A middle name for Luciana? Plus thoughts and middle names for our other name options for our fourth daughter <3

Hi, everyone! My husband and I are expecting our fourth daughter next year in mid-January.

Although we’ve chosen a first name for our fourth daughter, my husband and I are having a difficult time finding a middle name that goes along with her first name.

Our baby’s first name is [name_f]Luciana[/name_f] (meaning ‘light’ in Italian/Latin).

Our other name options for our fourth daughter are:

  • [name_u]Blair[/name_u] (meaning ‘battlefield; meadow; plain’ in Scottish)

  • [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] [name_f]Maisey[/name_f] (Mavis meaning ‘songbird’ in [name_u]French[/name_u] and [name_f]Maisey[/name_f] meaning 'pearl in Scottish)

  • [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] (meaning ‘death’ in Greek)

Our other daughters’ names:

  • [name_f]Aimee[/name_f] [name_f]Lynne[/name_f] (Aimee meaning ‘loved’ in [name_u]French[/name_u] and [name_f]Lynne[/name_f] meaning ‘waterfall’ in Celtic)

  • [name_u]June[/name_u] Isabella-Lucia (June meaning ‘young’ in Latin, [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] meaning ‘pledged to God’ in Italian/Spanish, and [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] meaning ‘light’ in Latin)

  • [name_f]Nessa[/name_f] Olivia-Lina (Nessa meaning ‘miracle’ in Hebrew, [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] meaning ‘olive tree’ in Latin, and [name_f]Lina[/name_f] meaning ‘tender’ in Arabic)

Here are some questions about Luciana’s middle name and our other name options for our fourth daughter:

  1. What’s a good middle name for [name_f]Luciana[/name_f]?

  2. What are your thoughts on the names [name_u]Blair[/name_u], [name_f]Luciana[/name_f], [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] [name_f]Maisey[/name_f], and [name_f]Persephone[/name_f]?

  3. What are your thoughts on the meanings of the names [name_u]Blair[/name_u], [name_f]Luciana[/name_f], [name_f]Mavis[/name_f], and [name_f]Persephone[/name_f]?

  4. How well do the names [name_u]Blair[/name_u], [name_f]Luciana[/name_f], [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] [name_f]Maisey[/name_f], and [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] sound with our other daughters’ names? Which one sounds the best with my other daughters’ names?

  5. What should [name_u]Blair[/name_u] and Persephone’s middle name be? If you don’t like the middle name [name_f]Maisey[/name_f] with [name_f]Mavis[/name_f], what do you think Mavis’s middle name should be?

Thanks so much! :heart:

Fynnley :butterfly:

Middle names for [name_f]Luciana[/name_f]:

[name_f]Luciana[/name_f] [name_u]Ivy[/name_u]
[name_f]Luciana[/name_f] [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Luciana[/name_f] [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Luciana[/name_f] Jane-Iris
[name_f]Luciana[/name_f] Eliza-Pearl
[name_f]Luciana[/name_f] Mavis-Blair

[name_u]Blair[/name_u]
Snappy and cool with a touch of flair.

[name_f]Mavis[/name_f] [name_f]Maisey[/name_f]
I love warm, charming [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] with it’s beautiful meaning. I love [name_f]Maisey[/name_f] - warm but sassy. Together, it’s a bit cutesy, a bit rhymey. I think you could do [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] nn [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] [name_f]Maisey[/name_f]

[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
Elegant, powerful and bold - I do love the sounds and imagery

With you other daughter’s names…

[name_u]Blair[/name_u] → balances out the shorter [name_u]June[/name_u], the distinctive [name_f]Nessa[/name_f] and the sweet [name_f]Aimee[/name_f] - they make an eclectic set, but they work.

[name_f]Luciana[/name_f] → it has flair and femininity that works with your daughters

[name_f]Mavis[/name_f] [name_f]Maisey[/name_f] → as a double name, it feels a bit jarring with your kids, as two separate names, [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] would make your set lean towards ‘vintage-with-a-twist’; [name_f]Maisey[/name_f] would bring a sweet, nicknamey vibe

[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] → of all your choices, this one feels most at odds with the others - it has a lot more grandeur, length and boldness. Does that mean it couldn’t work? No - it would just an unexpected choice!

Middles:

[name_u]Blair[/name_u] [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] - [name_u]Blair[/name_u] [name_f]Eleanora[/name_f] - [name_u]Blair[/name_u] [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] - [name_u]Blair[/name_u] [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] - [name_u]Blair[/name_u] [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] - [name_u]Blair[/name_u] [name_u]Florence[/name_u]

[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f] - [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] [name_f]Margo[/name_f] - [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] [name_f]Emma[/name_f] - [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] Clara/Claire

[name_f]Mavis[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] - [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] - [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] [name_f]Cora[/name_f] - [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] - [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]

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I love [name_u]Blair[/name_u] and good with the other girl’s names. Is [name_u]Blair[/name_u] [name_f]Luciana[/name_f] an option?

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Yes, [name_u]Blair[/name_u] [name_f]Luciana[/name_f] is an option! I love it!

Fynnley :butterfly:

I think [name_u]Blair[/name_u] is so darling with your girls’ names :star_struck: I think [name_u]Blair[/name_u] [name_f]Luciana[/name_f] would make a stellar addition. Wow!

By the way… June’s middle name is written as “Luciana” in your UC (your profile bio). I assume that’s meant to be “Lucia,” lol!

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[name_u]Blair[/name_u] [name_f]Luciana[/name_f] would be pretty!!!

[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] is pretty too and means “young” in [name_u]French[/name_u]

[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] [name_u]Blair[/name_u] sounds pretty with your other girls

[name_f]Helen[/name_f] is a pretty option with a similar meaning to [name_f]Luciana[/name_f]

[name_f]Mavis[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f] is gorgeous “songbird; light”

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@snowmaiden,

Oh my gosh, thank you so much for telling me that. I was editing my bio this morning; must’ve put June’s middle name as “Luciana” instead of “Lucia”. They’re both so similar!

Fynnley :butterfly:

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