Portmanteau help with S last name

I’m in love with the name [name_u]Elias[/name_u]. Actually, I keep gravitating towards S ending names. They just don’t work with our last name most of the time. Such as,

[name_u]Elias[/name_u] Sonne (last name pronounced Saw-nee)

Does it create a portmanteau or is it just me?

I also feel like I need a 3 syllable first name to balance out a 2 syllable last name. And 1 syllable names just seem too, well, short.

I also like [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m], but it has the same S ending. Along with [name_m]Augustus[/name_m]. See my problem? :-?

I’m not sure what portmanteau means regarding a name. But I do understand your hesitation. My last name also begins with an ‘S.’ So I have stayed away from names ending in s. For instance, I love [name_m]Silas[/name_m] but won’t use it. Because I do feel like the names slip into each other too much.

Perhaps, given the names you shared, you’d like:

[name_m]Eli[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Thad[/name_m]
[name_m]Mateo[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Thatcher[/name_m]

Perhaps

That’s a tough situation to be in :frowning: I know there’s people out there who probably manage having an S-ending first name and a S-beginning last name, but definitely better to steer away from it.

Maybe you’d also like (based on the names you listed as well as the name of your other son):

[name_m]Eli[/name_m]/[name_m]Elijah[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]/[name_m]Augustine[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Matteo[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]/[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacoby[/name_m]
[name_m]Thierry[/name_m]
[name_m]Levin[/name_m]
[name_m]Cosimo[/name_m]
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]
[name_m]Eben[/name_m]
[name_m]Uriah[/name_m]
[name_m]Uriel[/name_m]

[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_m]Quentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m] nn [name_m]Baz[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Deveraux[/name_m]

I bolded the names I think might work the best. They aren’t necessarily my favorite of the bunch - they’re more the names that go well with [name_m]Zebediah[/name_m] and match your criteria. I know not all of these perfectly fit, but they might still help the creative juices flow :slight_smile: best of luck!!

@lindens a portmanteau is a new word from two other words that get joined at a same letter, like pre+sequel=prequel. So the question is if [name_u]Elias[/name_u] Sonne turns into Eliasonne or something.

To answer the question, I don’t think it’s too bad. I admit I sometimes think “but didn’t they think of that!?” when I come across a name like this, but in the end it’s not that bad, definitely not a reason to rule out the otherwise perfect name.
Maybe it depends on whether it sounds like an different name when said together. “Wait did you say [name_u]Elias[/name_u] Sonne or [name_u]Elia[/name_u] Sonne?” [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] and [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m] don’t have that problem.

I know it isn’t perfection but at the same time I don’t find it terrible and I think it is because of where the emphasis is on [name_u]Elias[/name_u] when spoken. It depends on how much it bothers you. If you think you would be shortening his name to the nickname [name_m]Eli[/name_m] in daily conversation, maybe you would prefer to name him [name_m]Eli[/name_m] [name_m]Son[/name_m]-nee which I think is fine. I feel the same way about [name_m]Thad[/name_m] [name_m]Son[/name_m]-nee.

I actually don’t find that it sounds like a portmanteau when I say it at all. I would pause between the first and last names and say the S twice, so it would be: el-EYE-əs (pause) [name_m]SON[/name_m]-ee. I wouldn’t hesitate to use [name_u]Elias[/name_u], [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m] or [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] in your situation at all!

I don’t think it’s a big deal- I understand why you’d worry about it, but because of how your surname is pronounced I think it’s fine. If it was pronounced [name_m]Son[/name_m], I might steer clear, but I think pretty much everyone would realize [name_u]Elias[/name_u] was the first name and [name_m]Son[/name_m]-ne is the last name.