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[The Future Mrs B]

I've been going baby crazy lately which includes wanting to hammer out name combinations with Martin before he leaves. He's a good sport about it but with it being his last month home I'm trying not to mention it so much and let him be like any other teenager.
But so far here's what my list looks like:


Isaac Gawain
James Thorbjorn
Marcus Drake/Wilhelm/Crispin (which middle name do your prefer?)
Anthony/Joshiah/Marcus Crispin (which first?)

Blaire Hacinthia
Lilith Roisin/Gisella/Arcadia
Milena Olwen/Cyrene
Avery Hilja/Idonea


Thanks!

[Laugh-Dream-Love]

Isaac Gawain - Still not a fan of Gawain, but Isaac is cute.
James Thorbjorn - James is cute. Is Thorbjorn one name? Or was it supposed to be Thor/Bjorn? I'm not a fan of either, and together I really dislike them.
Marcus Drake/Wilhelm/Crispin (which middle name do your prefer?) - I like Marcus Drake Best.
Anthony/Joshiah/Marcus Crispin (which first?) - I prefer Anthony Crispin, although I'd guess we pronounce Anthony differently. I prn it ANT-uh-nee, but I've heard Americans prn it AN-th-uh-nee, which I find weird, but oh well. (Not saying that all Americans prn it this way, just the ones I've heard say it)

Blaire Hacinthia - Still not a fan of either name.
Lilith Roisin/Gisella/Arcadia - Prefer Lilith Gisella, but none are my style.
Milena Olwen/Cyrene - Milena is cute, but the middle names are the wrong style imo. They just seem too clunky compared with Milena, so I'd suggest a more feminine middle name.
Avery Hilja/Idonea - Avery is adorable, but I have no idea how to pronounce either middle. hill-j-uh? ee-doh-nay-uh? That really puts me off the names, plus the fact that they look very exotic; not that that's a bad thing per say, just that they'd stand out too much from all of your other names.

I think we have a different style, but I tried to be as honest as I could without causing offence.

Hannah x

[Mika Casey]

Isaac Gawain
I love this one! Super handsome! And I'm totally nerding out about Gawain!

James Thorbjorn
I don't love Thorbjorn, not my style, BUT it's incredibly unique and I like that with the much more common James!

Marcus Drake/Wilhelm/Crispin
DEFINITELY Marcus Drake! What an incredibly handsome combo!

Anthony/Joshiah/Marcus Crispin
I really like Anthony Crispin. I like Crispin because it means "curly-haired"

Blaire Hacinthia
You kept Blaire! Yay! I LOVE it!

Lilith Roisin/Gisella/Arcadia
If I'm pronouncing Roisin the right way, I really like it with Lilith. And Lilith is SUPER CUTE.

Milena Olwen/Cyrene
Milena Cyrene is SO gorgeous! Very feminine!

Avery Hilja/Idonea
I like Idonea, don't know how I feel about it with Avery though?

[The Future Mrs B]

Don't worry about offending, I'm rather unoffendabled. Lol. I don't expect everyone/anyone to have the same taste as me. Thorbjorn is one name meaning Thor's bear and is pronounced as if you smooshed them together. I pronounce Anthony as ANTH-oh-nee but I've heard ANT-uh-nee before. Hacinthia I'd the Spanish version of Hyacinth (I prefer Hyacinth but Martin doesn't). Hilja is pronounced Hill-yah and Idonea is eh-DON-yah.

When Martin said he liked Gawain I was so happy. He actually suggested Gareth on his own a day or so before that. I think using Gareth and Gawain as middles on two boys would be cute since they were brothers but Martin doesn't I found Torben which has the same meaning as Thorbjorn but no luck. He's sooooo stubborn. And Roisin is Ro-sheen. Idk about it but its a Rose name and Martin loves Rose so I'm hoping it works well enough for him.
Thank you ladies!

[Laugh-Dream-Love]

The meaning of Thorbjorn is better for me than the actual name, but it's kinda growing on me. I prefer Torben to Thorbjorn tbh, although I still probably wouldn't use it. As for the Avery combos, now that I know the pronunciations I prefer Avery Idonea, though I'm still not enamoured of either.

I just felt like I was being such a downer on your names lol. They're not bad, they're just not my style, and I hope that came across.

Hannah x

[The Future Mrs B]

It did. Those names aren't everyone's style and I'm not really sure I love them long term like I do the first combo for each gender. I can totally respect style differences. The one expection to that is misspelling a boys name to make it feminine and throwing it on a girl. That is one where I'm willing to say it is a "bad" name, just not in front of the namer/named unless asked. Asking for an opinion is a free reign IMO.

[Addison]

Isaac Gawain - Gawain's not really my style, but I adore Isaac and the combo is great!
James Thorbjorn - I think James is great! The meaning behind Thorbjorn is great, too, and I think it is a great middle name.
Marcus Drake/Wilhelm/Crispin - I love both Marcus Drake and Marcus Crispin. Both are cool names! I think I could see a little boy loving the middle name Drake more, though, so if it were me, I'd go with that one
Anthony/Joshiah/Marcus Crispin - I love both Anthony and Crispin! Now, is Joshiah pronounced like Josiah or Josh-eye-uh? I love Josiah, not fond of the latter, though. If it's pronounced Josiah, then that one would be my favorite.

Blaire Hacinthia - My favorite of your girls names! Love it!!!
Lilith Roisin/Gisella/Arcadia - Not a fan of Lilith because of the connotations, but all of your mn options are awesome!
Milena Olwen/Cyrene - NMS
Avery Hilja/Idonea - I adore Avery, but the mns are nms.

[The Future Mrs B]

Josiah. I have no idea how I put that extra "h" in there. Lol.

Thanks!