Baby Names

Carlisle was the name of the road I used to live on. /cool story bro.

I agree with your second pt as well.

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hermione-vader.livejournal.com

Carlisle is her baby daddy's last name so she is using it for a middle name?

It's really not unusual to use a family member's last name as a middle name. For instance, on my dad's side, I have a cousin named Phillip Kohl [last name]---Kohl is our grandmother's maiden name; on my mom's side, there's Luke Brady [last name] (our great-grandmother's maiden name) and Matthew Schlafly [last name] (his mother's maiden name). While I don't like Paisley, using Carlisle as the middle name may be a way of honoring the father if the girl won't have his last name legally.

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Also, Tharp sounds like if you throw up and fart at the same time.

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hermione-vader.livejournal.com

Uh, I don't think the girl can do anything about her own last name...

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Yea this is the 1 part of the name she can't control lol, although I get the sound effect of it!

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Exactly, wow.

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Well slow down! My name is Cara Elaine so it also ends in an "uh" sound aldo and never once has this crossed my mind. I do think the al/el is pretty similar but not a deal breaker for us.

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Kohl and Brady are both masculine and on boy names so those work for me. Schlafly just makes me think of the beer. I think its more of a low blow than a way to honor the father, like his name isn't good enough to be the last name but I guess we can fit it in somewhere.

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I like it as Elora. To me, Alora is just Elora spelled "weird." (And LJ's spell check feature agrees.) I don't think initials matter unless they spell something bad. But if I had to pick between Alora and Allora I'd definitely go with Alora.

I am 99% sure that this name was discussed in this comm another time very recently.

I agree w/ the first replier that Alora Elaine doesn't flow so well. They also sound very similar

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schexyschteve.livejournal.com

lol, I have been told I talk fast! But even if I slow it down, it still jumbles together, possibly because it's also got the uh sound at the beginning.

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It's the a/e thing *with* the two L sounds that make it a mouthful for me.

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Well I'll probably be the only one that calls her by her full name and thatll probably only be when she's in trouble! I'll be sure to annunciate :)

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Yea I explained I like the ah sound better than the eh sound and that I had posted about it a few months ago so your memory didn't fail you.

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eveyalecia.livejournal.com

I agree with the other posters that Al(l)ora Elaine doesn't flow well at all. Whenever I test names, I practice yelling them like they're in trouble, lol. With "Alora Elaine!" I fell like I have to really enunciate so it doesn't come out as "Aloralaine!" (As someone else mentioned in a previous comment). The only way it works for me is if I pronounce Elaine "EE-laine."

I definitely prefer Elora over starting with the A. But of those two, I actually like Allora better. I tend to prefer double-L's in girls' names though.

All that said, if you love this name go for it! All this criticism aside, it's really not that bad-- and certainly nowhere near as bad as Paizley!

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Whoops! I thought that was a second middle name. And man...am I blushin'! Not the worst last name I've heard but bless it. ;)

Edited Date: 2012-04-29 06:14 am (UTC)

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Thought it was a second middle name. My bad. Man, are my cheeks red!

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Eh. I thought it was a second middle name.

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Are they hyphenating? Weird.

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pixie-bones.livejournal.com

Paizley is horrible. I prefer Carlisle on a boy, but I guess it's okay since it's the dad's surname.
I think Allora looks better.

Edited Date: 2012-04-29 06:20 am (UTC)

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I was going to say I preferred Allora to Alora, but I love the name Elora and I think because of that I prefer Alora. I have to agree with everyone that has said Al(l)ora Elaine is a bit of a mouthful, but it's pretty and has a really great flow (which is something I think is important), and if you really love it, go for it. It's not often a first and middle name are used together. And it's a hundred times better than Paizley! (Although I've got to admit Paisley is kind of cute.)

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behindgrey-eyes.livejournal.com

I live a few miles from a town called Paisley so I will always find that name weird. Carlisle is nice...for a boy :p

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thank you!!! I think it flows really well also, it rolls off my tongue really easily. And yes I like Paisley its that Z that makes me cringe!

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yea actually i think Carlisle is really cute for a boy. i don't even think its one of those tomboy names that is cute on a girl like Danny or Joey.

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thanks for answering the actual question lol, the name is decided its the spelling I wanted opinions on!

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i do love it! Its definitely going to be her name :) i totally get what everyone is saying but it doesn't sound bad to me, when I got in trouble and my mom yelled at me and called my by my middle name it had the same effect Cara Elaine so "Caralaine!" to me the running together is melodic or at least flows. Even my paternal grandmother is Barbara Elaine which would do the same thing again.... I guess I'm just used to that sound or combination of the ending in "ah" beginning in "eh" because it really doesn't bother me one bit!

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i don't think so, his last name is the baby's middle name. I think its a little ghetto. If she doesn't want the baby to have the father's last name thats one thing, but don't try to just fit it in.

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