Different options for Alexander

This is the problem with telling people your names in advance! They wouldn’t say anything if you’d already used it. Alexander is a great name, lots of nickname options and timeless. If you like it, I’d ignore them and tell people luckily it’s not your choice!

yeah I know that’s but everyone is saying they’re gonna call him Alex and I don’t like the name Alex

You could always Just name him Xander on the birth certificate. I didn’t use the long version of my child’s name and it’s not an issue. Maybe spell it with a Z and then it’s not related to Alexander and Alex wouldn’t be a usable nickname. I’m sorry it’s awful when people ruin these things xx

I think it’s a lovely name, ignore people, he could go with Xander, or even Sasha. Once baby is here, everyone will get used to their name so quickly, they won’t be able to imagine it being anything else.

if everyone’s saying they’re going to call him Alex, tell them they won’t see him until they get over themselves!! We had people saying they’re didn’t like my son’s name and kept ‘forgetting’ it so we said ok no worries you won’t see him at all, they changed their shitty attitudes pretty quickly🙃

yeah I want him to be just xander on the birth certificate but my partner doesn’t think it’s formal enough he’s a Tom from a Thomas

My son is called Alexander, I had the same reservations as you, I call him Lex but everyone else called him Alex but I’m happy with it now it suits him, maybe just wait till he’s here and see what suits x

I love the name Alexander, but I also love Xander. If you introduce him as Alexander *Xander* Thermopolis Renaldi (lol), then that's his name. You can correct people until he is old enough to choose.

Just call him Xander! It’s not like adults don’t go by nicknames!! I think it’s a lovely name, plenty of people just called Xander. He’ll inevitably get Alex otherwise.

I never told family about the names we were discussing for my son because of this exact reason. We eventually decided on Oliver but don’t like it shortened to Ollie/Olly so we correct people if they try to shorten it.

Go with Alexander/Xander if that’s what you’re happy with and tell family and friends what you want them to call him.

Since when does a birth certificate have to be formal? I know an Andy who is not Andrew and he gets on just fine in life without having a formal name. Shame your husband isn’t on board.

lol well I love that idea so much I did it myself 😂 my son is Hector Alexander and his father and grandfathers names are Hector so I didn’t want him to be called Hector also plus I’m in the same boat as you I didn’t care for the name alex personally so I call him Xander lol.

I think from my point of view who also has a name that creates lots of nicknames, mam and dad chose a nickname (Georgie) but when I was older I chose my own (Gina) and now I prefer my full name! So if you really don’t like Alex I wouldn’t go for it unless you’re happy for him to choose that for himself if he wants x

Alexander is a classic for a reason—it’s a great name! I personally like having longer forms of names so that the child can have different nickname options as they grow up and what suits them the best. Xander is a fun nickname, but they can go by Alex, Al, or even Alan later in life if they want to.

Introduce him to everyone as Xander they don’t need to know his name on the birth certificate is Alexander