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?

Righto. More has gone, I think it would sound weird next to a surname. So has Noelle. OTT, I agree.

I think I can say for definite:
Evelyn Pomeline Rose.

So, without More, we have:

Atticus Larkin Remus

The only thing is the "us" sounds. Two options; get rid of Remus and replace it with Aubrey:

Atticus Larkin Aubrey
Atticus Aubrey Larkin

Or something else could replace Remus.

Second option; feed my mental compulsion and seperate the "us" with Aubrey:

Atticus Larkin Aubrey Remus
-Or-
Atticus Aubrey Larkin Remus (I think this one sounds better, personally.)

Or something else? I'm open to suggestions.

I am biased because I have several names lined up for our baby, and they are four names long plus surname too! Husband is not convinced, but I am working on him!

You aren't going to use all the names in everyday life, I don't see what the big deal is - s/he'll get called one for the most part, just like everyone else.

Atti for short?

Not sure about 'More' though - what's the significance of that?

Oh, and I grew up with four names - surname was hyphenated, so we're only really talking about one extra name here - and it never did me any harm.

Sorry, replied before I saw your last post saying you had dropped 'More'.

Glad to see Aubrey back in, it's a great name!

I like Atticus Aubrey Larkin Remus.

AbFabT - Glad I'm not the only one who likes long names! "More" was originally in homage to Thomas More, but that's gone now due to unpopular demand

lowrib - yeah, that's my favourite at the moment.

I'm beginning to question Remus after someone pointed out it sounds like "Ream us" - lucky More's gone or it would have been "Ream us more." Hahah. But, you'd have to have quite an active imagination to immediately think of that. Hmm...

What, Thomas More, that well known gossip monger and direct ancestor of Piers Morgan????

It's really hard to judge the flow of the names without knowing the surname TBH.

However I'm really glad you've dropped More, I had visions of a child going through life saying 'Atticus More Onion' and people thinking 'what? You want more onion on your sandwhich?!'

Atticus Aubrey Larkin is good, but depends on your surname.

I'm pleased to see you have dropped More and Noelle.

I do think Evelyn Pomeline Rose is v pretty- individual but not ridiculous!

Atticus Larkin Remus- like Atticus+, don't like Remus as it rhymes with penis and sounds like Ream us. Really sorry to say this but it even reminds me of 'rimming'.
As a name, Romulus is much nicer imo, or maybe Roman (but perhaps not with Larkin).

I still think it may be better to have something more Classic, in case your son doesn't share your taste for the unusual!
Good luck!

I disagree. The names aren't pretentious.

My cousin, Percival Rupert Ernest Timothy Edward Norman Terence Iain Oscar Ullswater Simon, now ^that's pretentious

Whereas Charles Oliver Morton Magnus Oberon Nemo is just plain common

I like the first boys one.

I'm not keen on Evelyn, or Pommeline

Thanks everyone. loobylu3 - I've been swung by the images your post conjured and I'm dropping Remus...

I was looking through a few lists I made before and I'm reconsidering Caleb as a MN, after my favourite Followill, of course. I've always liked the name, and it is on the right side of ordinary, so you don't have to despair anymore.

Atticus Aubrey Caleb Larkin? Putting it anywhere else sounds wrong.

I still think he;ll end up being known as Al

Al? Meh. Caleb is about as ordinary as my taste gets, to be honest. I still don't see what's wrong with Farrow or Artan.

Love Atticus (name and character). Atticus Aubrey Larkin is my favourite of your combos so far, though I have to admit I have an irrational hatred of Philip Larkin.

Like Evelyn Pomeline Rose.

My cousin-in-law has a very silly middle name. Finding it out was one of the highlights of their wedding, especially when my cousin repeated it after the vicar in a highly sceptical tone of voice They have given their DS a silly middle name.

How about Makepeace? Or Merriweather?

Makepeace and Merriweather are twice as bad as Larkin IMO. It's not necessarily as simple as using the name of someone respected; I like the way Larkin sounds as well.

In regards to Pomeline; I was talking to a friend and she liked it, and even though she liked Evelyn she said I should use Pomeline as a first name. I've been thinking about it...I'm worried people would pronounce it "Pohme-Line" which is horrid, and since Atticus is quite unusual, I think having Pomeline would test even my limits. What do you reckon? Pomeline Evelyn Rose?

I think your instincts are correct: Pomeline is best reserved as a middle, IMO.

Whereas to me, Larkin sounds far too much like a verb, which means that some of your combinations start to sound like garbled sentences.

OK, I'm trying out other things instead of Larkin...what about Theoden? (Theo-duhn) I liked it before so it could substitute to make Atticus Aubrey Caleb Theoden, or Atticus Aubrey Theoden Caleb. It's from LOTR, if you're wondering.

If you're going Tolkien, how about Lorien? Got a surprisingly good response on here recently.

Prefer the latter of the two most recent combos. Theoden is nice but slightly made up sounding for my personal tastes.

There is an Atticus in DD2s class at school (Y1). I quite like the name and as far as I know he isn't bullied and doesn't have a nickname - none of us struggle to use his full name.

My granny was called Evelyn so I think of it as an older person's name, but that's just my association. It's quite pretty - would you pronounce it Eve-lyn or Ever-lynn?

Dita - Theoden is technically made up by Tolkien so I'm not surprised it sounds made up. I've considered Lorien before...is it pronounced "Loh-rien" or "Law-rien"? If it's the latter, then it reminds me of Dorian and I don't really like that name.

Sidge - That's good to hear. I'd pronounce it "Ever-lynn" as "Eve-lynn" is the masculine pronunciation.

Not sure how these would play with you, but how about things like Sheridan, Siegfried, St John (pn the same way as the surname), Selwyn etc?