How to Add Balance to Your Baby's Name Instantly

In a previous article, we discussed how you can balance a popular name with a trendy middle and vice versa. Here is the link Balance Trendy with Old Fashioned Baby Names

The idea behind that technique is to balance first/middle name with last name of different popularity levels.

In this article, I'll add another technique you can use in order to create a good combination of first name, middle name and/or parents name. We'll be using the structure of the full name. Here is how you can do it...

The structure of the full name is about the characters' total count and how it's distributed along the first name and middle name if any. Confused? Here is an example:

The name "Gino Ferrari" is 11-character long. The first name is 4-character long and the last name is 7-character long. The "balance by structure" technique is about choosing a first name of the ideal characters count related to the last name.

Yes, I've found that certain names make a good and fluent combination with parents name only based on their characters counts.

In fact, "Gino Ferrari" makes a good structure.

On the other hand, "Salvatorio Trappatoni" doesn't make it so well because both firstname and lastname are relatively and almost equally long. That breaks the structure rule.

In a nutshell, the formula is:
Short first name for a long surname. Long first name for a short surname.

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Now, you're ready to take it to the next level. Instead of the characters' count, let's rather take the syllables' count into consideration. This is more accurate.

Note:
Keep in mind that those are the number of syllables and not only the characters.

Important note:
This formula is not set in stone, you can shorten or lengthen the first name by one (or more) character if you want. But it gives you a starting point for getting the full name with a good structure.

The beauty of this simple formula is that you can rule out thousands of names right away. Thus, saving you much time for the good and fluent names ;)

I hope this technique gave you a new perspective and ultimately will help you during the name selection.

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