Which Sounds Best?

So far my husband and I have only agreed on a handful of boys names. A few of which are unusable due to a few reasons, one being some sound horrible with our last name.
I’ve noticed I keep coming back to 2 names, but unsure of which I like better.

What do you think?

[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] ([name_u]Theo[/name_u]) [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]

[name_u]Linden[/name_u] is an honour name, so I’d really prefer to keep that as a middle name. Not sure it works great with [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] though?

Open to first name suggestions though.
Names I love and can’t use are [name_u]Jude[/name_u]/[name_m]Judah[/name_m], [name_m]Atticus[/name_m], [name_m]Rome[/name_m]/[name_m]Roman[/name_m], and [name_m]Oliver[/name_m].

I prefer [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u].

Other ideas:

[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_u]Blaise[/name_u] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Miles[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]

I love them both! Gosh [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] and [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] are great names, and personally I think [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] sounds just fine with [name_u]Linden[/name_u]! The L’s match without too much symmetry :slight_smile: My vote is for [name_m]Malachi[/name_m]!

[name_u]Love[/name_u] both as well, but [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] feels fresh and unexpected with [name_u]Linden[/name_u], so it gets my vote.

Other ideas, just in case:

[name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Garrett[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Jonah[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Salvador[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]

[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u] sounds very presidential to me - after [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_m]Roosevelt[/name_m] and [name_m]Lyndon[/name_m] b. [name_m]Johnson[/name_m]. I’m not crazy about [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]. What about these?

[name_m]Felix[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_u]River[/name_u] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Slade[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Axel[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_u]Sidney[/name_u] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]

Haha I never thought about [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u] like that. We aren’t American so I’m not sure I’d be too worried about that though.

I like [name_u]Everett[/name_u] [name_u]Linden[/name_u], but I think it was already vetoed.

[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u] is a wonderful combo, and gets my vote. [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u] also flows nicely, but the name styles just don’t fit together [name_f]IMO[/name_f].

Both sound great! I think I’ll choose [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u] (except I prefer the spelling [name_m]Lyndon[/name_m]).

I love both! [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] and [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] would work really well as brothers. My vote goes to [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]. It’s a bit more unexpected.

I love how [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u] flows, but I prefer [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u].

Great names!

I like [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_u]Linden[/name_u] :slight_smile:

Good luck!

[name_f]Susan[/name_f]

I vote for [name_m]Malachi[/name_m]!