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in reply to a message by myth
Ideally I'd like two or three children, but I'd be open to four as well. Any more than four would be too much for me.
Peregrine (nickname "Pip" or "Pippin"?)
Asher
Flynn
Rowan
Phillip (nickname "Pip"?)
Jonah / Jonas
Edmund
Alfred (nickname "Fred" or "Freddie"?)
Frederick (nickname "Fred" or "Freddie"?)
Lysander / Leander
Everard
Sebastian (nickname "Bastian"?)
Benedict
Dominic (nickname "Dom" or "Nico"?)
Isaac
James
Oliver
Nathaniel (nickname "Nathan" or "Neil"?)
Raphael
Osmond
Thea (could be a nickname if preferable)
Lucy
Matilda (nickname "Tilda"?)
Sylvie
Ivy
Rosemary (nickname "Romy"?)
Aurelia
Cecilia
Rose
Emmeline
Fiona
Cressida (nickname "Sid"?)
Viola
Octavia
Minerva
Marian
Peregrine (nickname "Pip" or "Pippin"?)
Asher
Flynn
Rowan
Phillip (nickname "Pip"?)
Jonah / Jonas
Edmund
Alfred (nickname "Fred" or "Freddie"?)
Frederick (nickname "Fred" or "Freddie"?)
Lysander / Leander
Everard
Sebastian (nickname "Bastian"?)
Benedict
Dominic (nickname "Dom" or "Nico"?)
Isaac
James
Oliver
Nathaniel (nickname "Nathan" or "Neil"?)
Raphael
Osmond
Thea (could be a nickname if preferable)
Lucy
Matilda (nickname "Tilda"?)
Sylvie
Ivy
Rosemary (nickname "Romy"?)
Aurelia
Cecilia
Rose
Emmeline
Fiona
Cressida (nickname "Sid"?)
Viola
Octavia
Minerva
Marian
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Compromise games are my favourite but I didn't get any time at all yesterday!
I think if we can name 4, we should have 4 =)
From yours I like as FNs:
Asher
Phillip "Pip"
Jonah / Jonas- prefer Jonas
Benedict
Dominic "Nico"
Isaac
James
Oliver
Nathaniel "Neil"- you don't like Nate?
Raphael
Thea
Matilda "Tilda" or "Tilly"
Sylvie- prefer Sylvia/ Silvia WDYT?
Ivy
Rosemary "Romy"
Aurelia
Rose
Viola
As MNs:
Flynn
Edmund
Everard
Bastian
Lucy
Emmeline
A lot of your boys' names I like but don't love, Asher is probably the only exception to that. Your girls' names, however, a lot of them I would use IRL, especially Rosemary "Romy", Rose, Ivy and Matilda.
Here are some of my faves:
Elijah
August
Micah
Archer
O'Reilly or Riley
Leo
Thomas
Miller
Thatcher
Wilson
Jarrod or Jared
Jack
Carter
Cairo
Zachariah "Zac"
Xavier
Lilia
Willow
India or Indie
Sasha
Ariana "Arie"
Aurora "Rory"?
Zoe
Anastasia "Ana", "Annie" or "Star"
Jade
Sarah
Holly
I think if we can name 4, we should have 4 =)
From yours I like as FNs:
Asher
Phillip "Pip"
Jonah / Jonas- prefer Jonas
Benedict
Dominic "Nico"
Isaac
James
Oliver
Nathaniel "Neil"- you don't like Nate?
Raphael
Thea
Matilda "Tilda" or "Tilly"
Sylvie- prefer Sylvia/ Silvia WDYT?
Ivy
Rosemary "Romy"
Aurelia
Rose
Viola
As MNs:
Flynn
Edmund
Everard
Bastian
Lucy
Emmeline
A lot of your boys' names I like but don't love, Asher is probably the only exception to that. Your girls' names, however, a lot of them I would use IRL, especially Rosemary "Romy", Rose, Ivy and Matilda.
