After tweaking and tweaking and posting for I don’t know how long, I’m finally happy with my list as it is. I am just so happy it’s done I had to share. I would love to hear your thoughts!
A few quick things, yes, I am very set on two MNs, I’ve heard all the arguments and that is set. Besides, it lets me honor more family. There are some repeats, most of which honor family, but some just because I just love the name ([name]Elias[/name]). A lot of the names are honoring, so if it seems filler (like [name]Gray[/name], [name]Charles[/name], or [name]Joseph[/name]) it isn’t. It has oodles of significance to me, and I wouldn’t use it “just because it sounds nice”. I realize some of the unisex choices won’t be a big hit, but I love them, and most Averys and Baileys who are boys that I’ve come across haven’t really been worse for wear, and [name]Avery[/name]'s honoring–big time. Oh, and popularity obviously doesn’t mean that much to me at all.
To be honest, your choice of names and combinations are so good that I would be a little wary of sharing them They all work so well. I can’t even pick a favourite…
Congratulations! I just came over from commenting on your girls’ list (lovely.) I know you’ve put an incredible amount of loving thought into these. I especially like [name]Caleb[/name] [name]Elias[/name] [name]Joseph[/name], [name]Asher[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] [name]Gray[/name], [name]Jack[/name] [name]August[/name] [name]Cole[/name] and [name]Spencer[/name] [name]Ezra[/name] [name]Gray[/name]. I don’t think I knew [name]Brody[/name] was on your short list…I like it. I know a boy about 9 named [name]Brody[/name] [name]Aron[/name]. [name]Bailey[/name] and [name]Avery[/name] aren’t my personal style, but I’d like to meet baby boys named [name]Bailey[/name] and [name]Avery[/name] (esp. [name]Avery[/name].) I like your style mixture. It’s unexpected but very well-thought-out.
Best wishes!
I admire your bravery and naming style. I wouldn’t dare dream of putting my combo’s up. I still cring just posting [name]ONE[/name] name that I like by its lonesome. That being said, I love the majority of your combo’s. My personal favorite is [name]Asher[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] [name]Gray[/name]. You actually have me rethinking whether or not I don’t like double mn’s still… I didn’t think that was possible!
[name]Caleb[/name] [name]Elias[/name] [name]Joseph[/name] - I like it and I cannot criticize it because I know how much you love it
[name]Everett[/name] [name]Joshua[/name] [name]Charles[/name] “Ev” - [name]Love[/name] this one, it flow great and I can just picture a boy with this name so easily
[name]Asher[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] [name]Gray[/name] “[name]Ash[/name]” - I really like this one too. I think it is balanced really well. It just seems to hit all the points of a great name.
[name]Jack[/name] [name]August[/name] [name]Cole[/name] - I love this one for you. I have a hard time picturing you without a [name]Jack[/name]
[name]Grayson[/name] [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Jude[/name] “[name]Gray[/name]” - I think this is my favorite, it just seems so perfect. I [name]LOVE[/name] it!
[name]Brody[/name] [name]Elliot[/name] [name]Daniel[/name] - I really like this one too. I think all the names complement each other really well.
[name]Spencer[/name] [name]Ezra[/name] [name]Gray[/name] - Is this one new? I don’t remember it. I like it a lot though. My only fear with it is that I have seen all 3 of these names used for girls so it might be too unisex. If I saw this name I would DEFINITELY think boy but I don’t know how non-name nerds would take it. That is probably just me over analyzing though lol.
[name]Bailey[/name] [name]Elias[/name] [name]Charles[/name] - I like it. I think [name]Bailey[/name] can work for a boy but it still gives him 2 pretty distinct masculine names just in case
[name]Avery[/name] [name]Ian[/name] [name]George[/name] - I love [name]Avery[/name] for a boy, it just does not seem girly at all to me and I love the flow of the whole name, especially [name]Ian[/name] [name]George[/name]
[name]Boone[/name] [name]Isaiah[/name] [name]Leo[/name] - I love [name]Boone[/name]! This combo is great too. I don’t know if I am brave enough to use [name]Boone[/name] but I would love to see you with a [name]Boone[/name]!
[name]Ash[/name], you are going to have some very well-named boys! I couldn’t decide which name is my favorite, so I’ll tell you which I like the most:
[name]Everett[/name] [name]Joshua[/name] [name]Charles[/name]: I love the sound and feel of this.
[name]Spencer[/name] [name]Ezra[/name] [name]Gray[/name]: [name]Spencer[/name] makes me think of [name]Spencer[/name] [name]Reid[/name] from Criminal Minds. I love [name]Ezra[/name] and [name]Gray[/name] in there.
[name]Avery[/name] [name]Ian[/name] [name]George[/name]: I love [name]Avery[/name] followed by the short but powerful [name]Ian[/name] and (my favorite) [name]George[/name].
[name]Boone[/name] [name]Isaiah[/name] [name]Leo[/name]: I see you got your L.B. in there. Not in the exact order, sure, but an “L” name and a “B” name in there nonetheless. [name]Boone[/name] [name]Isaiah[/name] [name]Leo[/name] has a great sound.
