First name ending in -s, surname starting with S-

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Can this work or does it always sound awkward/make the names run together? I had vetoed all names ending in 's' for DC1 for this reason but am fancying Douglas for DC2 (whose sex we don't know). Our surname starts with S and ends -ey, two syllables. Like Slinkey but not .

What do you think, saying it out loud?

Well, our surname starts with S and is also a verb so many, many names had to be vetoed

I think it depends on the name as certain names can become something else. For example Louis almost becomes 'Louise' ... Lucas becomes Luca and so on.

I think Douglas would be ok although could sound a bit lispy in the middle?

Hmm a bit lispy maybe. I am going to keep saying it out loud till I go off it entirely

I have decided against all names ending in N for that reason, but there may be individual names that work.

Always think of Niles, in Frasier, vetoing Jack Crane.

But S is a bit different. It can me lengthened in a way that the harder consonants can't. Douglas Slinky could work, with the lengthened S... DouglassssSlinky.

Well that is more promising and also sounds like a serpent doing cabaret

Oh damn Spoonful - what was Niles' readout on Jack Crane? Our surname starts with C and our current choice for a boy is Zachary. But he'll inevitably be known as Zac/ch/k and I do worry than there's then a slightly awkward run-on into the surname, or an artificially deliberate break. Does it matter less if it's a nn?!

Apologies for the hijack - I actually think Douglas S- works ok.

Minty I think that's fine as usually when the surname is being used too it'll be with Zachary not Zack. Am also thinking if your surname is e.g. something like Cooper, Zack Cooper actually sounds fine anyway.

Have just realised that we've done this. Very recently. Never even have it a second thought. Until now ...

Sisyphus , that's pretty tame for on here, but maybe a bit toooo sybillant.

Our surname begins with a 'sh' sound and we vetoed all 's' names for this reason.

I think Douglas S....ey works quite well. It has quite a nice ring to it. Just think of all those Greeks called things like Stamatis Stavropolos...lots of s' there! All the best!

I went to school with a boy who had a name like this with the letter s. Unfortunately he had both a stutter and a lisp (not helped that the poor guy also ended up wearing train tracks) and he simply couldn't say his name. People made constant fun of him throughout his teenage years. I know he was just unfortunate to have a speech impediment but I still wouldn't run the letter s together after seeing him go through that.

Just realised dd1's name is a bit of a mouthful. Along the lines of Wallis Shaw. But not.never noticed before!

I know a Douglas S. Honestly had never noticed a problem until I read this thread.