Pride Month Names 🌈

[seawillow]

Hello, friends!

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In honor of Pride Month, I’ve created some masculine and feminine combos honoring various LGBTQIAP+ figures and references to the queer community, which I will share below. They aren’t my usual style, but still a very fun collection of names.

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Each first name is an “honor” name and the middles are utterly random and the first things that came to mind. Next to each combo is the reference that inspired it.

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The Names

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[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f] (Josephine Baker)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Rainbow[/name_f] [name_f]Evelyn[/name_f] (Pride flag reference)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] (Eleanor Roosevelt)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Lavender[/name_f] [name_f]Maude[/name_f] (“Lavender Menace”)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_f]Lark[/name_f] (Virginia Woolf)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Holiday[/name_f] [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] (Billie Holiday)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Sally[/name_f] [name_f]Delphine[/name_f] (Sally Ride)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] (Jane Goodall)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Hannelore[/name_f] (Willa Cather)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Gertrude[/name_f] Prose (Gertrude Stein)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Favor[/name_f] (Alice Walker)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Bea[/name_f] (Charlotte Cushman)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Kahlo[/name_f] [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] (Frida Kahlo)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Edie[/name_f] [name_f]Leonora[/name_f] (Edie Windsor)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] [name_f]Willow[/name_f] (Sylvia Rivera)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Colette[/name_f] [name_f]Sophronia[/name_f] (Colette)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Bryn[/name_f] (Florence Nightingale)

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[name_m]Wilde[/name_m] [name_m]Matthias[/name_m] (Oscar Wilde)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Woolf[/name_m] [name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m] (Virginia Woolf)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Forster[/name_m] [name_m]Jack[/name_m] (E.M. Forster)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Truman[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m] (Truman Capote)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Auden[/name_m] [name_m]Cornelius[/name_m] (W. H. Auden)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Harvey[/name_m] [name_m]Zephan[/name_m] (Harvey Milk)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Baker[/name_m] [name_m]Elijah[/name_m] (Josephine Baker)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Alan[/name_m] [name_m]Emrys[/name_m] (Alan Turing)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Carson[/name_m] [name_m]Elio[/name_m] (Rachel Carson)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Whitman[/name_m] [name_m]Saul[/name_m] (Walt Whitman)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] [name_m]Endymion[/name_m] (Wilfred Owen)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Rustin[/name_m] [name_m]Bellamy[/name_m] (Bayard Rustin)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Johnson[/name_m] [name_m]Pax[/name_m] (Marsha P. Johnson)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Hart[/name_m] [name_m]Obadiah[/name_m] (Alan Hart)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Indigo[/name_f] [name_m]Mason[/name_m] (color often associated with the LGBTQIAP+ community)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ace[/name_m] [name_m]Rhydian[/name_m] (colloquial nickname for those who identify as asexual)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Elliot[/name_m] Rove (Elliot Page)

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If anyone has any other combo ideas for honoring this extremely important time, please feel free to leave them in the comments.

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Much love and happy Pride,

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[Greyblue]

Ooh, loving these!

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites:

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[name_f]Lavender[/name_f] [name_f]Maude[/name_f] → this is charming (but [name_f]Maude[/name_f] makes me think of the book/movie Tipping the [name_f]Velvet[/name_f][name_f][/name_f] as a bonus!)

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[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_f]Lark[/name_f] (so pretty)

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[name_f]Rainbow[/name_f] [name_f]Evelyn[/name_f] (Rainbow does have a cool sound)

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[name_f]Holiday[/name_f] [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] (bright and fun)

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[name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Hannelore[/name_f] (breezy and charming)

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[name_f]Kahlo[/name_f] [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] (this feels so arty and lovely)

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[name_f]Edie[/name_f] [name_f]Leonora[/name_f] (sweet and elegant)

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[name_m]Wilde[/name_m] [name_m]Matthias[/name_m] (very cool and rugged but elegant too)

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[name_m]Auden[/name_m] [name_m]Cornelius[/name_m] (it’s poetic and cool)

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[name_m]Truman[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m] (gentle in sound with a hint of adventure)

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[name_m]Whitman[/name_m] [name_m]Saul[/name_m] (also very poetic)

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[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] [name_m]Endymion[/name_m] (elegant and balanced)

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[name_m]Rustin[/name_m] [name_m]Bellamy[/name_m] (it’s got a lot of charm)

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[name_m]Ace[/name_m] [name_m]Rhydian[/name_m] (Love the flow of this)

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[name_f][/name_f]a couple more combo ideas....

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[name_f]Tove[/name_f] [name_f]Maren[/name_f] (Tove Jansson)

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[name_f]Juno[/name_f] [name_f]Gwen[/name_f] (Juno [name_m]Dawson[/name_m] + [name_f]Emily[/name_f] Gwen)

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[name_m]Radclyffe[/name_m] [name_m]Jamie[/name_m] (Radclyffe [name_m]Hall[/name_m] + [name_m]Jamie[/name_m] Lotun-Raines)

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Apparently that’s all my brain is coming up with rn [name_f][/name_f]- might come up with some more later!

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[EagleEyes]

Lovely list!

I especially like Josephine Lily, Virginia Lark, Alice Favor, Woolf Ebenezer, Ace Rhydian, and Elliot Rove!

If I were to add two combos, I’d say Carlile Jean (Brandi Carlile) and Orlando Mason (Virginia Woolf’s Orlando)

[tallemaja]

Willa Hannelore, Kahlo Matilda, Woolf Ebenezer & Forster Jack are really fun!!

