We’re struggling to come up with a name for our first child, a boy.
Since I keep going back and worth on this, I’m wondering how everyone feels about alliterative names? My sister has an alliterative name (with her maiden name) - MM, which never sounded bad.
But I’m worried since our surname is an O name, it won’t sound right. Our surname is Ostman (rhymes with postman). However, it is frequently pronounced with a short O as well, so name would have to sound right with both pronounciations.
I really like the names [name]Owen[/name] and [name]Oliver[/name], but I’m considering throwing them both out because I’m not sure the O sound is a strong enough sound to really sound good with alliteration. Other vowel names on our list are [name]Ian[/name], [name]Ethan[/name] and [name]August[/name], but I’m tempted to just avoid vowels all together because I’m not sure that a vowel first and last name are the greatest.
I personally do not like alliteration, although [name]Oliver[/name] Ostman sounds alright to me. Is it just the sound of [name]Owen[/name] and [name]Oliver[/name] that you like, or is it the meaning? If it is just (or mainly) the sound, what about:
I love alliteration and don’t understand why some people turn their noses up at it. Sure, there are times when alliteration is not so great. But [name]Clark[/name] [name]Kent[/name]? [name]Peter[/name] [name]Pan[/name]? [name]Luna[/name] Lovegood? Bilbo Baggins? At least admit that alliteration makes some memorable character names.
[name]Oliver[/name] Ostman sounds great to me. [name]Owen[/name] Ostman isn’t bad either, although I prefer [name]Oliver[/name]. [name]Ian[/name] Ostman and [name]Ethan[/name] Ostman are fine as well, although I’d avoid [name]August[/name] since the ending sounds so similar to the beginning of your surname.
Have you been peeking at our list? [name]Logan[/name] and [name]Noah[/name] are both on our short list, although [name]Noah[/name] is awfully popular right now.
I love [name]Oliver[/name] Ostman. It’s just the right amount of alliteration in my opinion. I think [name]Owen[/name] sounds way too close to your last name for it to be usable. From your list, I also love [name]Ian[/name]! I think the beginning of the name doesn’t matter as much as the ending of a name because with the ending of a name, you can get something that runs together or (like what [name]Owen[/name] does) sounds too similar to one another.
I think [name]Oliver[/name] Ostman and [name]Ian[/name] Ostman sounds great!
I feel you! Our name is pronounced similar to [name]Owen[/name]-bee and my favorite names for a long time has been [name]Olivia[/name] and [name]Elizabeth[/name].
I do think alliteration can work. [name]Oliver[/name] Ostman sounds great. [name]Owen[/name] & [name]Ian[/name] don’t sound as good, but not bad.
I think [name]Ethan[/name] Ostman also sounds great.
I’d stay away from [name]August[/name] Ostman, that’s a bit too much similarity.
Agreed. I think [name]Oliver[/name] Ostman is pretty amazing! I also really love [name]Ian[/name] Ostman and [name]August[/name] Ostman. Particularly [name]August[/name], but it’s mainly just because I love [name]August[/name] in general!
