[name]Love[/name] the enthusiasm, [name]Lyndsay[/name]! [name]Zoe[/name] is definitely one of those spunky, modern names that always sounds fresh to me. It is playful and feminine while still being stylish and elegant.
So, I was going back and looking at some of your older posts (i.e., [name]Lincoln[/name] “[name]Link[/name]” and [name]Frederick[/name] “[name]Red[/name]”) and I had some thoughts…
With [name]Dashiell[/name] [name]David[/name] [name]Rowe[/name], you have a name that combines a handsome, vintage classic with a smart, masculine traditional name and a family surname. You have that alliteration up front, too! Now, I know that using alliteration in each name up front could be difficult, so what about rotating it with each child’s name?
These were names you liked before for girls:
[name]Magnolia[/name] [name]May[/name] Darling
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Eliana[/name] [name]Sage[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] [name]Bliss[/name]
Lulette [name]Rosemary[/name] [name]Ruth[/name]
My suggestions, with that set of names, were:
[name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Maribelle[/name] [name]Sage[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Frost[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] [name]Bliss[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Lucretia[/name] Darling
I also liked:
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Theresa[/name] Tilley
[name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Dorothy[/name] Darling
[name]Cecily[/name] [name]Seraphina[/name] [name]Sage[/name] - [name]Cecily[/name] [name]Helena[/name] [name]Hart[/name]
[name]Lucretia[/name] [name]Bryony[/name] [name]Bliss[/name] - [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Bryony[/name] [name]Bliss[/name]
I thought your boy names could be:
[name]Frederick[/name] [name]Francis[/name] [name]Drake[/name] “[name]Red[/name]”
[name]August[/name] [name]Anthony[/name] [name]Cloud[/name] “[name]Oz[/name]”
[name]William[/name] Warfield [name]Dodge[/name] “[name]Dodge[/name]”
[name]Lincoln[/name] [name]Leopold[/name] [name]Treat[/name] “[name]Link[/name]”
(I know you also quite like [name]Lincoln[/name] [name]William[/name] Warfield, which is superb!)
The issue for me is blending [name]Zoe[/name], which is awesome with [name]Dash[/name], with a handsome, vintage name like [name]Dashiell[/name]. [name]Zoe[/name] feels much more modern to me than [name]Dashiell[/name], and it bothers me a bit. What if you did something like [name]Zora[/name]? [name]Zora[/name] reminds me of author [name]Zora[/name] [name]Neale[/name] Hurston, and it sounds vintage and distinguished, like [name]Dashiell[/name]. Did you know there was an author called [name]Samuel[/name] [name]Dashiell[/name] [name]Hammett[/name], who went by [name]Dashiell[/name] [name]Hammett[/name] in his later - authorial - life? [name]Zora[/name] sounds a bit like [name]Zoe[/name], and you ‘might’ be able to get by using [name]Zoe[/name] - or at least [name]Zo[/name] - as a nickname for [name]Zora[/name], if you like it. Or, you could use [name]Zoe[/name] as a middle name, as in [name]Zora[/name] [name]Zoe[/name] Toogood or [name]Zora[/name] [name]Zoe[/name] [name]Bliss[/name] or [name]Zora[/name] [name]Zinnia[/name] [name]Bliss[/name]! What do you think?
So, I was playing around with sibling sets with your names - because they are just such fun names! - and here is a new set for you:
- [name]Dashiell[/name] [name]David[/name] [name]Rowe[/name] “[name]Dash[/name]”
- [name]Lincoln[/name] [name]William[/name] Warfield “[name]Link[/name]” OR [name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Summer[/name] [name]Sage[/name] “[name]Moxie[/name]”
- [name]August[/name] [name]Anthony[/name] [name]Cloud[/name] “[name]Oz[/name]” OR [name]Zora[/name] [name]Zoe[/name] [name]Bliss[/name] “[name]Zaza[/name]”
- [name]Frederick[/name] [name]Timothy[/name] [name]Treat[/name] “[name]Red[/name]” OR [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Helena[/name] [name]Hart[/name] “[name]Betsey[/name]”
- [name]Hugo[/name] [name]Harrison[/name] [name]Dodge[/name] “[name]Dodge[/name]” OR [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Lucretia[/name] Darling “[name]Lulu[/name]”
- [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Benjamin[/name] Beaumont “[name]Nat[/name]” OR [name]Cecily[/name] [name]Tabitha[/name] Tilley “Ceci”
There! Got you up to six (plus) kids with reverse alliteration! What do you think?
[name]Lemon[/name] 
[name]EDIT[/name]: Gosh, I am super sorry for this novel of a post, [name]Lyndsay[/name]! I had no idea it got this long…