does this name clash with our last?

SO I have a family member [name_u]Sonny[/name_u] who I I would love to honer, and have been searching for a name that would give that nn [name_u]Sonny[/name_u], but my DH thinks its to feminine with an older brother [name_m]Jed[/name_m], so we were looking for a more subtle way of achieving it.

Both of us love the name [name_m]Grayson[/name_m], can give a family kudos too the name [name_u]Sonny[/name_u] or the super slick nn [name_u]Gray[/name_u] which I feel isn’t overshadowed by the masculinity of [name_m]Jed[/name_m].

Then I wrote it with out last name and now I’m unsure.

So Thinking either
[name_m]Grayson[/name_m] [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] Whitefield so [name_u]Gray[/name_u] Whitefield
Or [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] Whitefield.

But [name_u]Gray[/name_u] Whitefield. Is this a problem, it almost sounds like a description.
What do you think? do they just not mesh?

thanks for your help berries, i am so close to sold on this if you think it works with our last.

Maybe [name_u]Jameson[/name_u] [name_u]Gray[/name_u] Whitefield?

It is a little descriptive, particularly if you called him just [name_u]Gray[/name_u]. Not terrible, but it would probably get a few jokes. [name_m]Will[/name_m] hearing the occasional joke about his name annoy you?

I also like [name_u]Jameson[/name_u], [name_m]Harrison[/name_m], [name_m]Samson[/name_m], or [name_u]Hudson[/name_u] with big brother’s name. Or I could see [name_u]Sonny[/name_u] being short for something like [name_m]Simon[/name_m] or [name_m]Solomon[/name_m] as well, but honestly I don’t think it even needs to be associated with the name on his birth certificate. Any boy could be nicknamed [name_u]Sonny[/name_u].

[name_u]Sonny[/name_u] and [name_m]Jeb[/name_m] make an awesome sibset and I don’t think Heb over powers [name_u]Sonny[/name_u] at all. Especially since you are spelling it [name_u]Sonny[/name_u], not [name_u]Sunny[/name_u].

[name_m]Just[/name_m] do a search on names containing son and you will find so many good options.
Her are some I thought went well with [name_m]Jed[/name_m].

[name_m]Stetson[/name_m]
[name_u]Tyson[/name_u]
[name_m]Garretson[/name_m]
[name_u]Mason[/name_u]
[name_m]Bryson[/name_m]
[name_m]Dickson[/name_m]/[name_m]Dixon[/name_m]
[name_m]Harrison[/name_m]

You could also take your husbands name and put son at he end.

[name_m]Greyson[/name_m] whitefield is a very handsome name, and if you call him [name_u]Sonny[/name_u] then you won’t have to worry about the gray-white conundrum. He would just be [name_u]Sonny[/name_u] Whitefield which is very handsome as well. From your options I like [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] the best. I think it flows better.

(If you still think it may be a problem) - [name_m]How[/name_m] often will the first and last name be used together anyway? :slight_smile:
I like [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] also!

The only time I can think of when their first and last will be used would be the school name call but it would be full first name (they rarely say fn + ln when calling it, and they won’t call out a nickname).

I don’t see a problem with it!

[name_u]Sonny[/name_u] is incredible masculine (you can’t get more boyish than a son)!!!

Agree that [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] Whitefield sounds like a description of a landscape.

[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] is lovely! Why not [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] Whitefield - you could still use [name_u]Sonny[/name_u] as a nickname, but have [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] as his full name .

I like [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] Whitefield.

[name_m]Jed[/name_m]-[name_m]Fred[/name_m],
I refuse to rhyme and I can’t use [name_u]James[/name_u] as a first as it’s my nephews name,
Poop.

[name_f]Do[/name_f] you like [name_m]Graham[/name_m]/[name_m]Graeme[/name_m] Whitefield, and use the nickname [name_u]Gray[/name_u]? You still get [name_u]Gray[/name_u] but the formal name isn’t descriptive with [name_u]Gray[/name_u] in it. I know a [name_m]Graham[/name_m] that gets called [name_u]Gray[/name_u] and it works fine. [name_m]Jed[/name_m] and [name_u]Gray[/name_u] are awesome together!