I’m having a girl and I’m considering calling her [name_f]Belle[/name_f] (first name) [name_f]Peggy[/name_f]-[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] (middle names). I just wanted to get opinions if this name would work and if it y’all think it would sound nice. Her older sister is called [name_u]Rey[/name_u] [name_f]Christine[/name_f] and her older half-brother is called [name_u]Jem[/name_u] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]. Last name is similar to [name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m].
I really like the idea of having similar-ish first names; [name_u]Jem[/name_u], [name_u]Rey[/name_u], [name_f]Belle[/name_f] (one syllable, starts with a consonant, e is the second letter) so probably wouldn’t change the first name but I could change the middle name. I was thinking a modern version of [name_f]Peggy[/name_f], although it can’t be [name_f]Pearl[/name_f], with [name_f]Eliza[/name_f].
I do like the idea of [name_f]Belle[/name_f] with [name_u]Jem[/name_u] and [name_u]Rey[/name_u], but I don’t think [name_f]Belle[/name_f] [name_f]Peggy[/name_f]-[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] flows nicely. I’d just as soon switch it to [name_f]Peggy[/name_f]-[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Belle[/name_f], actually.
Since [name_f]Peggy[/name_f] is a diminutive of [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], any form of [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] would work! [name_m]How[/name_m] about;
I love [name_f]Belle[/name_f], but for me, [name_f]Peggy[/name_f]-[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] doesn’t work. [name_f]Peggy[/name_f] is a short form of [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], so some other suggestions of a different take on it:
[name_f]Belle[/name_f] is perfect [name_u]Jem[/name_u] and [name_u]Rey[/name_u].
I think [name_f]Belle[/name_f] [name_f]Peggy[/name_f]-[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] is fine but I love [name_f]Belle[/name_f] [name_f]Polly[/name_f]-[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] .
Nothing wrong with nicknames standing alone (I like [name_f]Belle[/name_f], [name_f]Peggy[/name_f] and [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]!), but this seems like a very odd string of nicknames rather than a single name even with the hyphen. It’s just not very cohesive.
The suggestions of [name_f]Belle[/name_f] [name_f]Megan[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] works really well!
Additionally just approaching it from a ‘‘honouring [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] and [name_f]Peggy[/name_f]’’ point of view, you could smush of [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] (for [name_f]Peggy[/name_f]) and [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] (for [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]). For example;
I don’t like double barrelled names anyway but it definitely doesn’t work in the middle spot. Could you just give her two middle names instead?
The flow is kind of off. [name_f]Belle[/name_f] and [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] are lovely names, but [name_f]Peggy[/name_f] just doesn’t sit in there.
Sorry if I’m being really stupid, but why couldn’t you use [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] with [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]?
Thanks for the suggestions y’all. I really liked [name_f]Belle[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] and [name_f]Belle[/name_f] [name_f]Mariza[/name_f], although with further consideration my wife and I are now thinking of [name_f]Belle[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f].
I think some one asked why we couldn’t use [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]; well it’s my cousins name and while our daughter [name_u]Rey[/name_u] [name_f]Christine[/name_f] does have the same middle name as my mum (my auntie and sister also have same middle name) we weren’t really going for the idea of naming our next daughter after my cousin.
I agree with the others, the flow isn’t as nice as [name_u]Rey[/name_u] [name_f]Christine[/name_f] or [name_u]Jem[/name_u] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]. (I love your other children’s names by the way!)
My first thought instead of [name_f]Peggy[/name_f]-[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] was to choose one or the other and extend it to the full name it’s short for. [name_f]Belle[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] or [name_f]Belle[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] would both sound nice, and both of these middles are classics like [name_f]Christine[/name_f] and [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], so either would fit in well with her siblings.
But if [name_f]Peggy[/name_f] and [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] are honor names and you absolutely need to use both, I like oliviasarah’s suggestion of coming up with a [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]/[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] hybrid as opposed to using a double-barreled middle which none of your other kids have.
Most of these are a stretch, but I think they work:
[name_f]Mariza[/name_f]/[name_f]Marissa[/name_f]/[name_f]Melissa[/name_f] or some other variation with the M/Ma/[name_f]Mar[/name_f] from [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] and elis/issa/iza from [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Phyllis[/name_f] - P from [name_f]Peggy[/name_f] and lis from [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Parisa[/name_f]/[name_u]Paris[/name_u]/[name_f]Patricia[/name_f]/[name_u]Patrice[/name_u] - P from [name_f]Peggy[/name_f] and isa/is from [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] (getting pretty far away with icia/ice, but maybe they’d work too)
[name_f]Petra[/name_f] - Pe from [name_f]Peggy[/name_f] and just the a from [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], but it’s the same number of letters as both
[name_f]Petal[/name_f] - Pe from [name_f]Peggy[/name_f] and the “al/el” sound from [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] - Pe from [name_f]Peggy[/name_f], el from [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Pamela[/name_f] - P from [name_f]Peggy[/name_f], el from [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
Or what about honoring one person with the first name and the other with the middle? I know you said you were pretty set on [name_f]Belle[/name_f], but maybe [name_f]Meg[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] or [name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] would substitute. (And honestly, [name_f]Belle[/name_f] has the “el” from [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] just as much as [name_f]Elle[/name_f] does, so I could even argue that [name_f]Belle[/name_f] honors [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]!)
I like the set [name_u]Rey[/name_u], [name_u]Jem[/name_u], and [name_f]Belle[/name_f]! Personally I wouldn’t hyphenate [name_f]Peggy[/name_f] and [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] - I’d just give her two middle names.
My first thought was [name_f]Belle[/name_f] [name_f]Maisie[/name_f]-[name_f]Eliza[/name_f], which I see has been suggested. That is what I would probably pick, although I might also consider [name_f]Belle[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f]-[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]. I think [name_f]Belle[/name_f] sounds great with the sibling names.
[name_f]Bel[/name_f],Peggysa or Peggasa pronounced pegga_sa. ,[name_f]Peg[/name_f] for first name.,Pe’ge pronounced page. Accent mark above first E. ,[name_u]Rene[/name_u]’ has accent on second E. ,