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I agree with what you said in reply to an early answer - it makes me think of Mickey Rooney :) and, of course, that makes me like it. It does feel a little sporty, too.

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I like Rooney Van Bell best but it also kind of sounds like a Dutch surname. Rooney Olwen Bell would be my next pick, it's very handsome :)

While your combos thrill me in a childish way, I don't quite take them seriously. I do take them plausibly, however.

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They are fun, for sure. Especially Rooney Van Bell, which sounds like a protagonist in a 1950s rom com. Or a fairy tale character like Rip Van Winkle.

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While I wouldn't use it, I actually do see Rooney as usable.

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I will warn you that I accidently typed both "looney" and "tooney" twice while I was writing this response, so you may want to consider that.

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Otto and Giotto are two names that I love for their quirk, and Van is nice, but I always step it up with Vance. Olwen is feminine isn't it? I am not totally sure. Olen and Oren are masculine alternatives.

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Can I suggest a few alternatives that have the same "feel" as your Rooney options?:

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Quigley Arlo Bell
Fitzroy Van Bell
Rafferty Ernst Bell
Rogan Hugh Bell
Culley Jack bell
Roarke Huey Bell
Glyn Wolf Bell
Arlen Fritz Bell
Gilroy Oren Bell
Digby Walt Bell
Lawler Milo Bell
Irving Reid Bell
Guthrie Franz Bell
Brennan Emil Bell
Roscoe Magee Bell
Breck Tomas Bell
Gallagher Dirk Bell
Innis Archie Bell
Morton Felix Bell
Etc...

I don't like Rooney, it reminds me of the football/soccer player Wayne Rooney.

I've only seen it as a last name (eg Mickey Rooney). As a first name, it doesn't feel like a real name; it feels like a nickname. It has a kind of silly, cutesy, decidedly informal feel to it.

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Rooney Van Bell - the 'Van' part sounds like part of the last name: van Nostrand, Van Dyne, etc, Van Dyke, etc. I only realized it was meant to be a middle name when I saw the other combos.

It's hard for me to imagine anyone wanting that as their given first name. Maybe a few eccentric folks might adopt it when they were grown. It looks a little bit comic ... since it rhymes/looks like looney and goony. The surname is the second thing I think of. Mostly it just seems sort of nerdy, along the lines of Creighton or Campbell, not a very imagey name so much as a name that's so surnamey, it's like he doesn't even really have a first name. It's alright, but not my style at all.

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I googled and there are at least two Rooney Bells with social media profiles. Wow. I have never seen Rooney used as a first name before.

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Olwen is feminine as far as I'm concerned. Alwen?
I'm not thrilled by initials ROB or the sound of Rooney O. Bell. Maybe Rooney Vaughn instead of Van?

This message was edited 7/1/2015, 10:03 PM

I would like Rooney on a cute dachshund not a human since it's silly.

Have you Eeever noticed ...

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How the name Rooney reminds people of some old dude at the end of 60 Minutes who talked on and on for a couple minutes about nothing in particular and had really bizarre eyebrows?

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Besides that it just sounds silly.