Which one first?

I love compiling lists, but I’m so bad at putting first and middle names together as a pair. Everything sounds awkward to me. We are TTC using shettles method for a brother for my son, [name_m]Zebediah[/name_m] [name_u]Sterling[/name_u]. Here’s my list. [name_f]Do[/name_f] any of these pair together? Thank you!

[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
Adlar
[name_m]Eldon[/name_m] (family name)
[name_m]Eldridge[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] ([name_u]LOVE[/name_u])
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Garth[/name_m]
[name_m]Gunnar[/name_m]
[name_m]Gustave[/name_m]
[name_m]Gunther[/name_m]
[name_m]Ingram[/name_m]
[name_m]Irving[/name_m]
[name_m]Leif[/name_m]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m] (family name)
[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m] (love,but fear it’s too out there)
[name_m]Redford[/name_m]
[name_m]Clive[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicolai[/name_m] ([name_u]Love[/name_u])
[name_m]Oren[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Wyatt[/name_m]

So far, I’ve paired these. They all feel awkward to me.

[name_m]Nicolai[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicolai[/name_m] [name_m]Eldridge[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Irving[/name_m]

Some ideas:
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicolai[/name_m] [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicolai[/name_m] [name_m]Eldon[/name_m]
[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m] [name_m]Irving[/name_m]
[name_m]Mordecai[/name_m] [name_m]Gunther[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [name_m]Leif[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m] [name_m]Wyatt[/name_m]

[name_m]Nicolai[/name_m] [name_m]Eldridge[/name_m] and [name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Irving[/name_m] are great!

[name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] is great!!

[name_m]Otto[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] [name_m]Wyatt[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m] [name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Garth[/name_m] Adlar
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Oren[/name_m]
[name_m]Oren[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Oren[/name_m] [name_m]Mordecai[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m] [name_m]Garth[/name_m]
[name_m]Leif[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u]
Adlar [name_m]Nicolai[/name_m]

[name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Redford[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [name_m]Ingram[/name_m]
[name_m]Oren[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] [name_m]Oren[/name_m]

Thank you all so much for your helpful responses. Definitely narrowing it down for me. My husband is super agreeable and isnt much help. Elenajeanine, thank you! We chose a family name from each sides of our family.

I love [name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]! It doesn’t sound awkward at all. Beautiful name.

I think [name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] is going on my top 3 list! The more I say it aloud the more I like it.

[name_m]Eldon[/name_m] [name_m]Leif[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [name_m]Irving[/name_m]

[name_m]Gunnar[/name_m] [name_m]Abel[/name_m] is so cute!