Hypothetical sibset. WDYT?

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

Leo Henry John Cooke
Nathan Peter James Cooke
Daisy Marie Cooke
Lacey Denise Cooke
Madeleine Sophie Cooke (Maddie) OR
Elsa Harriet Cooke

Any thoughts of a longer version of Lacey? Is Lacey too similar to Leo and/or Daisy? Thoughts on the sibset as a whole? And the combo's? Elsa or Maddie? The family has a close friend/family member called Ellie - is Ellie and Elsa too much for one close family?

ETA the father is Jason. Is Lacey too matchy? Or does it still kind of work?

Edit to change around the combo's. I think the names make more sense this way.

Comments

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Why do the boys have three names while the girls only have two? Ellie and Elsa are a bit close, but so are Daisy and Lacey. The other names are great, though.

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

Leo, John, Peter and James are all used to honour people (as are Sophie, Marie, Elsa, Madeleine and Denise) and the names seem a little incomplete to me without the third name in there now. Perhaps Leo Henry and Nathan James would be better in the sibset.. I considered giving the girls three middle names too, but I couldn't find anything that worked..

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Nathan Peter might work better than Nathan James (too many "long a" sounds, and Peter is underrated whereas James is now the "it" middle name).

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Lacey and Daisy are the ones I'd avoid using together. They almost rhyme perfectly. Not a fan of the alliteration on Lacey and Leo, but it's still doable, especially if there are other siblings to filter it out. Lacey and Jason just have a long A (followed by "s" sound), but are different enough. Those are fine.

Oh, and Maddie, definitely. Madeleine Sophie is beautiful. I'm sure Elsa Harriet is nice too, but I am not a fan. (Though Ellie and Elsa in separate nuclear families - not siblings - is fine, imo)

[satunian.livejournal.com]

THIS! I love the name Peter

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I don't like the flow of the boys' names very much. I keep hearing a pause in the middle for some reason or am putting emphasis in a strange place or something, and it makes it sound like two names: Leo Henry and John Cooke or Nathan Peter and James Cooke. I guess it's better if I consiously make myself say it like the middles are a hyphenated name. Then, I get the right sound. I'm not suggesting you hyphenate though! I do like Leo John Cooke and Nathan Peter Cooke or Nathan James Cooke better though. I also think it is a little weird to give the boys two middles and the girls only one.

I think Daisy and Lacey are a bit matchy, and while I think Madeleine goes best with your other names, I don't like how Daisy, Lacey, and Maddie would all end in the -ee sound. I'm not sure how you're pronouncing Madeleine. I'm guessing mah-duh-lyn? I see that spelling and mentally say mah-duh-layn every single time. Googling seems to tell me that this is correct when refering to small cakes but not the name. Ellie and Elsa are quite close though...

As far as longer versions of Lacey, I can't think of anything, BUT you could do a name with La-- at the beginning and a middle that starts with a C. For example, Laura Claire Cooke or Laura Claire Denise Cooke. La+C=Lacey. You could also use Helena (with the hel-LAY-nuh pronunciation) and a C name. So Helena Catherine Denise Cooke. HelLAYnuh+C --> Lay+C --> Lacey.

On the sibset as a whole, I think Leo, Nathan, and Madeleine work together. I think Leo and Elsa work or maybe Leo and Daisy. Lacey and Madeleine could maybe go together. Something just isn't fitting with them all together for me.

I don't think Jason and Lacey are too similar.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I like Daisy! And I much prefer Elsa Harriet. :) I think Leo Henry is my favorite combo, although I don't think the John adds much to the name.

Plus it makes me it think of the John Henry song.

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the more I look at the boys names, the more problems I see with the flow. I'm thinking I probably will just leave it with Leo Henry and Nathan Peter.

Thanks for your thoughts. You've been very helpful :)

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)