Forum Baby Names

Still no boy's name

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Roos94
Hi ladies,
In 4 weeks I'm due, but we still don't have a boy's name.
We already have 2 boys.
First name Hendrik, nickname Rick
First name Phillipus Hendrik Joel, nickname Joel.
We'd like to name him after my mother-in-law. Her first name is Jannetje Wilhelmina and her nickname is Annewieke.
We can't get past Jan-Willem..

Can you help??

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  1. Rose Guest #2

    Maybe:

    Jim
    Pim
    Jack
    Liam
    Ian
    Joep

  2. Rose Guest #3

    And then maybe Jan Willem or Jan-Willem as baptismal names, with one of the above names as a nickname?

  3. Emme Guest #4

    That's tricky, but a lovely idea!

    Annewieke, Jannetje Wilhelmina;
    Wiek
    Anne
    Wiebe
    Jan
    Ian
    Jannes
    Ivan
    Yven
    Willem
    Wim
    William

  4. Roos94 started this #5

    Thanks for your responses, ladies. There isn't a name yet that makes me go "wow, that's the one."

  5. Anonymous Guest #6

    Hein
    Will
    Jael
    Johan
    Jelmar / jelmer
    Wanne
    Wannes

  6. Anonymous Guest #7

    Wieger
    Maybe you could
    ...use the nickname Willem Jannetje or
    ...use the nickname Jannetje Willem
    In the end, I just went with a name I liked and added the two commemorations after it.

  7. Roos94 started this #8

    Yeah, we did that with the other boys too. But we're finding it really hard to come up with a name for Rick and Joel. With them, we had a name picked out right during the pregnancy. And this time, not so much...

  8. Anonymous Guest #9

    Kian/Kyan, Jannick, Arjan, Arne, Wietse, Wiebe, Bowie. Maybe you can use these for naming purposes..
    Some other names: Niek, Nick, Sjoerd, Tygo, Lex, Len, Stijn, Senn, Sepp, Dani, Thimo, Daan, Coen, Tom, Dyon/Dion

  9. Tooby #10

    In the end, every name fits, because if you say it often enough, it just becomes yours and feels completely normal. I come from a family with three kids, and at first glance, our names don’t seem to match (I have a complicated name with different pronunciations and spelling options, one sibling has a very short, common, and simple name, and the other has a quite unique but simple name), but since we’re just used to it, it fits.
    So just pick a name you both like, and the combination with the other kids will work out.

  10. Roos94 started this #11

    Tooby, you're absolutely right.
    Oh, the names that have been mentioned so far, I can work with those.
    I looked at them and thought Niek, I find that nice.
    Jannick Willem and then the nickname Niek.

    Wow, girls. Thank you so much.

  11. Anonymous Guest #12

    Yes, I thought Niek fit right in too :-)

  12. Emme Guest #13

    I really like Niek! It's also nice that it's derived from Jan via Jannick. And Willem still sounds lovely

  13. Anonymous Guest #14

    Oké, great that you can work with it! I also think the names are really nice!

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