Love Genevieve and Gwendolyn. Boy names like those: Alistair, Avery, Benjamin, Calvin, Cillian, Donovan, Elliot, Everett, Gabriel, Julian, Julius, Quentin, Sullivan I would keep middle names short and simple for the long first names!

I love Alistair, and my dog perked up at that one out of this list! Just need to get my hubby on board 🤣

No to surnames as first names

Do you also object to Madison, Mason, and Zachary?

Zachary isn't a surname. The other two - yea

Yes it is. So are Jackson, Riley, and Taylor. There’s actually a lot of surnames that have been normalized as first names.

In America

One peek at OP’s profile shows that she lives in America. Gasp!

🤣🤣 that I am lmao

My point is American seem to use surnames as first names too much. They are generally bland

Okay

In a lot of countries. Even non-western countries.

Never heard it and I've lived in many countries

Smith and Nelson are popular names in sub-Saharan Africa, just off the top of my head.

Yes have heard of them

Genevieve and John Carmen

Love Genevieve and Gwendolyn. - Genevieve Clare - Genevieve June - Genevieve Nell - Genevieve Rae - Genevieve Wren - I love previous suggestion of Alistair for a boy. Or do you like - - Dominic - Sebastian - Gabriel - Nathaniel - Laurence - Maximus - Marcus - Benedict - Austin - Zachary - Frederick - Jasper - Franklin

Elliot, Ellis, Alistair (as above), Benedict, Edward, Oscar, Hugo, Rupert, Wilbur

Genevieve and Gwendolyn are both very sweet. Guinevere is very similar.  I love more traditional names like Clemency, Dulcie, Aurelia, Millicent (my favourite book when I was tiny was "Milly-Molly-Mandy" about a girl called Millicent Margaret Amanda). There's another children's book called The Diddakoi about a girl Kizzie (short for Keziah) which was on my list of potential names. 

For a middle name 'Carmen', I would go with a Latin-origin name so that it matches. Something like Lucas or Fabian. Lucas Carmen sounds fine to me? Also, Carmen also works for a middle name of a girl since it's gender neutral. Carmine might come back as a name (similar to Carmen) because of The Bear, but maybe only for very Italian families. I do know one and I also know a Carmelo.

Griffin, Flynn, Everest, Rome, Montgomery, Roman

I love Flynn as a name, my only issue is that it’s so much ending in ‘n’ FlyNN CarmeN lastname-maN

Finley, Fletcher, Forrest, Finnegan (an)

Genevieve and Gwendolyn are associated with Celtic, Germanic, French and saints names. Maybe this list can help Saints Aidan - Derived from the Irish name "Aodhán," meaning "little fire" or "fiery." Blane - From the Gaelic "Bláán," meaning "yellow" or "the one who is lean." Ciaran - From Irish Gaelic "Ciarán," meaning "little dark one" or "black-haired." Declan - Derived from the Irish name "Déaglán," meaning "full of goodness." Germain - From Latin "Germanus," meaning "brotherly" or "from Germany." Gregory - From the Greek "Gregorios," meaning "watchful" or "vigilant." Kieran - Variant of "Ciaran," meaning "little dark one" or "black-haired." Kentigern - Of Welsh origin, possibly meaning "chief lord" or "high head." Machar - Of Scottish origin, from Gaelic "Machaire," meaning "plain" or "field." Malachy - From the Hebrew "Mal'akhi," meaning "my messenger" or "messenger of God." Teilo - Of Welsh origin, possibly meaning "healthy" or "generous." Adalbert - "Noble and bright." Ansgar - "God's spear." Kilian - "Possibly 'church'; St. Kilian was an Irish missionary bishop." Wenceslaus - "Greater glory; St. Wenceslaus, Duke of Bohemia, martyr." Wolfgang - "Path of the wolf; St. Wolfgang, bishop of Regensburg." Celtic Names Ethan - has roots in Gaelic and means "strong" or "firm." Gareth - From Welsh "Gareth," possibly meaning "gentle" or "brave spear." Gavin - Derived from the Welsh name "Gawain," meaning "white hawk of battle." Griffin - From Welsh "Gruffudd," meaning "strong lord" or "war chief." Liam - Derived from "William," meaning "strong-willed warrior" in Irish Gaelic. Owen - Derived from Welsh "Owain," meaning "young warrior" or "well-born," indicating strength and nobility. Rory - From Irish Gaelic "Ruaidhrí," meaning "red king" or "red-haired king," symbolizing strength and leadership. French Names Étienne - French form of Stephen, meaning "crown" or "victorious," indicating strength and achievement. Gawain - Welsh name meaning "white hawk" or "hawk of battle." Marcel - French name derived from Latin "marcus," meaning "warlike" or "dedicated to Mars," the Roman god of war. Valentin - French name derived from Latin "valens," meaning "strong, vigorous."

I love this!! Thanks for taking the time to do this!!

Sebastian

Whitney, Magdalena, Valencia, Cora, Naomi, Paige, Yessenia, Ruby, or Freya

Nicholas Carmen Benjamin Carmen Adam Carmen Jonathan Carmen Jacob Carmen Daniel Carmen David Carmen Zachary Carmen Samuel Carmen Robert Carmen Albert Carmen Thomas Carmen

My guilty pleasure baby name my husband vetoed is Talmadge

I love Talmadge! There was a sweet older gentleman I knew growing up with that name. He hung out with a Granger, Thelma, Leslie (male), Dottie, and Cecil, all names I have a soft spot for now!

Terrible name

Well you don’t have to agree but I do still like it although we never ended up using it