[name_m]Long[/name_m] post ahead, but hopefully of interest to some.
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] is a name that sticks to me and I just can’t seem to shake. It is not my partner’s favorite. Though he tacitly approves, there isn’t a combo that has won him yet.
It isn’t a family name per se (no one has been named [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u]), but there is a deep honor connection to my 2nd great grandmother [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] “[name_u]Jule[/name_u]” who lived and worked at [name_m]Frank[/name_m] [name_m]Lloyd[/name_m] [name_m]Wright[/name_m]’s Wisconsin studio called [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u]. She was an interior designer and that work was what afforded her to put my great grandmother [name_f]Helen[/name_f] through college as a single mother widowed by WWI. [name_f]Helen[/name_f] spent a good chunk of her childhood living on-site and having mischievous escapades with [name_m]Wright[/name_m]’s step-daughter [name_f]Svetlana[/name_f] as the two were close in age. [name_f]My[/name_f] great-grandmother was alive until I was 16 so I have very distinct memories of her tales and remember the warmth with which she talked about [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u].
If I weren’t to use [name_u]Jule[/name_u]/[name_u]Jules[/name_u]/[name_m]Julian[/name_m]/[name_m]Julien[/name_m], I feel a strong pull to [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] as an honor name for our final boy. The only other people I would truly care to honor would be [name_m]Stuart[/name_m] and [name_m]Paul[/name_m], but my partner has unequivocally vetoed [name_m]Paul[/name_m] as “too boring,” so an honor for him would be more convoluted and I’m not IN LOVE with the options.
I have a few names I like with [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] as a middle, but I do like a good number of combos with [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] in the first spot. I need help narrowing and expanding with only the best combos to share with my husband. He has been swayed many a time by a dashing combo, but I have yet to approach the [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] talk. I’m biding my time until I know I have a few that could be “the one.”
In some ways now that I know my 2nd son’s name, [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] fits better than ever. I feel the T and S sounds are a solid fit with my sons and I like that they all three follow a very basic consonant-vowel rhythm without a lot of extraneous letters… have FAIRLY straightforward pronunciations [here I use tal-ee-ES-in with the first 2 syllables being very soft and swift] and seem SOMEWHAT familiar. I like the literary appeal, along with the magical druidic imagery I get from the name, but also how I feel [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] is a very flexible name that can fit easily in a modern context. I also love the idea of [name_m]Tin[/name_m] [name_m]Tin[/name_m] as a nickname, which would fit in seamlessly with Tio and Taz.
Please help me tease out the best and offer your own combos if you have them.
- indicates an additional honor name
More normal (everything is relative) middle name:
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_u]Kit[/name_u]* (one of the few options honoring my husband’s family. His father’s Cantonese name is [name_f]Sun[/name_f]-[name_u]Kit[/name_u])
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_u]Jules[/name_u]*
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Yves[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Emile[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_u]Verne[/name_u]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_u]Douglas[/name_u]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Maxim[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Prosper[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Louis[/name_m] (LOU-ee)*
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Jacoby[/name_m]*
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_u]Amory[/name_u]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Enoch[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_u]Oberon[/name_u]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Osmund[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Adlai[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
Particularly pleasing echoes in sound and assonance:
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Osiris[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Isidore[/name_m]*
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Antony[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Ignace[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Altair[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Calixte[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Aldous[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Atlas[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Stuart[/name_m]*
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Thierry[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Ulysse[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Étienne[/name_m] (also love the ‘shining brow’ with ‘garland/crown’)
With a bit more panache (aka more “out there” but I’m brave enough and have little to lose with the grand finale for our sibset cohort):
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] Rubeus
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Milos[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Faust[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Helios[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] Geode
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Calix[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_u]Rune[/name_u]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Tome[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_u]Alto[/name_u]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Spiro[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Laurus[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Lauro[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Hercule[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Octave[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] Octavi
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Pacome[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Raoul[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Viator[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Roald[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Serafim[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Anatole[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Perine[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Scipio[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Inigo[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Ezio[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Caius[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Apollo[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Pollux[/name_m]*
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Asier[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] [name_m]Fernand[/name_m]
Thanks Berries!
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