Baby name needed: Boy name for Evan’s brother

A reader named Kim is expecting her second son and would like help coming up with a name. Her first son is named Evan Isaac. So far, she and her husband like the names Jonah, Jonas and Miles.

My husband likes Jacob however as it’s been a number one name for many years, I’m not as thrilled about it. (As a child I grew up being Kim T. most of my life due to many Kims in my schools.)

The baby’s last name will start with a K and be “pronounced like the spice cumin.”

It seems to me that Kim and her husband really like 2-syllable names, so that’s what I focused on as I brainstormed. Here’s the result:

Adam
Aidan
Andrew
Amos
Asher
David
Dylan
Felix
Graham
Henry
James
Jasper
Jordan
Joseph
Justin
Levi
Liam
Lucas
Micah
Milo
Nathan
Noah
Owen
Philip
Samuel
Simon
Wesley

Kim is also interested in middle name ideas. I have a hard time suggesting middles when a first name isn’t confirmed, but here are a couple of thoughts:

  • If the first name ends with a vowel-sound (as Jonah does) a middle that starts with a consonant is a good idea.
  • If the first name contains only soft-sounding consonants (e.g. J, L, N) a middle that contains one or two plosive consonants (e.g. B, P, T) might be a nice contrast.

And now back to first names: Do you think any of the above go particularly well with Evan? What other names would you suggest?

Update: That baby has arrived! Scroll down to find out what his name is.

2 thoughts on “Baby name needed: Boy name for Evan’s brother

  1. I totally understand wanting to avoid an over-used name (there were 5 other Amy’s in my graduating class)! I have a couple suggestions…

    My nephew (the sweetest and cutest boy on earth!) is named Ehren (pronounced like Aaron). I think that goes very well with Evan. Also, as popular as it has been in recent years, I also like Ethan with Evan.

  2. I’ve heard from Kim! She and her husband decided on the name Miles Alexander.

    We just really liked the way the names sounded together. We also liked the way the names Evan and Miles sounded together when saying them, much more so than Evan and Jonah.

    Congratulations, Kim!

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