Middles For Leopold?

So while I have long loved [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] I took it off my serious consideration list after we had our first kiddo, [name_m]Archimedes[/name_m]. I still had it floating around in my signature with plans to form a complete name out of fun, but not to add to my shortlist.

But I was talking with my partner this morning, and while I’m winning him over with [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m] and he actually quite likes [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m], he said he would really love if we still considered [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] for our shortlist.

My struggle is finding a middle that sounds nice with [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] but also ties the name to brother [name_m]Archimedes[/name_m] [name_m]Theodore[/name_m].

Last name is [name_m]Harris[/name_m], so name ending in -is, -us, -ous, etc are generally a no go.

[name_m]How[/name_m] about…

[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Zephrin[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Octavian[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Ichabod[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Bonaventure[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u]

Thank you for your suggestions!
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Balthazar[/name_m] and [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Octavian[/name_m] are especially nice!

I adore [name_m]Leopold[/name_m]! I know you prefer [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] as a first name, but if you’d consider it [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] would sound adorable! Some other ideas:
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_u]Oberon[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Simeon[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Abner[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Constant[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Ignacio[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Othon[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Barnabas[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Melchior[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Aristotle[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Corentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Aesop[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Everard[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Alphonse[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Sigmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Desmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Osmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Anatole[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Nicandro[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Cosimo[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Hector[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]

I love [name_m]Alphonse[/name_m] so much! It was on my shirt list as a middle for [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m]. [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Alphonse[/name_m] is so handsome! [name_m]Aesop[/name_m] ams [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] have also been middles I’ve toyed with ther names that work well here.
And I agree [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] is lovey.

Such a fantastic list!
I also really like:
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Aristotle[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Hector[/name_m]

Sorry for any repeats:
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] Gwydion/Gvidon
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] Polemarchus
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] Eärendil
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Cicero[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Valerian[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Zbigniew[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Orpheus[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] Anaximander
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Melchior[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_u]Zion[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Zeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] Pythagoras
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Gawain[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Balin[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Zenobius[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Atlas[/name_m]

[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Balthazar[/name_m] [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_u]Dorian[/name_u], and [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Alphonse[/name_m] are nice

Sorry if I repeat
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] Alaric
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Merlin[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Orlando[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Antonio[/name_m]

[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Augustine[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Benedikt[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m] [name_m]Dominic[/name_m]

I always love seeing your suggestions, you akways bring a fresh perspective to my search! [name_m]Cicero[/name_m], [name_m]Valerian[/name_m], Polemarchus, [name_m]Zeus[/name_m], Pythagoras, and [name_m]Atlas[/name_m] as all fabulous! (Though Polemarchus, Pythagoras, and [name_m]Atlas[/name_m] might be hard to pull off with last name [name_m]Harris[/name_m], I’m still keeping them in my pocket.)

[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_u]Orion[/name_u], [name_m]Merlin[/name_m], and [name_m]Orlando[/name_m] are fantastic! Thank you.

I like the suggestion of [name_u]Orion[/name_u]! I had [name_u]Douglas[/name_u] and [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] as middles for [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] for a little while, but they may be too tame for your style.

[1]Love[/name_u] [name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m], [name_u]Constantine[/name_u], and [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]!

[2]Ambrose[/name_m] isn’t too tame at all! I already have it slated with [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m] as a possible baby combo, but it’s a great name that could go nicely as a middle with pretty much every name on our list.


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I’m so very glad you like them! :slight_smile: You style is so fun, and since [name_m]Leopold[/name_m] is much more familiar than [name_m]Archimedes[/name_m], I thought it would be a good idea to pair it with a more “wild” middle. I especially like [name_m]Cicero[/name_m] and [name_m]Zeus[/name_m] for you!