Sibling Name Help..

I really like the name Andrew and it was near the top of my list for my son. I also like the nickname Andy. Problem is, my husband and I don't like the nickname Drew, so we were hesitant to go with that one. But I still love it. It's also not very common right now, so he probably won't have other Andrew's at school. There are lots of Ben/Benjamin's right now.

My son is Josh and I am still really happy we picked it. I think it works with Nick and A., too.

Matt/Matthew
Mark
Ryan (but I only like it as a boy's name)
Brian

Sarah
Katie
Megan

Timothy/Timmy or Tim, Daniel/Danny or Dan, James/ Jimmy or Jim,
Christopher/Chris or Matthew /Matt

Melissa/Missy, Elizabeth/ Liz or Beth, Kristy or Kristine /Kris, Leah/Lee

I like Nick, A. and Brooke (If it's a girl).

girls:

Olivia
Elayne/Elaine
Alicia
Alexis
Megan/Meagan

boys:
Andrew (Andy, Drew)
Anthony (Anth, Tony)
Zane
Austin

Yell the names out loud! like you are calling him/her in for dinner! See which one you like best!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

congrats on your impending arrival!

I rarely recommend this name, but for some reason....as I read your post, this name jumped out at me: Elizabeth ....& call her Lizzi. I know it's a name seldom used, but I noticed that the other names are also very traditional.

For a boy, I tried sticking with traditional. What about Henry (Hank) or Jonathan (Jon)?

Ayden
Hunter
Maxwell
Samuel
Jacob

Hannah
Grace

I have an Andrew, so I'm very partial to that name.

But, if my husband would have agreed to it, I'd have a Benjamin or a Thomas.

I do love Olivia. If I had a daughter I'd name her Elena Marie.

First of all I love your names, especially Alessandra! Other names I like are: amelia, avery, brynn, blake, cassia, Cameron, calista, caleb, Christian, Delia, dean, dain/dane, drew, Ellison, Evelyn, Emerson, Emma, evan, Gabriel, Gianna, Hadley, Harper, Ian, James, Joseph, Jillian, Josephine, kinley, Kenzie, Keegan, Lane, Landon, Leland, Lindsey, maren, Madeline, Megan, Meredith, mason, max, maxwell, Matthew, nora, Nathaniel/Nathan/Nate, natalie/natalia, Oliver, Paige, Preston, porter, Parker, Quinn, Ryan, Sam, taryn, Timothy, Vincent, Veronica, Vivian/vivienne, William. Congrats!

Matthew, Michael, Joseph, William.
Elizabeth, Veronica, Katherine, Victoria.

Margherita Olive nn Maggie
Madalena Lorin
Madalena Mercedes nn Sadie
Rosamaria (had to add my fav name ;) my youngest's name) nn Rory

Michael Henry
Christian Emmet

*fun post*

I love the names Benjamin-Benny or Ben for short and Victoria-Vikki for short

Your kids have such beautiful, classic names! If I were naming a sibling for a Nicholas and an Alessandra, I would go with something Italian in origin, but with wide appeal.

In other words, I reeeally think you should name a little boy Luca, and call him Luke. So much so that I'm not even going to recommend any other boys' names for you. ;)

For a girl, what about:

Lucia (and call her Lucy)
Chiara (pronounced kee-ARE-uh)
Julianna
Isabella (reeeally popular right, but it'd sound great with your other kids' names)
Sophia (likewise, ridiculously popular, but it'd sound great with Nicholas and Alessandral you could call her Sophie)

Nicholas and Alexandra also have strong Greek and Russian histories as names; if you want Greek- and Russian-inspired names, just let me know.

Victoria
Amanda
Samantha

Jonathan
Alexander will work if you go with Lex or Xander for a nick name

Samuel Elliot
Hayden Anthony
Matthew Ryan
Joshua Bradley
Parker
Kyle

Elizabeth Grace
Lorelai Ray
Sophie
Megan
Kylie Ann

Josephine
Elizabeth Anne
Louise

Tucker
Oscar
Matthias

I like "old" names...
My kids both have very old names - Matthew Phillip and Emma Louise. They both yell quite well and their initials don't spell anything weird. :)
YMMV
LBC

Girl:
Arabella
Aria
Contessa
Delilah
Evie, Evangelina (Eva)
*I like the Elizabeth nn Lizzie idea

Boy:
I love Alexander too
Sebastian
Christian
Mateo
Matthias
William nn Liam
Oliver
Henry

I loved playing with nymbler.com when I was pregnant. You can put in the names you already have in your family and it generates complementary names. So much fun. Naming the 1st is easy, the rest are harder. LOL.

Sonyalita Olivia or Benjamin Cyrus