Name cloud combo making, fun times!

General Name Discussion
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So recently, when the boards are a little slow, or the only thing happening is lengthy discussions about gender and unisex names, I’ve been challenging myself by making combos and sibsets using only names that appear in the name cloud at the same time.

It’s seriously addictive! It’s gotten to the point where I don’t refresh the front page before I’ve exhausted all the combination possibilities from the name cloud (using the names I like, naturally).
Does anyone else do this?

Some real gems come out of it:
[name]Crispin[/name] [name]Lazarus[/name]
[name]Larkin[/name] [name]Louis[/name]
[name]Lysander[/name] [name]Bruno[/name]
[name]Etta[/name] [name]Amabel[/name]
[name]Helena[/name] [name]Liv[/name]
[name]Phaedra[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Fraser[/name] [name]Jude[/name]
[name]Bertram[/name] [name]August[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name] [name]Foy[/name]
[name]Clara[/name] [name]Odette[/name]
[name]Fia[/name] [name]Poppy[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name] [name]Ondine[/name]
[name]Neva[/name] [name]Odette[/name]
[name]Mazarine[/name] [name]Maeva[/name]
[name]Boaz[/name] [name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Mara[/name] [name]Penelope[/name]

There’s only one rule (for me at least), the names have to be used for the gender they appear as. Lately, a blue [name]Ruby[/name] has been popping up a lot, and many of the blue names are there because people like them for girls, [name]Harper[/name] and [name]Emerson[/name] and such. There are a lot more of, and greater variety among the girls names. Very few boys names come up, and most of them are repeat offenders, [name]Henry[/name], [name]Luca[/name], [name]Arthur[/name], [name]Nico[/name], [name]Rufus[/name], [name]Declan[/name], [name]Emmett[/name]…

Sibsets also emerge:
[name]Ana[/name]ïs [name]Nola[/name] + [name]Philomena[/name] [name]Wren[/name] + [name]Honorine[/name] [name]Juno[/name]
[name]Caius[/name] [name]Henry[/name] + [name]Damian[/name] [name]Leo[/name] + [name]Amabel[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Balthazar[/name] [name]Mingus[/name] + [name]Casimir[/name] [name]Solomon[/name] + [name]Angharad[/name] [name]Calliope[/name]

[name]Do[/name] you have anything you pass the time with when the forums are slow?
Have you done the same thing I have, and if you have, did you find something swoon-worthy?
^^

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lol, when the forums are slow, I just step away from Nameberry, haha! But your idea is seriously cool! I love [name]Helena[/name] [name]Liv[/name], [name]Anais[/name] [name]Nola[/name], and [name]Clara[/name] [name]Odette[/name] from your combos. I love [name]Boaz[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name] separately, but not in the combos. [name]Just[/name] out of curiosity–was [name]Boaz[/name] for a girl or [name]Juniper[/name] for a boy? Because they’re both strongly attached to one gender for me! I also would have loved to see [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Odette[/name] over [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Ondine[/name]–I had actually seriously considered that for my [name]Olivia[/name] combo years ago.

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Haha, I’ve done this too! :slight_smile:

Some combo’s I’ve liked:
[name]Atticus[/name] [name]Miles[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Verity[/name]

Those are all I can think of at the moment. I like [name]Clara[/name] [name]Odette[/name]!

[name]EDIT[/name]: Looking at the cloud right now, I just found:
[name]Gemma[/name] [name]Natalie[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Camille[/name]
& [name]Macaulay[/name] [name]Ransom[/name]
:slight_smile:

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[name]Juniper[/name] for a boy :slight_smile: Nature names should be more unisex, and I don’t see why [name]Jasper[/name] is a boys name and [name]Juniper[/name] isn’t. I could call him [name]Perry[/name] ^^
I hate stepping away from Nameberry… :stuck_out_tongue:
[name]Olivia[/name] [name]Odette[/name] is gorgeous, but there was no [name]Odette[/name] on the name cloud when I came up with [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Ondine[/name], so there.

@[name]Sunshine[/name] - I love [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Verity[/name]!

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These are in the name cloud today.

[name]Alice[/name] [name]Anya[/name] [name]Arabella[/name] [name]Ash[/name] [name]Asher[/name] [name]Ashley[/name] [name]Astoria[/name] [name]Atticus[/name] [name]Aurora[/name] [name]Balthazar[/name] [name]Boone[/name] [name]Cailin[/name] [name]Caoimhe[/name] [name]Caspar[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Cleo[/name] [name]Delphine[/name] [name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Felix[/name] [name]Finn[/name] [name]Francine[/name] [name]Hazel[/name] [name]Henry[/name] [name]Hilaria[/name] [name]Jolie[/name] [name]Jules[/name] [name]June[/name] [name]Lucy[/name] [name]Niamh[/name] [name]Nicholas[/name] [name]Octavia[/name] [name]Oliver[/name] [name]Oriel[/name] [name]Oscar[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Penelope[/name] [name]Rhonwen[/name] [name]Rosalind[/name] [name]Scout[/name] [name]Wyatt[/name]

My favorites:
[name]Anya[/name], [name]Asher[/name], [name]Boone[/name], [name]Caspar[/name], [name]Delphine[/name], [name]Francine[/name], [name]Finn[/name], [name]Jolie[/name], [name]Lucy[/name], [name]Oliver[/name], [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Scout[/name] and [name]Wyatt[/name]

[name]Francine[/name] [name]Anya[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Delphine[/name] [name]Jolie[/name]
[name]Wyatt[/name] [name]Boone[/name]
[name]Caspar[/name] [name]Scout[/name]
[name]Asher[/name] [name]Finn[/name]

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This is a great idea and could help me with character names.

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Great idea, dearest! Let’s see what I can come up with…

[name]Cloud[/name]:
[name]Aidan[/name] [name]Alice[/name] [name]Asa[/name] [name]Atticus[/name] [name]Aurora[/name] [name]Ava[/name] [name]Cecilia[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Clara[/name] [name]David[/name] [name]Declan[/name] [name]Deirdre[/name] [name]Ella[/name] [name]Emily[/name] [name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Emmett[/name] [name]Enoch[/name] [name]Felix[/name] [name]Flannery[/name] [name]Francine[/name] [name]Gay[/name] [name]Georgia[/name] [name]Henry[/name] [name]Isla[/name] [name]Jennifer[/name] [name]Josiah[/name] [name]Jovan[/name] [name]Julia[/name] [name]Locke[/name] [name]Lottie[/name] [name]Luciana[/name] [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Melia[/name] [name]Nellie[/name] [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Oriel[/name] [name]Saffron[/name] [name]Seraphina[/name] [name]Sienna[/name] [name]Vida[/name]

Boys:
[name]Declan[/name] [name]Felix[/name]
[name]Jovan[/name] [name]Enoch[/name]
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Locke[/name]

Girls:
[name]Sienna[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Alice[/name] [name]Oriel[/name]
[name]Isla[/name] [name]Saffron[/name]

Is [name]Oriel[/name] a variant of [name]Ariel[/name] or something? I kind of like it… Reminds me of the [name]Oriole[/name] bird. Which I would consider if it didn’t bring to mind the word “oral” …