DH has informed me that his favorite boy’s name is [name]Theodore[/name], nn [name]Theo[/name]. Our last name is [name]Lee[/name]. I like [name]Theo[/name], but don’t love it (yet?). Also, [name]Theo[/name] [name]Lee[/name] just seems a little weird to me, like one word “thee-O-lee”. Thoughts? Other front runners are [name]Spencer[/name] and [name]Elliot[/name]. [name]Sister[/name] is [name]Anna[/name]. If everyone gives [name]Theo[/name] the go ahead, I will give it more serious consideration!
I do not think [name]Theodore[/name] [name]Lee[/name] sounds strange at all, and I don’t think you’d really be calling him by his nickname and middle name together, would you? Or were you planning on not using [name]Theodore[/name] and just going with [name]Theo[/name]? If so, yes, I think it doesn’t have the greatest flow to just go with [name]Theo[/name] [name]Lee[/name]. I actually really like [name]Theodore[/name] [name]Lee[/name]! It sounds great!
EDITED: sorry!!! I thought you were saying [name]Lee[/name] was the middle name. Ok, on that note, I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it, so I think if you [name]DO[/name] love it, it sounds just fine! Sorry about that, I should read posts more closely!
I see what you mean - that it almost sounds like one word - but so does [name]Anna[/name] imo. I don’t think I would hesitate if I loved [name]Theo[/name]. And the full [name]Theodore[/name] [name]Lee[/name] is very handsome.
I dont think it is a problem. Think about it this way, the only time he will be called by both his first and last name will be in school, at the doctors office etc and they will always call out “[name]Theodore[/name] [name]Lee[/name]”. Family and friends will call him [name]Theo[/name] but they wont add his last name too it.
I think [name]Theo[/name] [name]Lee[/name] sounds fine. I like it.
I actually hear something akin to “the holy” when I say [name]Theo[/name] [name]Lee[/name] aloud…
I think [name]Theo[/name] [name]Lee[/name] would be pronounced like this THEE-oh (tiny pause) [name]LEE[/name]. Not theo[name]LEE[/name]. We know this man named [name]Paul[/name] Koll. If you say his name really fast, it sounds weird. But everyone who says his name pauses in between [name]Paul[/name] and Koll. It’s also like [name]Brad[/name] [name]Pitt[/name]. No one says bradpitt. They emphasize each name and pause between the two names. Now that I am really thinking about it, I’m realizing that the last name gets the most emphasis.