Here are my top 5 names for boy or girl. Last name is [name]Levy[/name], pronounced “[name]Lee[/name] Vee”. Need help from fellow name enthusiasts to help narrow it down! Thanks!!
I really love [name]Leo[/name] but I think [name]Leo[/name] [name]Levy[/name] is way too much of an alliteration for me. My favorite boy choice is [name]Nathan[/name] with your last name.
I like [name]Faye[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] or [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] as combos.
I love [name]Henry[/name] [name]Jordan[/name] [name]Levy[/name] or [name]Henry[/name] [name]Leo[/name] [name]Levy[/name]. I agree with aillidh [name]Leo[/name] [name]Levy[/name] is too matchy.
I like [name]Aya[/name] [name]Simone[/name] [name]Levy[/name] or [name]Zoe[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Levy[/name]
[name]Levy[/name] is a difficult last name to work with! I put a lot of consideration into how the firsts went with the last.
Boys, in order of my preference:
[name]Nathan[/name]
[name]Zachary[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Toby[/name]- Doesn’t sound very good with the last name, but [name]Tobin[/name] and [name]Tobias[/name] work fine and you can use [name]Toby[/name] as a nickname.
[name]Leo[/name]- [name]Leo[/name] [name]Levy[/name] is too close.
(Middle name: [name]Jordan[/name] or any of the above)
For combos, I like [name]Nathan[/name] [name]Henry[/name] and [name]Henry[/name] [name]Jordan[/name] best.
Girls, in order of preference
[name]Zoe[/name]
[name]Faye[/name]
[name]Aya[/name]
[name]Tova[/name] (nn [name]Toby[/name])- I really like this name, but [name]Tova[/name] [name]Levy[/name] is very v-heavy.
[name]Pearl[/name]- “Pearllevy” is how I hear it when spoken aloud, and I think [name]Pearl[/name] is a bit clunky sounding anyway.
I think [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Levy[/name] sounds fantastic- would you consider that as a first? It works well as a middle, too- I especially like [name]Zoe[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name]. [name]Aya[/name] [name]Simone[/name] and [name]Faye[/name] [name]Simone[/name] sound great to me as well.
For boys I like:
[name]Zachary[/name] [name]Jordan[/name] [name]Levy[/name] “[name]Zach[/name]/[name]Zack[/name]”
[name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Jordan[/name] [name]Levy[/name] “[name]Nathan[/name]”
I think [name]Toby[/name] and [name]Henry[/name] are too heavy on the “ee” sound combined with your last name. [name]Zachary[/name] is kind of pushing it, but I assume he would go by [name]Zach[/name]/[name]Zack[/name] more than [name]Zachary[/name]. And I only suggested [name]Nathaniel[/name] nn [name]Nathan[/name] for a better flow with mn [name]Jordan[/name].
For girls:
[name]Tova[/name] [name]Simone[/name]
[name]Pearl[/name] [name]Simone[/name]
[name]Pearl[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Faye[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Aya[/name] is not my style, and [name]Zoe[/name] [name]Levy[/name] is again heavy on the “ee” sound.
[name]Nathan[/name] [name]Henry[/name] & [name]Tova[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name]. [name]Tova/name is on my list for a future girl’s Hebrew name, I love it!
