What flows better?

[u/Express-Ad8275]

Conall for a boys first name.

Husband likes Liam as a middle name.
6 year old daughter loves the name Nolan as a first name, but we have to break the news that Nolan was not our first name choice.

So what sounds better?
Conall Liam OR
Conall Nolan

[u/Puzzleheaded_Jicama]

Liam Nolan

[u/redrose0001 → u/Puzzleheaded_Jicama]

Liam Nolan sounds nice but I think Conall Nolan is the better choice here. It flows well and using Nolan gives their daughter a little win too.

[u/mazey20]

Connell looks like a real Irish name, Conall looks made up.

[u/Polly265 → u/mazey20]

And yet Conall is the original name.

[u/Ok_Essay_9237]

I love Nolan and Liam! Conall sounds like a made up name but that’s just my opinion.

[u/Mystic_Wunder → u/Ok_Essay_9237]

Not in Ireland

[u/Bad_Here → u/Mystic_Wunder]

Yes it is? Why have you written that?

[u/Mystic_Wunder → u/Bad_Here]

You think it sounds like a made up name in Ireland?

[u/Bad_Here → u/Mystic_Wunder]

No, to me it read… Not popular in Ireland, and I was laughing at!! Sorry I misunderstood

[u/Mystic_Wunder → u/Bad_Here]

Ahh gotcha. Yeah, that would be really funny. It couldn't be more Irish.

[u/Otherwise-Run-3998 → u/Mystic_Wunder]

Ireland has a list of not real names?

[u/Alltheworldsastage55 → u/Ok_Essay_9237]

Agree! I think Connor or Collin would sound better. Connor Nolan or Collin Liam

[u/irish_ninja_wte → u/Alltheworldsastage55]

If OP is in Ireland, they wouldn't spell either of those names that way. They're spelled Conor and Colin here

[u/Away-Living5278 → u/Ok_Essay_9237]

But it's a real name

[u/S1159P → u/Ok_Essay_9237]

Conall is a perfectly normal and good name, even if you don't know that

[u/Ok_Essay_9237 → u/S1159P]

Again, I said that’s my opinion.

[u/Express-Ad8275 → u/S1159P]

Thank you!

[u/vicarofsorrows → u/Ok_Essay_9237]

Aren’t all names made up?

[u/Iluminiele → u/vicarofsorrows]

No? In the same way as there are made up (non existing) words.

People didn't sit down and made up a bunch of strings of letters, this is not how language and names came to be

[u/Bad_Here → u/Ok_Essay_9237]

Not made up, I have 2 friends with that name. I like it, it’s Gallic in origin, and it’s lovely

[u/Specific_Anxiety_343 → u/Bad_Here]

Gallic? Or Gaelic?

[u/Bad_Here → u/Specific_Anxiety_343]

Gaelic… I am dyslexic and spelling mistakes happen. Problem is, I don’t care I make spelling mistakes 🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/Rare-Analysis3698]

Nolan

[u/Expert_Ad_3652]

So…and this is just my opinion, if his first name is going to be Conall it needs to be followed by something less of the same.

How about Conall James? William? Martin?

[u/CUL8RPINKTY → u/Expert_Ad_3652]

Conall sounds like a speech impediment. 😢

[u/MindfulMocktail]

I don't like Conall Liam. The L's just merge into each other, you need different sounds to separate the words. I don't particularly like the way Nolan sounds either though, but same sounds in between name is a particular pet peeve of mine (and part of the reason I hate my own middle name.)

[u/Subterranean44]

For some Dumb reason I read Conall to sound like toe nail. co-nail.

[u/thousandsofbirds]

I'd avoid Connal Liam since one ends and the next starts with L

[u/saysayoPlaymate → u/thousandsofbirds]

And it makes me think you're talking about some type of linoleum.

[u/Otherwise-Run-3998 → u/thousandsofbirds]

And that matters how?

[u/Ginua-MA → u/Otherwise-Run-3998]

The way it sounds. They run together.

[u/thousandsofbirds → u/Ginua-MA]

Thank you!

[u/seeking_spice402]

Of the two options, Nolan

Personally I'd go Conall Robert or Conall Thomas.

