Surname trouble, names in general, meanings

[rachie-01.livejournal.com]

I just want your opinions/suggestions on a few things please. As a little bit of background my long term boyfriend's and (most likely, I hope) eventual husband's surname is Rebelo. The trouble is I find names I like don't really go that well. Also, we don't agree well on girl names. I just don't really seem to like them very much.

So first question, have you ever dismissed a name you liked because of the surname it was going to be paired with? I'll tell you next some of the names I like, but I'm wondering if I should find ones that flow better with Rebelo or just go with what I like. What did you do/what would you do?

Second, we can both agree that we like Oliver and Rory for boy names. I remember posting about this a long time ago and I think some people may have thought Rory Rebelo was bit of a tongue twister. He apparently also likes Dustin (which I don't). I like names like Thomas, Milo, William, Matthew and Felix. He says Milo and Thomas are "ok" but that "Felix" is a cat, hah. Milo Rebelo? Too much "o"?

Now for girls names we can hardly agree on one at all. I like Lily, it's my Nan's nickname and I'd like to remember/honour her by giving our future child that name since I love her so much. I think he likes it too, but other than that there is nothing. I quite like girls names that begin with N, like Norah, Nola/Nula/Nulua, Nella... but I'm not sure those really go well with Rebelo, plus I don't think he likes those. I do quite like Jessica and Amelia but I don't know if I like them enough to name someone it. He likes Olivia which I do too, Chelsea (which I don't) and Mallory (which I am beginning to like).

So, second question, do you have any suggestions for names we might like?

Last question, are you put off by meanings of names? I looked up Mallory and it means unlucky. It makes me want to use that name less even though I know the meaning doesn't mean much at all as far as "well, she'll be unlucky for life!" goes.

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

The last name makes me think of Mike Rabelo (a baseball player). I just had to comment that.

I haven't had to worry about surnames yet, however, I don't think it would play too much of a role in my consideration for a name. I feel like in the naming process, we tend to think too much about names. When I've met people and heard their name, I was like, oh okay that's your name, and never thought twice about it. Heck, just to use a celebrity as an example, I never thought anything about Conway Twitty's name until I learned it was a stage name, and both names are actually cities. My mom has a friend named Alma, and I live in a state with a city named Alma, and it took me a long time to realize they were one in the same. Which is my long winded way of saying, I don't see myself putting the surname into consideration very much; however, I could see wanting to avoid names that were too tongue-twisting.

As far as meanings, I think that unless someone gets really into buying things with the meaning of their name, people don't even know what their's means. If that makes sense?