Sweet and Savory Firsts and Middles?

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Someone just posted a poll about [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and the idea of a savory name combined with a sweet name popped into my mind.

Personally, [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] is a little too fortune-tellery for me to use and [name_f]Rose[/name_f] is a little too common and sweet, but the combination of zest and innocence strikes me as delicious. [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]… I love it!

Wondering what other combos we harbor with the sweet/savory theme?

Ermengard [name_f]Fleur[/name_f]?
[name_f]April[/name_f] [name_f]Boudicca[/name_f]?
[name_f]Opal[/name_f] [name_f]Arethusa[/name_f]?

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Hmm…
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] [name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] Perenelle
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]

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Love [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f], two great [name_f]Agatha[/name_f] [name_u]Christie[/name_u] women!

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Mary [name_f]Lilith[/name_f] ( [name_f]Mary[/name_f] good biblical/Lilith bad biblical)

Athena [name_f]Antionette[/name_f] ( [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Antionette[/name_f]/ immaturity/ wisdom/ [name_f]Athena[/name_f] [name_f]Goddess[/name_f] of wisdom)

Juliett [name_f]Jezebel[/name_f] Virginity/Promiscuity.

Celeste [name_f]Desdemona[/name_f]

This sort of thing?

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You got it!

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I’ve seen someone on here post the combo [name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] and for me that’s the perfect savoury-sweet name (in this case in that order). I love names with this kind of mix!

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Me too. I remember decades ago at a writing festival in Iowa a woman sharing that she had named her baby [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] (long before either were popular in US) because after [name_m]Dante[/name_m], her daughter needed some I [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]. :slight_smile:

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I totally don’t understand the sweet savory concept even after reading these combos… I think I get sweet, but savory? Hmmm… I have thought about warm and cold before!

Jack [name_m]Victor[/name_m] (warm, cold)
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] [name_f]Wildflower[/name_f] (cold, warm)
[name_u]Brooks[/name_u] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m] (cold, warm)
[name_u]Willow[/name_u] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] (cold, warm)
[name_f]Summer[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] (warm, cold)

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Everyone is interpreting it their own way which is fine.

What started me was [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] combo. [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] is not a sweet name; it is more zesty and strong and bold. [name_f]Rose[/name_f] is definitely sweet and not zesty and bold. The combo of the two appeals to me.