Name compatibility, tested the schoolyard way
This compatibility test uses the two classic name games — the LOVES percentage and the FLAMES verdict — and shows every step of both. It tests how two names play against two sets of counting rules, which is the only thing a name test can honestly test.
Try a famous pair:
LOVES percentage
How it works: merge both names, count the letters L, O, V, E and S, then keep adding neighbouring numbers (last digit only) until two digits remain. Same names, same score — in either order.
FLAMES result
How it works: letters the two names share are crossed out in pairs. The letters left over set the count for eliminating F-L-A-M-E-S one by one, counting on from the next letter each round, until one letter survives.
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What "compatibility" means here
In this test, compatibility is a property of spellings: how many of the letters L, O, V, E and S two names hold between them, and how many letters survive when shared letters cancel out. Real compatibility — the human kind — involves conversation, kindness, timing and a thousand things no name contains. Any test claiming to extract it from two names is selling something; this one gives you a game, a score, and the arithmetic to check it by.
If you want the deeper workings: the LOVES method in full, the meanings of the six FLAMES outcomes, and the score band chart.
Questions
Why do different sites give different compatibility scores for the same names?
Because there is no standard "compatibility" formula to agree on — each site invents or inherits its own rules. This one publishes its rules completely, so at least here you can see exactly where the number came from.
Should I use full names or first names?
Whichever you and your friends agree on — but agree first, because changing the name string changes the game. Comparing scores computed from different name strings is comparing different games.