We are torn between [name_m]Pryor[/name_m] or [name_m]Ira[/name_m] for a middle name for our baby boy. [name_f][/name_f] First name [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] and last name is a run of the mill one syllable name similar to [name_m]Smith[/name_m], etc. [name_f][/name_f] Help!
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I personally would lean towards [name_m]Ira[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f].
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ransom[/name_m] [name_m]Pryor[/name_m] makes me think they may have have a prior charge for ransom
[name_f][/name_f]I think both [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] and [name_m]Pryor[/name_m] are great individually. Definitely unexpected strong and bold but I personally wouldn’t put them together
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[name_m]Ransom[/name_m] [name_m]Pryor[/name_m] has a very stately, monastic feel, while also giving modern-American-boy. It does feel a touch money related to me, maybe because of the point @Ehrob1[name_f][/name_f] made, but I do find them quite cohesive.
[name_f][/name_f]I slightly prefer [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] [name_m]Ira[/name_m] in feel but find [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] [name_m]Pryor[/name_m] easier and better to say?
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I generally prefer [name_m]Ira[/name_m], but [name_m]Pryor[/name_m] has a great sound and in this case I prefer [name_m]Pryor[/name_m] – I like how it sounds with [name_m]Ransom[/name_m]. It’s smoother, gentler and unexpected in a pleasing way.
[name_f][/name_f]I wouldn’t have made the connection mentioned above. [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] is not a specific charge as far as I’m aware, and of course is not the intended meaning either in the context of a person’s name.
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Do[/name_f] you prefer the meaning of one over the other? [name_f]Do[/name_f] you prefer the initials of one over the other?
First of all, congrats! I think all three are great names individually.
[name_f][/name_f]I must admit that the criminality connection of [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] [name_m]Pryor[/name_m] was also the first thing that struck me. Neither one of those names by themselves make me think of crime, but when they’re together it’s quite a strong link in my personal opinion.
[name_f][/name_f]For that reason, if I were in your shoes, I’d go with [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] [name_m]Ira[/name_m] 
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As long as u don’t actually hold him for ransom!!
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both are super cool, but i slightly prefer ransom ira. i actually have that combination on my own list and think he’s handsome, spiritual, and sturdy yet unique. 
love to see ransom used, btw! whatever you choose will be lovely. best of luck! 
wow, ransom pryor is so[name_f][/name_f] cool, i love it!
Is there a other Pr name you like? I much prefer the strong Pr sound after Ransom than a vowel starting second.
Could Ransom Prescott work? Or with another strong middle: Brenner, Beckett, Granger, Calloway?
Otherwise I think I’d go Pryor - though not sure I could personally commit to it as I’d fixate on the wordiness and prior ransom thing.
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Both of them feel very… criminal? to me. [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] [name_m]Pryor[/name_m] for reasons others have pointed out, [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] [name_m]Ira[/name_m] because it makes me think of IRA (Irish Republican Army) kidnappings. In general, I find “a sum of money demanded or paid for the release of a captive” an infelicitous meaning for a baby name.
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It’s too wordy to me personally. I do like the sound. Maybe [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] [name_m]Peter[/name_m]?
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[name_m]Ransom[/name_m] [name_m]Ira[/name_m] feels like the safer choice…. [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] [name_m]Pryor[/name_m] is easily confused with “prior ransom” which doesn’t help with the negative perceptions [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] sometimes gets. [name_f][/name_f] [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] is a great name, and love the ties to CS [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]! [name_f][/name_f] I think I would opt for [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] [name_m]Ira[/name_m] myself, and maybe use save [name_m]Pryor[/name_m] for another sweet babe. [name_f][/name_f] I do like [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] [name_m]Pryor[/name_m] a lot visually, but it feels too wordy here. [name_f][/name_f] I also was getting tongue twisted with the R’s—at one point I was saying Prancin’ Ryder/Ryer 
[name_f][/name_f]. That could very well just be a me problem, though. [name_f][/name_f] 
I think either are lovely, but my preference is [name_m]Ira[/name_m] I think.
[name_f][/name_f]Good luck!
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