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Help[Opinions] Re: Top 10 For June
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Pandora Beatrix Fae - Honestly, Pandora Fae is fine. Pandora is such a powerhouse that she doesn't need much other adornment. Besides, Beatrix feels like another genre.
Artemis Valkyrie Clio - Very heavy name. Heavy in mythology, heavy in bada$$ery... perhaps too heavy for an actual person.
Evanthe Sylvia Cherry - Liked it up until I got to Cherry. I'm sorry, I really dislike Cherry as a name. I'm not exactly fond of "fruit" names to begin with, but Cherry also has some unsavory connotations for when the bearer becomes a teen.
Beatrix Lavender Margot - Don't touch this. I'm serious, don't alter one letter. This is gold.
Marigold Tallulah Ann - Nothing... fits here, though. I've never seen Tallulah in the middle slot, for one thing. She's too loud for the middle. Marigold doesn't flow into Tallulah either, imo - the d ant T clash. And Ann / Anne, when not a first name, always feels like an afterthought - unless, of course, you were going to call her Nickname-Ann, e.g. "Mariann" or "Goldie Ann," or something.
Lavender Athena Lucille ‘Lal’ - "Lal" sounds strange when I say it. It almost sounds like the sound someone would make when they have trouble speaking. Needless to say I'm not fond of the nickname. As a combo Lavender doesn't really belong with "Athena Lucille," which is actually quite striking and not a pairing I would've come up with on my own.
Sybil Henrietta Ivy - Very Victorian. I tip my hat.
Clio Andromeda Sybil - While heavily mythological, this manages to be less heavy-handed than the Artemis combo, and flows much better. Still very prophetic, though.
Ziva Hermione Sahar - This is a collection of names I never thought I'd see together. Well, Ziva and Sahar are sort of the same genre (though one is Hebrew and the other Arabic), but they're split up by the Greco-Shakespearean Hermione. After running the combo a few times in my head, I actually kind of like Ziva Hermione, but I'd swap Sahar for something not so wispy.
Zelda Felicity Blue - Zelda Felicity is gorgeous. Blue is... blue. I'm pretty sure at least 2 celebs have used Blue on their kids, and I still don't think it sounds like a human name. Would Zelda Felicity Azure be too on the nose / z-heavy?
Caspian Sherlock Walter - Caspian & Sherlock are mega-literary together, and then Walter comes around the corner and punches you in the face. I think this is a case where a softer name would actually fare better. What about Caspian Sherlock Yves? Or Ivo (ee-voh)?
Phoenix Arthur Blaise - "Phoenix" and "Blaise" (Blaze) sound hokey in the same combo, sorry. What about Phoenix Arthur Blaine?
Ptolemy Lysander George - I know George's roots are Greek, like the other two, but it's so incredibly punchy here that it's almost jarring. I suppose it doesn't help that I've never liked George. I know three-name combos are your thing, but I don't think Ptolemy Lysander needs any further help, honestly.
Horatio Phoenix Arthur - Horatio at the beginning is not necessarily an improvement on Blaise at the end. It's that first syllable. I can't shake it.
Nikolai Emrys Altair - Now this is really interesting. Russian, Welsh, and Arabic all coming together in one combo that, oddly enough, flows well.
Artemus Dorian Hugo - Dorian Hugo is great. Artemus Hugo, while not my style, isn't bad either. But reading and saying Artemus Dorian bothers me. Visually they don't match, and when said together the syllable pattern is repetitious. What about Artemus Hugo Dorian?
Indigo Benjamin Taavi - I know Taavi is a Finnish masculine name, but it reminds me a lot of the Hebrew (Yiddish?) name Tavi, which I associate with Tavi Gevinson - and therefore has left me with a feminine impression. Indigo Benjamin runs into the same problem as Artemus Dorian for me: two visually mismatched names with repetitious syllable patterns. Like with the above, what about Indigo Taavi Benjamin?
August Lysander Wolf - Hipster cool, no complaints.
Lorenzo Felix Amadeus - An Italian travels back in time to meet his sixteenth-century ancestor - all in one name combo! Teasing aside, this has a certain whimsical charm.