While I love the name [name]Leo[/name], I think the alliteration in [name]Leo[/name] [name]Levy[/name] is a little heavy. Of your 5 choices, I think the name [name]Nathan[/name], when paired with [name]Levy[/name], is the best choice. All of your other options end in y, as does your surname - I am not sure if this makes the name unpleasingly choppy, or just a bit choppy. With the middle [name]Jordan[/name], I like [name]Zachary[/name] [name]Jordan[/name]. [name]Zach[/name] [name]Levy[/name] would be a great choice, fixes the “ends-in-y” problem and is just a solid name. [name]Zachary[/name] [name]Jordan[/name] [name]Levy[/name] “[name]Zach[/name] [name]Levy[/name]”. Or even [name]Zach[/name] [name]Jordan[/name] [name]Levy[/name]. (If you wanted to add a second middle you could go with [name]Zach[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Levy[/name], [name]Zach[/name] [name]Jordan[/name] [name]Leonardo[/name] [name]Levy[/name], [name]Zach[/name] [name]Tobias[/name] [name]Jordan[/name] [name]Levy[/name]…)
For girls, I actually like [name]Simone[/name] (your middle name option) as a first name with your surname. [name]Simone[/name] [name]Levy[/name]. [name]Simone[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Levy[/name], or [name]Simone[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Levy[/name] would be spectacular. [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Levy[/name] seems to run together, as does [name]Faye[/name] [name]Levy[/name]. [name]Tova[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Levy[/name] could work, but the nickname [name]Toby[/name] has the same problems as in the boys. And [name]Zoe[/name] has the ends-in-y-sound problem like [name]Toby[/name].
Thanks everyone! I’m leaning toward [name]Aya[/name] [name]Simone[/name] or [name]Zoe[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] for a girl. With so many Zoes out there though [name]Aya[/name] would be my top pick. For a boy, I’m just not ready to ditch [name]Leo[/name]. Would [name]Leon[/name] work better with our last name? For example, [name]Leon[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Levy[/name]?
[name]Aya[/name] [name]Simone[/name] is beautiful! So are [name]Zoe[/name] [name]Simone[/name] (altho I guess it runs together a bit), [name]Tova[/name] [name]Simone[/name], and [name]Zoe[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name]. [name]Aya[/name] or [name]Tova[/name] sound best with [name]Levy[/name], imo, because they don’t have the same -ee ending. However, I don’t love the nn [name]Toby[/name] for [name]Tova[/name]. I think [name]Tova[/name] is much prettier on it’s own!
As for boys, my faves would be [name]Henry[/name] [name]Tobias[/name] or [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Henry[/name] or any number of combos actually. I don’t think lengthening [name]Leo[/name] to [name]Leon[/name] works unfortunately. [name]Toby[/name] [name]Levy[/name] is too matchy to me too. [name]Henry[/name] less so, somehow. But I think “[name]Nathan[/name]” works best.
Boys:
[name]Leo[/name] - love [name]Leo[/name], but [name]Leo[/name] [name]Levy[/name] is too many "l"s and "e"s I think
[name]Nathan[/name] - love this, but prefer it as a nickname for [name]Nathaniel[/name].
[name]Toby[/name] - one of my favorite boy names!
[name]Zachary[/name] - negative connotations for me, but I like the name fine
[name]Henry[/name] - all I can think of are kings of [name]England[/name] with this name… but its fine.
I have to say, I don’t love your girls list. there’s nothing necessarily wrong with it, but it is definitely not my style. I like [name]Zoe[/name] fine, but don’t like the others, sorry.
[name]Toby[/name] [name]Jordan[/name] (really love this combo!)
[name]Zoe[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] (though I prefer [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Zoe[/name])
I would go with either [name]Henry[/name] [name]Nathan[/name] [name]Levy[/name] (my favourite combination, but it doesn’t work nearly as good when you leave out [name]Nathan[/name]) or [name]Nathan[/name] [name]Henry[/name] [name]Levy[/name] (it makes the same-ish ending less obvious when [name]Henry[/name] is a middle instead of a first).
Definitely [name]Aya[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Levy[/name], such a beautiful combination. I’ve been crushing on [name]Aya[/name] for a while and it works perfectly with [name]Eleanor[/name].
I love [name]Tobias[/name] [name]Nathan[/name] L. I don’t care for [name]Toby[/name] on its own, especially with your last name, but it’s great as a nickname. Second choice is [name]Nathan[/name] [name]Henry[/name].
[name]Henry[/name] less so, somehow. But I think “[name]Nathan[/name]” works best.