I’m recently stuck on [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]. I’m just kind of bouncing around my list, and at the moment, this is what sticks out to me.
[name_f]My[/name_f] one concern with it, however, is a middle name! It’s a family tradition to pick the middle name to honor family members, and its one my husband and I would like to stick with.
However, nothing sounds good with [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] that also honors family. We honored my husband’s side with our first born, so hoping to honor my side with this one.
I’d prefer a name that sounds like similar to a family member’s name, or is a derivative of it. Same meanings are okay, but I would love it even more if the connection was immediately obvious.
Family I would potentially like to honor:
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessica[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Kristin[/name_f] [name_u]Marie[/name_u]
[name_m]Kelvin[/name_m] [name_u]Murray[/name_u]
I can’t think of anything that sounds okay. [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] is very “M” heavy, I feel. [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f] or [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_u]Anne[/name_u] don’t flow very well. [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Kristin[/name_f] or [name_f]Christine[/name_f] doesn’t sound good. [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_u]Marie[/name_u], just doesn’t have a spark. [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_u]Jess[/name_u] or [name_f]Jessa[/name_f] is meh. [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_u]Kelly[/name_u], maaaaaybe? It doesn’t scream yes. [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] is cute but its sooooooo many syllables. Same goes for [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Marianna[/name_f]. I’m just at a loss.
Sorry, but I love [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] sooo much!
And [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Jessica[/name_f] is beautiful too.
Another idea, not sure if you will like it, is to go with Emmelina to improve flow with some of the names
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] is lovely! I actually love [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] as a combo; I don’t find it too tongue-twister-y at all. I like [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] a lot too, but it sounds like it’s not standing out to you. Tweaking [name_u]Marie[/name_u] to [name_f]Mary[/name_f] makes it feel a bit fresher to me as a middle–I love [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f]. And to me that could honor [name_u]Murray[/name_u], too. [name_u]Or[/name_u] would you use [name_u]Murray[/name_u] as a middle? [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_u]Murray[/name_u] would be a sweet, unexpected combo!
I like Emmeline May best personally! Plus May honors three people, potentially… the May, Marie, and Murray. Emmeline Eliza or Emmeline Beth would be cute! Emmeline Elizabeth is gorgeous to me, but I get that it is a long one!