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| Tue, 07-20-2004 - 4:34pm |
I was wondering what you thought of the following names.
****Boy****
Alan
Alden
Calvin
Donovan
Harrison
Henry
Ian
Jonah
Jonas
Louis
Maxwell
Peter
Samuel
Spencer
Sullivan
Spencer is a definite middle name possibility for some of these but not all. Not sure what other middle names we'll consider I guess it depends on the first name. Definitely not the only middle name we will consider though. Our last name is Burke
****Girl****
Adele
Corinne
Delia
Ellen
Genevieve
Helen
Irene
Jane
Janet
Joan
Joanna
Leah
Lena
Maura
Maureen
Meredith
Muriel
Tessa
Thea
Virginia
Yvonne
Do you think Joan or Jane Burke sound funny because of this "rule" we've been reading that a one syllable first and one syllable last name is a no no? We still love both names I am just curious if this rule is a real rule that we should heed or ignore if we love the name?
Thanks again
Lillie and baby 2/7/05

Donovan
Harrison
Ian
Jonah
Jonas
Peter
Samuel
Spencer
Sullivan
Spencer is a definite middle name possibility for some of these but not all. Not sure what other middle names we'll consider I guess it depends on the first name. Definitely not the only middle name we will consider though. Our last name is Burke
****Girl****
Adele
Corinne
Delia
Genevieve
Jane-Love this name, my middle dd's mn is Jayne but w/Burke....?
Leah
Lena
Maura
Maureen
Meredith
Tessa
Thea
Alan yes
Alden yes
Calvin yes
Donovan maybe
Harrison yes
Henry no
Ian no
Jonah definately NOT!!!
Jonas definately NOT!!!
Louis maybe as a mn
Maxwell maybe as a mn
Peter yes
Samuel yes
Spencer yes!
Sullivan yes
****Girl****
Adele maybe as a mn
Corinne no
Delia yes
Ellen yes
Genevieve maybe
Helen maybe
Irene maybe
Jane yes
Janet yes
Joan maybe
Joanna maybe
Leah YES!!!
Lena yes
Maura maybe
Maureen no
Meredith no
Muriel no
Tessa no
Thea maybe (only cuz my mn is Thia! sounds the same! Tania Thia. sounds like Tanya)
Virginia no
Yvonne no
Alan-- not heard very often, so that's nice, but I'm not into the nn Al, which it may get shortened to.
Alden-- nice, but it reminds me of Elden, the housepainter on "Murphy Brown"
Calvin-- LOVE IT!!
Donovan-- nice
Harrison-- nice
Henry-- LOVE
Ian-- nice, and a good alternative to John
Jonah-- Love it
Jonas-- Ditto
Louis-- nms
Maxwell-- nice, but kinda popular
Peter-- Another one that's not used as often. Great name
Samuel-- Ok
Spencer-- nice as a fn or mn
Sullivan-- ok, It seems more like a ln than a fn, but that is the trend.
Adele-- LOVE IT!! Also love Adelaide.
Corinne-- beautiful
Delia-- Cute
Ellen-- nms
Genevieve-- very nice
Helen-- ok, prefer Helena or Helene
Irene--nms
Jane-- Love as a fn or mn
Janet-- nms
Joan-- like better as a mn
Joanna--nice
Leah-- beautiful and simple
Lena-- reminds me of the great Lena Horne, very classy and strong
Maura-- LOVE IT!!
Maureen-- prefer Maura, but still nice
Meredith-- ok
Muriel-- reminds me of "Muriel's Wedding", but a pretty name
Tessa-- Ok, prefer Tess.
Thea-- Love it if you are pronouncing it Tay-uh, but if you're going with Thee-ah, no.
Virginia-- Nice, and I love the nn Ginny
Yvonne-- Ok, but all I see is this old "Flo" type waitress that I worked with named Lavonne.
I pretty much like them all, but if I were you I would narrow it down to this:
Boys
Calvin
Henry
Ian
Jonah
Peter
Spencer
Girls
Adele
Corinne
Delia
Genevieve
Jane
Leah
Maura
HTH!!
Jorie
Out of your boys' names, my favorites are Henry, Ian, Samuel, and Spencer. I also like, but to a lesser extent, Calvin and Maxwell. I put those in a second tier b/c I like the nicknames of Cal and Max more than the full names. Ian is my favorite. Ian Spencer Burke sounds fabulous, in my opinion!
For your girls' names, I love Corinne, Genevieve, Joanna (nn Joey is cute!), and Meredith. All of these sound terrific with your last name, and have nn options that I like. I also like Maureen a lot, and to a lesser extent, Maura. Jane and Leah would be in my third tier -- I like them, but I just think you have so many other great options.
Hope this is helpful!
From your boys list I like Jonah , Jonas, and Maxwell.
From your girls list I like, Adele, Delia, Genevieve, Jane, Meredith, Tessa, Thea
Boys:
Alden (I have liked this name for a while and only know one man with the name (which is a good thing to me :)
Ian - a very handsome name too, always towards the top of my list
Jonah - love this, I would use it in a heartbeat if dh liked it too...
It's hard for me to choose from the three, and all sound great with Spencer-I guess I would choose Jonah, but it's a hard choice to make!
Delia-this is nice, I also really like Delilah (just throwing that out there:)
Leah-probably my all-time favorite giril's name...so simple yet feminine, just beatiful
Maura-I like this a lot too, simple yet feminine-like Leah, to mee
Meredith-a great name too...so hard to choose!
I love Corrine as a mn with Leah or Maura, and even Meredith...beautiful :)
By the way, if you love Jane or Joan, I think they sound just fine with Burke, I don't adhere to that rule at all :)
Marguerite
mom to Trevor Mason
Anysays... my fave's are Spencer and Maureen. Good Luck!