so I posted a couple weeks ago–I’ll put the original post at the bottom–and here are the final contenders:
[name]Calla[/name] [name]Honor[/name] McKennon–I like how [name]Honor[/name] is pretty old fashioned, I feel like it links the name with older sister’s [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Clementine[/name] a bit better
[name]Calla[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name] McKennon–with this name I get the length in the middle I was looking for so I think it flows well.
[name]Calla[/name] [name]Avalon[/name] McKennon–I don’t know, I just kind of like it. I think it might not be cohesive enough with the sibling names though.
What do you think!?! Only a few weeks left!
My Original Post:
Our third child is due in a month and we’ve landed on [name]Calla[/name], but can’t really decide on a middle name. I’m just going to go ahead to give you our last name too, because I think it’s a big part of the flow–it’s McKennon.
Her older siblings’ names are [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Clementine[/name] (though she’s called [name]Lulu[/name]) and [name]James[/name] [name]Porter[/name]. I was thinking either something with one syllable or many–like three or four. The problem is that the longer names I like ([name]Valencia[/name] e.g.) end in “a” which I don’t want to repeat with [name]Calla[/name]. What do you guys think?
I’m not sure - I think [name]Calla[/name] [name]Honor[/name] goes perfectly with [name]James[/name] [name]Porter[/name], and the style of the middle name matches [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Clementine[/name] (which I adore, by the way), but then I am drawn to [name]Calla[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name] because the lenth matches [name]Clementine[/name] …
In every other way, though, I prefer [name]Calla[/name] [name]Honor[/name] - how about [name]Calla[/name] [name]Patience[/name], or another long virtue name, perhaps?
The trouble with [name]Calla[/name] [name]Avalon[/name] is that when two vowels appears together we stick something in the middle when saying it, so it sounds like Callaravalon. Same applies to Callaronor actually.
Hmm… not the biggest fan of [name]Calla[/name] [name]Avalon[/name], but I [name]LOVE[/name] the other two so, so much!! [name]Honor[/name] might not flow in the best, but it doesn’t bother me in the least And [name]Genevieve[/name] is just gorgeous! (I know I’m not helping ) I was thinking…that if you did want a longer “virtue” name I would go with [name]Temperance[/name] over [name]Patience[/name].
100 votes here for [name]Calla[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name]! I think the flow is amazing, and the style is perfect. I think [name]Honor[/name] is a lovely name, but due to its beginning vowel sound, the flow is halted with [name]Calla[/name] up front. (The same for [name]Avalon[/name]…)
I think [name]Calla[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name] is stunning, and for me, it’s no contest!