Has anyone ever tried this? It’s so interesting to see what people come up with especially with boys. There’s a little boy in my mother’s classroom name; Alexavier. Thoughts on the name?
In some cases it works. I think that Alexavier is interesting and it sounds nice.
I think that it can be cool, but it depends on what you’re mashing together. When I was younger I loved making up names like that because I wanted to give my child a unique name. In the past 5 years or so, I’ve become more of a fan of classic names with history. Not to mention, I have trouble remembering people’s names when they’re wonky and made up. I don’t want my kid to have a name that people don’t recognize, can’t remember, or can’t pronounce because it’s so different.
I think for some names it works and works well, other’s not so much. It really depends on the names in question. Alexavier sounds good.
I, too, think it works sometimes (though I am personally against making up new names - there are so many awesome ones already out there!!). Alexavier isn’t bad. Some can go way over the top though.
I, agree with the previous posters. Sometimes it works, other times you want to scream and throw a baby book at the parents.
Not the same, but I mashed up my first, middle initial, and last name and came up with [name]Colton[/name], workable, right. But if I did Cocheash, you would feel sorry for my kid. Lol
Alexavier isn’t bad. I am not normally a fan of it though. It seems cheesy and childish to me.
I don’t like it, in general. But, ended up doing it for our soon-to-be daughter! I really wanted to include both of her grandmother’s in her middle name. No future children to save a name for. So, instead of having two separate middle names (for many, overly debated reasons) we decided to go with Janemarie. I think it works since both names are are simple and well known. And, it follows past name structures like [name]Annmarie[/name]. I also think your particular example works well too. Most of the time, it can get really confusing and tacky, imo.
I think it really depends on the names. In general I’m not a fan of “smush” names because they can go soooo incredibly wrong.
Some like [name]Annmarie[/name] work out great but often it feels a little like a cluster-f* of not being able to choose one name.
Alexavier bothers me personally but probably because I’m [name]Alexandra[/name] and it makes me feel like I misspelled my own name when I type it -> but if I try to be more objective and less gut feeling about it I feel that it works ok though still nms.
“Alexavier” certainly flows well and sounds like a name. But I am absolutely not a fan of the practice. If I were to get all judgy, I would make unfavorable assumptions about the intelligence and education of his parents. I think it works in vanishingly few contexts.
I’m not a fan of it at all unless the end result is a real name. For instance, one grandmother is named [name]Anna[/name] and one is [name]Maria[/name] so you name your daughter [name]Annemarie[/name] to honor them both. Usually though, as with Alexavier, it just looks like a made-up mess.
Haha, XD. I actually don’t hate the name. Lol. But I wouldn’t use it.
Honestly, I prefer names that aren’t made up that have history and are classic…but that is my style. I work in preschool and first grade so I hear all kinds of made up names that are difficult to pronounce, spell, and remember…I wouldn’t name my child a name like that. Although that one isn’t bad, maybe because it sounds like a legit name.
It’s actually in the boys section of a baby name book which is surprising! D: I think I really do like this name and so does my SO.
Not terrible, but not my style. I like Asomeone, [name]Rosemary[/name] & [name]Mary[/name]-[name]Kate[/name]. I will probably use [name]John[/name] [name]Joseph[/name] and call him by both often, but Johnseph? No thanks. I think if someone finds one that flows well and is two recognizable names it can work for them but they are lengthy and can sound tacky.
Haha not Asomeone! [name]Annmarie[/name]!
Sometimes I think it comes across as lazy… like you wanted to use two names, but don’t want to pronounce them both all the time.
I’m toying with Khayne as the middle name for our maybe second son - a combo of our father’s names (Khairy and [name]Wayne[/name]). Only because one of my nephews already has the “double grandpa” middle name of [name]Harry[/name] [name]Wayne[/name]. Khayne is actually a name though, coincidentally, just a weird spelling of it.
Again, it depends on the name - can be good, but can usually go bad quickly.
Not generally a fan of the practice. I know an Alexabeth, and that baby rocks it. It’s close enough to [name]Elizabeth[/name] that is rolls off the tongue a bit easier than Alexavier, at least to me. She’s also got two elaborate but gorgeous middle names that elude me right now, which seems… excessive. To each his/her own, though - I know people thought I was nuts for using [name]Coraline[/name] as a middle, and they most likely think it’s a mashup 
Alexavier sounds great actually
To blade’s point, there is often a class/education connotation with name mashups. When I lived in Chile, many upper class people would talk scoffingly about the name “Briathan” - a hybrid of [name]Brian[/name] and [name]Jonathan[/name] - that had taken hold in low income urban communities. The same pattern abounded in a neighborhood where I worked in the Dominican Republic - the mashups were often made of 3 names or more (often mixes of English, Spanish and [name]Haitian[/name] Creole names) - Rudmarlin, Walkiris, Yascaira and Wensy to name just a few. The musical In the Heights has a main character called “Usnavi” - named after a U.S. [name]Navy[/name] boat his parents passed on their journey to the USA. In lots of communities, this kind of name creativity is celebrated. I guess it depends on the line you draw between creative and, well, tacky. Personally, I think you have to call it as you see it, name by name.