My husband and I came up with our son’s name, [name_m]Benton[/name_m] [name_m]Grover[/name_m], almost two years before he was conceived and had such an easy time of it. Our daughter’s name is the complete opposite. We waited until we were already expecting her to look at names and it was so much more stressful. [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] was the only first name we could both agree on and when she was 4 weeks old we ended up changing her middle from [name_f]Louisa[/name_f] to [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] because my husband kept accidentally calling her [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]. So this time we have come up with a boy name and a girl name that we both like for a hypothetical baby that may never exist. Y’all have no idea what a relief it is to have these names waiting in the wings just in case though!
The boy name is [name_m]Charleston[/name_m] [name_m]Hawk[/name_m]. [name_m]Charles[/name_m] is a family name on my side and [name_m]Hawk[/name_m] is a way of honoring my husband without using any of his actual name (he’s obsessed with hawks and his Native American heritage).
The girl name is [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] Temperence. [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] was my favorite name for [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] and Temperence (yes, without an A) was his. Why we couldn’t think of that combo when we were stressing about [name_f]Arwen[/name_f]'s name, I don’t know. Blame it on raging pregnancy hormones.
Thoughts? [name_f]Do[/name_f] [name_m]Charleston[/name_m] and [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] work well with [name_m]Benton[/name_m] and [name_f]Arwen[/name_f]? Them all having names that end with N is intentional. There’s no getting out of that theme at this point. Hubby and I both have N ending names too, [name_m]Brian[/name_m] and [name_f]Cathryn[/name_f]. Luckily, I love names that end with N.
I’m not a fan of [name_m]Charleston[/name_m] because it sounds similar to [name_m]Benton[/name_m] and [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] at the end when you say them, but that’s just me because I mostly base my name choices on the way they sound, so little things like that do annoy me more than others. I’m not a fan of the combo [name_m]Charleston[/name_m] [name_m]Hawk[/name_m], but it’s not horrid or anything.
However, [name_f]Imogen[/name_f], [name_m]Benton[/name_m] and [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] sound darling! And I am in love with the combo of [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] Temperence.
I really like [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] Temperence. I would spell it [name_f]Temperance[/name_f], but that’s just me. I’m not a fan of [name_m]Charleston[/name_m] [name_m]Hawk[/name_m]. Maybe it’s just NMS? I don’t care for place names in general. [name_m]Hawk[/name_m] just doesn’t sound appealing to me as a name.
I really like [name_m]Charleston[/name_m] [name_m]Hawk[/name_m] and [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] Temperence, I don´t think its too much like [name_m]Benton[/name_m], except the -ton ending, but if you can look past that, then why not use it? I really like the sibset either way, and don´t think that you need to change them. Good luck
[name_m]Charleston[/name_m] [name_m]Hawk[/name_m] is really cool. [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] Temperence feels a bit heavy though, especially with [name_m]Benton[/name_m] [name_m]Grover[/name_m] and [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]. I like [name_f]Imogen[/name_f], but I would choose something more playful for the middle name. But that’s just my taste.
[name_f]Arwen[/name_f] and [name_m]Charleston[/name_m] sharing the strong AR sound bothers me some, but not enough for me not to use [name_m]Charleston[/name_m] considering my dad, grandpa, and great grandpa and on my mom’s side my uncle and cousin all share the name [name_m]Charles[/name_m]. They all either go by [name_m]Chuck[/name_m] or [name_m]Chuckie[/name_m] though and my possible little [name_m]Charleston[/name_m] would either go by [name_m]Charleston[/name_m] or [name_u]Charlie[/name_u].
[name_m]Hawk[/name_m], like I said, would honor my husband. He has just the letter C as a middle name, so he’s never wanted a junior or even to use a variation of his name for a child like [name_f]Briar[/name_f] or [name_f]Abriana[/name_f] for [name_m]Brian[/name_m]. When I asked him about [name_m]Hawk[/name_m] he immediately loved it though.
Oh and Temperence without an A is all my husband. He loves Temperence and would have named [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] Temperence in a heartbeat if he could’ve got me on board. Temperence isn’t the first choice I’d go with as a middle for [name_f]Imogen[/name_f], but that’s what marriage is all about, compromise. I [name_f]LOVE[/name_f] [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] and really hope I get to use it someday.
[name_m]Benton[/name_m], [name_f]Arwen[/name_f], and [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] sounds lovely. [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] [name_f]Temperance[/name_f] is a nice combination, but the spelling Temperence doesn’t work for me.
[name_m]Benton[/name_m], [name_f]Arwen[/name_f], and [name_m]Charleston[/name_m] sounds decent. The [name_f]Char[/name_f] next to [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] bugs me a little, but the combo’s a good one. I like [name_m]Benton[/name_m], [name_f]Arwen[/name_f], and [name_m]Charles[/name_m] even better though. I think [name_m]Charles[/name_m] [name_m]Hawk[/name_m] sounds smashing.
Temperence without an A came from the show Bones. It’s not even that my husband loves that show. It’s just that he saw that alternate spelling and has decided it’s his favorite.
Since it’s in the middle, I won’t throw a fuss about it. I’m getting my [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] as the first name and that makes me very happy.
I prefer [name_m]Charleston[/name_m] to [name_m]Charles[/name_m] not only because it ends with N like all of our names do, but also because our last name starts with the [name_m]MAN[/name_m] sound and [name_m]Charleston[/name_m] removes the similarities to [name_m]Charles[/name_m] [name_m]Manson[/name_m] just that much more.
Since ‘temperance’ has a fixed dictionary spelling, there’s no such thing as an ‘alternate’ spelling. Using an ‘e’ instead of an ‘a’ would simply be erroneous. You’d end up looking like you didn’t know how to spell the word.
