[name]One[/name] of the most important things when naming is whether you love the sound of the name, but are there any particular sounds within the name that you love rolling off your tongue? Or dislike?
For example:
I love the [name]RO[/name] sound as in [name]Rosalind[/name], [name]Rowena[/name], [name]Romilly[/name], [name]Rose[/name]
Yet I dislike the BR sound as in [name]Bree[/name], [name]Brianna[/name], [name]Gabriella[/name]
[name]Hope[/name] that makes sense!
I have noticed that I like names that have -ian or -an. Which makes it extremely hard for me to pick a name.
[name]Caspian[/name]
[name]Cian[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Christian[/name]
[name]Adrian[/name] (very slowly warming up to this one, I can only think of [name]Rocky[/name] when I hear it more than once, lol)
[name]Tristan[/name]
Also, I like names that have -iel.
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
Castiel
[name]Uriel[/name]
I also love the way most variants of [name]Lily[/name] sound…
[name]Lilia[/name]
[name]Liliana[/name]
[name]Lilias[/name]
[name]Lilac[/name]
[name]Liliane[/name]
I don’t particular dislike these name, but I am tired of seeing them all the time:
[name]Bella[/name]/[name]Belle[/name] (Any variant form and/or extension)
[name]Jackson[/name]
I guess I will get back to you on the sounds I dislike. Never really paid too much attention to them.
I dislike the Br- sound too, but it’s more specifically [name]Bre[/name]/[name]Bri[/name] in names, like [name]Gabriella[/name] or [name]Breanna[/name]. I like [name]Bruno[/name] for a boy though, which is a Br- name, though I guess it’s because it’s Bru not [name]Bri[/name]. I also don’t like -ana names (ah-na), as it sounds really nasally to me.
I haven’t noticed a pattern in names I do like, though.
For me, the sounds I tend to dislike are:
“Eye”, as in Iris and Linus
“Is/Es/Ice” at the end of girls’ names, as in Iris (again), Agnes, Alice, Lois, Beatrice, etc.
“Us” at the end of boys’ names, as in Linus (again), Julius, Atticus, etc.
“Lia” pronounced with the “l” attached to the second to last syllable and the “ia” slurred into “ya”. Gah, I hate that sound most of all. “Lia” sounds some much prettier pronounced lee-ah, IMO.
Oh, forgot to talk about the sounds I do like!
“Ee”, especially at the end of Greek names like Zoe, Chloe, Daphne, Penelope, Phoebe, etc.
“Ph”, as in Daphne, Phoebe, Seraphina, Josephine, Philip (although I don’t really like Philippa for some reason), Christopher
“V”, as in Eve/Eva, Victoria, Veronica, Evan, and tons of other names.
“Nic” as in Nicholas, Veronica, Dominic, Nicole, etc.
“Z” (including “x” pronounced like “z”) as in Zoe, Elizabeth, Alexander, Balthazar, etc.
“P” as in Penelope, Calliope, Crispin, Casper, Patrick, etc.
“C” as in Catherine, Calliope, Chloe, Crispin, Christopher, Casper
That’s all I can think of at the moment.
I seem to always be drawn to names with a hard “C” or “K” at the beginning for boys and an “A” sound at the beginning for girls.
Some examples of my favorites:
[name]Casper[/name], [name]Cain[/name], [name]Kallen[/name], & [name]Cade[/name].
[name]Alice[/name], [name]Allison[/name], [name]Audrey[/name], & [name]Annelie[/name].
I like names with “wen/win” and “aina/ena” sounds in it. [name]Rowan[/name], [name]Elowen[/name], [name]Eowyn[/name], [name]Winnifred[/name], [name]Gwendolen[/name], Gwynevere and [name]Alaina[/name], [name]Elena[/name], [name]Elaine[/name], [name]Melena[/name], [name]Helena[/name].
I love boy names that in “ius/us”: [name]Maximus[/name], [name]Magnus[/name], [name]Tiberius[/name], [name]Atticus[/name] etc.
I like names with a “Th” in it: [name]Cynthia[/name] (my own name), [name]Seth[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Meredith[/name], [name]Catherine[/name], [name]Timothy[/name] (my brother’s name), [name]Luther[/name] (my son’s name), [name]Tabitha[/name].
I dislike names with “[name]Christ[/name]” in them: [name]Christopher[/name], [name]Christine[/name], [name]Christian[/name] etc.
I dislike a lot of boy names that start with J: [name]James[/name], [name]Jonas[/name], [name]Jonah[/name], [name]Judas[/name], [name]Joseph[/name], [name]Jude[/name].
Great thread! I love the [name]Ella[/name] sound. S’s and open vowels like E’s are comfortable for me to say. Also not a fan of the Br sound or the [name]Ora[/name], Uu, or anything that has a R in the middle of the name. 
I really like L and V combinations.
[name]Livy[/name] and [name]Levi[/name] are my favorite names and most names I really like have either an L a V or both.
[name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Geneva[/name], [name]Aveline[/name], [name]Luke[/name], [name]Leo[/name], [name]Eve[/name], [name]Abigail[/name], [name]Felix[/name], Revily, [name]Clarity[/name], [name]Noelle[/name], [name]Verity[/name], Verily, [name]Phillip[/name], [name]Olivia[/name]
It’s the only connection I can really find between the names I love.
Thought of a few more sounds I like:
“[name]Elle[/name]/[name]Ella[/name]” for girls, as in [name]Gabrielle[/name], [name]Isabella[/name] and numerous others.
“[name]El[/name]” for boys, as in [name]Gabriel[/name], [name]Nathaniel[/name], [name]Samuel[/name], [name]Raphael[/name], etc.
“Ity” as in [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Verity[/name], [name]Serenity[/name], [name]Charity[/name], etc.
“[name]Ian[/name]” as in [name]Vivian[/name], [name]Lillian[/name], [name]Sebastian[/name], [name]Christian[/name], [name]Julian[/name], etc.
“Th” as in [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Meredith[/name], [name]Catherine[/name], [name]Nathaniel[/name], [name]Matthew[/name], [name]Balthazar[/name], etc.
I really like “[name]Lee[/name]/[name]Lea[/name]” for girls, as in: [name]Leah[/name] (of course), [name]Amelie[/name]/[name]Amelia[/name], [name]Julia[/name]/[name]Julie[/name]/[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Juliet[/name], etc.
For boys it’s really just the “an/en/in” ending: [name]Evan[/name], [name]Colton[/name], [name]Curran[/name], [name]Declan[/name], etc.
I like ‘ay’ sounds created by ‘ae’, also ian/ eon sounds and os/ as sounds for boy names and ‘a’ sounds (as in apple) for the end of girl names.