Which flows better?

See the results of this poll: Which flows better

Respondents: 74 (This poll is closed)

  • Elias Nathan : 25 (33%)
  • Nathan Elias: 51 (67%)

I prefer the flow of [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u].

I voted [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u] too!

Good luck deciding on your son’s name!

I think the flow is better [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u], but I think [name_u]Elias[/name_u] is a much more fun first name!

I’m actually thinking we’d call him [name_m]Eli[/name_m] (and [name_u]Elias[/name_u]) no matter which one we went with. My husband is [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] and this hypothetical boy would be our 6th son. ([name_u]Elias[/name_u] is a family name on my dad’s side.) I think the flow is better with [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u] and it seems tender to name the likely baby of a big family after his dad. But, using his middle name as his call name might be too annoying for him.

Wow! Six boys! What fun! :slight_smile: I love the idea of the baby named after daddy. Congrats!

I think [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u] has the best flow of the two, and sounds great in general.

I agree that [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u] has the best flow, but I much prefer [name_u]Elias[/name_u] as a first name! My dad was given his father’s name as a first and has always gone by his middle name, he introduces himself using his middle name and it’s never been a problem for him :slight_smile:

I love [name_u]Elias[/name_u] as a first name but I think that [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u] has a nicer flow. Either way, both lovely names!

Oooh, hard choice! I like [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] better than [name_m]Nathan[/name_m], personally (although I didn’t used to), and I think [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] works better with your surname (it’s also a NT Biblical name, like your other boys!), but if you’re not feeling [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m], I like [name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] better, I think. I am not a fan of [name_m]Eli[/name_m], personally, but I know a family with an [name_u]Elias[/name_u], and he’s never [name_m]Eli[/name_m], and I suppose my opinion of the name/nn [name_m]Eli[/name_m] is rather irrelevant here. :wink:

ETA: I suppose [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u] sounds better as a standalone combo, but between [name_u]Elias[/name_u] Tys0n and [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] Tys0n, I think [name_u]Elias[/name_u] flows better. I think [name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] Tys0n would flow really well, though, in whole. :slight_smile:

I like [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] way better too! [name_m]Nathan[/name_m]'s my husband’s name so that’s why the [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] combo’s are coming in. Can you believe it’s taken to now for him to come around on a namesake? [name_u]Elias[/name_u] is family name on my dad’s side and [name_m]Nate[/name_m] and I like [name_m]Eli[/name_m] so I was thinking of putting them together and adding it to my short list.

I prefer [name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Nathan[/name_m]. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t love the flow of [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] and [name_u]Tyson[/name_u] together either way, so if it were me I’d use [name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]. [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_u]Elias[/name_u]. [name_m]Eli[/name_m] as a standalone would work well too.

[name_u]Elias[/name_u] is as cooler name but [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u] flows way better