Thoughts on my favorite names - too out there? Mis-matchy?

General Name Discussion
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I love names that are unique and underused - particularly word names with significant meaning. I think that using traditional, more common middle names balances the first name. Here are some first names that I love… What do you think? What middle names would you suggest? What would work well as sib-sets?

Girls: [name]Reverie[/name], [name]Alba[/name], [name]Zinnia[/name], [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Delphine[/name], [name]Luna[/name], [name]Azura[/name], [name]Cosima[/name], [name]Cecily[/name], [name]Echo[/name], [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Lark[/name], [name]Freesia[/name], [name]Galilee[/name], [name]Lyric[/name], [name]Ever[/name], [name]Poppy[/name], [name]Season[/name], [name]Rio[/name], [name]Fable[/name], [name]Ayelet[/name], [name]Harbor[/name]

Boys: Morrow, [name]Caspian[/name], Ledger, [name]Elias[/name], [name]Linden[/name], [name]West[/name], [name]Archer[/name], Crusoe, [name]Dune[/name], [name]Burke[/name], [name]Garner[/name], [name]Calder[/name], [name]Merritt[/name], [name]Reeve[/name], [name]Arbor[/name], [name]Hartley[/name]

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I like: [name]Reverie[/name], [name]Delphine[/name], [name]Azura[/name], [name]Echo[/name], [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Freesia[/name], [name]Galilee[/name], [name]Lyric[/name], [name]Elias[/name], [name]West[/name], [name]Calder[/name], [name]Merritt[/name] (for girl), [name]Rio[/name] (for boy)

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I LOOVVEEEE: [name]Alba[/name], [name]Azura[/name], [name]Archer[/name] and [name]Hartley[/name]!!! :slight_smile:

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My Favorites:

[name]Zinnia[/name], [name]Delphine[/name], [name]Luna[/name], [name]Cecily[/name], [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Lark[/name], [name]Freesia[/name], [name]Harbor[/name]

[name]Caspian[/name], [name]Elias[/name], [name]Archer[/name], [name]Dune[/name], [name]Arbor[/name]

I really like [name]Archer[/name] & [name]Dune[/name] and [name]Zinnia[/name] & Fellicity

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I think these are fine:

Girls: [name]Zinnia[/name], [name]Azura[/name], [name]Cecily[/name], [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Poppy[/name], [name]Season[/name]
Also like these but have big teasing potential: [name]Luna[/name] (lunatic), [name]Ayelet[/name] (I yell at), [name]Lark[/name] (old fashioned word for goofing off)

Boys: [name]Caspian[/name], [name]Linden[/name], [name]West[/name], [name]Archer[/name], Crusoe, [name]Burke[/name], [name]Calder[/name], [name]Arbor[/name], [name]Hartley[/name]
I would stay away from: Morrow (sorrow), [name]Garner[/name] (attention), [name]Dune[/name] (dude), [name]Merritt[/name] (he merits everything), [name]Reeve[/name] (heave), [name]Elias[/name] (he lies)

[name]Caspian[/name], [name]West[/name], [name]Archer[/name], [name]Cecily[/name]

[name]Felicity[/name], [name]Caspian[/name]

[name]Burke[/name], [name]Calder[/name], [name]Season[/name]

[name]Zinnia[/name], [name]Azura[/name], Crusoe

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I think these are fine:

Girls: [name]Zinnia[/name], [name]Azura[/name], [name]Cecily[/name], [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Poppy[/name], [name]Season[/name]
Also like these but have big teasing potential: [name]Luna[/name] (lunatic), [name]Ayelet[/name] (I yell at), [name]Lark[/name] (old fashioned word for goofing off)

Boys: [name]Caspian[/name], [name]Linden[/name], [name]West[/name], [name]Archer[/name], Crusoe, [name]Arbor[/name], [name]Hartley[/name]
I would stay away from: Morrow (sorrow), Ledger (like a record book?), [name]Garner[/name] (attention), [name]Dune[/name] (dude), [name]Merritt[/name] (he merits everything), [name]Reeve[/name] (heave), [name]Elias[/name] (he lies), [name]Calder[/name] (called her or cauldron), [name]Burke[/name] (burp)

[name]Caspian[/name], [name]West[/name], [name]Archer[/name], [name]Cecily[/name]

[name]Felicity[/name], [name]Caspian[/name]

[name]Zinnia[/name], [name]Azura[/name], Crusoe

[name]Poppy[/name], [name]Zinnia[/name], [name]Arbor[/name]

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I think a lot of your tastes go together- I love nearly all of these but will star my absolute favourites.
Have had fun making these into sibling sets-

[name]Reverie[/name], [name]Harbor[/name] and [name]Caspian[/name]

[name]Blythe[/name], [name]Linden[/name] and [name]Cecily[/name]

[name]Luna[/name], [name]Elias[/name], [name]Archer[/name]* and [name]Delphine[/name]*

[name]Azura[/name], [name]Echo[/name] and [name]Reeve[/name]*

[name]Cecily[/name], [name]Cosima[/name] and [name]Hartley[/name]

[name]Lark[/name], [name]Poppy[/name] and [name]Arbor[/name]

[name]Echo[/name] and [name]Garner[/name]

The only names I disliked were: [name]Season[/name] (just think it doesn’t seem phonetically like a name) [name]Freesia[/name] (ditto) [name]Burke[/name] (burp or ‘berk’ which means idiot) [name]Lyric[/name] (seems a little trashy) [name]Ayelet[/name] (think this one is a little perplexing) [name]Rio[/name] (maybe on a boy?) [name]Dune[/name] (this one isn’t as easy to say in a British accent, perhaps. D-yew-n) [name]West[/name] (just feels too short and a little clinical to me)

Great taste, though

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I like [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Delphine[/name], [name]Poppy[/name], [name]Linden[/name] for a girl, [name]Arbor[/name] (gorgeous!!!) for a girl; [name]Ever[/name] for a boy as a nn for [name]Everhart[/name] (love [name]Hart[/name], too). I don’t care for many of your boy names or I think they’re a bit girly. [name]Lark[/name] is only a minor obsession of mine.

[name]Do[/name] you like [name]Amity[/name] or [name]Verity[/name]? I like those much more that [name]Felicity[/name]. I think Braver and [name]Valor[/name] are great boy names too. They defo need traditional middles I think. I suck at combos but how bout:

[name]Everard[/name] [name]James[/name] (nn [name]Ever[/name])
[name]Linden[/name] [name]Elinore[/name]
[name]Poppy[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Caspian[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Elias[/name] [name]West[/name]

Not the best combos, but I think your names are groovy.

Cheers!

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Ooh, fun!
I like: [name]Alba[/name], [name]Zinnia[/name], [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Delphine[/name], [name]Luna[/name], [name]Cosima[/name], [name]Cecily[/name], [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Lark[/name], and [name]Poppy[/name]. For boys, Morrow*, [name]Elias[/name], [name]Linden[/name], [name]Calder[/name] and [name]Merritt[/name]. Favorites are starred.
Brutal honesty: I’m really not a fan of [name]Reverie[/name] – it feels simultaneously insubstantial and over-the-top. [name]Season[/name], [name]Harbor[/name] and [name]Rio[/name] seem masculine to me, and [name]Fable[/name] feels like it’s trying too hard. [name]Dune[/name], [name]Caspian[/name] and Crusoe are perhaps too literary to be worn comfortably.
Overall, though, I think this is an amazing list! :slight_smile: