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I'm really loving the name Alix lately, and my love for Horatio, as inspired by Hamlet, has returned. What are your thoughts on the duo as a sib-set? What middle names would you use for the two?
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I like both.
Alix Dorothy
Alix Genevieve
Alix Margaret
Alix Josephine
Alix Matilda
Alix Ramona
Alix Victoria
Alix Catherine
Alix Rosemary
Alix Wilhelmina
Horatio Benedict
Horatio Charles
Horatio Dominic
Horatio Edwin
Horatio Isaac
Horatio Nicholas
Horatio Thomas
Horatio Barnaby
Horatio James
Horatio Clement
Horatio Jasper
Alix Dorothy
Alix Genevieve
Alix Margaret
Alix Josephine
Alix Matilda
Alix Ramona
Alix Victoria
Alix Catherine
Alix Rosemary
Alix Wilhelmina
Horatio Benedict
Horatio Charles
Horatio Dominic
Horatio Edwin
Horatio Isaac
Horatio Nicholas
Horatio Thomas
Horatio Barnaby
Horatio James
Horatio Clement
Horatio Jasper
This message was edited 4/22/2016, 11:38 AM
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I personally feel they are a bit mismatched. Alix seems modern, cool, and fashionable whereas Horatio is rare and vintage but still boyish. But I think they're okay together, and as long as you love them both so what? But I have to say I absolutely adore Horatio, it's one of my favourite names! Oh yeah and middles:
For Alix something sharp and feisty-
Alix Clio (I feel like Clio goes perfectly with Alix as a middle or sibling)
Alix Olympia
Alix Juniper
Alix Marilyn
Alix Verity
For Horatio something handsome-
Horatio Arthur
Horatio Darcy
Horatio Francis
Horatio Lysander
Horatio Luka
For Alix something sharp and feisty-
Alix Clio (I feel like Clio goes perfectly with Alix as a middle or sibling)
Alix Olympia
Alix Juniper
Alix Marilyn
Alix Verity
For Horatio something handsome-
Horatio Arthur
Horatio Darcy
Horatio Francis
Horatio Lysander
Horatio Luka
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I dislike both names personally. I can't decide if they feel at odds on siblings. Alix comes across very French and Horatio quintessentially British, and is connected to a time when the nation's were at war. I'm probably over thinking that though and they do sound well together.
Alix Victoria and Horatio Alban strike my fancy today.
Alix Victoria and Horatio Alban strike my fancy today.
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I adore Horatio! It's my favorite male name. Horatio Anselm is one of my go-to combinations; I also enjoy Horatio Clement, Horatio Nigel, Horatio Laurence, Horatio Leonard, and Horatio Ingram, among others.
I love Alix's medieval sprightliness, though I prefer Alys. How about Alix Edwina, Alix Winifred, Alix Renata, Alix Eudora, Alix Emeline, Alix Antonia, Alix Antoinette, Alix Amandine...?
I love Alix's medieval sprightliness, though I prefer Alys. How about Alix Edwina, Alix Winifred, Alix Renata, Alix Eudora, Alix Emeline, Alix Antonia, Alix Antoinette, Alix Amandine...?
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I'm going to nix Alix. It's unfortunate but most people are going to see it as a kreativ spelling of Alix. It's too bad, as I love the name. I had to take Alys off my list for the same reason.
I'm not a fan of Horatio. At all. It's really tied to Horatio Nelson to me and that isn't a great thing.
Alix & Horatio work as a quirky sib set, though. It's nms but I don't hate it.
I'm not a fan of Horatio. At all. It's really tied to Horatio Nelson to me and that isn't a great thing.
Alix & Horatio work as a quirky sib set, though. It's nms but I don't hate it.
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Thank you!
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Strangely I think they work as a sibset. At first I thought they were too contrasting, but I think they fact they are both uncommon works well in this situation.
