So with the last name [name_m]King[/name_m], it is hard to find a first name that we like that doesn’t sound like another word.
[name_f]Love[/name_f] [name_f]Elise[/name_f], but when you say the full name “[name_f]Elsie[/name_f] [name_m]King[/name_m]” it sounds like “L Seeking”… very confusing.
The only name we currently agree on is [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] nn [name_f]Evie[/name_f].
I like [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] nn [name_f]Elle[/name_f] or [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] but “[name_f]Ellie[/name_f] [name_m]King[/name_m]” sounds like “A Leaking”. Husband doesn’t care much for [name_u]Ellis[/name_u], but likes [name_f]Elle[/name_f]. I can’t find a middle name I like that goes well with [name_f]Elle[/name_f] so I’m not sure I would want to just call her that.
I also love the name [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], but it has become so popular, and so has [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]. Any other ideas for a classic but fresh name that can work with [name_m]King[/name_m]?
I think you’re overthinking [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] [name_m]King[/name_m] and [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] [name_m]King[/name_m] both sound fine, especially [name_f]Elsie[/name_f]. [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] is lovely, and not too popular. [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] I personally don’t like, but is also fine wrt popularity.
Agree with the others-- unless you live somewhere with very strong accents, I don’t predict any problems with [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] or [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]. [name_f]Evie[/name_f] is also delightful. Where I live, I haven’t heard [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] used lately on a child. Everything is relative though. And as for [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], I don’t think you can ever go wrong with “classic” names, but the suggestion of using it as a middle is great.
I like [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] or [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] and they both sound fine with [name_m]King[/name_m]. I prefer [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] over [name_f]Elle[/name_f], maybe you could use [name_f]Elle[/name_f] as a nn? [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_m]King[/name_m] would be lovely.
What about [name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_m]King[/name_m]?
Maybe find a longer name like [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Elisabetta[/name_f] or [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] so you can keep [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] or [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] as a nickname without the connotations.
Also, maybe have a double-barreled name. [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]King[/name_m] or [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]King[/name_m]. Any second name really to break it up a bit.
I do agree that you may be over thinking it, but your husband (or if you are the daddy) has lived with this last name for his entire life so you know better than we do. Plus if you thought of it someone else may very well do the same.
I think if the verbifying is bothering you, you need to focus on very namey names like [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f] and [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] and [name_f]Katherine[/name_f]…as opposed to pretty-sound names like [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] and [name_f]Elsie[/name_f]. If you pick something that’s immediately recognizable as a name, and completely inconceivable as anything but a name, then that really helps to cut the ambiguity.
On the other hand though, I have never once heard [name_m]Larry[/name_m] [name_m]King[/name_m] as Lair Reeking, so it is possible you’re overthinking = ). (Overthin [name_m]King[/name_m]?)
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f] [name_m]King[/name_m] and [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] [name_m]King[/name_m] both sound fine, especially [name_f]Elsie[/name_f]. [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] is lovely, and not too popular. [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] I personally don’t like, but is also fine wrt popularity.