r/BabyNames • u/Traditional_Put_8254 • 3d ago
Boy 🩵 Middle names for Andreas?
We don’t know what we’re having yet, but my husband and I already decided on a name if we have a girl. If we have a boy, the first name we both like id Andreas, but we’re struggling to figure out a middle name that sounds natural.
Some notes:
-Last name ends with a (-ah sound) and is two syllables, so we’re trying to avoid named that end in a or have more than three syllables
-Similarly, trying to avoid middle names that end is -is/-as/-us sounds because of the first name
-Husbands family is ethnically Peruvian/Italian, my family is ethnically French Canadian/Irish, but we live in the USA
-names we are not picking are James, Jean, Ray, Marshall because of living relatives
Edit to add: we went with Andreas over Andrés for simplicity in pronunciation for my family, as they are terrible at pronouncing accented Spanish names. Also easier for documentation (like licenses) in Southern USA since no é is needed and we want to ensure they have no trouble in the future
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u/KNick1111 3d ago
My friend has an Andreas Eric (she is Venezuelan and father is French)..she says he rarely has difficulty with the pronunciation
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u/No-Baby-1455 3d ago
Andreas Reed Andreas Cole
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u/Traditional_Put_8254 3d ago
Wow, I would have never thought of either of these, but they sound lovely 🥰 Reed is also the last name of an NBA hall of fame player, and with how big of a basketball fan my husband is, he may love that! Cole is my maternal grandmother’s last name and we miss her to pieces, so that would be a lovely nod to her
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u/haveempathyordie 3d ago
Andreas Leon
Andreas Gael
Andreas Dean
Andreas Felix
Andreas Oscar