Architect Names, Anyone?

So, my sister is an architect, and she is considering honoring her field of work with her kids' middle names. For first names, she really is in love with Rhys and Wils (Rhys is absolutely non-negotiable). I think a list of middle names appropriate for boys or girls would be great, just for ideas! Thanks!

I'll get us started with (Frank Lloyd) Wright and (Frank) Gehry...

Ludwig Mies (van der Rohe) and Eero (Saarinen)
Louis Sullivan
John Lautner
Richard Neutra (my favorite), his son is named Dion.
Robert Schindler
Gregory Ain

Henry Hobson Richardson
Christopher Wren
Thomas Harrison
William Lawrence Bottomley (My favorite architect!)

Take care! :-)

Howard Roark.
Alright, he's a fictional architect (Ayn Rand's Fountainhead)--but an exceptional one nevertheless. Don't know about Rhys Roark though :)
Antoni Gaudi.

What a lovely idea! I love Frank Lloyd Wrights Guggenheim museum its the coolest building ever ha. Well I like the name Rhys and together with Wils sounds very welsh to me! Most of the surnames of the architects could work for a girl also hope it helps:)


Abbot Suger (Rhys Abbot would be adorable)
Leonardo da Vinci
Leon Battista Alberti
Jacob van Thienen
Andrea Palladio
Raffaello Santi (Raphael)
Giorgio Vasari
Francesco Borromini
Inigo Jones (would make a cool mn)*
Louis Le Vau
Baldassarre Longhena *
Nicodemus Tessin
Carlo Rainaldi
John Webb*
Christopher Wren* (would make a cool mn)
Egid Quirin Asam
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart
William Buckland
Colen Campbell
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer
Nicholas Hawksmoor* (very recognisable for mn)
Thomas Jefferson*
Thomas Sandby
Henry Austin*
Edward Middleton Barry
Asher Benjamin*
Ignatius Bonomi
Edward Blore
Gridley James Fox Bryant*
Decimus Burton
Josiah Cleaveland Cady*
Basil Champneys*
Alexander Jackson Davis
Watson Fothergill *
Victor Horta
Barthelemy Lafon
William Morris*
John Nash
Isaiah Rogers
Louis Sullivan
Otto Wagner*
Stanford White
Theo van Doesburg
Charles and Ray Eames (designer couple could work as boy or girl mn)*
Walter Burley Griffin*
Clarence Johnson*
Owen Luder*
James Stirling*

Thanks for all your help, everyone! I will pass on the names to my sister for her opinions!

Also, my sister refuses to think of girl names she likes. She is convinced she will only have boys - Rhys and Wils - so she has neglected to come up with any girl names she likes. Anybody have any that sound superb with those names? Thanks!

lemon wrote:Thanks for all your help, everyone! I will pass on the names to my sister for her opinions!

Also, my sister refuses to think of girl names she likes. She is convinced she will only have boys - Rhys and Wils - so she has neglected to come up with any girl names she likes. Anybody have any that sound superb with those names? Thanks!

Audra
Ardith
Brynn
Camden
Daphne
Eve
Freya
Georgia
Hope
Jemima
Keira
Lydia
Maeve
Nora
Opal
Phoebe
Quinn
Rose
Sylvie
Talia
Venice
Willa

susan wrote:

lemon wrote:Thanks for all your help, everyone! I will pass on the names to my sister for her opinions!

Also, my sister refuses to think of girl names she likes. She is convinced she will only have boys - Rhys and Wils - so she has neglected to come up with any girl names she likes. Anybody have any that sound superb with those names? Thanks!

Audra
Ardith
Brynn
Camden
Daphne
Eve
Freya
Georgia
Hope
Jemima
Keira
Lydia
Maeve
Nora
Opal
Phoebe
Quinn
Rose
Sylvie
Talia
Venice
Willa

Keira, Phoebe, and Quinn are a go! Thanks.

For a girl, my favorite name, Isadora!

Isidore was the middle name of Louis I. Kahn (one of my husband's favorites) and the feminine version is so beautiful! Louise or Louisa would make lovely middle names with it.

Jorn Utzon
Glen Murcutt
Harry Seidler
Ray Grounds
Robin Boyd
Grant and Mary Featherston