First time at putting combos together

[essjay]

Been trying to sort out fn/mn combos for future daughters, as it's something I've never really thought much about before, being years off a pregnancy and that. First girl will have the mn Joy, most likely paired with one of these first names, as it's family tradition. I don't want only one girl to have a family name, either, and all these mns are honours. I just want opinions on whether they work or not. I'm only planning on giving my kids one mn, too.

Phoebe Cassandra
Imogen Christina
Katherine Ivy
Harriet Andrea
Ellen Cassandra
Vivian Christina

Also, if anyone can work out a good way to honour Pansy. All I've got so far is using another flower name or Pandora, which I don't really like.

[sunniva]

I think that Katherine Joy makes the best combo of the six firsts you have listed. It's strong, and sophisticated, but also quite sweet and modern, with nickname Kate/Katy.

As for honoring Pansy, what about Tansy? It certainly has a better sound and look than that of Pansy, but is similar enough to work well as namesake. Imogen Tansy would be a real gem!

[lucystone]

Phoebe Cassandra - Beautiful. Classic and very feminine.
Imogen Christina - NMS. not a fan of Imogen or Christina.
Katherine Ivy - Ok. Kind of bland.
Harriet Andrea - Pretty and unique.
Ellen Cassandra - Don't like Ellen. Love Cassandra. They don't really flow well - Ellen is very short and blunt, and Cassandra is so whimsical flowing.
Vivian Christina - Love Vivian, but prefer spelling Vivienne. Don't like Christina at at all.

[peakaboo]

I think you have some lovely names on your list

Phoebe Cassandra- I really like Phoebe and love the nn Bea, but I'm not a fan of Cassandra, it works though
Imogen Christina- Love this one, Imogen was on my list a few months ago but was canned by my hubby. I think this combo is pretty but a bit spunky at the same time.
Katherine Ivy- Cute...I really love Ivy and Katherine is a classic name, it makes me think of Hollywood in the 50's
Harriet Andrea- Harriet is adorable I think, I love the nn Harrie on a little girl too, so cute! Don't like Andrea.
Ellen Cassandra- I think you have much nicer combo's than this one.
Vivian Christina- Cute but Vivian was my old crabby ballet teacher so it always makes me think grandma, although I know it's popular with a lot of berries. Christina is lovely and this is it's best spelling.

Good choices, the two that I would choose just mixing and matching are, Phoebe Katherine and Harriet Ivy, but my favourite from your list is definitely Imogen Christina.

Pansy is a hard one....I like the flower connection idea, could Petal work, it's got the flower thing and starts with P...but don't take my suggestions too seriously, I'm fried when it comes to thinking up names at the moment

Have fun dreaming up more names for your future bubs,
Gracen xx

[christabel]

I like Harriet Joy or Vivian Joy.

Phoebe Cassandra
Imogen Christina
Katherine Ivy
Harriet Andrea
Ellen Cassandra
Vivian Christina

I think all of your combos work and flow nicely. Vivian Christina is my favorite.

I read that pansies are derived from the Viola species. Katherine Viola would be pretty to honor someone named Pansy.