Here are some of my faves:
Elijah
August
Micah
Archer
O'Reilly or Riley
Leo
Thomas
Miller
Thatcher
Wilson
Jarrod or Jared
Jack
Carter
Cairo
Zachariah "Zac"
Xavier
Lilia
Willow
India or Indie
Sasha
Ariana "Arie"
Aurora "Rory"?
Zoe
Anastasia "Ana", "Annie" or "Star"
Jade
Sarah
Holly
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FNs I like from yours:
Elijah
August
Leo
Thomas
Jared
Jack
Aurora "Rory"
Zoe
Sarah
MN only:
Micah
Archer
Xavier
Lilia
Willow
Indie
Ariana
Anastasia
Holly
That leaves us with:
FNs:
Asher
Phillip "Pip"
Jonas
Benedict
Dominic "Nico"
Isaac
James
Oliver
Nathaniel "Neil" (Yeah, I met a Nate once who I really couldn't stand so that kind of ruined the name for me.)
Raphael
Elijah
August
Leo
Thomas
Jared
Jack
Thea
Matilda "Tilda" or "Tilly"
Sylvia (I like Sylvia as well; I'm happy to go with that.)
Ivy
Rosemary "Romy"
Aurelia
Rose
Viola
Aurora "Rory"
Zoe
Sarah
MNs:
Flynn
Edmund
Everard
Bastian
Micah
Archer
Xavier
Lucy
Emmeline
Lilia
Willow
Indie
Ariana
Anastasia
Holly
I think we probably have enough names to work with, but feel free to add more suggestions if you want.
Elijah
August
Leo
Thomas
Jared
Jack
Aurora "Rory"
Zoe
Sarah
MN only:
Micah
Archer
Xavier
Lilia
Willow
Indie
Ariana
Anastasia
Holly
That leaves us with:
FNs:
Asher
Phillip "Pip"
Jonas
Benedict
Dominic "Nico"
Isaac
James
Oliver
Nathaniel "Neil" (Yeah, I met a Nate once who I really couldn't stand so that kind of ruined the name for me.)
Raphael
Elijah
August
Leo
Thomas
Jared
Jack
Thea
Matilda "Tilda" or "Tilly"
Sylvia (I like Sylvia as well; I'm happy to go with that.)
Ivy
Rosemary "Romy"
Aurelia
Rose
Viola
Aurora "Rory"
Zoe
Sarah
MNs:
Flynn
Edmund
Everard
Bastian
Micah
Archer
Xavier
Lucy
Emmeline
Lilia
Willow
Indie
Ariana
Anastasia
Holly
I think we probably have enough names to work with, but feel free to add more suggestions if you want.
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At this point, I usually like for us both to put the FNs in our order of preference to see which ones overlap for the both of us. So my order is:
1. Elijah
2. August
3. Leo
4. Thomas
5. Asher
6. Jack
7. Jared
8. Oliver
9. Phillip "Pip"
10. Raphael
11. Jonas
12. Nathaniel "Neil"
13. Benedict
14. James
15. Dominic "Nico"
16. Isaac
1. Aurora "Rory"
2. Ivy
3. Rosemary "Romy" OR Rose
4. Zoe
5. Matilda "Tilda" / "Tilly"
6. Sylvia
7. Sarah
8. Thea
9. Aurelia
10. Viola
What are your preferences? =)
MNs:
Flynn
Edmund
Everard
Bastian
Micah
Archer
Xavier
Lucy
Emmeline
Lilia
Willow
Indie
Ariana
Anastasia
Holly
1. Elijah
2. August
3. Leo
4. Thomas
5. Asher
6. Jack
7. Jared
8. Oliver
9. Phillip "Pip"
10. Raphael
11. Jonas
12. Nathaniel "Neil"
13. Benedict
14. James
15. Dominic "Nico"
16. Isaac
1. Aurora "Rory"
2. Ivy
3. Rosemary "Romy" OR Rose
4. Zoe
5. Matilda "Tilda" / "Tilly"
6. Sylvia
7. Sarah
8. Thea
9. Aurelia
10. Viola
What are your preferences? =)
MNs:
Flynn
Edmund
Everard
Bastian
Micah
Archer
Xavier
Lucy
Emmeline
Lilia
Willow
Indie
Ariana
Anastasia
Holly
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1. Raphael
2. Nathaniel "Neil"
3. Phillip "Pip"
4. Thomas
5. Isaac
6. James
7. Benedict
8. August
9. Jonas
10. Asher
11. Jack
12. Dominic "Nico"
13. Oliver
14. Leo
15. Elijah
16. Jared
1. Thea
2. Rosemary "Romy"
3. Matilda "Tilda" or "Tilly"
4. Viola
5. Aurora "Rory"
6. Sylvia
7. Ivy
8. Rose
9. Sarah
10. Aurelia
11. Zoe
With that done, I'll just go through and see which ones we both prefer the most:
1. Thomas (4/4)
2. August (2/8)
3. Phillip "Pip" (9/3)
4. Raphael (10/1)
5. Asher (5/10)
6. Jack (6/11)
7. Jonas (11/9)
8. Nathaniel "Neil" (12/2)
9. Benedict (13/7)
10. Oliver (8/13)
11. Leo (3/14)
12. James (14/6)
13. Elijah (1/15)
14. Dominic "Nico" (15/12)
15. Isaac (16/5)
16. Jared (7/16)
1. Rosemary "Romy" (3/2)
2. Aurora "Rory" (1/5)
3. Matilda "Tilda" or "Tilly" (5/3)
4. Sylvia (6/6)
5. Ivy (2/7)
6. Thea (8/1)
7. Rose (3/8)
8. Sarah (7/9)
9. Viola (10/4)
10. Zoe (4/11)
11. Aurelia (9/10)
The numbers in parenthesis are our individual rankings, first yours then mine. We don't agree on much so these lists are a little weird...
What would you like to do now? Any ideas? I'll suggest some combos using the top names on the shared list but otherwise I'm stuck.
Thomas Bastian; Thomas Everard; Thomas Flynn; Thomas Elijah
August Edmund; August Nathaniel; August Phillip
Phillip Micah; Phillip Archer; Phillip Raphael
Raphael Xavier; Raphael Jonas
Asher Flynn; Asher Benedict
Jack Edmund; Jack Asher
Jonas Bastian; Jonas Nathaniel; Jonas Oliver
Rosemary Anastasia; Rosemary Viola
Aurora Lucy; Aurora Emmeline; Aurora Rose
Matilda Willow; Matilda Holly; Matilda Zoe
Sylvia Lucy; Sylvia Rosemary
Ivy Emmeline; Ivy Anastasia; Ivy Aurora
Thea Willow; Thea Rosemary; Thea Aurelia
Rose Ariana; Rose Viola; Rose Sarah
2. Nathaniel "Neil"
3. Phillip "Pip"
4. Thomas
5. Isaac
6. James
7. Benedict
8. August
9. Jonas
10. Asher
11. Jack
12. Dominic "Nico"
13. Oliver
14. Leo
15. Elijah
16. Jared
1. Thea
2. Rosemary "Romy"
3. Matilda "Tilda" or "Tilly"
4. Viola
5. Aurora "Rory"
6. Sylvia
7. Ivy
8. Rose
9. Sarah
10. Aurelia
11. Zoe
With that done, I'll just go through and see which ones we both prefer the most:
1. Thomas (4/4)
2. August (2/8)
3. Phillip "Pip" (9/3)
4. Raphael (10/1)
5. Asher (5/10)
6. Jack (6/11)
7. Jonas (11/9)
8. Nathaniel "Neil" (12/2)
9. Benedict (13/7)
10. Oliver (8/13)
11. Leo (3/14)
12. James (14/6)
13. Elijah (1/15)
14. Dominic "Nico" (15/12)
15. Isaac (16/5)
16. Jared (7/16)
1. Rosemary "Romy" (3/2)
2. Aurora "Rory" (1/5)
3. Matilda "Tilda" or "Tilly" (5/3)
4. Sylvia (6/6)
5. Ivy (2/7)
6. Thea (8/1)
7. Rose (3/8)
8. Sarah (7/9)
9. Viola (10/4)
10. Zoe (4/11)
11. Aurelia (9/10)
The numbers in parenthesis are our individual rankings, first yours then mine. We don't agree on much so these lists are a little weird...
What would you like to do now? Any ideas? I'll suggest some combos using the top names on the shared list but otherwise I'm stuck.
Thomas Bastian; Thomas Everard; Thomas Flynn; Thomas Elijah
August Edmund; August Nathaniel; August Phillip
Phillip Micah; Phillip Archer; Phillip Raphael
Raphael Xavier; Raphael Jonas
Asher Flynn; Asher Benedict
Jack Edmund; Jack Asher
Jonas Bastian; Jonas Nathaniel; Jonas Oliver
Rosemary Anastasia; Rosemary Viola
Aurora Lucy; Aurora Emmeline; Aurora Rose
Matilda Willow; Matilda Holly; Matilda Zoe
Sylvia Lucy; Sylvia Rosemary
Ivy Emmeline; Ivy Anastasia; Ivy Aurora
Thea Willow; Thea Rosemary; Thea Aurelia
Rose Ariana; Rose Viola; Rose Sarah
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I have 2 ideas: we can either use 4 of our top names, eg. Thomas, Rosemary, Aurora and Matilda OR we could each have our 2 #1s, so Raphael and Thea, Elijah and Aurora. WDYT?
I like all of those combos, my faves being:
Thomas Elijah
August Nathaniel
Phillip ArcherR
Raphaell Jonas
Asher Benedict
Jack Asher
Jonas Oliver
Rosemary Viola
Aurora Emmeline
Matilda Willow
Sylvia Rosemary
Ivy Anastasia
Thea Willow
Rose Ariana
I like all of those combos, my faves being:
Thomas Elijah
August Nathaniel
Phillip ArcherR
Raphaell Jonas
Asher Benedict
Jack Asher
Jonas Oliver
Rosemary Viola
Aurora Emmeline
Matilda Willow
Sylvia Rosemary
Ivy Anastasia
Thea Willow
Rose Ariana
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In terms of the two ideas, I think I prefer the combo of Thomas, Rosemary, Aurora, and Matilda. Raphael, Thea, Elijah, and Aurora seems slightly mismatched to me.
Do you like the following?
Thomas Elijah
Rosemary Viola
Aurora Emmeline
Matilda Willow
Do you like the following?
Thomas Elijah
Rosemary Viola
Aurora Emmeline
Matilda Willow
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I agree =) I like all of those combos, particularly Thomas Elijah and Matilda Willow, but I'm gonna try some combos for Rosemary and Aurora that incorporate more of our favourite names. What do you think of:
Rosemary Thea, Rosemary Sylvia
Aurora Ivy?
I'm happy to go with the sibset you suggested, I really do like it, I'm just trying a few others. Up to you =)
Rosemary Thea, Rosemary Sylvia
Aurora Ivy?
I'm happy to go with the sibset you suggested, I really do like it, I'm just trying a few others. Up to you =)
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I like those new combos as well. For some reason I'm starting to associate Ivy with IV and that's kind of turning me off the name and, therefor, the combo Aurora Ivy. Would you be okay sticking with Aurora Emmeline? I can't think of any other Aurora combos at the moment but I'd be open to others as well. As for Rosemary, I like Rosemary Sylvia or Rosemary Viola the best of our options. Thea, for me, isn't a great middle name. Although I slightly prefer Viola as the middle name, Sylvia was much more agreed upon so I'll put that in the sibset here.
Thomas Elijah
Matilda Willow
Aurora Emmeline
Rosemary Sylvia
Hmmm... I do think Emmeline's a little awkward here. Do you think something like Aurora Zoe or Aurora Indie might work?
Thomas Elijah
Matilda Willow
Aurora Emmeline
Rosemary Sylvia
Hmmm... I do think Emmeline's a little awkward here. Do you think something like Aurora Zoe or Aurora Indie might work?
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I like Aurora Emmeline =) Let me know if you prefer Aurora with something else but otherwise, I think we have our children!! =)
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If I were to have children I think I'd want 2 or 3 as well.
FN:
Lysander ♥ ♥
Rowan
Raphael
MN only:
Oliver
Isaac
Dominic (I like Nico but am just not quite happy w/ Dominic as a FN)
Phillip
James
Edmund (maybe)
FN:
Ivy
MN only:
Rosemary
Cressida
Fiona
Viola
Ivy Cressida seems nice.
My suggestions-
Andrea
Anna
Audrey
Camilla (MN only)
Clara
Daphne
Diana
Elena
Eleanor (would be fine with most NNs)
Florina
Freya
Jane
Jeanine
Margot
Marina
Miriam
Misty
Nadia
Zoe (MN only)
Adrian
Andreas
Anthony (MN only)
Callum
Cassidy
Cedric
Cormac
Dorian
Erik (or Eric)
Hugo
Jeremy
Miles
Orion
Rhys
Simon
Silas
Valentin (MN only)
Vincent
Wesley
FN:
Lysander ♥ ♥
Rowan
Raphael
MN only:
Oliver
Isaac
Dominic (I like Nico but am just not quite happy w/ Dominic as a FN)
Phillip
James
Edmund (maybe)
FN:
Ivy
MN only:
Rosemary
Cressida
Fiona
Viola
Ivy Cressida seems nice.
My suggestions-
Andrea
Anna
Audrey
Camilla (MN only)
Clara
Daphne
Diana
Elena
Eleanor (would be fine with most NNs)
Florina
Freya
Jane
Jeanine
Margot
Marina
Miriam
Misty
Nadia
Zoe (MN only)
Adrian
Andreas
Anthony (MN only)
Callum
Cassidy
Cedric
Cormac
Dorian
Erik (or Eric)
Hugo
Jeremy
Miles
Orion
Rhys
Simon
Silas
Valentin (MN only)
Vincent
Wesley
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FN:
Lysander
Rowan
Raphael
Callum
Cedric
Cormac
Hugo
Adrian
MN only:
Oliver
Isaac
Dominic
Phillip
James
Edmund (maybe)
Andreas
Orion
Rhys
Silas
Valentin
Vincent
FN:
Ivy
Freya
Eleanor ("Nora"?)
MN only:
Rosemary
Cressida
Fiona
Viola
Diana
Miriam
I like Ivy Cressida too. It seems like we're pretty good on names, at least for boys, but I'll just suggest more and we can go from there.
Caspian
Finnian
Romulus
Robin
Aries
Atlas
Seamus
Dean
Emory
Fitzwilliam
Sylvan
Evander
Ellis
Lewis
Luca
Thomas
Jacob
Casper
Elodie
Aurelia
Sidony
Aurora ("Rory"?)
Claire
Gwen (could be a nickname if preferable)
Sybil
Isobel
Olive
Louisa
Lyra
Bethan
Tamsin
Juniper
Hazel
Maeve
Alice
Eileen
Lysander
Rowan
Raphael
Callum
Cedric
Cormac
Hugo
Adrian
MN only:
Oliver
Isaac
Dominic
Phillip
James
Edmund (maybe)
Andreas
Orion
Rhys
Silas
Valentin
Vincent
FN:
Ivy
Freya
Eleanor ("Nora"?)
MN only:
Rosemary
Cressida
Fiona
Viola
Diana
Miriam
I like Ivy Cressida too. It seems like we're pretty good on names, at least for boys, but I'll just suggest more and we can go from there.
Caspian
Finnian
Romulus
Robin
Aries
Atlas
Seamus
Dean
Emory
Fitzwilliam
Sylvan
Evander
Ellis
Lewis
Luca
Thomas
Jacob
Casper
Elodie
Aurelia
Sidony
Aurora ("Rory"?)
Claire
Gwen (could be a nickname if preferable)
Sybil
Isobel
Olive
Louisa
Lyra
Bethan
Tamsin
Juniper
Hazel
Maeve
Alice
Eileen
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Having thought about it more, I moved up Fiona. What do you think of naming one of each gender and then randomly determining the third?
some possible combos-
Lysander James, Lysander Rhys, Lysander Cedric, Lysander Hugo, Lysander Phillip
Adrian Lewis
Hugo Dominic
Rowan Andreas, Rowan Isaac
Ivy Cressida
Fiona Sybil
Eleanor Hazel "Nora"
FN:
Adrian
Callum
Cedric
Cormac
Hugo
Lysander
Raphael
Rowan
MN only:
Andreas
Dominic
Evander
Edmund*
Isaac
James
Lewis
Oliver
Orion
Phillip
Rhys
Silas
Sylvan
Thomas
Valentin
Vincent
FN:
Alice
Eleanor "Nora"
Gwen
Fiona
Freya
Ivy
MN only:
Cressida
Diana
Elodie
Hazel
Isobel
Miriam
Rosemary
Sybil
Viola
some possible combos-
Lysander James, Lysander Rhys, Lysander Cedric, Lysander Hugo, Lysander Phillip
Adrian Lewis
Hugo Dominic
Rowan Andreas, Rowan Isaac
Ivy Cressida
Fiona Sybil
Eleanor Hazel "Nora"
FN:
Adrian
Callum
Cedric
Cormac
Hugo
Lysander
Raphael
Rowan
MN only:
Andreas
Dominic
Evander
Edmund*
Isaac
James
Lewis
Oliver
Orion
Phillip
Rhys
Silas
Sylvan
Thomas
Valentin
Vincent
FN:
Alice
Eleanor "Nora"
Gwen
Fiona
Freya
Ivy
MN only:
Cressida
Diana
Elodie
Hazel
Isobel
Miriam
Rosemary
Sybil
Viola
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Sounds like a good idea. I got a boy when I flipped the coin.
Combos:
Lysander James, Lysander Rhys, Lysander Phillip
Adrian Lewis
Hugo Dominic, Hugo Evander?
Callum Andreas?, Callum Evander?, Callum Orion?
Cedric Rhys?
Cormac Thomas?
Raphael Sylvan?, Raphael Andreas?
Rowan Andreas, Rowan Isaac
Ivy Cressida
Fiona Sybil
Eleanor Hazel "Nora", Eleanor Miriam "Nora"?
Alice Viola?
Gwen Isobel?
Freya Rosemary?
What do you think of the combos I suggested and what are your overall favorites, ranked?
Combos:
Lysander James, Lysander Rhys, Lysander Phillip
Adrian Lewis
Hugo Dominic, Hugo Evander?
Callum Andreas?, Callum Evander?, Callum Orion?
Cedric Rhys?
Cormac Thomas?
Raphael Sylvan?, Raphael Andreas?
Rowan Andreas, Rowan Isaac
Ivy Cressida
Fiona Sybil
Eleanor Hazel "Nora", Eleanor Miriam "Nora"?
Alice Viola?
Gwen Isobel?
Freya Rosemary?
What do you think of the combos I suggested and what are your overall favorites, ranked?
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Let's see.
Basically I'm really excited about the fact that I found someone else that likes the name Lysander, so even though I like both of your Evander combos, using both seems too matchy. I like all 3 of those combos about the same and for different reasons, so I'm more interested in your input there. If I were to give a #1 to anything, it'd probably be getting to use a Lysander combo.
I like the name Rowan quite a bit but don't feel as good about the combos for it, and I like Callum Orion but both together are a bit GP-y.
Adrian Lewis, Cormac Thomas, Cedric Rhys, and Hugo Dominic are all nice. Raphael Sylvan is more out there but seems super cool to me.
I would like to also suggest Alice Freya.
My favorite girls combos are Ivy Cressida, Fiona Sybil, Gwen Isobel, and Freya Rosemary.
Idk if this is a strange way to go about this, but it's kinda easier for me to decide between them personally when I think of it as a whole sibset than ranking combos individually. I like Lysander Rhys and Raphael Sylvan together and have trouble seeing Raphael Sylvan fitting with the other boys combos, and I would put any of the girls' combos with those two except for Gwen Isobel.
I have trouble seeing Adrian and Lysander as brothers (though Adrian goes nicely with most of the others), and Cormac and Cedric are a bit matchy. If Lysander and Hugo are brothers, I'll feel biased toward using Ivy Cressida for the Shakespeare theme :b.
Would love your input.
Basically I'm really excited about the fact that I found someone else that likes the name Lysander, so even though I like both of your Evander combos, using both seems too matchy. I like all 3 of those combos about the same and for different reasons, so I'm more interested in your input there. If I were to give a #1 to anything, it'd probably be getting to use a Lysander combo.
I like the name Rowan quite a bit but don't feel as good about the combos for it, and I like Callum Orion but both together are a bit GP-y.
Adrian Lewis, Cormac Thomas, Cedric Rhys, and Hugo Dominic are all nice. Raphael Sylvan is more out there but seems super cool to me.
I would like to also suggest Alice Freya.
My favorite girls combos are Ivy Cressida, Fiona Sybil, Gwen Isobel, and Freya Rosemary.
Idk if this is a strange way to go about this, but it's kinda easier for me to decide between them personally when I think of it as a whole sibset than ranking combos individually. I like Lysander Rhys and Raphael Sylvan together and have trouble seeing Raphael Sylvan fitting with the other boys combos, and I would put any of the girls' combos with those two except for Gwen Isobel.
I have trouble seeing Adrian and Lysander as brothers (though Adrian goes nicely with most of the others), and Cormac and Cedric are a bit matchy. If Lysander and Hugo are brothers, I'll feel biased toward using Ivy Cressida for the Shakespeare theme :b.
Would love your input.
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I agree that Lysander is a must here. We both seem to prefer it. I like Lysander Rhys the best, as it flows well and seems balanced.
In terms of other boy names I prefer Hugo and Raphael. For Hugo, Hugo Dominic seems to be the obvious choice. Though I like both Raphael combos, you seem to be leaning towards Raphael Sylvan and I'm happy to go with that. That leaves us with either Lysander Rhys and Hugo Dominic or Lysander Rhys and Raphael Sylvan.
For girls... I'm not as happy with the girls names as I am with the boys names, but they're still good. I think my favorites, going by first names alone, are Fiona, Ivy, and Freya, in that order. So Fiona Sybil, Ivy Cressida, or Freya Rosemary.
I don't know if this makes sense or not, but since both Lysander and Raphael are fairly long (three syllables), I would generally match them with another longer name. In this case, Fiona has the most syllables. Lysander and Hugo differ in length enough that I could pair them with any of the girl names. I think the Shakespearian feel of Lysander Rhys, Hugo Dominic, and Ivy Cressida is cool, so Ivy does seem the obvious choice if we decide on Lysander and Hugo.
I think we're down to two choices:
Lysander Rhys, Raphael Sylvan, and Fiona Sybil
OR
Lysander Rhys, Hugo Dominic, and Ivy Cressida
Are those good do you think? Or are there more choices you would like to add? Which do you prefer?
In terms of other boy names I prefer Hugo and Raphael. For Hugo, Hugo Dominic seems to be the obvious choice. Though I like both Raphael combos, you seem to be leaning towards Raphael Sylvan and I'm happy to go with that. That leaves us with either Lysander Rhys and Hugo Dominic or Lysander Rhys and Raphael Sylvan.
For girls... I'm not as happy with the girls names as I am with the boys names, but they're still good. I think my favorites, going by first names alone, are Fiona, Ivy, and Freya, in that order. So Fiona Sybil, Ivy Cressida, or Freya Rosemary.
I don't know if this makes sense or not, but since both Lysander and Raphael are fairly long (three syllables), I would generally match them with another longer name. In this case, Fiona has the most syllables. Lysander and Hugo differ in length enough that I could pair them with any of the girl names. I think the Shakespearian feel of Lysander Rhys, Hugo Dominic, and Ivy Cressida is cool, so Ivy does seem the obvious choice if we decide on Lysander and Hugo.
I think we're down to two choices:
Lysander Rhys, Raphael Sylvan, and Fiona Sybil
OR
Lysander Rhys, Hugo Dominic, and Ivy Cressida
Are those good do you think? Or are there more choices you would like to add? Which do you prefer?
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Raphael Andreas felt too German to me in combination haha. I liked how it sounded but it didn't fit with the other names so well for me. I agree that our boys taste is much more similar and we got lucky with the coin flip.
