Hey Berries,
We have four weeks left to agree on a name for our delivery surprise. My husband likes names that have elements of each of our names in them. We have Maylia for a girl which is a family name and we haven’t found anything for a boy yet. He likes [name]Milo[/name] because it has the M from [name]Michael[/name] and there is the L for [name]Leah[/name]. Are there any other names you can suggest that share similar qualities or other names that have sounds from our names? I’m not sold on [name]Milo[/name] because I like more unusual names, but my husband has fallen hard for it.
Any suggestions would be great!
Have you thought about [name]Micah[/name] [name]Leo[/name]/[name]Micah[/name] [name]Leopold[/name] or something like that? [name]Micah[/name] for [name]Michael[/name], and [name]Leo/name for [name]Leah[/name]? [name]Micah[/name] isn’t actually all that uncommon, though…
I can’t really think of another way to combine them, besides what everyone else has already suggested. Maybe [name]Miller[/name]?
[name]Malachi[/name] was the first name I though of, it has the L sound as well as the M and ch in [name]Michael[/name]. [name]Miller[/name] is nice too but kind of reminds me of [name]Mila[/name], the popular girls name.
Have you noticed that if you spell [name]Michael[/name] backwards you get [name]LEAH[/name] cim, in other words [name]Leah[/name] is already in [name]Michael[/name].
So just go with names that compliment [name]Michael[/name].
Eg [name]David[/name], [name]Jonathan[/name], [name]Luke[/name], [name]Lucas[/name], [name]Grant[/name], [name]Alexander[/name] but if you like more unusual names then
I would skip [name]Micah[/name] as it’s only one muscle contraction away from [name]Michael[/name], and it would just get confusing. However, [name]Miles[/name] or [name]Milo[/name] might actually be a good choice. Interestingly enough, both names mean soldier, of which [name]Michael[/name] is the patron saint. That being said, what about going a more indirect route with meanings? [name]Michael[/name] has a broader meaning (“who is like God?”), but [name]Leah[/name] means both weary and ruler. Assuming you don’t want to name your child for the meaning “tired”, some names that mean ruler are [name]Eric[/name], [name]Frederick[/name], [name]Henry[/name], [name]Roderick[/name], and all their diminutives. However, [name]Walter[/name] means “ruler of the army”, which combines the ruler meaning of [name]Leah[/name] and [name]Michael[/name]'s being the patron saint of soldiers. I personally think that’s pretty neat, and [name]Walter[/name]'s quite a wonderful name! [name]How[/name] about [name]Walter[/name] [name]Milo[/name]?
Although this is an ancient Old Testament name, it has a pleasant contemporary feel that might appeal to today’s parents, who might just as easily use it for a girl.
I really like this name - just have never thought of it before!!