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I'd expect a sibling called Omega, nn Meg.

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A British name expert, Leslie Dunkling, wrote somewhere about the odd spellings he'd found in 19th century records. Most of them could probably be traced back to the parents' regional dialect or personal misunderstanding: Mrrya, for instance, and Alfer. He reasoned that Alfer's parents liked the name Alf but felt it needed a longer form; perhaps they didn't like Alfred, or perhaps they'd heard Alpha used in church and thought that gave it extra dignity. Of course, their spelling let them down.

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As for alphabet names in general, aren't they mostly nns for names beginning with the relevant letter? James Gatsby -> Jay; and then Bea for Beatrice, Dee for most things (I know a Dinah who's Dee), Effie (OK it's for Euphemia, but it sounds like a little F), Gigi, Elle, Katherine Theresa -> KT and so on and on. I find them pretty trite, but they do get used. Fiddling around with the names of letters in an alphabet not one's own is an odd thing to do - surely there must be enough genuine names in a language like English without scraping the barrel like that?

I don't like it.

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My first thought was that dumb movie "Alpha and Omega" (the animated movie about the wolves).

It's cool but sounds ancient. My mom knows an Alpha and, funnily enough, her initials are ABC.

Well from the alphabet I have seen/heard a couple that weren't bad:
Pi
Psi/ psy
Delta

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and ones i havent heard but think would work:
Elipson
Zeta
Theta
Iota

Well, Bee is clearly usable! As is Dee, Jay, Kay, Elle, Emme, and Hugh!

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I do think Phi is kinda cool. And, Epsilon for the brave parent. None are recommendable though.

Well, not really my thing, but entirely possible.
Alpha & Delta anyway, but also Eta, Theta, Zeta, Sigma & Beta.
Not really cute or stylish, but doable.

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A little Aleph-nothing for me, to close to Adolph, our national nightmare name, can not afford without getting into any trouble.
Absolutely unthinkable especially as a German or Austrian if one wants to show political correctness at home and abroad or as a German-speaking expat.

I don't like it.

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Well, My is used in Sweden and it's a Greek letter...
I know Omega has traditionally sometimes been used for the last child. And Delta is apparently used since it's in the database. Zeta could work, too.

Alpha doesn't seem like a real-person name to me. It's like a superhero name, or a dog name. Alpha Dog. lol
My husband knew a girl in high school called Alpa. Her family was from India. He said he thought it was Alpha for a long time, and then when he realized it wasn't, thought Alpa was too close to Alpo dog food.

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard named their daughter Delta Bell. I much prefer Delta over Alpha.

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I don't think any others are usable from the Greek alphabet, but from the phonetic alphabet there is:

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Charlie
Echo
India
Juliet
Lima
Mike
Oscar
Romeo
Sierra
Victor

This message was edited 8/16/2016, 10:20 AM

I much prefer Aleph and Alphaeus (unrelated).