The top names

Here is my list with explanations:

[name_f]Ada[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] - Quite seriously took me a week to actually recognize [name_f]Ada[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] as the only [name_f]Ada[/name_f] combo I loved. [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] has been on my list for a while. I really still quite like this and almost wish for twin girls just to use this name, along with another one from this list. :stuck_out_tongue:
[name_f]Annia[/name_f] [name_u]Marian[/name_u] - This has now just supplanted [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] to be in second place as my husband stared at my list and said ā€œ[name_m]Ah[/name_m]-NEE-uh? Thatā€™s nice.ā€ (If he likes it I like it, and of course he likes his Grandmotherā€™s name in the middle).
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] - still a great name, a compromise between [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] and [name_f]Ada[/name_f] that I really have fallen in love with, should I choose this, Iā€™m sure it will be well received by both our families.
[name_f]Nora[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f] - My inspiration is the similarities between [name_f]Nora[/name_f] and [name_f]Laura[/name_f] ([name_f]MIL[/name_f] is [name_f]Laura[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]). This name makes the most sense, and is a very nice name.
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Nerys[/name_f] - The first name I came up with after a conversation with my [name_f]MIL[/name_f] about names, soon after my son was born. I wanted to gather some family names to use in the middle, but I soon loved [name_f]Clara[/name_f] enough to consider it as a first and [name_f]Nerys[/name_f] just fit this name.
[name_f]Briar[/name_f] [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] - What more can I say? I think these names are perfect with each other.
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] - We came up with this shortly after our son was born. Itā€™s beautiful meaning ā€œ[name_m]Noble[/name_m] [name_f]Star[/name_f]ā€ and the fact we had an [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] Hepburn poster, gave me an almost instant image of a [name_f]Star[/name_f] themed Nursery. Still beautiful, still on the list, though slightly less favored now then our top two.
[name_f]Rhea[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] - I came to [name_f]Rhea[/name_f] from [name_u]Reagan[/name_u] originally wanting to spell it [name_f]Rea[/name_f], but preferred it with the H. [name_u]Reagan[/name_u] seems too clunky with our hyphenated last name and [name_f]Rhea[/name_f] was perfect.
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] - [name_f]Alice[/name_f], I still quite like [name_m]Eli[/name_m] and [name_f]Alice[/name_f] together. Though number 9 on the list it canā€™t be discounted just yet.
[name_f]Joanna[/name_f] [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] - Though in my signature as [name_f]Hana[/name_f] [name_f]Imogen[/name_f], Iā€™m correcting it to [name_f]Joanna[/name_f] which I feels goes much better with [name_f]Imogen[/name_f].

The Boyā€™s name: If we get pregnant with a boy I only really have two names I absolutely love:
[name_m]Ian[/name_m] [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] - [name_m]Ian[/name_m] is the Scottish variation for [name_m]John[/name_m], and [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] would work but I prefer [name_m]Ian[/name_m].
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] [name_m]Jose[/name_m] - [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] and [name_m]Jose[/name_m] are family names, [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] from his side and [name_m]Jose[/name_m] from my side. I like this and it just wins out every time I put [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] in the first name slot.

I love [name_f]Ada[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]! Gorgeousā€¦ I do like [name_f]Irene[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f] and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] also.

[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is prettyā€¦
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]

Actually, you have a lot of my family names in your list:)

I really like [name_m]Ian[/name_m] [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] also:)

Good luck!

The female family names from husbands family are: [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_u]Marian[/name_u], [name_f]Irene[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f] and from mine is: [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]. [name_f]Ada[/name_f] and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] was inspired by [name_f]Adele[/name_f] which though pretty doesnā€™t quite work for us in its original form. [name_f]Annia[/name_f] is inspired by [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] and has the bonus of sounding like a variation of [name_f]Ann[/name_f]. Boys: [name_m]Calvin[/name_m]/[name_m]Jose[/name_m].

So in total: 6 actual family names, and 3 names inspired by family names.

I think itā€™s neat that your family names are in this list, which oneā€™s are those?

