Amy writes:<\/p>\n
Hello!<\/p>\n
I am writing you to see if you could give me some advice on which names you think will go well for our second little girl- due in Oct! I know I am a little early with this but I am 100% a planner :-) Our last name is Do@ley (@ is an o). My daughters name is Avery Elizabeth- which we love. We are a big fan of unisex and surnamy type names. And I would love to incorporate a family name somehow- whether it is a first or middle name. Some of my issues are that I don’t want to have a name that ends in the “lee” sound. So it sounds matchy-matchy with our last name. When we decided on Avery we thought the “reee” was different enough from “leee” to work.<\/p>\n
Below is our short list and would like to get your opinion:<\/p>\n
Harper- we love this name but I am worried it might be too trendy- like Tiffany in the 80’s
\nEmerson – with the nn Emmie (but I am worried it might sound too similar to my name, Amy- but does that matter??)
\nParker- this is a family name. I love it – but I might be too much of a wuss to name my daughter that
\nBlake- Also a family name. I don’t like Blakely b\/c I knew a girl in college with that name…and the lee sound at the end.
\nHayden
\nBridget- way off base here in our style…but I do like it!<\/p>\nI also would prefer not to use a name that is overly popular and in the top 10.<\/p>\n
If you have any advice and suggestions I would be forever grateful! Thanks so much!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Looking just at the first names, my top choices from your list with Avery are Harper and Parker. I think both are great with Avery. I don’t think Harper is too trendy and I don’t think Parker is too bold.<\/p>\n
However, I notice that when I say Harper Do@ley or Parker Do@ley, they sound slightly amusing to me—like children’s book characters, a little bit. I’m not sure what it is. It doesn’t seem to be the -er sound or the P sound, even though the names have those in common. Blake Do@ley and Hayden Do@ley hit my ear wrong, too, but in a different way—and again I can’t quite put my finger on the issue. Blake Do@ley seems abrupt, and Hayden Do@ley is hard for me to say.<\/p>\n
I wonder if it might be an issue of syllables: all the names that don’t sound quite right to me are either one- or two-syllable names. The three syllables of Avery work very well, and so I think I might look in that direction. Emerson Do@ley would be perfect, but I do think Emmie and Amy are a little close. Not so close that you couldn’t use it, though: if the similarity resulted in confusion or hassle, she could be called Emerson instead.<\/p>\n
Would you like Addison Do@ley? Addy and Amy look similar but sound quite different. Addison Do@ley; Avery and Addison.<\/p>\n
Or Ellison. Ellie Do@ley is a little L-heavy, but not enough to make me rule out the name: I’m much less worried about how nicknames fit with the surname. Ellison Do@ley; Avery and Ellison.<\/p>\n
Or Madigan. Madigan Do@ley; Avery and Madigan.<\/p>\n
Or Kerrigan. Kerrigan Do@ley; Avery and Kerrigan.<\/p>\n
Devany and Evanie would both be nice, but Devany Do@ley might be too alliterative, and Avery and Evanie might be too similar in sound.<\/p>\n
McKenna, maybe. McKenna Do@ley; Avery and McKenna.<\/p>\n
Teagan is only two syllables, but I still like it. Teagan Do@ley; Avery and Teagan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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