WDYT of these?

[meadowlarks]

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?

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?

Boone Farrow looks/sounds like Bone Marrow

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.

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

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.

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.

Leave some letters for the rest of us please.

I like Evelyn but hate Atticus and don't like your boys middle names.

Remus is going to mean the Werewolf in Harry Potter for generations yet to come, I fear.

Atticus reminds me of the clothing brand (sorry) Evelyn Rose is pretty but Pommeline sounds ridiculous (again sorry).

At the end of the day though they're your kids and it's up to you what you call them.

Haven't read the whole thread, sorry.

Both my parents have 3 middle names, as do my brother and I. It's not THAT unusual. My brother's 2nd middle name is Jose because we are 1/32nd Mexican and my dad thought it was funny , it goes beautifully with his very traditionally English first name and surname!

I like Atticus, Farrow and Aubrey. How about Peck?

Also like Evelyn, Rose and Pommeline - Noelle is an Aussie soapstar to me, sorry. How about Evangeline?

I do think though, OP, that you knew precisely the sort of reaction you were going to get.

Thanks BR.

LTBR, Avenging Gerbil, Gemma - I don't care at this point. If you or anyone has some more helpful criticism as to the order (which currently stands as Atticus Larkin Remus More) or some advice as to a NN for Atticus (Arty?), then that would be productive. Pomeline now has one M, just so we're clear.

NFI - Yes I did, did I sound surprised? I'm not. This isn't some kind of covert operation to test the limits of MN. Peck reminds me of pecking, so that's a no-no.

Atticus could become Ticky or Ticker, but Atticus isn't that long so you could insist on the full version if you liked

Thanks for the help. Ticky is a bit weird and Ticker's like a heart, right? It's just I know a lot of people tend to use NN instead of their actual names for some reason, and I don't want him to end up with something awful so I thought it would be best to set his NN before anyone else can.

Didn't mean to be unhelpful.

If you like Atticus (and why not), insist on your child being called Atticus. I think nicknames should develop naturally, otherwise why bother with the full version. I agree it is irritating when people can't be bothered to utter a whole extra syllable - it's equally irritating when they take your perfectly good one syllable name and tag two more on to it!

On the order of names, I can't see it matters vastly - none is particularly more euphonious than another, and I can't see any rude words/acronyms in the initials - unless your surname is Ess, in which case, I suppose your DS might become ARMLEss...

You did ask for thoughts and we gave ours even if you don't agree with them.

AG - Hahah. I didn't mean to sound rude, it's just responses have been mostly along the lines of "WTF". I think I will have to make people say Atticus.

LTBR - same as above, sorry if I was rude.

Atticus is quite difficult to NN isn't it?! (still love the name though).

NNs don't have to relate directly to the name though. My mate Rachel is Rat for example. DS currently gets affectionately called Squidget and Monkey Boy quite a lot at the moment! He is only a baby though and I don't expect to be calling him Squidget when he goes to school!

Even if you can't think of a NN for Atticus now, once you get to know him I'm sure one will emerge.

HTH - or is it just an elaborate excuse because you've stumped me?!

They are a bit much in combination, though some of the names on their own are quite nice. I like Atticus, Aubrey, Larkin, Evelyn, Rose and Noelle.

Really dislike Pommeline, Boone and Artan.

You are aware that Eve/Evie is a very popular name at the moment? I only ask because you seem to favour unusual names.

Re: nicknames. I tried 'setting' dd2's nickname before she was born. It didn't work! Everybody calls her a nn that I personally don't like - but she likes it, so I have to live with it.