I've been going back and forth on this because I like both quite a bit. I think between the two I would pick Lysander/Hugo/Ivy but if we found a perfect Fiona combo I'd likely lean the other way.
Fiona Alice is pretty cute. I heavily associate it with Fiona Apple (which is not really a bad thing).
Fiona Cressida (kind of a mouthful but)
Fiona Hazel
Fiona Gwen
Fiona Gwendolyn (I like this!! very UK but. Gwendolen is fine too, just wrote the other spelling because both the other MNs have y's)
Fiona Ivy (even though it's a lot of "ee" this is a favorite)
Fiona Isobel (I think this fits well with the boys combos, just wasn't sure if "Isobel" was too fillery. I guess Rhys kinda is anyway)
Fiona Miriam
I wish Fiona flowed better with Rosemary :b
Some of these MNs seem less interesting than the boys. I just don't like the Sylvan/Sybil combination. I guess we could revisit Raphael either but I was happier with Raphael Sylvan.
I've been going back and forth on this because I like both quite a bit. I think between the two I would pick Lysander/Hugo/Ivy but if we found a perfect Fiona combo I'd likely lean the other way.
Fiona Alice is pretty cute. I heavily associate it with Fiona Apple (which is not really a bad thing).
Fiona Cressida (kind of a mouthful but)
Fiona Hazel
Fiona Gwen
Fiona Gwendolyn (I like this!! very UK but. Gwendolen is fine too, just wrote the other spelling because both the other MNs have y's)
Fiona Ivy (even though it's a lot of "ee" this is a favorite)
Fiona Isobel (I think this fits well with the boys combos, just wasn't sure if "Isobel" was too fillery. I guess Rhys kinda is anyway)
Fiona Miriam
I wish Fiona flowed better with Rosemary :b
Some of these MNs seem less interesting than the boys. I just don't like the Sylvan/Sybil combination. I guess we could revisit Raphael either but I was happier with Raphael Sylvan.
This message was edited 7/6/2016, 12:05 PM
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I agree that Sybil and Sylvan are quite similar and it makes sense to try and find a better combination for Fiona. I don't mind any of those combos. They flow pretty well and are unique in their own way. I think in order I like:
Fiona Gwendolyn (I'm not usually in to matching names, but connecting all the middles with a y seems neat.)
Fiona Alice (I've never heard of Fiona Apple...)
Fiona Hazel
Fiona Ivy (I'm going back and forth on this one. I really can't decide whether I like it or not.)
Fiona Isobel (I think my problem with both this and Fiona Ivy is the last a flowing into the beginning i. It's probably just me though.)
Fiona Miriam (A lot of ee sounds the way I pronounce it.)
Fiona Cressida
Fiona Gwen (I think something seems missing with Gwen not shortened.)
Fiona Gwendolyn (I'm not usually in to matching names, but connecting all the middles with a y seems neat.)
Fiona Alice (I've never heard of Fiona Apple...)
Fiona Hazel
Fiona Ivy (I'm going back and forth on this one. I really can't decide whether I like it or not.)
Fiona Isobel (I think my problem with both this and Fiona Ivy is the last a flowing into the beginning i. It's probably just me though.)
Fiona Miriam (A lot of ee sounds the way I pronounce it.)
Fiona Cressida
Fiona Gwen (I think something seems missing with Gwen not shortened.)
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Fiona Apple's a singer-songwriter. It's just the Fiona A that makes me think of that.
I'm happy with Lysander Rhys, Raphael Sylvan, and Fiona Gwendolyn. It's been fun!
The Compromise Game actually migrated over to Name Games when it was brought up on Ops initially and I've ran two Congrats games kinda based on it. I'm now thinking of doing a third since it's been a few months. :)
I'm happy with Lysander Rhys, Raphael Sylvan, and Fiona Gwendolyn. It's been fun!
The Compromise Game actually migrated over to Name Games when it was brought up on Ops initially and I've ran two Congrats games kinda based on it. I'm now thinking of doing a third since it's been a few months. :)
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