Our last name begins with a P, ends in man, and is two syllables. It’s difficult to tell whether a lot of the first names I like go with our last name:
[name]Emerson[/name]- I’ve loved this name for a boy for the longest time despite its growing popularity for girls. To me it’s very masculine sounding. The problems I see with it are that one name ends in “son” and the other in “man” I feel like it’s kind of clunky. Our surname is very surname if that makes any sense. It would really does not work as a first name, like [name]Thomas[/name] might for example. I wonder if two surnames is too much? I’m also unsure of having a first name and last name that end in “n.”
I have all of the above problems with [name]Anderson[/name], though I don’t like it as much as [name]Emerson[/name]. We also have the “n” problem with other names we like [name]Alden[/name], [name]Lincoln[/name], [name]Perrin[/name], etc. It’s frustrating because we seem to be drawn to a lot of names, girl or boy, that end in “n” or are surnames, and though we have a few names without these iffy issues, there aren’t a lot we’ve found.
Are any of these first name choices deal breakers because of our surname, or is it not something we should be concerned over?