After a much exhaustive search and many sleepless nights batting out name choices, I think my husband and I have finally decided on a name for our first born baby girl! That being said, it is important to us that she go through life with a name that can be well received (loved even) by the people she meets.
I would love some honest feedback about our current first contender for her name choice:
[name_u]Love[/name_u] all 3, but I’m not feeling the flow. [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_u]Dove[/name_u] right next to each other make it sound awkward. Not to mention, the ‘r’ at the end of Hesper runs into [name_f]Rose[/name_f]. I would prefer [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] Hesper [name_u]Dove[/name_u].
I adore [name_f]Elowen[/name_f], and an glad to see it in use. I prefer Hespera to Hesper, and think that might help flow a bit. [name_f]Rose[/name_f] just seems superfluous, and I’d suggest using a longer form to avoid that choppy sound next to your lovely albeit short surname. [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] Hespera [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] [name_u]Dove[/name_u], [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] Hespera [name_f]Rosaline[/name_f] [name_u]Dove[/name_u], and [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] Hespera [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] [name_u]Dove[/name_u] all sound better to me.
I love [name_f]Elowen[/name_f]. I love the flow of [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] Hesper [name_f]Rose[/name_f], just dont love [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_u]Dove[/name_u] at the end. You could try [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] Hesper [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] [name_u]Dove[/name_u] or something similar (as suggested above), but it [name_f]Rose[/name_f] feels right to you then use it. It’s very nature-y but it’s a beautiful name!
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f] is beautiful! But I do agree with the pps that the flow isn’t great, I think it’s just the two 1 syllable names at the end. And I slightly prefer Hespera to Hesper. Maybe [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] Hesper(a) [name_u]Dove[/name_u]?
The flow isn’t perfection, perhaps, but it’s nice enough. If you were to swap the names around, I wouldn’t put [name_f]Rose[/name_f] next to [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] as others have suggested. I think the repeating ‘oh’ sounds should be kept away from each other.