Middle names for Nala

1. JamesRoyal first, working-class middle. Surprisingly readable.
2. AlexanderThe middle stretches the rhythm out without breaking it.
3. TheodoreThree beats after two — a small flourish.
4. WolfShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
5. ShoreThe clipped middle sharpens the softer first.
6. TideLooks good written down. Sounds better said.
7. StormThe middle finishes what the first starts.
8. RainSaying it out loud feels right, and that's most of the test.
9. ValeQuietly good. The kind of name people compliment without explaining why.
10. BeeShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
11. MarsIt sounds like a name that already exists somewhere — like you remembered it instead of inventing it.
12. MercuryThree beats after two — a small flourish.
13. WolfShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
14. CoalBoth names point in the same direction.
15. PlumSaying it out loud feels right, and that's most of the test.
16. JuneLooks good written down. Sounds better said.
17. TwainShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
18. BrooksIt sounds like a name that already exists somewhere — like you remembered it instead of inventing it.
19. PineShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
20. FernShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
21. OdeOne-syllable middles hit like a closing door — this one closes well.
22. BardOne-syllable middles hit like a closing door — this one closes well.
23. FairShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
24. WiseSaying it out loud feels right, and that's most of the test.
25. AriaThe consonant from the first lands right against the next one — somehow it works.
26. KnoxOne-syllable middles hit like a closing door — this one closes well.