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WDYT of these?

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meadowlarks · 21/02/2010 13:35

Here's some combinations I'm pondering on; any opinions would be great. I'm into multiple middle names, as you can see...

Boy Combos:

Atticus Farrow Artan Remus
Atticus Larkin Aubrey More
Atticus Farrow Artan Boone
Atticus Aubrey Larkin Boone/More.

Girl Combos:
Evelyn Rose Pommeline ("Pommaleen") Noelle
Evelyn Violet Pommeline Noelle.

Thoughts?

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BridesheadRegardless · 21/02/2010 17:15

Oghgive the OP a break. Unpleasant accusations of prentiousness are hardly necessary.

She wants unusual complex name combinations, you wouldn't, fine, just cut the insults they're superfluous.

Lots of poele use names becuase they like tham and the use of it will have some meaning/honour someone, but wouldn't necessarily use a name with meaning or honour that they didn't like.

these things are not mutually exclusive Mrs.B.

It's hardly a unique crime that requires sleuth like levels of unpicking with aha! conclusions to prove her insincerity.

My children have 2 classic type names each, but I'm pretty relaxed that ML can give her children 5 unusual names just cos she likes them without feeling the need to insult her or believe her children are at risk.

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meadowlarks · 21/02/2010 17:13

One friend's surname between two kids was quite enough, I thought. Like I said, I like Farrow, I don't like Sophie, not just because it's less interesting, but because I don't overall. You were right with sounds though, they matter to me.

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MrsBadger · 21/02/2010 17:04

well if you are doing multiple middle names just because you like the sound of them then that is fine, but you can't say 'oh I am doing it to honour my inspirational friend' if you eg won't use it on a girl

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meadowlarks · 21/02/2010 16:49

Well, if you'd scanned a few posts back you'd see I've dropped both Farrow and Boone from my current combo: Atticus Larkin Remus More. Feel free to make any comments on that.

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thesecondcoming · 21/02/2010 16:47

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nannynobnobs · 21/02/2010 16:44

Boone Farrow looks/sounds like Bone Marrow

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meadowlarks · 21/02/2010 16:38

Of course, you're right. I should replace the names I actually like with one I don't, for the sake of keeping convention. It's utter madness to choose the part of the name I actually like and apply it to the gender it fits. What was I thinking?

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thesecondcoming · 21/02/2010 16:36

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MrsBadger · 21/02/2010 16:35

so why isn't Sophie in your girls' options? is said friend only an inspiration to boys?

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meadowlarks · 21/02/2010 16:29

The friend's first name happens to be Sophie, which through the impenetrable casing of luxury around me, seemed so wrong for little Atticus.

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meadowlarks · 21/02/2010 16:26

Lots of incredible artists were racist misogynists...it doesn't mean the child has to be. I like the way Larkin sounds anyway, and janeite, it's not like I'm using it as a first name, it won't ever be repeated if it doesn't have to be.

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janeite · 21/02/2010 16:23

Larkin as a surname is different to Larkin as a name. And Larkin as a poet was a racist misogynist yes - a damned fine poet though!

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meadowlarks · 21/02/2010 16:18

I'm thinking now possibly:

Atticus Larkin Remus More

Evelyn Rose Pomeline (one L)

I see that Noelle on top of Pomeline was a bit much.

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poppydaisy · 21/02/2010 16:10

No, Philip and Thomas don't sound as nice... I guess we all have different tastes .

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meadowlarks · 21/02/2010 16:05

Philip - like I said, bad connotations.
Thomas - Also bad connotations.
They also don't sound as nice.

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GibbonInARibbon · 21/02/2010 16:04

MrsB can I just whisper that your hamster post made me snort tea out of my nose.

MrsBadger · 21/02/2010 16:02

Atticus Philip Thomas?

janeite · 21/02/2010 16:01

I don't think they are pretentious; they are just rather 'too much' all combined imho. But then again, my daughters have names which lots of people would consider boring, as dp talked me out of all my hormonal hippy suggestions. They are not boring people though!

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meadowlarks · 21/02/2010 15:59

Thank you, poppydaisy.

Since I've come under the usual "pretentious" accusations -

Atticus - After the obvious Finch; if there's ever two people I'd want a child to look up to, it would be Gregory Peck and Atticus Finch.

Farrow - After a friend of mine whose life has been incredibly hard up to this point and yet still carries on without complaining.

Remus - After the kids rejected by society who built modern civilisation.

Larkin - Like I said, the poet. A great unpretentious man and life-long librarian.

Aubrey - Another friend.

More - After Thomas More, great thinker and loyal companion, who defended his beliefs to the end.

If these say "pretentious" then we're speaking different languages.

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poppydaisy · 21/02/2010 15:55

I really like your first name choices, especially Atticus!

I think you can give your name as many middle names as you like (well, I'd probably stop after 4 or 5 ), as they rarely get used and are a great way to honour relatives.

I particularly like:

Atticus Farrow Artan Remus

and

Evelyn Rose Pommeline Noelle

nappyaddict · 21/02/2010 15:49

The only people I know who gave their DC 3 middle names used either their maiden name or one of their mum's maiden names as a middle name or where the child is mixed race and they have wanted to use names from both cultures.

GibbonInARibbon · 21/02/2010 15:45

Your list of names hurt my eyes.

But I do like Evelyn.

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meadowlarks · 21/02/2010 15:36

Pretentious waddle? I don't see how you can gauge that without knowing why I chose them.

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