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[lethe-cat.livejournal.com]

So a writer friend of mine is having a boy. The theme with her first two kids (both girls) is to give them middle names of fictional works that has influenced her writing or inspired her as a child.

She wants to name her son after Harry Potter.

So which sounds better:

Caius Harry
Caius Potter



For reference her two older girls are named:
Freya Belle
Lyra Alice

Comments

[lovelymae.livejournal.com]

I think I might be an idiot...how do you pronouce Caius? Like "sigh-us"? If that is the way, then Harry.

[lethe-cat.livejournal.com]

Its pronounced KAI-us. "Kai" rhymes with "eye".

[lovelymae.livejournal.com]

Then I prefer Potter.

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

I like Caius Potter.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

Potter! Also... nice theme and nice names ^.^

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Potter. And I'm guessing she was also a fan of His Dark Materials.

[lethe-cat.livejournal.com]

Yep! :)

[zombiemombie.livejournal.com]

Potter

[lethe-cat.livejournal.com]

I must be one of the few who have never seen the movies/read those books.

Is there something about those names that screams Twilight? Just curious.

[lethe-cat.livejournal.com]

Oh! Well I know Alice is from Alice in wonderland. Dunno where Belle comes from so maybe it is from Bella!

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

That's what I figured, Alice (in wonderland) and Belle (beauty and the beast) are both Disney characters.


to the OP: if she *must* theme name, I think she should stick with classic disney, like her first two. :)

[lethe-cat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think it would be nice if she did choose more classical stories to name from, but she's adamant about Harry Potter. Oh well, its only a middle name. :)

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Caius Potter.

[frost.livejournal.com]

Caius Harry, though they both flow well.

[babyjess8.livejournal.com]

I like all three names. Unusual, yet not too "crazy".

I like Caius Harry. Potter is too much of a surname for me, and I think Harry is less obvious.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Caius Harry. I think it sounds really nice, both on its own and with the two other names. I really don't like Caius Potter...too much, even though I like Harry Potter!

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I don't really like either, honestly. :-\ But Harry's middle name was James, so I immediately thought of Caius James, which sounds nice...

[blonde-in-black.livejournal.com]

Caius Harry. IMO Potter is... well, what it is really, a surname; definitely not a first name.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Love Caius; of the choices I'd go with Potter. But I'd like to through a suggestion out -

Caius Severus

I usually don't care for combos ending with the same sound, but I love this.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Caius Severus is badassery incarnate.

[lethe-cat.livejournal.com]

I like that suggestion! And so does she but her husband says its "too much" and well...I'll probably have to agree. Nice suggestion though!

[patsfan610.livejournal.com]

i love that combo!

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

I thought of Cambridge before I thought of Twilight, if that matters. But Caius Potter, definitely.

[patsfan610.livejournal.com]

i vote for Caius Potter