The power of 7...

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

So, this is kind of random but I thought I would get opinions (so I can tell my SO whether or not he's crazy).

Whenever we talk about our future children(s) and name possibilities he is always very insistent that the first and middle name both be 7 letters long (our last name is 7 letters long). He insists that the 777 is awesome (I wouldn't know as mine are 787 respectively).

This whole 777 thing makes it really hard to find names! His flows very nicely: Patrick Stephen. But I've only been able to think of 2 girl names that I like: Delaney and Johanna. As for boys I'm stuck (mostly because I really love Parker which is unacceptable to him because it is only 6 letters).

So, is my man crazy? And if he is or isn't...what are your favorite 7 letter first and middle name combinations?

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[laminy.livejournal.com]

The names on my lists that have 7 letters:

Ireland
Audrina
Saoirse
Cassidy
Tuesday
Eugenie
Frances
Aliénor

Francis
Orlando
Quentin

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

Ooh I like Ireland and Cassidy!

Thanks!!

[katsuno-hitomi.livejournal.com]

I think your man is either a little obsessed or joking with you. Or he's trying to subtly control you. Then again, I'm no relationship's expert.

In any case, try not to let something this small drive you apart.

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

I think it's just a personality quirk of his...he isn't mean or overbearing when we talk about it (most times we end up laughing about it). Definitely won't tear us apart, though! Didn't mean to make him sound controlling :)

[fiending.livejournal.com]

Here are some of my favorites mixed with some names I found going through my facebook friends (I made this list pretty quickly... I hope I counted all of the letters right. lol.)

Adelade
Arianna
Arielle
Bethany
Britney
Cadence/Kadence
Caitlin/Katelyn/etc
Carolyn
Chelsea
Christy/Kristie
Colleen
Corinne
Crystal
Cynthia
Delaney
Jessica
Jillian/Lillian
Juliana
Kathryn
Kristen/Kristin
Leeanne
Leilani
Madison
Melissa
Natasha
Nichole
Rachael
Rosalie
Roslynn
Scarlet
Shannon
Tiffany
Valerie
Vanessa

Anthony
Bradley
Brandon/Brendan
Charles
Dominic
Garrett
Jackson
Kenneth
Michael
Patrick
Phillip
Preston
Solomon
Vincent
William
Zachary

[fiending.livejournal.com]

A few more...

Abigail
Lindsey/Lindsay
Marilyn

Apparently there are lots of 7 letter girl names...

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

Love Adelade, Scarlet, and Delaney! and Bradley, Garrett, and Jackson!

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

Your SO is a little bit crazy. :/

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

He does laugh at himself over this quirk. I'm a little bit crazy when it comes to names, too, so i suppose it's a perfect match.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

If I happened to find first and middle names that flowed together AND were 7 letters each, bonus. But I wouldn't specifically hunt out 7 letters names for the purpose of some weird 7-7-7 thing. No one pays attention to name length.

Adeline
Allison
Augusta
Bridget
Caitlin
Cecilia
Claudia
Eleanor
Isadora
Jillian
Juliana
Lillian
Mallory
Natalie
Rosalia

Bentley
Brendan
Elliott
Francis
Garrett
Jackson
Malcolm
Neville
Timothy
William

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

I think flow is the biggest issue for me. He just got lucky that his flows so well!

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

Love Elliott, Malcolm, and Adeline!

Thanks so much!

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I have always wanted to name my daughter Abigail Johanna - that works!

But yeah, the 777 thing is slightly weird!

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty name combo!

Yeah, he's a quirky one!

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

I'm a 787, as well!

It really is a quirk, we laugh about it!

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I think it's a bit weird to insist on it. If you're able to come up with something you love, then great! But if not, I wouldn't struggle to find something that works. I don't think I would just settle for a name that I didn't really love.

That said, here are the ones on my list that are seven letters long:

Donovan
Ephraim
Phineas
Quentin
Tiernan
William

Juniper
Lavinia
Tabitha

Donovan Ephraim, Phineas Quentin, William Phineas, Tabitha Juniper, and Juniper Lavinia are my favorite combos. Or throwing Johanna and Delaney into the mix: Juniper Delaney or Johanna Lavinia.

Also, Delaney is technically unisex, I believe, so you could do something like Delaney Donovan, Ephraim Delaney, Tiernan Delaney, or William Delaney.

Also, also, a quick search led me to a list here: babynames1000 dot com /seven-letter/

(Had to write out the address as it was marked as spam the first time.)

[quinnthevixen.livejournal.com]

Donovan Ephraim is an AWESOME name!

