A few questions :)

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

How do you feel about having a 'word' name for example Daisy, Paris, Ruby with the surname Cook(e)? For/against/depends? Any names that you'd completely avoid because of that surname?

Also, opinions (suggestions of other names would be greatly appreciated):
Henry Daniel
Leo Nicholas
Rhys Matthew
Other names considered: Charles/Charlie, Aidan, Lewis, Liam, Casper, Zac - as a nn for Zacharria or Zachary, Arthur, Noah

Girls names considered: Madeleine, Lila, Olive/Olivia, Amelia, Elise/Alice, Lucy, Daisy, Isla

Also, any ideas of alternatives to these names that could be used to honor family members?
Peter Brian, Shaun James, Edward John
Muriel, Denise, Angela, Sophie

Comments

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should stay away from place names like Paris, London, Dakota, etc. because it might sounds like "a cook from Paris/London/Dakota" on accident. But flower and gemstone names would probably work with it.

I love your top three picks, especially Henry Daniel.

Maybe you could work some of the family names in as middle names with some of your alternate picks? For instance:

Liam Edward
Aidan Peter
Casper James
Zachary Shaun
Arthur John
Charles Brian

or

Madeleine Sophie
Lila Muriel
Amelia Denise
Lucy Angela

Or something like that.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I think some word names could work without sounding too odd, but I would avoid Paris. Paris Cooke just makes me think of a Parisian chef.

Henry Daniel - It's nice.
Leo Nicholas - It's fine, but I don't like it as much as the other two combos.
Rhys Matthew - Nice. I like Rhys.

I also like: Lewis (although I prefer Louis), Liam (prefer it as a nn for William though), and Casper (does it still have the "friendly ghost" associations?)
I like the spelling Zachariah better than Zacharria. I've never seen that version before.

I like Alice and Lucy. Elise is nice too.

Other names you may like:
Harrison
Leopold
Rowan
George
Adrian
Hugh
Callum
Caspian
Zechariah
Rupert
Gideon
Mathilda
Kara
Elizabeth
Emily
Anneliese
Esme
Lucia
Juniper

Variations of family names:
Petra (f)
Byron for Brian?
Brianna
Shauna
Hamish or Seamus for James
Benjamin with the nn Jamie
Edith, Edna, Edmund, Eamon (AY-mon)
Johanna for John
Dennis for Denise
Angelina

[starcrossed.livejournal.com]

I think it depends.

I like from your list: Leo, Noah, Lila and Amelia.

Alternatives: Shawna, Maura, Dennis, Angel/Angelie/Angelique, Sophia.

[happyevrafter.livejournal.com]

LOVE Rhys Matthew and the name Liam. For the girls, I love all your choices - I have a soft spot for Olive!

For the family names, maybe try Angelina or Sophia? I love Peter and Edward all by themselves :)

[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

I really like Rhys Matthew. Out of your other names, I like Liam, Casper, Zachariah, and Arthur.

I'm so glad someone else besides me likes Casper! The few people I've mentioned it to always bring up Casper the friendly ghost, but I never watched that so it doesn't have any connotations for me.

I LOVE Madeleine and also Olivia, though it's pretty popular.

Alternatives:
Briar for Brian? I love the name Briar personally! And it can work for a boy or girl I think, sounding like Brian but also with the Briar Rose allusion.
Edison, Edmund, Theodore (with nn Ted/Teddy or Ed/Eddy) for Edward.
Moira for Muriel.
Angelica, Angelique, or Angelina for Angela.

[jexia]

I'd avoid "Frye".

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

There is a Peurto Rican chef named Daisy whose television show is titled Daisy Cooks!

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I would avoid adjective names (ex. Rosie Cooke or Autumn Cooke) but I don't think noun names sound bad necessarily.