[name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Cathleen[/name]
[name]Bronte[/name] [name]Elizabella[/name] (not a huge fan of smooshed names, but anything with [name]Bronte[/name] will make me swoon)
[name]Geneva[/name] [name]Ottoline[/name]
[name]Bardot[/name] [name]Olivia[/name]-[name]Inez[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name] [name]Keaton[/name]
[name]Solomon[/name] [name]Henri[/name] (will you be pronouncing [name]Henri[/name] the French or English way?)
My favourites are [name]Lillian[/name] [name]Alice[/name], [name]Geneva[/name] [name]Ottoline[/name], [name]Theodore[/name] [name]Ellis[/name], [name]Solomon[/name] [name]Henri[/name].
I really don’t like the names [name]Mary[/name]-[name]Emma[/name], [name]Bardot[/name], [name]Maren[/name], [name]Bronte[/name], [name]Mordecai[/name], or [name]Leland[/name].
Before I’d start I’d like to say it’s a really lovely list. They’re all really great names (I love the exotic, old-Hollywood feel the girls have in particular). I’m sorry this will probably come off as very harsh, I just find it all to easy to pick faults with names even the ones I like haha -
[name]Lillian[/name] [name]Alice[/name] - Honestly, I’ve never seen the appeal of [name]Lillian[/name]. It’s a nice enough, respectable name, I just don’t think it’s particularly pretty. I do love [name]Alice[/name] though.
[name]Mabel[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name] - These are two of my favourites, but I feel that [name]Genevieve[/name] might outshine [name]Mabel[/name] too much, not that [name]Mabel[/name] isn’t lovely.
[name]Mary[/name]-[name]Emma[/name] [name]Monroe[/name] - I love [name]Mary[/name]-[name]Emma[/name], even though I’m not normally a huge fan of double barralled names. As for [name]Monroe[/name], lthough it’s got the [name]Marilyn[/name] connection, it sounds awfully masculine to me. The emMA-[name]MONroe[/name] sounds run into each other a bit too (this is off-topic but looking past her fame and beauty, [name]Marilyn[/name] [name]Monroe[/name] isn’t somebody I’d like to name a child after).
[name]Bardot[/name] [name]Olivia[/name]-[name]Inez[/name] - I see [name]Bardot[/name] as the same as [name]Monroe[/name]; too connected to the female person for a boy, too masculine sounding for a girl ([name]Bridgette[/name] would be a wonderful alternative. It’s seen as a bit dated in [name]France[/name], but still.). I love [name]Olivia[/name]-[name]Inez[/name]. So pretty.
[name]Livia[/name] [name]Eden[/name] - [name]Livia[/name] is just [name]Olivia[/name] without the O to me; it sounds silly. [name]Eden[/name] is alright.
[name]Geneva[/name] [name]Ottoline[/name] - Beautiful.
[name]Bronte[/name] [name]Elizabella[/name] - I quite like [name]Bronte[/name]. [name]Elizabella[/name] is a bit too ‘smush’ for me.
[name]Maren[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name] - I can’t say I love [name]Maren[/name], and again - I think [name]Genevieve[/name] outshines it.
[name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Cathleen[/name] - I love this. [name]Magnolia[/name] is gorgeous, and [name]Cathleen[/name] definitely brings it down to [name]Earth[/name] - totally in a good way.
[name]Mordecai[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] - Not a fan of either, but I do like them paired together.
[name]Moses[/name] [name]Xavier[/name] - Same as above.
[name]Leland[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] - [name]Leland[/name] isn’t my thing. I quite like it with the traditional [name]Thomas[/name] though
[name]Leonidas[/name] [name]Joseph[/name] - I want to love [name]Leonidas[/name], but it’s just a bit past the borderline for over-the-top I think. [name]Joseph[/name] balances it a bit, but not enough.
[name]Arlo[/name] [name]Keaton[/name] - I love this.
[name]Theodore[/name] [name]Ellis[/name] - [name]Theodore[/name] is just amazing, [name]Ellis[/name] is OK. It’s not a favourite.
[name]Solomon[/name] [name]Henri[/name] - I love this. I really really do.
[name]Hadrian[/name] [name]Charles[/name] - I feel like [name]Hadrian[/name] is dramatically underused. I think it needs something more than [name]Charles[/name] to liven it up though, since it’s very [name]Roman[/name]-emperor to me. [name]Hadrian[/name] [name]Xavier[/name]? [name]Hadrian[/name] [name]Arlo[/name]? I do love [name]Charles[/name], it’s just a bit traditional in this combo, imo.
[name]Monroe[/name] isn’t for [name]Marilyn[/name]
[name]Livia[/name] is an Old name it was connected to [name]Cesar[/name]
[name]Mordecai[/name] was [name]Esther[/name]'s Uncle who helped her save her people
[name]Maren[/name] is from Sir [name]Wallace[/name]'s wife(Braveheart)
[name]Leonidas[/name] is from 300 they were brave men
[name]Moses[/name] is from the bible
