Nameberry Challenge: Name Affleck baby #3!!
The news is out–even if it hasn’t been formally announced–that the soon-to-arrive third Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck baby will be a boy. This provides us all with a perfect opportunity to display our sibset-crafting skills.Â
I think all will agree that the couple made gorgeous (and trend-setting) choices for their two girls–Violet Ann and Seraphina Rose Elizabeth.  The challenge: choose a boy’s name that is equally original and that would blend well with his sisters’.
Possible clues: Violet, her mother and both her grandmothers share the middle name of Ann(e), so middle-name sharing is a strong tradition in the family. Ben‘s middle? GĂ©za. Also on the male side, Jen‘s father is William John, Ben‘s is Timothy Byers.
So let’s have your best guesses for a first and one or two middles for this baby boy.
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dillonsfan01 Says:
FranA Says:
I’m going to guess Theodore John
alexa400 Says:
I second Theodore, maybe Leopold or Amos
minorbeatrice Says:
I’m going with Leon Christopher.
zrose Says:
for some reason I think Felix, maybe Felix John
romanticism Says:
I’ll go with Henry.
ktp Says:
I’ll say Dexter Benjamin
erb2010 Says:
Asher Benjamin
Bowen Timothy John
Conrad William Byers
Dashiell Timothy John
Felix Timothy John
Lysander John
Milo Timothy
Oliver William Byers
Thatcher John
Timothy John
Willoughby Byers
AussieSteph Says:
Lincoln Benjamin
Leo William Byers
brittannyerinn Says:
Hugo
monrose15 Says:
Henry William Timothy Affleck
i.heart.nerds Says:
Please please don’t use Percy, please pleaded don’t use Percy!
Names4real Says:
I could see them with a little Henry, William, or Theodore, but I’m going to throw in some wildcards.
Finn
Fenway
Boston
Henry Boston or William Fenway would be cool too.
skizzo Says:
Probably something boring like William, John, whatever is it, I seriously doubt it’ll be original…
Mischa Says:
Jasper William Timothy
Oliver John Timothy
Thomas John William
Alexander John Geza
Nathaniel John Byers
Lola Says:
I’ll guess something like: William Benjamin John.
But if Violet & Seraphina were mine, their brother would be something like one of these:
Perry William Géza
Julius Benjamin Byers
Linus Arthur Byers (Arthur as a twist on Jen’s name)
George Timothy Géza
August William Byers
Jasper John Benjamin
Raphael Géza Timothy
Rupert William Géza
Barnaby Byers John
Maxfield Benjamin Timothy
Or something like that, anyway!
I still think Violet Ann & Seraphina Rose Elizabeth don’t sound like sisters. Or maybe they’re sisters, but Mom named one & Dad named the other! Gah!
kyemsma Says:
Miles Benjamin!
allyjones23 Says:
Liam
Johnathan
Carter
Jonah
lnxn09 Says:
Maybe..
Brooks
Hector
Declan
Harrison
Leo
Holden
Stellan
missysue Says:
What about Garner, Damon or Boldt (Ben’s mom’s maiden name)?!
They’ll probably play it safer with something like:
Timothy William Boldt
William Benjamin Byers
Harrison Geza
etb888 Says:
I think they will name him
John Benjamin Byers Affleck
GracePheiffer Says:
Jasper!
Jasper William.
dannyva Says:
My guess is Edward, Malcolm, Owen or Thomas for a boy with Matthew or William as a middle.
ladybug99 Says:
William Benjamin Byers
Theodore John William
Finn William John
Alexander John Byers
Logan Benjamin Byers
Oliver Benjamin John
Colton Benjamin Byers
spotlightstarlit Says:
Arthur Timothy
vivtaliesin Says:
Evander Benjamin
Everett Benjamin
Miles Benjamin
kgcg31 Says:
I’m still going with Jasper, Theodore, or Felix, with Benjamin in the middle . . . I started a thread similar to this a few months back, before the sex of the baby was known. It’s funny how most of us have spent a lot more time speculating on girls’ names, simply because we have had a bit of a glimse of their female naming style, as ecclectic as it is . . . It’s very challenging to guess where they may go with boys names . . . But fun nonetheless.
vanessaaball Says:
Leopold was the first name that came to my mind. I don’t know if they will choose something trend setting;
Leopold
Atticus
Aldous
Alfred
Something more traditional;
Benjamin
Michael
Henry
Maxwell
Steven
Robert
James
Maybe something in the middle;
Gregory
Theodore
Frederick
Charles
alicia Says:
Henry Garner
Henry Geza Garner
Andrew Geza
Alexander Henry Garner
zoghart Says:
Hadley Christopher
Christopher Geza
Ben’s mom’s name is Christine, and Jen’s mom is Pat, so maybe Christopher Patrick? I feel like the name Christopher will be involved somehow.
In Ben’s home state of Massachusetts there are a lot of cool names:
Becket
Otis
Dalton
Auburn
Spencer
Grafton
Any of these sound good with Christopher, and most sound good with Affleck. I like Dalton Christopher Affleck myself.
(Hey, that would be a good series of topics for the Nameberry blog: names inspired by towns in the different states in the U.S. I’d happily write that!
)
MorganaLeFaye Says:
Maybe something like August Benjamin John?
Nyx Says:
First name possibilities: Basil, Boston, Cyrus, Damian/Damion/Damon, Emmett, Ezra, Felix, Harold, Julian, Lysander, Otis, Silas, Waldo, Walter, William “Liam”,
Middle name possibilities: Benjamin, Byers, Caleb, Christian, Géza, Matthew, Mercer, Timothy, William
Possible combos: Emmett Matthew Affleck, Waldo Benjamin Affleck
tavn Says:
I think Leopold & August would be top contenders. I definitely think William will be one of the middle names.
bounceparty Says:
I can see them going for something understated like Henry or William, but I admit the first thing that came to my mind was August. Perhaps August William?
Cclb119 Says:
I think maybe Jasper William or Henry William
Leopold could also work nicely
Lena Says:
Abel William or Jackson Benjamin.
anne Says:
Callum William John
Daemon William John
Callum Thomas John
Callum Benjamin John
Rosamund Says:
My guess is
Julius Benjamin
MaryB Says:
For some reason I don’t see Jen and Ben being adventurous with a son’s name…I predict either
William Geza
or
William Benjamin
William is the most currently popular of all thier ‘family’ boys names. Benjamin still feels trendy and tired, although it is currently less popular than William so I don’t see them choosing that. John is the most attractive choice but people seem to dismiss the name as either too popular (it’s not) or ‘plain’. Plus naming him William is the closest thing they can do to a junior w/o actually naming him after Ben, and seeing as Jen’s dad doesn’t have a son, they may want to use William as a namesake.
My dad and brother are both William, the name is difficult to use w/o a nn; my dad is always Bill and my brother is still Billy at age 30. The nn’s Will and Liam are both unattractive imo so I find this name a bit difficult to ‘wear’. However I am 90% sure this is the name they will select for thier son!
TinaBina Says:
Oscar William Affleck
Both of the girls have flower themed names, and if you throw in the name Ann(e) it reminded me of this quote from a previous post; Rosalie appears in Anne Bronte’s Agnes Grey and the Oscar Wilde play… Ect… So IMO if they are sticking with more romantic sounding names and are going by theme, I think it had a shot. do we know the story behind Geza and Byers? Those stories could have affect in Junior Affleck’s middle name.
Quite honestly though I don’t know. I didn’t even know they were expecting haha.
peach Says:
My first guess is Dashiell Byers John.
My second guess is Matthias William.
AussieSteph Says:
TinaBina, I think you may be on to something with Oscar…
CaliRN4kids Says:
The first name that came to mind that I think will sound good with Violet & Seraphina and still use namesakes is Zephyr Benjamin, Zephyr William or any combo of these 3 would sound ok IMO. I also really like Garner as a first name for them and would sound nice with either Benjamin or William. Can’t wait to hear what they choose.
littlebrownpony Says:
Honestly, I think they could go in many different directions but I bet Byers or Garner is going to factor in there, somewhere.
I really like the idea of Violet and Seraphina having a brother with a 1 syllable first name. Here’s a few choice I like:
Finn Byers
John Beckett
Benjamin Nash (called Nash)
Nathaniel “Nate” Garner
James William
linzybindi Says:
Benjamin Boston…goes by Boston.
auroradawn Says:
No one else has guessed my choice, so I suppose it may not have much of a chance! His sisters both have sweet, feminine names, so his needs to be masculine:
Peter Benjamin Geza Affleck
I added Geza after seeing it in the thread’s intro. It’s attractive and makes Peter Benjamin a little more exotic. I like the strength of Peter’s sound and meaning (“rock,” carrying the idea of a foundation stone.) And if they’re into Beatrix Potter…
auroradawn Says:
Since I added Geza, which would honor his dad, I think more likely choices would be
Peter Timothy Geza Affleck or
Peter William Geza Affleck,
both of which work well and would honor both his dad and a grandfather.
mariahsweet Says:
Violet and Seraphina are both dreamy, romantic, and relatively traditional names. So I’m going to guess:
August
Tristan
Leopold
Roman
Thaddeus
Matteo
RhiaTayler Says:
I don’t think the name has been released yet… right? So, I’m going to guess real quick lol.
I think they will go with something like Oliver William Affleck.
Sam Says:
August or George, with the middle name William or Garner… But I still think they are having another little girl…
Sam Says:
or Andrew! forgot to mention that one!
Sam Says:
And if it is a little girl, which I think it is, I think Jen would go with something like Julia or Juliette
Julia Joy Affleck! Hehe
niteowl13 Says:
This little one should be born soon! Jennifer Garner is close with her former co-star Victor Garber, so I bet Victor will be one of the middle names. William will be the other.
I bet they will go with a one syllable first name: Finn, Vaughn, Nash, Miles? She has said that the girls like Disney names though.
kiwi Says:
Theodore for a boy
Adele or Willa for a girl
Just some random guesses!
katherine71 Says:
Garner Boldt Affeck!!!!
tavn Says:
Well, no on guessed Samuel, but missysue was the first to say Garner would be used. Sure enough, they named him Samuel Garner Affleck.
pam Says:
Love Samuel, love Garner in the middle, but I think we all expected them to pick something more adventurous!
missysue Says:
Love Samuel as well, but part of me wishes they went with Garner as the first!
aevery Says:
Soren Felix Affleck!
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