[name]Hi[/name] Berries, I am in need of your wisdom. DH and I have settled on [name]Adelaide[/name] (we are not expecting yet but I like to have these things planned!) as it is a family name, uncommon(ish) in Australia, regal and gorgeous, with multiple nickname potential. However I am having trouble with a combo. I love the two middle name tradition, especially for a girl, and I have two middle names. It is a little trickier to come up with though. Surname is one syllable R**d.
I love [name]Dorothea[/name], [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Frederica[/name], [name]Iris[/name], [name]Jane[/name], [name]Katherine[/name] - can you please give me some name suggestions and combos? I would describe my style as elegant/old world/ bohemian/literary - in other words very Nameberry haha. For some context, I like [name]Frederick[/name] and [name]Theodore[/name] for boys, my DH’s name starts with O and mine with C. Thank you!
Of the middles you mentioned I probably like the combination of [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Jane[/name] [name]Iris[/name] R**d best. I adore [name]Adelaide[/name]!!
I like [name]Adelaide[/name] and agree that there are several good nns from it. What about [name]Adelaide[/name] Fredrica [name]Pearl[/name] or [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Tabitha[/name] [name]Hope[/name]?
Well just yesterday I was thinking that [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Dorothea[/name] sounded lovely together. Then read this post…how perfect. We always do 3 names also.
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Dorothea[/name] _________
[name]Hope[/name]
[name]Faith[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Kate[/name]/[name]Katherine[/name]
more for the 3rd spot
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Rosalind[/name]
I do love [name]Dorothea[/name]! And [name]Jane[/name], and [name]Pearl[/name]. Thank you all for your replies!
I feel like [name]Iris[/name] might not be quite ‘me’, the feel of it.
I like [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Dorothea[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] R**d but I am not sure if the flow works or not with the surname, 3 syllables, 3, 1, 1.
I think I need a few more one syllable options, and a few more frilly options.
If you are doing 2 middles then I think the rhthym of a short/long combo works best with your surname eg [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Rose[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] R**d. I think a short middle starting with R works well with your surname and ‘links’ it all together. Another middle that I think goes with [name]Adelaide[/name] is [name]May[/name].
I like:
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Iris[/name] [name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Iris[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Iris[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Iris[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Jane[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Jane[/name] [name]Iris[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Dorothea[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Dorothea[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Dorothea[/name] [name]Iris[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Iris[/name] [name]Dorothea[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Winter[/name] was my number one for a while 
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Iris[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Mary[/name] [name]Olive[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Ivy[/name] [name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Hazel[/name] [name]Clara[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Flora[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Lisbeth[/name] Eyre
I really like [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Dorothea[/name] [name]Pearl[/name], the flow isnt bad.
[name]How[/name] about :
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Dorothea[/name] [name]Dove[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Calypso[/name] [name]Finch[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Mariposa[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] / [name]Adelaide[/name] Ses [name]Mariposa[/name] / [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Jane[/name] [name]Mariposa[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Frederica[/name] [name]Finch[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Liselotte[/name] [name]Finch[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Lavinia[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Lucinda[/name] [name]Dove[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] Theophaine [name]Lux[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Calista[/name] Neeve / [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Cecilia[/name] Neeve
[name]Adeliade[/name] [name]Isadora[/name] [name]Dove[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Nannette[/name] [name]Gazelle[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name] Bellatrice Neeve
[name]Adelaide[/name] Remedios [name]Dove[/name]
I’ll stop there but some more frilly options: [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name], [name]Tatiana[/name], [name]Winifred[/name], [name]Carlotta[/name], [name]Angelia[/name], [name]Evangeline[/name] etc etc
[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Iris[/name] [name]Jane[/name] - love this!
I love [name]Frederica[/name], it is so spunky yet feminine, but I think DH will never allow it, it is amazing, maybe too grand for us. I will just have to use it in a story!
[name]Winter[/name] is gorgeous as a middle! I like [name]Mabel[/name] but prefer [name]Amabel[/name]
[name]Rosalind[/name] is nice, one of my middles is [name]Rose[/name] so that is a nice tie-in.
I think I need to sort out which syllable pattern works best before I can pick middles -
[name]Do[/name] you prefer [name]Adelaide[/name] (3) [name]Jane[/name] (1) [name]Dorothea[/name] (3) Rd (1)
or [name]Adelaide[/name] (3) [name]Katherine[/name] (3) [name]May[/name] (1) Rd (1)
I just realised I haven’t thought about 2 syllables like [name]Iris[/name] - maybe a 3 syllable first name and a 3 syllable middle is too much - should I just stick to 2 and 1 syllable middles? Gahh!
I like [name]Mae[/name] as a 1 syllable name…
Maybe [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]May[/name] or [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Iris[/name] [name]Mae[/name]???
Of your choices I would pick [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Iris[/name] [name]Jane[/name]. The reasons why are you screen name starts with an I, so you must like the sound. [name]Adelaide[/name] has three syllables so the middle names can be short. I had an aunt whose name was [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Ingrid[/name] [name]Johanna[/name], so I believe the AIJ initials flow together well. I would not chose [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Jane[/name] because it sounds like [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Jam[/name].
AIJ works, and I think I like the double vowel of [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Iris[/name], and love the sweet simplicity (and literary references) of [name]Jane[/name]. I just don’t know if [name]Iris[/name] is too trendy, I like the meaning of [name]Iris[/name]…but I don’t love the flower… I am going to go look at I names now!