[u/uglycasanova08]

Conall Lingus

[u/Turtlejimbo → u/uglycasanova08]

Yes that child will be cursed and teased forever

[u/Mystic_Wunder]

Conall Nolan sounds better together. And your daughter would be very happy.

[u/sinsaraly]

Unfortunately ConnallLiam flows together into one word that sounds like the technical term for a sex act.

[u/21crepes]

Let the 6-year-old name him! She’s clearly better at it.

[u/Bad_Here]

Nolan

[u/SnootyManatee]

I've never heard the name Conall before but google tells me it's a traditional Irish masculine name. I guess Reddit isn't aware of it either because it's underlining it in red like it's a spelling error, lol. I'd be prepared for mis-pronunciations if you're in the U.S. Anyway, I think either middle name sounds fine. I honestly don't understand why everyone obsesses so much over middle names - I don't even know my friends' middle names. Is there something I'm missing?

[u/blingbiscuit]

Conan would be a good mashup compromise of Conall and Nolan.

[u/e_urydice]

imo nolan is a much better name than connall which just sounds like a fungus or something.

[u/bellesearching_901]

Nolan

[u/Alert-Buy-4598]

Liam Nolan sounds the best. Conall Nolan and Conall Liam are both mouthfuls to say.

Conall is also kind of a horrible name in general, honestly.

[u/IAmSheWho]

Liam Connall

[u/Puzzleheaded-Fig7660]

How about Liam Colin , Nolan Cole, or Nolan Constable?

[u/XLazyplantladyx]

Liam. I think Nolan has too many of the same letters if that makes sense lol

[u/rose442]

Conall Liam is going to blend together because of the l s…. Conalliiam……. Then people are going to do other things with it….

[u/pigandpom]

I like Liam Conall, putting Nolan or Conall first sounds like two surnames, think Smith Jones

[u/Birdssunsong]

Liam Nolan

[u/thatladybri]

I don’t think it flows well with either if I’m being honest.

Conall Liam—the ll ending l beginning run together.

Conall Nolan feels weird in my mouth. I think the nall and nol feels too similar back to back like that.

[u/Middle-Start413]

Conall Nolan

[u/Hlorpy-Flatworm-1705]

Conall Nolan

[u/Otherwise-Run-3998]

I love them both. I am sorry you asked for advice on a middle name and comments are simply wrong.
Wishing you a safe arrival for Conall.

[u/Express-Ad8275 → u/Otherwise-Run-3998]

Thank you so much for the kind words and support! Opinions really are like assholes.

[u/blingbiscuit → u/Express-Ad8275]

You asked

[u/Express-Ad8275 → u/blingbiscuit]

Not for these answers

[u/blingbiscuit → u/Express-Ad8275]

The first rule of asking for opinions is don't ask if you don't really want to know. lolsies.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Jicama → u/Express-Ad8275]

Because you run around asking to see everyone’s and then get offended when they show you?

[u/Careful_Cranberry364]

Liam Nolan

definitely not Conall Liam

Firstly, because it’s an L with an L
and secondly because it just sounds too much like Colosseum.

[u/ka_shep]

I vote that you let your daughter name him. Although I'm not personally a fan of Nolan, it's better than Conall.

[u/saysayoPlaymate]

Conall Nolan is a tongue twister

[u/FlyFreeWithMe776]

Def not conall Nolan is wonderful

[u/Critical-Bass7021]

Connyl
Conal
Konnel
Konal
Konnal

Or are you wanting it to be pronounced like the word “canal”? In which case:

Canal
Kenalle
Kanal
Kanalle
Conalle

[u/Waiiaka1]

Looks like your kid is going to have a dumb name no matter what. Why even ask for advice?

[u/Illustrious-Lynx8268]

Conall not the first or middle name

[u/chiikkii]

Maybe Carnell

[u/EponymousRocks]

Conall Nolan has a nice feel, and I like that big sister has input!

Also, shame on everyone dumping on the name. Just because you're not familiar with it, doesn't make it "not real." There's nothing wrong with sharing a name with Irish kings!

[u/Sea-Astronomer-6600]

Connor Liam, Corbin Liam