Some of mine:
Constantine Otto (Constantine P. Cavafy)
Mary Chrysanthemum (Mary Oliver)
Sapfo Amaryllis (Sappho, with her Greek name)
Hyacinth Jude (the myth of Apollo & Hyacinth)
Giovanni Franco (Giovanni’s Room)

[whimsyberry]

Happy Pride

Looove this!

My favorites: Josephine Lily, Eleanor Magnolia, Lavender Maude (), Jane Wilhelmina, Alice Favor, Charlotte Bea, Sylvia Willow, Wilde Matthias, Wilfred Endymion, and Elliot Rove

I also like Virginia Lark, very dreamy, which makes me wanna mention that I’m currently listening to the audiobook of To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, very fitting!

Some of mine:

Emily Bluebell (Emily Dickinson)
Audre Philippa (Audre Lourde)
Windsor Beatrice (Edie Windsor)
Jack Finnian (Gentleman Jack)
Winslow James (James Baldwin)

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[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f] could also reference [name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_m]Tomlin[/name_m]

[Fabfitfun77]

I really like / love

Lavender Maude (“Lavender Menace”)

Holiday Cordelia (Billie Holiday)
Kahlo Matilda (Frida Kahlo)
Colette Sophronia (Colette)

Wilde Matthias (Oscar Wilde)
Auden Cornelius (W. H. Auden)
Baker Elijah (Josephine Baker)
Indigo Mason (color often associated with the LGBTQIAP+ community)

These names stood out and inspired me

[vida]

great combos! i also want to suggest mercury after freddie mercury, and elton after elton john.
two lgbt icons! maybe even bowie after david bowie.

[shanade213]

[name_f]Lovely[/name_f]! [name_f]My[/name_f] favorites of your list are:
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Lavender[/name_f] [name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Hannelore[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Favor[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Truman[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Indigo[/name_f] [name_m]Mason[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Elliot[/name_m] Rove

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Prose is such a cool middle name!

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I’m going to give this a shot and add a few of my own.

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-Sebastian [name_m]Oleander[/name_m] (after [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] Wilde’s pseudonym)
[name_f][/name_f]-Davis [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] (Angela Davis/Roger [name_m]Davis[/name_m] from Rent)
[name_f][/name_f]-Elliot (Elliot Page)
[name_f][/name_f]-McKellen [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] (Sir [name_m]Ian[/name_m] McKellen)
[name_f][/name_f]-Anderson [name_m]Justice[/name_m] (Anderson Cooper)
[name_f][/name_f]-Jonathan [name_m]Kit[/name_m] (Jonathan [name_m]Van[/name_m] Ness/Jonathan Groff/Jonathan Larson)
[name_f][/name_f]-Jesse [name_m]Pan[/name_m] (Jesse [name_m]Tyler[/name_m] Ferguson/Jesse L. [name_m]Martin[/name_m], pansexual describes people who have romantic, sexual or affectional desire for people of all genders and sexes)
[name_f][/name_f]-Anthony Pride (Anthony Rapp, pride)
[name_f][/name_f]-Red [name_m]Linden[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f] (Red, White and [name_f]Royal[/name_f] [name_m]Blue[/name_m] by [name_m]Casey[/name_m] McQuiston)
[name_f][/name_f]-Luke [name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f] (Luke [name_m]Evans[/name_m], Hyacinthus)
[name_f][/name_f]-Gray [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] (Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of [name_m]Dorian[/name_m] Gray)
[name_f][/name_f]-Bram [name_m]Aldo[/name_m] (Bram from [name_m]Simon[/name_m] VS. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by [name_f]Becky[/name_f] Albertalli)

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-Tabitha [name_f]Lore[/name_f] (Tab Hunter)
[name_f][/name_f]-Baker [name_f]Winifred[/name_f] (Josephine Baker)
[name_f][/name_f]-Collins [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] (Jason [name_m]Paul[/name_m] Collins/Collins from Rent)
[name_f][/name_f]-Larson [name_f]Bloom[/name_f] (Jonathan [name_m]Larson[/name_m], [name_m]Troye[/name_m] Sivan’s album)
[name_f][/name_f]-Bay [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] (Bayard Rustin)
[name_f][/name_f]-Ludivine [name_m]Peace[/name_m] (Divine)
[name_f][/name_f]-Evangeline [name_f]Ruby[/name_f] (Ruby Rose)
[name_f][/name_f]-Sabina [name_f]Demi[/name_f] (an umbrella term to describe people who may only feel sexually or romantically attracted to people with whom they have formed an emotional bond)
[name_f][/name_f]-Nellie [name_f]Bliss[/name_f] (NB initials for nonbinary/Nellie the dog from Heartstopper)
[name_f][/name_f]-Jedda [name_f]Boheme[/name_f] (La Vie Bohème from Rent)
[name_f][/name_f]-Alice [name_f]Musette[/name_f] (Alice Walker/Alice Oseman)
[name_f][/name_f]-Salomé [name_f]Gaia[/name_f] (Oscar Wilde’s Salomé)
[name_f][/name_f]-Svea [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] (means [name_m]Sweden[/name_m] because [name_m]Sweden[/name_m] was the first country to allow transgender people to change their legal gender post-sex reassignment surgery)
[name_f][/name_f]-Ravenna [name_f]Rue[/name_f] (Oscar Wilde’s Ravenna)
[name_f][/name_f]-Willamere [name_f]Phaedra[/name_f] (a smoosh name for [name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Cather[/name_f] and [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] Wilde’s [name_f]Lady[/name_f] Windermere’s Fan)
[name_f][/name_f]-Tara [name_f]Delphine[/name_f] (Tara [name_m]Jones[/name_m] from Heartstopper)