Which Ones?

General Name Discussion
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I have a list of literary last names that I like as middle names. They are…

Girls:
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u] (could this work?)
[name_u]Alcott[/name_u]
[name_u]Marlowe[/name_u]
[name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_u]Poe[/name_u]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u] (Could this work?)
[name_u]Austen[/name_u]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] (could this work?)
[name_f]Angelou[/name_f]
[name_f]Bronte[/name_f]

Boys:
Wilde
[name_u]Poe[/name_u]
[name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Thoreau[/name_m]
[name_m]Woolf[/name_m]

Which ones have the same feel as [name_u]Keats[/name_u](The full name will be [name_u]Dexter[/name_u] [name_u]Keats[/name_u])?

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bump…

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Personally, I can only imagine using [name_f]Angelou[/name_f] or [name_f]Bronte[/name_f] for a Girl, and only [name_f]Bronte[/name_f] and [name_u]Alcott[/name_u] have the same feel as [name_u]Keats[/name_u]. All of the Boys’ Names work quite well as Middle Names, but the only ones with the same feel as [name_u]Keats[/name_u] are Wilde and [name_m]Beckett[/name_m]. Personally I love [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] and [name_m]Thoreau[/name_m]! :slight_smile:

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I like these too! [name_u]Alcott[/name_u], [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] and [name_m]Woolf[/name_m] are my faves

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Girls:
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]- this definitely could work! I have this on my boys list, but I know a little girl named [name_u]Emerson[/name_u] and it work just fine. Maybe pair it with a more feminine first name.

[name_u]Auden[/name_u]- yes I like [name_u]Auden[/name_u]! It’s a boys name to me, but I think it would make a lovely middle for a girl, paired with a more feminine first name.

[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]- I don’t particularly love this name for a boy, and I don’t find it any better as a girls name. I think for me its the sound, the Fl- combination that I don’t like. I do think it is usable tho, and as I mentioned with the other names, pair it with a more feminine name.

Which ones have the same feel as [name_u]Keats[/name_u](The full name will be [name_u]Dexter[/name_u] [name_u]Keats[/name_u])?
[name_u]Keats[/name_u] and [name_u]Alcott[/name_u]
[name_u]Keats[/name_u] and [name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_u]Keats[/name_u] and [name_u]Austen[/name_u]
[name_u]Keats[/name_u] and [name_u]Flynn[/name_u]

[name_u]Keats[/name_u] and [name_m]Thoreau[/name_m]
[name_u]Keats[/name_u] and [name_m]Woolf[/name_m]