WDYT of these names?

[name]Lily[/name] [name]Adele[/name] [name]Reese[/name]
[name]Eli[/name] [name]Conor[/name]
[name]Niall[/name] [name]Jacob[/name]
[name]Emma[/name] [name]Amelia[/name]

just wondering.

[name]Emma[/name] [name]Amelia[/name] is very vowel and ‘m’ heavy, so the names don’t work very well together at all. [name]Emma[/name] [name]Adele[/name] and [name]Amelia[/name] [name]Lily[/name] would work much better or even [name]Amelia[/name] [name]Reese[/name] because [name]Amelia[/name] [name]Lily[/name] is the name of British female singer.

[name]Niall[/name] [name]Jacob[/name] has really caught my eye, so handsome but I can imagine there will be a lot of [name]Niall[/name]'s running around soon because of the [name]One[/name] Direction singer. [name]Eli[/name] [name]Conor[/name] is cute but doesn’t compare to [name]Niall[/name] [name]Jacob[/name].

Thanks. Though I like the repetition of [name]Emma[/name] [name]Amelia[/name].

[name]Lily[/name] [name]Adele[/name] [name]Reese[/name]-- the [name]Lily[/name] [name]Adele[/name] part of this name has the correct meter, but it’s very L-heavy. [name]Reese[/name] doesn’t work since you have two stressed syllables in a row (-DELE in [name]Adele[/name] and [name]REESE[/name]); additionally, it doesn’t seem to fit well with the other names in terms of phonetics or style family.

[name]Eli[/name] [name]Conor[/name]- also metrically correct, though [name]Eli[/name] almost equally stresses both syllables. It’s a bit abrupt, and would need a long (3+ syllable) surname to balance it.

[name]Niall[/name] [name]Jacob[/name]-- and unexpected combination. Better from a metrical perspective would be a middle name where the emphasis was on any syllable except the first [for example, [name]Niall[/name] Connaught ]. I like the handsome, mythological, underused [name]Niall[/name], even if it’s somewhat associated with a boy band.

[name]Emma[/name] [name]Amelia[/name] – this unfortunately is your worst combination. As others noted, the sounds are similar to the point that it sounds like a stutter. It’s impossible to know where one name begins and the other ends. Additionally, they come from the same root so you’re giving the same name twice.

Thanks for your opinion. Thanks for letting me know though. [name]Lily[/name] [name]Adele[/name] is prettier than [name]Lily[/name] [name]Adele[/name] [name]Reese[/name], I agree. [name]Niall[/name] is from [name]One[/name] Direction, that’s where I got the name. That and the [name]Nile[/name] river. [name]Just[/name] stuck [name]Jacob[/name] there. [name]Eli[/name] is a name I like, and [name]Conor[/name] I like too, also as in [name]Conor[/name] [name]Maynard[/name]… :slight_smile:

[name]Lily[/name] [name]Adele[/name] [name]Reese[/name]- the only one I really like [name]Reese[/name]. And I don’t think there’s enough differentiation between the syllable counts.
[name]Eli[/name] [name]Conor[/name]- I like [name]Eli[/name] but I’m not a huge fan of [name]Conor[/name].
[name]Niall[/name] [name]Jacob[/name]- flows nicely and I think [name]Jacob[/name] in the middle is a fresher way to use it.
[name]Emma[/name] [name]Amelia[/name]- again, flows nicely and I really like [name]Emma[/name], but like others have pointed out it’s quite m-heavy.

Thanks Erinlw!

[name]Lily[/name] - I like [name]Lily[/name], I like [name]Lillian[/name] better.
[name]Eli[/name] - too short for me. Maybe as a nn for something.
[name]Niall[/name] - dislike
[name]Emma[/name] - I prefer [name]Emily[/name] to [name]Emma[/name].