[name_f]Ada[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] - A beautiful combo!
[name_f]Annia[/name_f] [name_u]Marian[/name_u] - this is pronounced [name_f]Ann[/name_f]-ee-uh, not [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-nee-uh. Like [name_f]Annie[/name_f] with an A on the end. However its a sweet name, but I dont like old fashioned [name_u]Marian[/name_u].
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] - I absolutely love this combo!
[name_f]Nora[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f] - Sorry I dont like it. [name_f]Irene[/name_f] is old ladyish, and although [name_f]Nora[/name_f] can be pretty, it doesnt look nice in front of [name_f]Irene[/name_f]!
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Nerys[/name_f] - I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_f]Clara[/name_f]! I think you could find a much prettier name to match though, other than [name_f]Nerys[/name_f].
[name_f]Briar[/name_f] [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] - [name_f]Briar[/name_f] is such a lovely name. [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] is nice too, but Iā€™m not too fond of the combo. I think [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] is too sickly sweet next to classical sounding [name_f]Briar[/name_f].
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] - [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] is nice, especially when you think of the gorgeous [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] Hepburn. But [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] is just tooā€¦harsh for me.
[name_f]Rhea[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] - I prefer the [name_f]Ria[/name_f] spelling, although I knew someone who spelt it [name_f]Rhia[/name_f]. [name_f]Grace[/name_f] is really nice.
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] - This is one gorgeous, classical combo! [name_f]Alice[/name_f] and [name_m]Eli[/name_m] do go lovely together, and [name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] is just so pretty!
[name_f]Joanna[/name_f] [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] - [name_f]Hana[/name_f] [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] is so much nicer. [name_f]Joanna[/name_f] is a bitā€¦I dont want to say it butā€¦ugly.

[name_m]Ian[/name_m] [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] - I love the name [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] but Iā€™m not sure about [name_m]Ian[/name_m].
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] [name_m]Jose[/name_m] - This is gorgeous. Maybe [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] [name_m]Jase[/name_m] would be better though? I dont know why I dont like how [name_m]Jose[/name_m] looks. But hey its up to you.

Good luck, you have some winning combos there. My favourites are [name_f]Ada[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Briar[/name_f] [name_f]Eloise[/name_f], and [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] [name_m]Jose[/name_m] :slight_smile:

Thank you for your reply carysmarie, in fact [name_f]Marie[/name_f] is a family name too, that may go better with [name_f]Annia[/name_f]. [name_f]Annia[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] is beautiful.

First off, you have some lovely names on here. I think you might just need to tweak some combos as about half of them just donā€™t flow off the tongue well. When Iā€™m coming up with combos, I whisper them, yell them out loud, and ā€œsingā€ themā€¦like I would with my child at times. I try to avoid strong consonants in both names as that is one of the major reasons people get tripped up.

[name_f]Ada[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] - Itā€™s a fine combo, but seems a bitā€¦bland. Too common and too ā€œjust okay.ā€
[name_f]Annia[/name_f] [name_u]Marian[/name_u] - Iā€™ve only ever heard this name as [name_f]Ann[/name_f]-ee-uh, as said above. Regardless, I do not like [name_u]Marian[/name_u] with it (does not flow well and they are too similar). I see pronunciation issues all her life. So, no for me.
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] - This has the best flow out of all of your combos, though [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] is too common for me.
[name_f]Nora[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f] - Iā€™ve always disliked [name_f]Nora[/name_f] immensely. I donā€™t like that ā€˜norā€™ sound, it just makes me think of ā€˜snore.ā€™ About the combo, it doesnā€™t work well at all. Try saying it three times fast. Awful flow.
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Nerys[/name_f] - Again, [name_f]Clara[/name_f] is common. But [name_f]Nerys[/name_f] doesnā€™t go well with it at all. Try switching up the number of syllables.
[name_f]Briar[/name_f] [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] - I do like the combo and I love [name_f]Briar[/name_f].
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] - This is by far your best combo. I love it. My fiancee doesnā€™t like [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] at all, but I wish he did as it makes a great middle name! [name_f]Audrey[/name_f]'s cute and a little common but not nearly as much as some of the other names.
[name_f]Rhea[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] - I love [name_f]Rhea[/name_f] but this combo does not flow well and looks very strange written out. A longer middle would work better here. [name_f]Grace[/name_f] is so bleh right now and I never liked the sound of it.
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] - This flows okay, but itā€™s just not strikingā€¦
[name_f]Joanna[/name_f] [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] - [name_f]Joanna[/name_f] does not go better. At all. Iā€™d keep [name_f]Hana[/name_f] [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] if you must, but that doesnā€™t flow very well either.

