I love alliterative names. To me, it adds interest, dynamism, and spunk. It makes a name sound like a super hero alias, a la [name]Peter[/name] [name]Parker[/name] or [name]Clark[/name] [name]Kent[/name].
My last name is Hatten. I love the idea of a [name]Helena[/name] Hatten. Atm, I’m adoring [name]Helena[/name] [name]Faye[/name].
Would an H middle name be too much? [name]Helena[/name] [name]Hero[/name] Hatten. I sort of love it to death but (a) I don’t want to do it with all my kids, so she would be an anomaly, and (b) I don’t want to suck all the gravitas out of her name.
[name]Helena[/name] [name]Faye[/name] is beautiful. I have an alliteration name myself. I like my name, but I would hate it if my initials were DDD. So I think [name]Helena[/name] [name]Hero[/name] Hatten is too much alliteration. [name]Helena[/name] [name]Faye[/name] Hatten is perfect.
[name]Helena[/name] [name]Faye[/name] is gorgeous. WOW. [name]Just[/name] stunning. For the record, I absolutely love alliterative names – alliterative first and last names, that is. To me, they just sound better. However, I agree with pp that three of the same initial is a little much. When I was a kid, we had fun with our initials – what do the spell; how do they look written out; etc. Maybe we were just dorks … okay, we were definitely dorks, but I’m just saying all three of the same letter would be less fun than, say, HFH – which strike me as really respectable initials for some reason.
I love [name]Hero[/name], but it the triple-alliteration feels a little silly to me.
[name]Helena[/name] Mann Hatten? :-b
I think [name]Faye[/name] detracts from [name]Helena[/name]'s strength, but I like the rhythm…
[name]Helena[/name] [name]Fern[/name] would give you the N-alliteration (end of [name]Fern[/name] and Hatten.) [name]Fern[/name] is soft like [name]Faye[/name], but ferns are coiled, green, vital, often eccentrically furry-footed plants.)
I actually really like alliteration. I’m not sure if I’d ever use it because it largely depends on the surname and whether or not I like any names which start with the same letter (right now, that’s a big N-O), but on other people, I think alliterative names sound catchy. This may or may not be common, but from what I’ve noticed, people with alliterative names are usually pretty fun and infectious (in a good way).
I think [name]Helena[/name] Hatten sounds great. All 3 H names are too much for me, and it crosses the line from ‘fun’ to ‘funny’ sorry! I love love [name]Faye[/name] as a middle name, though!
I love [name]Helena[/name] [name]Hero[/name], but the three H’s seem very… H-ey. Too many H’s for my taste. On the other hand I loooove [name]Helena[/name] [name]Faye[/name].
Echoing what others have said, I really like alliteration! In fact I have made A-Z alliterative first/middle name lists (coughname geekcough). But even I don’t think I could do triple alliteration. I’d stick to first/middle or first/last, or as you said, it would drain some of the gravitas and make it a bit jokey/gimmicky.
I love alliteration too! Before I got married I was [name]Maggie[/name] [name]Miller[/name] and always thought that sounded nice particularly because it made two pretty common names sound better. I’m a fan of [name]Helena[/name] Hatten! I would agree that you should go with [name]Helena[/name] [name]Faye[/name] and avoide the HHH initials.
[name]Helena[/name] [name]Fay[/name] is beautiful.
Alliteration always makes me think of [name]Marvel[/name] Comic [name]Hero[/name]'s. (Examples: [name]Peter[/name] [name]Parker[/name], [name]Bruce[/name] [name]Banner[/name], [name]Lois[/name] [name]Lane[/name], [name]Scott[/name] [name]Summers[/name], [name]Reed[/name] [name]Richards[/name], [name]Susan[/name] [name]Storm[/name]). Nothing wrong with that, esp if you are a big comicbook fan. But, I might avoid names like [name]Hero[/name].
I read your blogpost and was surprised to see that you said the Dr Seuss character’s name is [name]Vera[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Vinn[/name]. In my son’s copy of the book the character’s name was [name]Verna[/name] [name]Vera[/name] [name]Vinn[/name]. Now I am wondering if they changed her name to make it more modern or something or maybe he used a similar but different name in another book? The book I am speaking of is just called A-Z by Dr Seuss I think. Or maybe you remembered it wrong and yours does say [name]Verna[/name] [name]Vera[/name] [name]Vinn[/name]. Now I am really curious.
I read your blogpost and was surprised to see that you said the Dr Seuss character’s name is [name]Vera[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Vinn[/name]. In my son’s copy of the book the character’s name was [name]Verna[/name] [name]Vera[/name] [name]Vinn[/name]. Now I am wondering if they changed her name to make it more modern or something or maybe he used a similar but different name in another book? The book I am speaking of is just called A-Z by Dr Seuss I think. Or maybe you remembered it wrong and yours does say [name]Verna[/name] [name]Vera[/name] [name]Vinn[/name]. Now I am really curious.
Thanks for all the awesome suggestions. My husband told me he thought about it and [name]Helena[/name] was too old lady for him. Sigh. [name]How[/name] do you explain to a dude that the days of [name]Kelly[/name] and [name]Kimberly[/name] are over, and [name]Helena[/name] isn’t going to get mercilessly teased for her name?
The only names he likes are very classic, feminine, solid names: [name]Katherine[/name], [name]Victoria[/name], [name]Virginia[/name]. On a scale of one to four, he’s giving everything a 2 at best, except [name]Elizabeth[/name]. [name]Elizabeth[/name] is a 1. And it’s a great name so it’s in our #1 slot now.
I love alliteration, but it’s tricky with H’s because of the very special whispering sound. I like the suggestion of [name]Honor[/name]. These have silent h’s as well: [name]Heloise[/name], [name]Honora[/name], [name]Hyacinthe[/name].
I think [name]Helena[/name] Hatten is great! Three Hs might be a bit much though.
sorry! I love love [name]Faye[/name] as a middle name, though!