[name_m]Just[/name_m] wonderig what your thoughts are on alliterations. I’m sort of on the fence. Are they too superhero-ish?
I feel like alliterations workbetter with some letters than others. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you think a W first and last name is too much?
Does [name_u]Wilder[/name_u], [name_u]Wyatt[/name_u] or [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] work with the last name [name_m]Welch[/name_m], [name_m]Walsh[/name_m] or [name_u]Walker[/name_u]?
Thanks for your thoughts!
Personally I tend to love alliteration names! So it was a surprise when I found out most people hate them! I think people avoid them the most because it might seem to matchy matchy with their last names! And while that’s also a fear of mine? There are alliterated names that I feel don’t have to rhyme and are quite beautiful! [name_f]My[/name_f] favorite so far is coming across a girl named [name_f]Luz[/name_f] [name_m]Leon[/name_m]! I can’t get the name out of my head it’s so beautiful to me!
I don’t mind it at all. The only time I have a problem with it is when the names sound/look too similar.
I do agree with this.
I agree with this too. The Wa Wa is too much and the similar ending of [name_u]Wilder[/name_u] [name_u]Walker[/name_u] doesn’t work. Does [name_u]Wyatt[/name_u] [name_m]Walsh[/name_m] sound ok? I’m not quite convinced it does.
I like it and feel it makes for a memorable name but the sounds in each name have to differ and it helps if the number of syllables differ. I do find the W names listed are a bit hard to work with but as another example, [name_m]Wells[/name_m] Worthington, [name_m]Warren[/name_m] Whyte, or [name_f]Winnifred[/name_f] Welsh works, IMO.
I often love alliteration! I think it’s memorable and sounds well, and I don’t mind it sounding a bit superhero-ish ([name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_u]Parker[/name_u], [name_f]Kamala[/name_f] Khan, and [name_u]Miles[/name_u] Morales are all names I wish I had thought of myself).
My favorite option out of yours is [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Walker[/name_u]; many of the other combinations get a bit slurred.
I think it really depends -sometimes it sounds really good, sometimes it sounds hard to say or cheesy
I think it’s really situational, though I have no particular feelings on alliteration in general! It’s not my style for a full first syllable to repeat like in [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Walker[/name_u], but I don’t hate it really.
Speaking from the point of view of someone who will likely have to use [name_u]Walker[/name_u] as the surname of my future children (husband’s name not mine and contentious). I personally think the “w” is tricky to work with in terms of alliteration and probably not something I would do.
You could potentially get away with [name_u]Wyatt[/name_u] as it seems to come to a more concise end than the others.
I love alliterations, im not a fan of when the names sound too similar though, like [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Walker[/name_u] or [name_u]Wilder[/name_u] [name_u]Walker[/name_u].
I do like [name_u]Wyatt[/name_u] [name_u]Walker[/name_u] though.
I think it really depends on the name
For instance I love [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] [name_m]Luke[/name_m] and I don’t think that sounds too bad together. .[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] for instance we liked for a girl and doesn’t immediately scream alliteration etc.
Love them! Maybe more than I should haha
I don’t like alliteration at all, I don’t know why. The only time I could maybe make an exception would be where the letter makes a different sound, for example [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_u]Carter[/name_u], but I still wouldn’t use it myself.
I agree that W’s are trickier than other letters. S names for instance produce so many different sounds. With the exception of of a name like [name_u]Wren[/name_u], W names all have the same kind of sound.
I love alliteration! I think it makes a name memorable in a good way. I agree with pp that the internal sounds of the names should differ as much as possible, but there’s relatively few alliterative names that I think really don’t work.
I think [name_u]Wyatt[/name_u] works with the surnames because the sounds other than the W are different enough. Alliteration in general is cool I think.
I don’t mind alliteration and agree it’s situational. Not a fan of say names like- [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Johnson[/name_m] but that’s more than just alliteration, that’s repeating sounds too.
I think the names you listed are fine! Good luck
I’m a big fan of alliteration generally, but like your examples I have a W surname and I’m just not sure it’s a sound that lends itself to cool, punchy, alliterative combos. I agree that it certainly works better for some letters than for others.
(Although [name_m]Walt[/name_m] [name_m]Whitman[/name_m] works, so maybe W could be doable…)
Wilder [name_m]Walsh[/name_m], [name_u]Wyatt[/name_u] [name_u]Walker[/name_u] and [name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_u]Walker[/name_u] would probably be my favourite FN + LN combos for each of those, and I think [name_u]Wilder[/name_u] [name_m]Walsh[/name_m] is my favourite of all 