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A little brother for Merel and Nina (but the name is still up in the air!)

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MaritGuest ·
Hey everyone!
After having two girls, we're now having a boy. Super exciting, but we're finding it really hard to come up with a boy's name. Honestly, I don't find many of them really appealing... So I'm throwing it out there on this forum, do you have any ideas?
Our 'requirements':
- Fits with our daughters' first names, namely Merel and Nina.
- Fits with the last name, namely 'van Dongen'.
- We like short names, 1 or 2 syllables. But feel free to suggest something else!

Names we like but won't be using (because they're common in our area, etc.) are: Guus, Tom, and Jonas.

Thank you! Marit & co

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  1. Anonymous Guest #2

    Merel, Nina and....
    Just, Duuk, Wout, Noud, Roan, Pim, Julan, Vince, Boris, Melle, Devin, Mart, Mats, Otis, Ruben, Sem, Luuk, Mick, Pepijn, Tieme, Gijs, Hidde, Jesper, Casper, Cas, Fedde, Luka, Joren.

    Find the following combinations the most beautiful yourself:
    Merel, Nina and Tieme van Dongen.
    Merel, Nina and Ruben van Dongen
    Merel, Nina and Cas van Dongen


    I don't know if this is of any use to you.

  2. Anonymous Guest #3

    One combo I forgot:
    Merel, Nina, and Julan van Dongen also look really nice to me.

  3. Anouk Guest #4

    Merel, Nina, and

    The first boy names that come to mind are Bas, Koen, and Thijs

    And then:
    Abel, Aron, Axel, Bram, Boris, Cas, David, Dex, Finn, Fedde, Felix, Floris, Hidde, Ivo, Jens, Joas, Joep, Jort, Levi, Loek, Lucas, Luuk, Oscar, Otis, Pepijn, Ravi, Rens, Ruben, Sebas, Siem, Stan, Stijn, Sven, Twan, Wessel

  4. Sofie #5

    I immediately thought of Bram!

  5. Lou Guest #6

    Merel, Nina and
    Koos Pepijn Jord Jens Jasper Kobe Casper Laurens Daan Stef Tijn Benja Stan Klaas Roef

  6. Anonymous Guest #7

    I think Ties suits him/her really well!

  7. Melissa #8

    Ties indeed!
    What I also like is:

    Melle
    Job
    Freek
    Daan
    Bas
    Tijn

    Do you like these?

  8. Anonymous Guest #9

    I really like Jaap! And Joep, by the way.

  9. Saartje #10

    Seth? Or Boaz? Mart? Tom? Good luck!

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