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in reply to a message by poppylena
I dislike the name Charles, because I find it uncomfortable to say, if that makes any sense. Just too many consonants ... It really needs a very Royal Family-style accent to sound quite right ;-) For that reason, I prefer it as a middle name. Having said that, I do love Carl. Of the combinations you gave, Charles Emmett sounds best I think - but I'm unsure about using surnames as middle names, simply because people will assume they are family names. But then again Emmett might be one for all I know.
Sidney is nice, but a little aristocratic sounding, so I feel it needs a down-to-earth middle name to balance it: Benedict, Edmund, Theodore and Bertram are probably too much, at least for my taste. Sidney Ciaran has excellent flow, and imo it's the best, followed by Sidney Jonathan, Sidney Joseph and Sidney David in that order.
Darcy is one of my favourites too. How about ...
Darcy Carwyn
Darcy Tobiah
Darcy Bennett
Darcy Myles
Darcy Nicholas - This is probably my favourite. Although Nicholas isn't my favourite of these names individually, Darcy is quite gentle sounding as far as boys' names go, as well as unusual, so I feel it needs something (a) masculine and (b) well-known to complement it.
Sidney is nice, but a little aristocratic sounding, so I feel it needs a down-to-earth middle name to balance it: Benedict, Edmund, Theodore and Bertram are probably too much, at least for my taste. Sidney Ciaran has excellent flow, and imo it's the best, followed by Sidney Jonathan, Sidney Joseph and Sidney David in that order.
Darcy is one of my favourites too. How about ...
Darcy Carwyn
Darcy Tobiah
Darcy Bennett
Darcy Myles
Darcy Nicholas - This is probably my favourite. Although Nicholas isn't my favourite of these names individually, Darcy is quite gentle sounding as far as boys' names go, as well as unusual, so I feel it needs something (a) masculine and (b) well-known to complement it.
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Charles is staying :), it's one of the few male names that I'm certain on, my male list will change from time to time but Charles never moves, hasn't for about five years now. He'd be Charlie most of the time anyway.
No, Emmett isn't a family name (at least I don't think), Dacre (DAY-ker) is though, how does Charles Dacre sound?
I was leaning toward Sidney Ciaran, it adds a certain something to Sidney that I can't quite pinpoint but it's good.
None of those really appeal but thanks, although Carwyn could grow on me, I'm on a Welsh names kick at the moment (hence Charles Meredith, Alastair Bryn) and Bennett has a nice similarity to Benedict, which I love.
Thanks,
Louise x
No, Emmett isn't a family name (at least I don't think), Dacre (DAY-ker) is though, how does Charles Dacre sound?
I was leaning toward Sidney Ciaran, it adds a certain something to Sidney that I can't quite pinpoint but it's good.
None of those really appeal but thanks, although Carwyn could grow on me, I'm on a Welsh names kick at the moment (hence Charles Meredith, Alastair Bryn) and Bennett has a nice similarity to Benedict, which I love.
Thanks,
Louise x
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Charles Dacre sounds good :-) ...
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