Lysander Alaric Wolf - Lysander and Alaric feel like two different genres: the Greco-Shakespearean and the Medieval Norman Raider. They both go with Wolf, but not each other, imo; and rearranging the combo doesn't help me with this.
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Artemis Valkyrie Clio - Very heavy name. Heavy in mythology, heavy in bada$$ery... perhaps too heavy for an actual person.
Evanthe Sylvia Cherry - Liked it up until I got to Cherry. I'm sorry, I really dislike Cherry as a name. I'm not exactly fond of "fruit" names to begin with, but Cherry also has some unsavory connotations for when the bearer becomes a teen.
Beatrix Lavender Margot - Don't touch this. I'm serious, don't alter one letter. This is gold.
Marigold Tallulah Ann - Nothing... fits here, though. I've never seen Tallulah in the middle slot, for one thing. She's too loud for the middle. Marigold doesn't flow into Tallulah either, imo - the d ant T clash. And Ann / Anne, when not a first name, always feels like an afterthought - unless, of course, you were going to call her Nickname-Ann, e.g. "Mariann" or "Goldie Ann," or something.
Lavender Athena Lucille ‘Lal’ - "Lal" sounds strange when I say it. It almost sounds like the sound someone would make when they have trouble speaking. Needless to say I'm not fond of the nickname. As a combo Lavender doesn't really belong with "Athena Lucille," which is actually quite striking and not a pairing I would've come up with on my own.
Sybil Henrietta Ivy - Very Victorian. I tip my hat.
Clio Andromeda Sybil - While heavily mythological, this manages to be less heavy-handed than the Artemis combo, and flows much better. Still very prophetic, though.
Ziva Hermione Sahar - This is a collection of names I never thought I'd see together. Well, Ziva and Sahar are sort of the same genre (though one is Hebrew and the other Arabic), but they're split up by the Greco-Shakespearean Hermione. After running the combo a few times in my head, I actually kind of like Ziva Hermione, but I'd swap Sahar for something not so wispy.
Zelda Felicity Blue - Zelda Felicity is gorgeous. Blue is... blue. I'm pretty sure at least 2 celebs have used Blue on their kids, and I still don't think it sounds like a human name. Would Zelda Felicity Azure be too on the nose / z-heavy?
Caspian Sherlock Walter - Caspian & Sherlock are mega-literary together, and then Walter comes around the corner and punches you in the face. I think this is a case where a softer name would actually fare better. What about Caspian Sherlock Yves? Or Ivo (ee-voh)?
Phoenix Arthur Blaise - "Phoenix" and "Blaise" (Blaze) sound hokey in the same combo, sorry. What about Phoenix Arthur Blaine?
Ptolemy Lysander George - I know George's roots are Greek, like the other two, but it's so incredibly punchy here that it's almost jarring. I suppose it doesn't help that I've never liked George. I know three-name combos are your thing, but I don't think Ptolemy Lysander needs any further help, honestly.
Horatio Phoenix Arthur - Horatio at the beginning is not necessarily an improvement on Blaise at the end. It's that first syllable. I can't shake it.
Nikolai Emrys Altair - Now this is really interesting. Russian, Welsh, and Arabic all coming together in one combo that, oddly enough, flows well.
Artemus Dorian Hugo - Dorian Hugo is great. Artemus Hugo, while not my style, isn't bad either. But reading and saying Artemus Dorian bothers me. Visually they don't match, and when said together the syllable pattern is repetitious. What about Artemus Hugo Dorian?
Indigo Benjamin Taavi - I know Taavi is a Finnish masculine name, but it reminds me a lot of the Hebrew (Yiddish?) name Tavi, which I associate with Tavi Gevinson - and therefore has left me with a feminine impression. Indigo Benjamin runs into the same problem as Artemus Dorian for me: two visually mismatched names with repetitious syllable patterns. Like with the above, what about Indigo Taavi Benjamin?
August Lysander Wolf - Hipster cool, no complaints.
Lorenzo Felix Amadeus - An Italian travels back in time to meet his sixteenth-century ancestor - all in one name combo! Teasing aside, this has a certain whimsical charm.
Lysander Alaric Wolf - Lysander and Alaric feel like two different genres: the Greco-Shakespearean and the Medieval Norman Raider. They both go with Wolf, but not each other, imo; and rearranging the combo doesn't help me with this.
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