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Baby's name sounds bad with last! WDYT?
| Thu, 02-02-2006 - 9:50pm |
The ONLY name that my husband and I both love sounds pretty bad with our last name. Should we use it anyway? I figure she'll probably only have our last name for 20 some odd years lol! Her first name would be Elise, last name Steed. I thought maybe if we found like a 3 syllable middle name that made it flow better that might be ok. Do you think we're crazy to do this to her?
Thanks!
Robyn
due Feb. 24

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Well, you're right that Elise Steed doesn't sound great together, but I don't think it's horrible. I've heard worse. ;-) One idea might be to name her Elisabeth, nn Elise, so that she'd have the option of using a different nn if she ever wanted to. Or you could use Elise as her middle name so that in formal settings, her name would have a nicer sound, but you could still call her by the mn Elise.
Just a couple thoughts... Good luck!
Stephanie
You're right about the S sounds running into one another ... have you considered making her given name Elisa (just to add that extra syllable to divide the S sounds) and perhaps calling her Elise as a shortened form? That might help. :)
~Kelli
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HI Robin -
I don't think Elise Steed sounds horrible.
Here some mn - that might work for you:
Elise Nicole Steed
Elise Kathryn Steed
Elise Gabriella Steed
Elise Kimberly Steed
Elise Theresa Steed
Elise Caroline Steed
Elise Sophia Steed
Elise Meredith Steed
Elise Gwendolyn Steed
Elise Jessica Steed
Elise Rebecca Steed
Elise Victoria Steed
Elise Veronica Steed
Elise Diana Steed
Elise Josiane Steed
Elise Josephine Steed
Elise Joanna Steed
Elise Penelope Steed
Elise Juliet Steed
Elise Liana Steed
Elise Leora Steed
Elise Kristina Steed
Elise Annabelle Steed
Elise Isabella Steed
Elise Melanie Steed
Elise Miranda Steed
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I like Elise Steed. I also think everyone else posted good suggestions. I kind of like Elise better as a nn.
Its that whole idea of creating a new person and a new name that you have never heard before. It just takes a little time and it will sound perfect to you. It seemed to me that when I was pregnant that it didn't matter what name I put with my last name sounded odd. Even when I got married my name with my husbands last name sounded odd to me. Now it seems like I have alway had his last name.
I had a class mate that her parents named her Amber Amberson. And another class mate that married into the name Mary Motes.=)
Hope this helps.
I don't think it's that bad. Elisa would sound better. or a nickname like Ellie. But, if you love Elise, I'd still use it.
Sunny
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