My first name is [name]Rosy[/name] and my middle name is [name]Ander[/name] my username for everything is rosyander but [name]Ive[/name] been thinking lately about how well this would work as a first name? Would it need to be spelled differently (ie rosiander) in order to look right? (I hate kre8tive spellings).
Has anyone else merged two of their favorite names to make a perfect new and unique name for their kiddos? What were they?
To be perfectly blunt, I HATE when parents combine too names to make a new one for their child. I think it is so tacky!
[name]Hi[/name],
I think i’d keep the “y” rather then “i” or “ie”.
I know a “Rosebella” : rose+bella
" SaraJessica" : in case ppl would just call her sarah
and " Elisabelle" : elise/a+ isabelle though i read that Elisabella is italian for [name]Elisabeth[/name]
I think it can be ok if done correctly. For example, if you want to name the baby after grandmas [name]Rose[/name] and [name]Mary[/name] it would be great to use [name]Rosemary[/name] for the baby’s name. But when it gets outside the realm of real names it does become a little tacky. Or another acceptable way of adding names together is to use a hyphen or two fist names like [name]Mary[/name]-[name]Kate[/name], [name]AnneMarie[/name] etc. Not really my personal favorite, but it is widly accepted in our culture.
Side note, the actor [name]Shemar[/name] [name]Moore[/name] (the actor that plays [name]Morgan[/name] in “Criminal Minds”) is named for his parents Sherrod and [name]Marilyn[/name]. [name]Shemar[/name] is the first three letters of each of their names. I wouldn’t recommend this, but I guess it works for some peope.
I agree with the previous posts about it being ok with names that are already accepted as double names. I’m sorry, but Rosyander does sound like a ‘made up’ name.
I fully dislike names that are made up.
I merged my mother-in-law’s and mother’s names, [name]Janice[/name] and [name]Maureen[/name], for my daughter’s middle name, [name]Janeen[/name]. But that’s not a new name, so it’s a little different. I actually don’t think Rosyander is bad. I prefer [name]Roseann[/name] or [name]Roseanne[/name], which I think would be a nice way to honor you, but I think Rosyander is okay.
I think Rosandra would be better…
I agree that sometimes it can work, as in [name]Rose[/name] + [name]Linda[/name] = [name]Rosalind[/name]. Most times it does not, however, work this well.
My cat has a a combined name. I think it works great for kitties 
Rosandra sounds like a ‘real’ name, and while I normally detest invented names, I have a soft spot for anything [name]Rose[/name]-related (my DD is [name]Rosie[/name]). I think it could be nice in the middle
Alternatively, why not [name]Rosanne[/name]/a?
I agree with previous posters about [name]Rosanna[/name] (any spelling). I prefer Rosander to Rosiander… I wouldn’t use either of those as a first name, personally, but they’d be fine in the middle.
I’m on the fence with merging two names. Sometimes I love it, sometimes, not so much. I think [name]Elizabelle[/name] is really pretty, and I have a book that’s dedicated to a Cleobelle, which I love. I also like [name]Willabelle[/name] (obviously I have a soft spot for [name]Belle[/name]!) I know a Tamberlyn which is some combination of her parents names, I always thought her name was cool. I combined my mother and mother-in-laws middle names ([name]Ann[/name] and [name]Elaine[/name]) and came up with Annelina.
I like double first names, too. [name]Lucy[/name] [name]Kate[/name] is one of my favorites, and almost anything followed by [name]Mary[/name], or including [name]Belle[/name] or [name]Rose[/name]. Ooh, I just came up with [name]Rosabelle[/name], which merges my grandma’s middle ([name]Rose[/name]) with my dad ([name]Bill[/name]).
I have merged a few names, the first, I wanted to name my daughter after me, my father, and my mother. My middle name is leigh, that was given to me from my mom’s middle name of lee (but she wanted a more girly spelling) and my father’s name was roy. So I took the [name]RY[/name] from roy and the [name]LEIGH[/name] from me and my mom and came up with [name]RYLEIGH[/name] (pronounced [name]Riley[/name]), shortly before my daughter was born, I came across a 5 generation picture with my great-great-great-grandfather and his name was [name]RILEY[/name]! So that’s what I named her!
When my grand-daughter was due the kids asked for my help with combining names they loved as well as putting their names into the name of my grand-daughter. So I needed to combine [name]NOE[/name], [name]RYLEIGH[/name], and [name]ANA[/name] (pronounced ON-A) and came up with: NILEIGHANA (pronounced N-eye-lee-on-a) they loved it, and she’s one of a kind! Her middle name is [name]Marie[/name]. It’s funny, but nothing else suits her. We love the name and get compliments whenever asked her name. She just turned 2 and has no problem pronouncing her name.
I think with the names you’ve provided, if you take certain letters and try different combinations, remember the y can be used as an I sound, you’ll come up with something unique and really cool! Also try taking parts of your husband’s name, and or close family member’s names and just play with all the different possibilities, good luck!
I like portmanteau names a lot. I knew a woman called Sharney and I didn’t care for the name until she told me it was a portmanteau of “[name]Sharon[/name]” and “[name]Rodney[/name]” her parents names. My sister’s middle is Arlyce, which my mother created as portmanteau of my grandparents [name]Wallace[/name] and [name]Arlene[/name].
I heartily disagree with anyone who calls this “making up names” as in all languages words are created from portmanteau all the time. (Standard english examples would be laundromat, smog, but there are plenty of informal English examples too) Why not names?
As for yours, most examples of portmanteau don’t blend each full word, the mesh the meanings & syllables of two. So the clunkiness stems from trying to use both names in full. Why not Roseander?