We’ve chosen the middle name [name]Bird[/name] after my DH’s aunt who went by [name]Birdie[/name] and I love the name [name]Scout[/name] if its a girl and DH suprised me recently by saying that he likes it.
I think it goes ‘alright’ with our sons name, which is [name]Rhodes[/name]. [name]Rhodes[/name] and [name]Scout[/name] sounds alright but it isn’t anything special but I’m not to fussed.
I’m more concered about how it sounds with the middle name. Is [name]Scout[/name] [name]Bird[/name] really that bad? I think the fact that both names are one syllable doesn’t help.
Does [name]Scout[/name] [name]Birdie[/name] sound any better? I suggested to husband using a different name that is bird related. His Aunts really name is [name]Robin[/name] and I suggested that but [name]Scout[/name] [name]Robin[/name] doesn’t appeal to him at all and he says he wants the [name]Bird[/name] part in there so we can nn her [name]Birdie[/name]. (I agree tbh, [name]Birdie[/name] is too cute of a nickname to resist.)
Are [name]Scout[/name] [name]Bird[/name] / [name]Scout[/name] [name]Birdie[/name] really that bad?
Ehm, yeah? It’s scout + bird! A scouting bird. Someone out scouting for birds. You can’t use [name]Scout[/name] and a bird name for a middle. I’m sorry.
agree with @ottilie completely. It is unusable. Two rather random object-words, neither of which are particularly common as names, and choppy disjointed flow to boot. I thought you had some very good ideas in your other threads.
If the goal is to call her [name]Birdie[/name] anyway, how about naming her [name]Birdie[/name] [name]Scout[/name]? Or [name]Robin[/name] [name]Scout[/name]… Either would be a more obvious way to get nickname [name]Birdie[/name].
I think [name]Birdie[/name] [name]Scout[/name] would work better, but is still a bit awkward. It sounds a bit like a cartoon character. I think [name]Robin[/name] [name]Scout[/name], nn [name]Birdie[/name] is the way to go!
Hmmm, i’m not sure about [name]Scout[/name] [name]Bird[/name]. It really sounds a bit odd and [name]Scout[/name] [name]Birdie[/name] is even worse. Sorry
I noticed [name]Lark[/name] on your signature and a little [name]Lark[/name] nn. [name]Birdie[/name] would be adorable. [name]Lark[/name] and [name]Rhodes[/name] are really nice together. [name]Wren[/name] would also be lovely, but [name]Wren[/name] and [name]Rhodes[/name] might be too many Rs.
To be honest, if you’re planning on calling her Birdie anyway as a nn, why not just call her Birdie as a first name? I think its really pretty. Maybe with a more substantial/classic middle. Or it could be a nn for a name like Beatrice
[name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Bird[/name] [scout can be a nn for [name]Scarlett[/name]]
[name]Scout[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Bird[/name] (or any other name in the middle, just a proper, classic one)
I think [name]Scout[/name] [name]Birdie[/name] is cute! I am biased because my daughter’s middle name is [name]Scout[/name] and we sometimes call her [name]Bird[/name], even though it is not her given name.
Another factor to consider is flow. [name]Scout[/name] [name]Bird[/name] [name]Rhodes[/name] is very brief. It isn’t a terrible flow, but it could be better. I really like the suggestion of [name]Birdie[/name] [name]Scout[/name]!
What about using a kind of bird as the first name and then [name]Scout[/name] as the middle? That was my first thought when I read your post. I like some of the suggestions above but I am not a fan of [name]Scout[/name] [name]Bird[/name]. There is no flow and I grew up in a hunting area so that makes me think of a hunter going out to scout for birds and killing them… Not a good image.
[name]Rhodes[/name] is a sibling name, not the surname, unless I am more caffeine deprived than I thought.
[name]Bridget[/name]/[name]Brigida[/name] [name]Scout[/name] NN [name]Birdie[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name] [name]Scout[/name] NN [name]Birdie[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Scout[/name] NN [name]Birdie[/name]
I don’t really get why [name]Scout[/name] has to be up front if you’re going to call her [name]Birdie[/name] anyway?
However if it must be, [name]Scout[/name] longer-middle would flow much better than a 1-1 rhythm of two nouns. Also makes me think of Bluebird Scouts, which are an organization like Girl Scouts. I think Bluebird Scouts are the youngest Campfire Girls? Anyway, s’mores aren’t the worst imagery but it’s a bit quirky, and I think if I wanted a truly quirky name I would ground it with one that was less so - [name]Jane[/name] Bluebird still sounds vaguely like the second cousin of nursery-rhyme [name]Jenny[/name] [name]Wren[/name], but it’s cute without being unusable.
Agree with [name]Ottilie[/name] and [name]Blade[/name]. I would use a proper first, [name]Bird[/name] as mn, and [name]Scout[/name] as a nickname. Give her a name with more versatility. [name]Scout[/name] is a bit limiting for an adult, especially a woman.
I completely agree that [name]Scout[/name] [name]Bird[/name] is a little to much. I do like the suggestion of [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Bird[/name] a lot but she will have a cousin called [name]Scarlett[/name] who we see all the time so that one is off the list.
Thanks for replying. I guess I’ll have to drop [name]Scout[/name] for our baby, but surprisingly I’m not to bothered, I probably don’t like it enough to use it anyway.