[name_m]Ian[/name_m] [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] - I prefer [name_m]Ian[/name_m] as well and this combo is alrightā€¦I feel like there are names that would work better with [name_m]Ian[/name_m] though.
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] [name_m]Jose[/name_m] - This is a cool combo and I like it. I think a young boy would be proud of this name.

what flows off the tongue is extremely subjective.

[name_f]Ada[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] - [name_m]How[/name_m] are you pronouncing [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]? I think both pronunciations flow well but I prefer emma-LEEN. [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Ada[/name_f].
[name_f]Annia[/name_f] [name_u]Marian[/name_u]/[name_f]Marie[/name_f] - When I say ā€œ[name_m]Ah[/name_m]-NEE-uhā€, it sounds a bit forced. I like [name_f]Annie[/name_f]-uh more but Iā€™m not a huge fan of [name_f]Annie[/name_f] so I donā€™t love that pronunciation either. [name_u]Marian[/name_u] is okay and I prefer it over the much overused [name_f]Marie[/name_f].
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] - I donā€™t love how the end of [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] flows into [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]. I like [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] and I love [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] though and the combo is very classy.
[name_f]Nora[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f] - I agree that the flow is a little off here. Maybe [name_f]Nora[/name_f] [name_f]Eileen[/name_f]? I like [name_f]Nora[/name_f], its been growing on me.
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Nerys[/name_f] - [name_m]How[/name_m] do you say [name_f]Nerys[/name_f]? Instinctively I say it ā€œn-air-issā€ which does not sound very nice with [name_f]Clara[/name_f] (although maybe I should ask how youā€™re saying [name_f]Clara[/name_f]. I say it ā€œcl-air-uhā€). I like [name_f]Clara[/name_f] though.
[name_f]Briar[/name_f] [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] - I love this!
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] - [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] is a stunning name and I am beginning to like [name_f]Estelle[/name_f]. Usually I donā€™t love two vowel names together but thereā€™s something vintage about this that I love.
[name_f]Rhea[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] - I am neutral on [name_f]Rhea[/name_f], itā€™s a pretty sound but a bit simple for me. Definitely not [name_f]Grace[/name_f] though. Its very overused as a middle name. Something longer would work better with [name_f]Rhea[/name_f]. Maybe [name_f]Rhea[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]?
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] - I love [name_f]Alice[/name_f] and [name_m]Eli[/name_m] together! [name_f]Alice[/name_f] is soft and girly, I love it. I donā€™t like [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] very much but it sounds nice with [name_f]Alice[/name_f].
[name_f]Joanna[/name_f] [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] - Not a fan of either name, sorry. I donā€™t like [name_f]Hana[/name_f] either. [name_f]Joanna[/name_f] is just a bit dated for me and [name_f]Hana[/name_f] ([name_f]Hannah[/name_f]) is way too common where I live. I prefer [name_f]Johannah[/name_f].

[name_m]Ian[/name_m] [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] - I donā€™t like the two Nā€™s at the end of these names. I like [name_m]Ian[/name_m] and [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] is nice though.
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] [name_m]Jose[/name_m] - I like the family ties with this. [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] is, again, very nice. I donā€™t like [name_m]Jose[/name_m] but I understand its a family name.

[name_m]Hi[/name_m]ā€¦ my family names are: [name_f]Irene[/name_f] (grandma)ā€¦ [name_f]Clara[/name_f] (aunt and best friend)ā€¦ [name_f]Ada[/name_f] (aunt) @nd
[name_f]Nora[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] is my cousin:)ā€¦ I love your names!