Baby Boy, Brother to Trent Michael

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Erin writes:

I am currently pregnant with my second son, due December 24th, 2010. Our first son’s name is Trent Michael. Michael is a family name, and for our second we also want to use a family name, which is Nikolas. We are also open to using the name Petr as the middle name, if it goes better with the first name.
I would like to name our son Silas, whereas my husband likes Dexter. We like names that are not common, but also not out-there, made up, or hippy-dippy in any way. Trent, we feel is a solid, respectable sounding, serious name and we’d like something similar for our second.
Personally, I like to put “Judge” in front of the name to see if it sounds good…
I cannot, in good conscience, strong-arm my husband into the name I like, but I also need to love the name, since I adore the name Trent.
Any suggestions that would bridge the gap?

 
Bryce
Clark
Curtis
Dean
Declan
Derek
Everett
Reid
Scott
Simon

 

 

Name update! Erin writes:

Thanks to you and all your readers for some really great suggestions! I am all set if we end up with boy #3! As it turns out, the husband and I came to an agreement. He let me have the first name if he could have the second, so it will be Silas Andrew (his fathers name). We briefly flirted with Baxter, but we had been calling him Silas for so long, that it had just stuck.

Thanks!

13 thoughts on “Baby Boy, Brother to Trent Michael”

  1. Sonny

    It’s too bad your husband won’t go for Silas. Silas Peter is great!

    Other suggestions:
    Graham Nikolas
    Abram Nikolas
    Desmond Peter
    Lachlan Peter
    Malcolm Nikolas
    Donovan Peter

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  2. Suzanne

    While I really *like* the name Dexter, I’m afraid you’ve got a few more years before a significant portion of the country stops associating it with “serial killer”. He’s a NICE serial killer, but still…

    If you like sort of matchy names:
    Tristan Nikolas
    Trevor Nikolas

    If you like non-T names:
    William Nikolas(use Liam as nn)
    Shawn Nikolas
    Carter Nikolas

    Would you consider Peter as a first name?

    I also really like Scott, Reid and Derek as previously suggested.

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  4. Anonymous

    I like Nikolas, especially around Christmas.

    Trent and Dean would go very well together I think.

    What about

    Dillon (Judge Dillon Nikolas .. ?)
    Tate
    Lyle
    Rhett
    Clay
    Garrett
    Royce
    Vaughn

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