This weekend my husband and I had more time to talk about names than we had so far this pregnancy, and I think we finally made some progress… or at least verified that some of our prior top contenders wouldn’t work as firsts for various reasons.
One name that we (somewhat surprisingly) agree on, more so than we have on any thus far, is [name_u]Wallace[/name_u]. Like, my husband is game to set [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] in stone as the first name. I don’t know if I am quite that set on it yet, but it has really grown on me and I’m starting to love it.
First, what are your honest opinions on [name_u]Wallace[/name_u]? What impressions does it give you? Are there any bad associations we aren’t thinking of? I know there’s Wall-E thé robot, but my husband says that doesn’t bother him… despite that being his reason for vetoing it the first time I ever mentioned it.
Second, is [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] too similar to brother [name_m]Warren[/name_m]? I feel like even though they are both W names, they sound different enough. More different than [name_m]Warren[/name_m] and [name_u]Arden[/name_u], which we had considered at one point. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you think [name_m]Warren[/name_m] and [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] would make an okay sibling set?
Third, if you think [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] is usable as a first name, we need middle name suggestions to go with it! I jotted down a few combos, but we were traveling in the car so I didn’t put too much thought into them or review them yet.
Your input is always helpful!
Last name is 3 syllables, starts with St-, ends in -er, has an o in the middle.
Brother is [name_m]Warren[/name_m] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m].
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[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] - I wouldn’t use [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] as a first, personally. But I actually love how it sounds with [name_u]Wallace[/name_u]? I’m worried it might be “too much” though?
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Ames[/name_u] - have to include this because I still love [name_u]Ames[/name_u] even if my husband does not 
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u] - [name_u]James[/name_u] is technically my husband’s step-dad’s name, even though he goes by [name_m]Jim[/name_m]. And I think it just works nicely as a middle for a lot of names, not sure it flows great with [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] though.
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Archer[/name_u] - my husband threw [name_u]Archer[/name_u] out, not sure I love it.
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Finch[/name_u] - If you’ve seen my hundreds of [name_m]Felix[/name_m] [name_u]Finch[/name_u] and [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_u]Finch[/name_u] posts, you know I love [name_u]Finch[/name_u] as a middle name. Don’t know why, I just do. I want to use it as a middle so badly, but I’m not feeling it with [name_u]Wallace[/name_u]?
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] - I think we finally concluded that [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] would not be a first name contender for us anymore, so including it as a middle.
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Felix[/name_m] - same as above.
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Van[/name_u] - [name_f]My[/name_f] maiden name is VanAntwerp, and I legally changed my middle name to VanAntwerp when we got married. Our first son shared a middle name with my husband and father-in-law. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband thinks it would be cool if [name_u]Van[/name_u] was the middle name so that this child would have a middle name connection to me. Also, my paternal grandfather went by just [name_u]Van[/name_u] primarily. Though, his actually name was Warren… which is our first son’s name. I don’t know if that would be weird to have two kids somewhat named after the same person? [name_m]Even[/name_m] though this one would be more so named after me? [name_f]My[/name_f] husband also suggested we use the full VanAntwerp as the middle on paperwork and then could call him [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Van[/name_u]? Would that be a massive burden on the poor kid? 
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Vaughn[/name_u]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Finnegan[/name_u] - for some reason I like how this sounds with our last name
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Declan[/name_u]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Olson[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Arthur[/name_u] - we both really like [name_u]Arthur[/name_u] as a first name but decided against using it as a first for several reasons
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Scott[/name_u]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] Ray/Rae - my Dad’s middle name is Ray; my mom’s middle name is [name_f]Renee[/name_f]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] - You have probably seen loads of posts from me loving [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] [name_u]Ames[/name_u]. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband is fully against [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] as a first, but he actually suggested [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] as a middle for [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] and I think I like the way it sounds. I would also love to get the meaning of [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] somewhere in the name.
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Webb[/name_m] - [name_m]Webster[/name_m] was a contender early on. [name_m]Webb[/name_m] is a family name on my husband’s step-dad’s side.
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Gibson[/name_m] nn [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] Gibs
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Malcom[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Kipton[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Enzo[/name_u]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Oslo[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Amos[/name_u]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Fenton[/name_m]
because at the time I was at university studying geography, and I learned about the [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_f]Line[/name_f] -