Tracy writes:
Our son was born at home on May 29th and we named him Arlo. However we are stuck on the middle names.
We have three other children: Isabella Grace, Sophia Pearl, and Soren August Leonard (going both by Soren and Auggie).
We would like to use the middle name of Roman to honor my side of the family. My maiden name is Romano.
Two other family names we have considered are Joseph and Sepp.
We also love the name Theodore and considered it for Arlo’s first name.
So my question is does Arlo Roman Joseph/Theodore/Sepp Wismar work? They all sound off to me.
Any other suggestions for us?
I have two favorites: I like Arlo Roman Theodore Wismar best for the pure sound/flow of it and because you’d get to use one of your almost-his-name choices—except that I like Arlo Roman Joseph Wismar best because I like family names and I like the sound/flow of THAT combination TOO (and it coordinates with the 2-2-2-2 rhythm of your first son’s name). Arlo Roman Sepp Wismar is fine, but I like the other two better.
Let’s have a poll over to the right to see what everyone else thinks! [Poll closed; see results below.]
Poll results for “Which is your favorite combination?” (297 votes total):
Arlo Roman Theodore Wismar – 134 votes (45%)
Arlo Roman Joseph Wismar – 125 votes (42%)
Arlo Roman Sepp Wismar – 25 votes (8%)
I can’t decide – 13 votes (4%)
Isn’t Sepp a German diminutive of Joseph? I voted for Arlo Roman Joseph so that you could kill two birds with one stone. :)
This wasn’t an offered choice. But I rather like Arlo Sepp Romano W_.
Congratulations on the newest member of your family! I prefer Arlo Roman Theodore Wismar. I love the “ART” initials and it provides another nickname. It sounds like he’s destined to be a creative guy. I also think it would be awesome to go ahead and use your maiden name instead of altering it.
Arlo Romano Theodore Wismar
I voted for Arlo Roman Joseph. Arlo Roman Theodore has the same rhythm as “Alvin Simon Theodore” and I kept singing the name in the Chipmunks voice and tune.
I also like Arlo Sepp Romano W. of the names given I like Arlo Roman Joseph W
I LOVE Arlo Roman Wismar and I don’t really like it with your other middle name choices. I feel that adding another name just detracts from the great name you already have.
Is there a reason you’re looking for a second middle name? Arlo Roman Wismar sounds great on it’s own and it’s not as though this new baby would be the only one without a second name, since not all your children have two middle names anyway.
Our Arlo was born 16 July, also at home. We considered “Theodore” and “Heathcliff” but went with “Tennyson” (after an older man we know).
Everybody refers to him as “The Zone” so far, though.
rs