
Frederick Noel/Noel Frederick
Frederick Abram
Frederick Keith
Frederick Edwin
Frederick Xavier
Frederick Blake

Tristan Frederick
Gavin Frederick
Luca Frederick
Heath Frederick
Theo Frederick
Wesley Frederick
Leo Frederick
Darren Frederick
Milo Frederick
Seth Frederick
Oscar Frederick
Silas Frederick
Micah Frederick
Jack Frederick
Landon Frederick

You might just have to go with Clay if you still can't find anything

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

fghmama6701 said:
It's not about what he likes best. It's about finding something the two of you can compromise on.

Right. He didn't want the name Frederick but compromised with me because he knew what it would mean to me. My turn to compromise with him.

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

LNic5 said:
Hmm tricky!!!! Seems to be no happy medium. Not 100% sure what your style is. Here's some more random suggestions

Frederick Thomas/Thomas Frederick
Frederick Holden/Holden Frederick
Frederick Carson/Carson Frederick
Frederick Tate/Tate Frederick
Frederick Elliott
Frederick Hugh
Frederick Blaine
Frederick Rowan/Rowan Frederick
Frederick Simon
Frederick Cole
Frederick Niall/Niall Frederick
Frederick Cullen/Cullen Frederick
Frederick Clark
Frederick Pierce/Pierce Frederick
Frederick Mitchell
Frederick Malcolm/Malcolm Frederick
Frederick Noel/Noel Frederick
Frederick Abram
Frederick Keith
Frederick Edwin
Frederick Xavier
Frederick Blake

Tristan Frederick
Gavin Frederick
Luca Frederick
Heath Frederick
Theo Frederick
Wesley Frederick
Leo Frederick
Darren Frederick
Milo Frederick
Seth Frederick
Oscar Frederick
Silas Frederick
Micah Frederick
Jack Frederick
Landon Frederick

You might just have to go with Clay if you still can't find anything

Love several on here. I will show him, but I suspect he will still prefer Clay. He can't explain what it is he likes about that name, so it makes it hard to find names with similar attributes to present to him. I just can't be too pushy since I pushed HARD against Crockett his dream boy name and pushed hard for Frederick.

Sassenach1743 · July 2015

bbiutmcph said:

He wants the name Crockett. He thinks it is so cool. He knows how much I hate it so he is not pushing the issue. He just wants a name that is maybe less common and has "character" (whatever that means to him goodness only knows). Explains why he is stuck on Jeeter now. He moved on from Crockett to Jeeter. Oh help me!
Frankly I would tell him he needs to come up with legit usable names say a list of 15-20 and you will discuss them. If the name is a famous surname like Crockett and Jeter they don't have character they scream the exact opposite. He needs to realize the child will grow up and need to be a member of society and hold a job. There have been lots of uncommon names with character listed he can't veto everything. He seems to be pushing for something he thinks will sound cool but Crockett and Jeter do not scream cool not to mention if your child is shy having such a strong surname association isn't going to do him any favors. Maybe search the SS name list above 500 or 750 or even beyond the top 1000

This! Your husband can't just veto every name in hopes to hold out for Crockett or Jeeter. And demanding a certain amount of syllables is only limiting you further. Tell him to get over it and start coming up with some actual suggestions. For every name he vetoes he must 1. have a valid reason for the veto, and 2. suggest another valid name in it's place. Good Luck!

FWIW, I love Joseph Fredrick!

lola2bee · July 2015

Clay is a huge step up from Jeeter. Seriously grab it while you can girl!

MixedBerries88 · July 2015

Well, I have no issue with going by your middle name. I know of many men who go by their middle name. We southern people are nothing if not quirky.

That said, Frederick is an awesome name. Everett and Garrett are fine too. I prefer Frederick Ryan, nn Ryan.

twogirlsandagreen · July 2015

MixedBerries88 said:
Well, I have no issue with going by your middle name. I know of many men who go by their middle name. We southern people are nothing if not quirky.

That said, Frederick is an awesome name. Everett and Garrett are fine too. I prefer Frederick Ryan, nn Ryan.

Last guy I dated before DH was Ryan, one of my best friends is married to a Ryan and my dd2 nn is Rynn (not quite Ryan, but close enough). But yes I love Ryan. It just isn't an option for us.

I like the Southern quirks too. He has always loved the nn Rhett so I guess I should make a stand for Garrett or Everett too, although Clay is sooooo much better than most of the others he loves!

MixedBerries88 · July 2015

twogirlsandagreen said:

MixedBerries88 said:
Well, I have no issue with going by your middle name. I know of many men who go by their middle name. We southern people are nothing if not quirky.

That said, Frederick is an awesome name. Everett and Garrett are fine too. I prefer Frederick Ryan, nn Ryan.
Last guy I dated before DH was Ryan, one of my best friends is married to a Ryan and my dd2 nn is Rynn (not quite Ryan, but close enough). But yes I love Ryan. It just isn't an option for us.

I like the Southern quirks too. He has always loved the nn Rhett so I guess I should make a stand for Garrett or Everett too, although Clay is sooooo much better than most of the others he loves!

Oh sorry, I must have misunderstood the previous posts. I thought Ryan was a front runner!

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