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

I believe there is an actor named William Delaney. He used to be on that old night time soap Knots Landing, I am not 100% sure if that is his name but I think it is.
I love Tiernan or Kiernan

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

I think it is more of just a quirk...where he's imagined carrying on the 777 theme so it's hard for him to break through that. He does laugh at himself about it, though...which is good that he doesn't take himself too seriously!

I do LOVE Tiernan Delaney!

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

Solveig
Octavia
Adeline
Cecilia
Antonia
Marieke
Phaedra
Rosalie
Savanna

Donovan
Jameson
Raphael
Matthew
Gregory
Spencer
Whitman

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

Love Adeline! I like the combo of Adeline Savanna!

I totally didn't think of Spencer. Quite like Jameson Spencer!

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

I think it's a pretty funny quirk! I mean, the whole 777 thing is pretty rad :D

However, I think that if you find a name that he absolutely loves and isn't 7 letters long, maybe you can convince him, otherwise!

OR if you find a name you really love and it's too short, maybe you can slightly alter the spelling to fill in the gaps until you have 7 letters. I know a lot of people in this community don't like the more "creative" spellings to names, but maybe if you do it just right it might be kind of cool!

...although i really can't think of anything to make "Parker" a letter longer that wouldn't look ridiculous :-/


Oh, and I think Delaney is SUPER cute!

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

We think it's funny, too! Me calling him 'crazy' was just a bit of a tease! He calls himself crazy for this quirk!

My co-worker suggested adding an additional r in Parker...like Parrker...and yeah, no, lol. I really love Parker Elias.

I've always really loved Lila Delaney or Delaney Claire. Hoping one day he'll sway!

Thanks for affirming that this quirk is funny! :D

[brittmarie.livejournal.com]

I think he's a bit OCD and I'd promptly tell him to stuff it.

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

This is for sure one of his more interesting quirks. I guess we all have them, though!

[iqsi.livejournal.com]

Ixandro
Zackary
Silvius
Quintin
Solongo
Dobrilo

Marzana
Sanyati
Kisomma

I have very few seven letter names to offer up, I think. As for combinations... I'm at a total loss here. Your man isn't crazy, he's just awfully specific in his tastes.

[r0ck-y0ur-s0ul.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I like Quintin! I hadn't thought of that before!

Thanks!

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

Growing up (In Connecticut where the license plates had 6 characters) I used to imagine only naming kids with 6 letter names so they could get custom plates if they wanted. (My brother and I also happened to both have 6 letter names) In New York now, I could extend that up to 7 - haha.

Yea, so I don't think your SO is too crazy. I also used to count the letters in my name and my friends names. I'm 6 - 5 - 9
My SO is 4 - 5 - 6 which I think is pretty cool.

Anyway, yea - he's not the only one with this quirk.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Unsure about combinations, but here are 7-letter girl names from my list:

Chelsea
Biljana (pronounced Bee-onna)
Mallory
Marissa
Melissa
Theresa
Elspeth
Annette
Darinda
Melinda
Georgie
Ottilie
Colette
Colleen
Jocelyn
Scarlet
Deborah
Suzanne/Susanna
Lisette
Larissa
Sabrina
Maureen
Roxanne
Bridget
Claudia
Yesenia
Martina
Adriana
Aurelia
Dairine
Natalie
Anouska
Arlette
Celeste
Josette
Paulina
Rebecca
Jillian/Gillian
Hillary
Tabitha
Sunniva
Maritta
Vanessa
Antonia
Bettina
Rosalyn
Bronwen
Miranda
Minerva
Natasha
Dianthe/Diantha
Agnetha

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

And here are boys names:

Everett
Nicolas
Patrick/Padraig
William
Antonin
Dominic
Bennett
Charles
Phillip
Demitri
Malachi
Garrett
Bradley
Matthew
Thadeus
Brandon/Brendan
Stephen
Gregory
Jeffrey
Spencer
Timothy

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

By some accidental quirk - at least I don't think it's intentional - all the members of my immediate family have first names that have 7 letters (Charles, Monique, Melissa, Matthew, Caitlin). My mother just picked names that she really liked, though; they definitely didn't mean to do it. I think we noticed it when we were young and all developed the same cadence for spelling our names out to people, and realized that the cadence was so similar because the number of letters was the same.

I do think that your husband is a little crazy, lol.

[designingdreams.livejournal.com]

Don't really have any names to offer, but you made me realize that my daughter and I are both 7-4-7, and my husband is 4-7-7, accidentally, of course.