Alix Jacqueline
Alix Mariette
Alix Margot
Alix Rosine
Alix Pascale
Alix Lucie
Alix Judith
Alix Eugenie
Alix Clotilde
Alix Perrine
Horatio Oliver
Horatio Rudolph
Horatio Marcus
Horatio Algernon
Horatio Barnabas
Horatio Mansel
Horatio Peregrine
Horatio Jonathan
Horatio Algar
Horatio Clement
Alix Jacqueline
Alix Mariette
Alix Margot
Alix Rosine
Alix Pascale
Alix Lucie
Alix Judith
Alix Eugenie
Alix Clotilde
Alix Perrine
Horatio Oliver
Horatio Rudolph
Horatio Marcus
Horatio Algernon
Horatio Barnabas
Horatio Mansel
Horatio Peregrine
Horatio Jonathan
Horatio Algar
Horatio Clement
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Fabulous middle name suggestions, my goodness! I can't even choose favourites at the moment!
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I think Alix is great. Horatio I could never get the appeal, but I understand why someone else would like it.
As a sibset it sounds a bit Hollywood trendy. In fact, I thought this post was going to be some celeb's kids, lol.
Alix Elinor
Alix Beatrice
Alix Ophelia
Horatio Peter
Horatio Vincent
Horatio Edmund
As a sibset it sounds a bit Hollywood trendy. In fact, I thought this post was going to be some celeb's kids, lol.
Alix Elinor
Alix Beatrice
Alix Ophelia
Horatio Peter
Horatio Vincent
Horatio Edmund
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Horatio is one of my favorite names too, but I think it would go better with Alice than Alix.
Ideas for middle names...
Horatio Achilles
Horatio Ajax
Horatio Nelson (the obvious one, lol)
Horatio Edward
Horatio Francis
Horatio Frederick
Horatio Homer
Horatio Lewis
Horatio Gordon
Horatio Lawrence
Horatio Algernon
Horatio Daniel
Ideas for middle names...
Horatio Achilles
Horatio Ajax
Horatio Nelson (the obvious one, lol)
Horatio Edward
Horatio Francis
Horatio Frederick
Horatio Homer
Horatio Lewis
Horatio Gordon
Horatio Lawrence
Horatio Algernon
Horatio Daniel
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I like Alex, more so than I do Alexander. Horatio just seems comical and not-a-real-person to me. They don't sound at all like brothers.
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Alix is a girls' name
:)
:)
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Then I don't like Alex at all on a girl. Even as a nickname it seems such a stereotypical tomboy name, like Sam.
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Why...
do you keep correcting it to Alex? It's a medieval name, I'm not just messing around with the spelling for fun.
do you keep correcting it to Alex? It's a medieval name, I'm not just messing around with the spelling for fun.
This message was edited 4/21/2016, 8:58 AM
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On a girl it looks kre8yv, and it sounds exactly the same as Alex, and in Ye Olden Days spelling wasn't standardized and most ordinary people couldn't read or write, so whatever.
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"so whatever"
Take it you don't like being caught out? It's medieval French, not medieval English, and it is not a form of Alex. It's Alice. And since when have you had an issue with creative spellings anyway?
But yeah, whatever.
Take it you don't like being caught out? It's medieval French, not medieval English, and it is not a form of Alex. It's Alice. And since when have you had an issue with creative spellings anyway?
But yeah, whatever.
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I don't care what language it comes from. It sounds just like Alex and looks just like a creative version of it, and in fact the one Alix I ever knew used it as short for Alexandra.
Alix being a form of Alice and not Alex is not important today in any context except a linguistic/scholarly one.
Alix being a form of Alice and not Alex is not important today in any context except a linguistic/scholarly one.
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Sure it's important, it's as important as the distinction between Elena and Alaina.
I learned about Alix not so long ago, too. I find it helps to remember it this way, to keep Alex and Alix separate in my head:
Alix : Alice :: Beatrix : Beatrice
Now you know, the Alix you knew was just ignorant. But you don't have to be, anymore. Yay. This is a good thing. Right?
I learned about Alix not so long ago, too. I find it helps to remember it this way, to keep Alex and Alix separate in my head:
Alix : Alice :: Beatrix : Beatrice
Now you know, the Alix you knew was just ignorant. But you don't have to be, anymore. Yay. This is a good thing. Right?
This message was edited 4/21/2016, 3:11 PM
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I don't think she realizes that it's related to Alice, not Alexander.
Though Horatio and Alexander would make a good pair of brothers...
Though Horatio and Alexander would make a good pair of brothers...
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