Middle names for Sludge

1. RainThe clipped middle sharpens the softer first.
2. GroveLooks good written down. Sounds better said.
3. WestThe clipped middle sharpens the softer first.
4. AshBoth names point in the same direction.
5. WrenThe middle finishes what the first starts.
6. LarkIt sounds like a name that already exists somewhere — like you remembered it instead of inventing it.
7. OrionThe middle stretches the rhythm out without breaking it.
8. MarsOne-syllable middles hit like a closing door — this one closes well.
9. MoonQuietly good. The kind of name people compliment without explaining why.
10. CoalThe clipped middle sharpens the softer first.
11. WildeShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
12. PineShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
13. FernSaying it out loud feels right, and that's most of the test.
14. TrueOne-syllable middles hit like a closing door — this one closes well.
15. RiffShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
16. BeatOne-syllable middles hit like a closing door — this one closes well.
17. NoteIt sounds like a name that already exists somewhere — like you remembered it instead of inventing it.
18. HymnThe middle finishes what the first starts.
19. MaeveIt sounds like a name that already exists somewhere — like you remembered it instead of inventing it.
20. BeatriceThe middle stretches the rhythm out without breaking it.
21. TheodoreThree beats after two — a small flourish.
22. BearLooks good written down. Sounds better said.
23. WolfShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
24. HawkLooks good written down. Sounds better said.
25. StoneAlliteration that sounds intentional, not accidental.
26. ShoreBoth names hold up across a lifetime — preschool to retirement.