Baby Name: Bennet

A reader named Angela is expecting her second baby (gender unknown). She sent me a lot of helpful information, so I’ve broken it down into main points:

• The baby’s middle name will be Patrick (if a boy) or Josephine (if a girl).
• The baby’s surname will start with P.
• She and her husband like the name Abigail, but it may soon be taken by friends.
• They also like the name Caleb, but the initials CPP sound like “see pee pee.” They want to avoid names and initials that invite teasing.
• Ideally, the first name will be something that can be shortened to a nickname.
• Angela likes “literature or movie referenced names.”
• Angela’s husband likes “uncomplicated English or Christian names (he’s Adam…his brothers are Benjamin and Noah).”

Their first son is named Hayden Adam.

Here are the names I came up with, along with a few literature/film references. Ladies first:

And now the gents:

Do you like any of the above? What other names would you suggest to Angela?