A sister for Henry and Mary Elizabeth

Name Advice
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I am struggling with naming our third child. Nothing feels right. We have a very [name_m]German[/name_m] last name and I have a lifelong love of the name [name_f]Anneliese[/name_f]. I didn’t use it with our first daughter because we ended up naming her after family ([name_f]Mary[/name_f] from his side, [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f] from mine) but I still keep coming back to this name. *my phone thinks it knows how to spell my child’s name better than I do, sorry about the title!

I know it’s technically a mashup of [name_f]Anne[/name_f] and [name_f]Liese[/name_f], a [name_m]German[/name_m] derivative of [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], in [name_m]German[/name_m]. My husband is insistent that I’m the only person that knows this and he doesn’t care at all. I’m getting hung up on it.

Would you use it anyway?

2

It sounds to me that you love it and your knowledge of its etymology doesn’t really bother you, so I say use it!

3

[name_f]IMO[/name_f], it is a non-issue and I hope you use it! [name_f]Anneliese[/name_f] is a gorgeous name and it fits well with her siblings. I don’t know of anyone who would know the [name_m]German[/name_m] derivative of this name but a positive consideration is that it is a lovely, but subtle, connection to her older sister (that likely only you and your husband would be aware of).

4

I would still use it

5

I would still use it, especially because [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] is your other daughter’s middle/second name, not her first.