Cynewulf [name_m]Amadeus[/name_m] [name_m]Cadwallader[/name_m] and [name_m]Casimir[/name_m] [name_f]Louis[/name_f] Campion, are the two names and the combinations we have narrowed it down too… Thoughts on each combination, like or dislike and why…thank you!
Cynewulf is unique, and I like the [name_m]Wulf[/name_m]/[name_m]Wolf[/name_m] nickname options, since [name_m]Bear[/name_m] and the like animal names are in vogue…
Cadwallder is adorable and quirky, I have a fancy for Welsh names. However, Im not quite sold on [name_m]Amadeus[/name_m], you could switch it out for [name_m]Albert[/name_m]. So it would look like: Cynewulf [name_m]Albert[/name_m] Cadawallder - this way [name_m]Albert[/name_m] gives the child a steady classic alternate name to go by and it doesn’t look so foreign and odd. Aesthetically it would look and flow better. ll’s in Welsh take on an hll sound, so Cadwallder takes on a complicated sound, but has a great masculine meaning to be paired with Cynewulf.
[name_m]Casimer[/name_m] is a good solid masculine name, slightly uncommon but recognizable especially outside of the US. [name_m]Louis[/name_m] is a good classic staple for a middle name… Campion sounds great & looks great- but keeps the name feeling and looking soft and not out there or harsh in sound and look. Campion is ALSO a slightly quirky nature vibe and unexpected but just meshes in the right way. Over all this name flows wells and looks distinguished.
Surely you realize that Cynewulf [name_m]Amadeus[/name_m] [name_m]Cadwallader[/name_m] is completely unwearable in this millennium. [name_m]Amadeus[/name_m] could work, but Cynewulf? Really? It’s 2014, not 1014.
[name_f]My[/name_f] vote goes to [name_m]Casimir[/name_m] hands down.
I can’t begin to pronounce Cynewulf, ([name_f]Sine[/name_f] or sin-wolf??), so guess it’s [name_m]Casimir[/name_m]. You do mean [name_m]Louis[/name_m], and not [name_f]Louise[/name_f], right?
Cynewulf - I’m not sure how to pronounce this either.
[name_m]Amadeus[/name_m] - I like this.
[name_m]Cadwallader[/name_m] - I am familiar with this as a last name. It’s fine as a middle name.
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m] [name_f]Louise[/name_f] Campion - I prefer this combination (with [name_m]Louis[/name_m]).
Sorry, but these sound way too over-the-top. Like you’re trying very hard to seem educated, and it just doesn’t work. I’d recommend using only one obscure/archaic name per combination, else they start to sound a bit silly. This probably isn’t what you want to hear, but it’s honest advice and I’m sure many people feel the same way.
Individually however, I like [name_m]Amadeus[/name_m], and [name_m]Casimir[/name_m] [name_m]Louis[/name_m] would be a fine combination.
I think the fact that you had to point out and explain how to pronounce the names is enough. I mean in, let’s say, 2020 in a classroom a teacher calling out role call and her seeing Cynewulf. I would say KY nee wulf or sine wulf. That child would have to correct everybody their entire life. Sorry to be so cruel, but I don’t like it at all. It’s too much.
The problem with this theory of yours, is that Teacher’s are ALREADY doing this in 2014, and were in 1990’s, when I was in school and the 1980’s when my sister was in school. I’m afraid you will always be running into this anywhere you go even 24 or 30 years later down the road. I feel we shouldn’t have to choose “a” name based on the over all level of societies educated status, just so that our child will fit in. If we did that, then the list of names would for certain diminish significantly. Not to mention it would only be aiding the problem at hand. I can not count on hand, for surely I do not have enough appendages, how many times teachers have had a difficult time pronouncing simple names like; [name_f]Summer[/name_f], [name_u]Winter[/name_u], Chea, [name_f]Kylie[/name_f], [name_f]Paige[/name_f], Anatassia, [name_f]Eugenie[/name_f], [name_u]Laurie[/name_u], [name_m]Kelvin[/name_m], [name_f]Kara[/name_f], [name_f]Kaitlynn[/name_f] and so forth. [name_m]Just[/name_m] because one is unfamiliar with it doesn’t mean at shouldn’t be considered for use or be used.
Vespertinerose, simple asked if the combinations she created worked, not if you could pronounce Cynewulf or if you thought she should use the name Cynewulf, and why she shouldn’t consider the name at hand.