[name]Asher[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
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[name]Grayson[/name] [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Jude[/name]
I guess it must be the “[name]Gray[/name]” sound. I’m due in 6 weeks, and loves both the names [name]Asher[/name] and [name]Grayson[/name], but I already know kids with those names…so they are out for me…I could cry!
Great job on the names. You can’t go wrong with those. I’m going to check out your post on girls names now!
And lol, I’m not too concerned about sharing my names… At some point I needed to get feedback on them anyway, before I used them (if I do get to use them!), and honestly, most of them are well-known enough as it is that it would be ridiculous to say nobody else could use them. And hopefully if someone nabs the whole combo, they’ll have the decency not to tell me, so I can keep on living in my happy name bliss, haha.
@chuckie_3 - well, [name]Gray/name honors my grandmother (mn [name]Grace[/name]), so I’m obviously a huge fan, too. As you can see by the fact that [name]Gray[/name] is all over my list, lol.
And @southern.maple, lol–I think Criminal Minds was when I first started to fall for [name]Spencer[/name]. [name]Reid[/name]'s just so adorable! (I was actually considering [name]Spencer[/name] [name]Matthew[/name] [name]Gray[/name] or [name]Spencer[/name] [name]Everett[/name] [name]Reid[/name], lol, which would have been [name]Spencer[/name] [name]Reid[/name]/[name]Matthew[/name] [name]Gray[/name] Gubler overkill, I think, lol.
[name]Grayson[/name] [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Jude[/name] is my hands down favorite for yours boys the same way that [name]Isabelle[/name] [name]Aurora[/name] [name]Grace[/name] is my favorite from your girl list. If we had to vote, it would be clear for me. Great choices.
I put them in order of favorite to least favorite <3 I really only dislike the last three first names (on my list), I’m totally in love with Asher, and the rest are very nice
I love most all your combos! [name]Asher[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] [name]Gray[/name] is so handsome and though I usually am not a big [name]Patrick[/name] fan, I really like it here. I also like [name]Grayson[/name] [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Jude[/name]. I love [name]Isaac[/name] and [name]Jude[/name] and love the nn [name]Gray[/name] though don’t like the full name [name]Grayson[/name] quite as much. I also love [name]Jack[/name] [name]August[/name] [name]Cole[/name]. [name]Spencer[/name] [name]Ezra[/name] [name]Gray[/name] is an awesome combo too… you really have so many nice combos! You know I love [name]Gray[/name] so I like how you’ve paired it well with so many names. [name]Boone[/name] [name]Isaiah[/name] [name]Leo[/name] also has a nice sound.
These all flow so good! I usually don’t like the sound of two MNs, but they work so well here!
I love [name]Everett[/name] [name]Joshua[/name] [name]Charles[/name] and [name]Grayson[/name] [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Jude[/name]!
I personally don’t like [name]Boone[/name] or [name]Brody[/name] as FNs and I’ve known way more [name]Avery[/name] and [name]Bailey[/name] girls to see the names as masculine, but I do like the combos as a whole.
I really love this list! It makes me reconsider my position on two middle names, and you have some great combinations.
[name]Caleb[/name] [name]Elias[/name] [name]Joseph[/name] - I love this mixture here, and the flow of the names together, though [name]Caleb[/name] on its own is not a huge favorite of mine.
[name]Everett[/name] [name]Joshua[/name] [name]Charles[/name] “Ev” - love [name]Everett[/name], great combination.
[name]Asher[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] [name]Gray[/name] “[name]Ash[/name]” - this is probably my favorite- top of my list is [name]Asher[/name] [name]Grey[/name] for a boy, but I love the [name]Patrick[/name] in there, too
[name]Jack[/name] [name]August[/name] [name]Cole[/name] - [name]LOVE[/name] this- really, I think it is perfect
[name]Grayson[/name] [name]Isaac[/name] [name]Jude[/name] “[name]Gray[/name]” - I’d prefer [name]Gray[/name] on its own, but [name]Grayson[/name] does flow better here
[name]Brody[/name] [name]Elliot[/name] [name]Daniel[/name] (possibly nn [name]Beau[/name], but he’d probably just be [name]Brody[/name]) - really love the idea of [name]Beau[/name] as a nn, I’d use that over [name]Brody[/name] probably
[name]Spencer[/name] [name]Ezra[/name] [name]Gray[/name] - I might prefer [name]Ezra[/name] first here, as I think it is such a great name- [name]Ezra[/name] [name]Gray[/name] [name]Spencer[/name], [name]Ezra[/name] [name]Spencer[/name] [name]Gray[/name]
[name]Bailey[/name] [name]Elias[/name] [name]Charles[/name] - love [name]Elias[/name] and [name]Charles[/name] together, and [name]Bailey[/name] is another name I think boys should be using
[name]Avery[/name] [name]Ian[/name] [name]George[/name] - oh I love [name]Avery[/name] for a boy! And [name]George[/name].
[name]Boone[/name] [name]Isaiah[/name] [name]Leo[/name] - I might use [name]Leonard[/name] instead of [name]Leo[/name] here, but still a fun name
I would love to hear your thoughts!
They all work so well. I can’t even pick a favourite…