Spence?

[jshores]

I'm really liking the name Spence lately. I like Spencer, but I think Spence is edgier and really handsome. Do you think it works as a complete name? Also, what middle do you think goes best with it? Here are some other examples of names I like below...

Milo
Finn
Noble
Sage
Hawke
Parke
Callum
Theodore / Theo
Thatcher
Atticus
Atlas
Grey / Grae
Levi
Liam
Truett / True
Thayer
Sutton
Cael
North
Crew
Foster
Fielder
Arrow
Bowen

etc.

What do you guys think? Any good combos with Spence there? Any suggestions?

[tintri]

I like the idea of using by itself; however, I do think you will constantly be correcting people who will assume Spencer is his full name. If that bothers you, don't do it. If it doesn't bother you, I say go for it! I really like the way Spence flows. I like Spence Levi and Spence Foster out of your choices. I think you should definitely steer away from one syllable middle names if you do a one syllable fn - it just sounds incomplete.

[judyariel]

I prefer the full name Spencer, but just Spence is fine. I like Spence Thatcher, Spence Levi and Spence Fielder.
Other suggestions:
Spence Tiernan
Spence Connor
Spence Donovan
Spence Daniel
Spence Garrett
Spence Gareth
Spence Tobin
Spence Wyatt
Spence Archer
Spence Harper
Spence Maddox
Spence Caden
Spence Cooper
Spence Channing
Spence Dashiell
Spence Quinlan
Spence Finley
Spence Finnegan
Spence Julian
Spence Jared
Spence Jarrett
Spence Kiernan
Spence Riley
Spence Rafferty

[ashthedreamer]

I personally prefer Spencer--I absolutely love Spencer, it's on my own list, and I would probably just use the full Spencer, Spence just seems sort of incomplete to me. Although it is a bit weird, a bit before I saw this post I actually just came across the sibset of two brothers, Spence (just Spence) and Theo. I thought that was interesting, haha. So Spence Theodore is my first idea, or even Spence Theo, but I really like the idea of Spence Atticus from the names on your list.

Good luck!

[brfechter]

I would highly recommend using Spencer and then using Spence as a NN. Otherwise the child will be correcting people all his life! It's unfortunate cause I think Spence is nice and cool. My favorite combination is Spence/Spencer Levi. Good luck!

[jshores]

That's true. I could just call him Spence regardless. And with the fn Spencer then he can choose what he wants to go by. But I think Spence Levi is definitely my favorite combo. Thanks for all the input y'all!

[jshores]

On a side note, my name is Jessi and people constantly assume my fn is Jessica (especially since my mom spelled it with just an i rather than an ie ending). I corrected people quite often, although it didn't bother me much. "Just Jessi" became a constant saying in my vocabulary. But what did bother me was people misspelling it. It's always spelled Jessie or Jesse. So finally I just started going by Jess at work to avoid the misspellings.