I think we picked a girl name. Please help us with a middle name!
Thanks everyone for their input into naming our second baby girl, should she in fact turn out to be a girl :) Our first is Daphne Cecelia. So if it's a girl this time, I think we've decided we'll go with Hazel. It's really starting to grow on me. For a boy, it'll be Leo.
I'd actually appreciate middle name suggestions for both our boy and girl names. Originally we had Leo Sebastian if Daphne had been a boy, but lately I'm not loving Sebastian as much. Our last name starts with G and rhymes with "earth".
I'd love to use one of my favourite baby girl names for a middle name, but none of them seem to fit with our one-syllable last name! e.g.
Hazel Yvette G.
Hazel Celeste G.
Hazel Maelle G.
Hazel Bryn G.
Hazel Asha G. (also, this spells H.A.G., no good!)
It seems to me that she needs a 3-syllable middle name, like I did with Daphne, for it to flow properly. Also, middle names where the stress is on the last syllable don't really seem to sound good with the one-syllable last name.
Open to any suggestions! We do not want to use any family names, just fresh new ones, for our kids :) Thanks!
Mon, 07/09/2012 - 11:50am
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Hmm, how about:
Hazel Madeline
Hazel Caroline
Hazel Theresa
Hazel Josephine
Hazel Camilla
Hazel Daniela
I like Josephine! I don't think my DH does though, I'll have to check.
Let's avoid A and O names, agreed. U names, though, might be okay, might not... not bad, though.
A two-syllable name might work as well, as long as the stress is on the first syllable. I agree that you'll want an unstressed syllable between the last name and the stressed part of the first or middle names.
Here are some your-names-but-not that get the flow right:
Hazel Yva G.
Hazel Celestia G.
Hazel Maya G.
Hazel Brynna G.
Hazel Ulla G. (if you prefer a H.U.G.)
A few ideas that fit the syllable requirement (3+) and which I also think sound nice--see if any of these appeal: Virginia, Clementine, Rosalind, Rosamond, Verity, Verena, Beatrix, Susannah, Fiona, Mathilda, Eleanor or Eloise (HEG?), Johanna, Josephine, Marguerite, Calantha, Philippa, Sylvia, Louisa, Saskia, Delphinia, Philomena, Tabitha, Cambria, Geneva....
Ooh, I love Virginia, Josephine and Eloise. Do you think she'll get made fun of with Virginia for a middle name? For some reason I really like it.
I don't think she'd get made fun of for it, unless someone was looking pretty hard for a way to be obnoxious. First, as a middle name, most people won't even know it. Second, Virginia is a traditional name, the name of a state, and also seems to be coming back a bit for young kids. I know of at least 2 young Virginias just in my neighborhood, and have heard others elsewhere, as well. I live in a pretty heavily Catholic area, so that may explain some of it, but the name is also the right vintage to start coming back. It was my beloved grandmother's name, and it is on my list of possibilities for future kids. It was also the name of Ginny Weasly in the Harry Potter series, so that may have given it a small boost, as well.
... Actually, Ginny Weasley's name was Ginevra. I'm sure about that because it was the first time that I'd heard that name and thought that it was quite cool.
Just to let you know, Ginny Weasley is Ginevra not Virginia in Harry Potter.
As to Virginia in the middle slot I don't think it would encounter any teasing.
Oops! I knew that, and forgot--thanks for the reminder! The only other Ginny I knew was my middle school science teacher, who was a Virginia nn Ginny--so whenever I hear Ginny, that's what I default to. Ok, so strike the HP connection, but otherwise I stick by my comments! :)
I like the flow of Hazel Celeste and Hazel Yvette. But you are looking for some good 3 syllable names, what do you think of these?
Hazel Beatrice
Hazel Josephine
Hazel Adalaide
Hazel Augusta
Hazel Clementine
Hazel Eleanor
Hazel Veronica
Hazel Elizabeth
Hazel Margarette
Hazel Eloise
Hazel Rebecca
Hazel Jolene
Hazel Victoria
Hazel Penelope
Penelope, that might be it! My husband loves Penelope and liked it as a first name option, but I thought Daphne and Penelope were too matchy-matchy. Also, I don't actually love the name that much... but it makes a nice middle name and if my DH loves it, that might do it.
I'm really liking Hazel Penelope & Hazel Celeste.
From your list I'm liking Hazel Celeste and Hazel Yvette. Both are a great match to Daphne Cecelia!
I love some of the suggestions already, here are ones that come to mind (some are repeats but I thought they worked well):
Hazel Josephine
Hazel Clementine
Hazel Delphine
Hazel Marguerite
Hazel Emmeline
Hazel Genevieve
Hazel Cordelia
Hazel Susannah
Hazel Juliet
Hazel Theodora
Hazel Noelle!!
Hazel Noelle is nice, but close friends just named their daughter Juliet Noelle (a Christmas baby :)
so far, i like Hazel Penelope best
Here's another vote for Hazel Penelope—I particularly like how Penelope echoes the classical origins of Daphne Cecelia (Greek and Latin, respectively). I also really like names in dactylic meter, so Hazel Penelope G(earth) sounds lovely to me.