I find that I think about only a few (maybe 2 or 3) of my combos ALL the time, I wouldn’t change a thing about them, definitely feel a connection with them.
I have other combos that I do like of course, but I either don’t think about them a lot or I switch them up. So for a poll + discussion…
How many combos do you feel you have a true attachment/connection to?
So far, my [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f] [name_u]Swan[/name_u] is the only one my partner and I are set on. It’s packed with the most meaning for both of us. There are other names floating around that we’ve agreed on using if given the chance but we haven’t yet determined the perfect combos for them!
I have an attachment to all of my combos! Particularly my top five that I’d be most likely to use for my children (Theodore [name_m]Bernard[/name_m] [name_u]Happy[/name_u], [name_m]Cassian[/name_m] [name_u]Henry[/name_u] [name_u]Solstice[/name_u], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Bloom[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_u]Juniper[/name_u], and [name_m]Albert[/name_m] [name_u]Robin[/name_u] Lilac), but I do feel attached and a little possessive of every combo I’ve made and liked a lot
I’m jealous you can feel so confident in your combos!! It takes a lot for me to be sure of even one. (Ps your combos are beautiful😊) thanks for sharing!!!
I could never part with my [name_u]Daniel[/name_u] [name_u]Wilder[/name_u], [name_u]Henry[/name_u] [name_u]Mason[/name_u], [name_u]George[/name_u] [name_u]Connolly[/name_u], or [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_m]Hirst[/name_m]. I’m far more certain on boys’ names, as they are harder for me to do so I generally like the ones set in stone.
@clair.de.lune i feel the same! Much more confident in my boy combos! I think i like sooo many girl names that it’s really hard to narrow down. Lol! I love love love your combos
I don’t really have combos, just names I like or love.
I am fine with using a name I love and a name my partner loves in a combo and then add another special one for something. I don’t have any pre-made combo. Except for putting [name_f]Mei[/name_f] and [name_m]Hans[/name_m] to everything, haha.
I can’t give up [name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Hermione[/name_f], [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] or [name_f]Mhairi[/name_f] [name_f]Lynette[/name_f]. Boys I’m less sure about as there are several people I would like to honour with boys names. None of my girls names are honouring.
I primarily feel an attachment to [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] [name_u]Eliot[/name_u] [name_u]River[/name_u] and [name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_u]Marlowe[/name_u] – I don’t know if I would copy/paste them onto a birth certificate (1. I feel like it would be more special to compromise and mix-and-match with a partner than just using my favs and 2. the more I think about giving my kids a hyphenated last name the more I feel like that would rule out double middles)
It’s funny because anytime I come up with a combo for my tippy top first names, I really don’t feel too attached to it. Like [name_f]Oona[/name_f] is my [name_f]Oona[/name_f] and I love the name, but when I try to do [name_f]Oona[/name_f] [name_u]Valentine[/name_u] or [name_f]Oona[/name_f] [name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f] it’s just a combo for the sake of a combo. I still get a little miffed when any combo I’ve made is someone else’s combo of the day, but real attachment is more rare.
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] [name_u]Eliot[/name_u] [name_u]River[/name_u] came to me on a Thanksgiving day walk a few years back and - though it doesn’t 100% mesh with my other combos as a double middle with pretty mainstream names - I keep putting it in my UC and wouldn’t change a thing. I can clearly see ‘my’ little boy with this name. [name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_u]Marlowe[/name_u] is similar - love a good literary connection - and the combo just feels fun and a little scrappy. I think there is a very clear vibe/aesthetic but not one that is so overwhelming that I couldn’t picture the name on anyone.
Most of my combos feel very malleable but I do have one that’s stayed the same for years and I can’t imagine changing - [name_f]Helmi[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] [name_f]Tove[/name_f] (although I don’t think I’d use it on a real child, I know of so many little Finnish girls called [name_f]Helmi[/name_f] already!)