Merry Christmas!
If you’re celebrating, I wish you a happy holiday. And whether you’re making merry or not, I offer up seasonal #namegames!
Let’s mash up classic firsts with winter middles. I posted a first take at the girls’ list earlier this month. But the boys’ list is brand new.
Classic Firsts with Winter Middles: The Rules
Here’s the challenge: take a classic girl’s name and add a winter-inspired middle. It can subtle or obvious, mainstream or a little out-there.
For inspiration, use these lists:
- 27 Classic Girl Names and 33 Classic Boy Names
- Winter Names for Girls and Winter Names for Boys – some could easily cross lists!
- Unexpected Christmas Girl Names and Unexpected Christmas Boy Names
- Winter Holiday Names: The Ultimate List of Lists
Classic Firsts with Winter Middles: The Girls
I’ll start with my list.
Alice Evergreen
Anna Valentine
Caroline Frost
Charlotte Janvier
Claire Holiday
Eleanor Ivy
Elizabeth Lumi
Emily Cadeau
Frances Neve
Helen Ruby
Jane Holly
Katherine Bright
Laura Garnet
Leah Silver
Louisa Winter
Margaret Jovie
Mary Bianca
Rebecca Amaryllis
Ruth Emmanuelle
Sophia Pine
Victoria Clarice
Classic Firsts with Winter Middles: The Boys
And here are my picks for the boys:
Alexander North
Anthony Garnet
Daniel Paxton
David Garland
Edward Yule
Frederick Jasper
George Balthasar
Henry Alban
James Navidad
Joseph January
Louis Evergreen
Luke Garland
Matthew Frost
Nathaniel Clement
Nicholas Spruce
Patrick Drummer
Peter Cypress
Robert Hollis
Simon Whitaker
Theodore Tannen
Thomas Shepherd
William Winter
Vincent King
I could do this for ages, but it’s more fun if we all play together. So now it’s your turn! What are your favorite classic firsts paired with winter middles? They can refer to the holidays or the season more broadly, be as mainstream as Holly or as obscure as Cypress.
Please share your favorites!
And if you’re celebrating today, wishing you the happiest of holidays to you and yours.
Henry Burl
Laurence Natale
Theodore Garland
Beatrix Star
Victoria Frostine
Julia Belen
Claire Noelle
Anna Gwendolyn
Margaret Fiona
Charlotte Emmanuelle
Sophia Neve
Katherine Ivy
Emily Aspen
I quite like Madeleine Icicle. It was a great idea for a winter name game! Thank you, as always, Abby, and I hope you had a great Christmas!
Girls
Ann Crescentia
Louise Evangelina
Margaret Faithful
Boys
Charles Melchior
Henry Salvation
Wilfred Noel
I’m partial to Frances Cypress, as it’s my daughter’s name :). I’m curious so if you don’t mind explaining, what makes Cypress a winter name?
What a lovely name, Kat! Cypress is a winter name only in the sense that it’s an evergreen. (Or many cypresses are evergreens – some are not.) And at least one variety is often used as a Christmas tree in the American southeast. So while it’s not my first thought with a cypress, I do think it works as a winter name. But it’s just plain lovely, isn’t it?
Benedict Robin
Celia Olwen
Verity Eira
I have a little cousin who goes by her middle name Sn0w. Her first name? Kathl3en. I love her name as well as her little sister, P!per Ra!n. She goes by her first name, though.
Alexandra Epiphany
Charlotte Noelle
James Jasper (ref 3 wise men)
Henry Comet (or Star? I prefer Comet)
I have been wondering if Altar would be a good middle with meaning?
Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year!
William Spruce
Stella Amaryllis
What a cool idea, Abby!
Merry Christmas!