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I don't like it at all. I'm very familiar with it as a surname (I know several people from several families with the surname) and while I think it has a nice sound I really don't like it as a given name. I also think it's a bit off as a fn... mn it can kind of... balance stuff, have a cadence, but not much works with it as a fn.
Funnily enough, I hope she doesn't mind I mentioned this (she's chill, so I doubt she will), I have a friend whose unmarried/maiden name was Lauren Delaney. Maybe through association, I find that sounds more natural than Delaney Lauren, and maybe through association I think it works better than Delaney Lauren. (as an aside, I actually wouldn't be mad at Lauren Delaney as a combo despite disliking Delaney. It's actually rather fun to say, I pointed this out to my friend before she got married, but she wanted to take his surname and it didn't work with Delaney as double-barrel, so...)

This message was edited 6/18/2021, 1:48 PM