We are trying to honor the grandmothers [name]Sue[/name] [name]Ann[/name] and [name]Janet[/name]. [name]Ann[/name] is also my middle name so I especially would like to use it as a middle name, if is not incorporated into the first, I am not a fan of most of the [name]Ann[/name] related first names. I also prefer names that are more uncommon in the US. The last name will be very Irish.
So far these are the options that I would like your opinion on or suggestions!
Other favorites that leave out Granma [name]Janet[/name] but reflect our style
[name]Fiona[/name] [name]Ann[/name]
[name]Brigid[/name] [name]Ann[/name]
Kateri [name]Ann[/name]
[name]Evan[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Decker[/name] [name]Ann[/name]
[name]Sue[/name] is usually a nn for [name]Susan[/name] or [name]Susannah[/name]. [name]Both[/name] names in Hebrew are “lily”. So you could use any of the following
[name]Janet[/name] can go into something like [name]Jet[/name], [name]Jana[/name], [name]Nettie[/name]/[name]Ettie[/name], [name]Etta[/name], all of which would make a rather spunky name. The obvious pairing of [name]Sue[/name] [name]Ann[/name] is to get [name]Susanna[/name]/[name]Suzanne[/name], can’t come up with much more than that.
Why not spell it [name]Bridget[/name] to honor Grandma [name]Janet[/name]? [name]Bridget[/name] [name]Ann[/name] is cute and more easily pronounced in the US.
[name]Sanne[/name] is also a form of [name]Susanne[/name]/[name]Sue[/name], but I would spell it [name]Sanna[/name] -which is closer to its pronunciation.
[name]Ann[/name] means “grace” and [name]Janet[/name] is a derivative of [name]John[/name] which means “God is gracious” so if you use any other name that means “grace”, it could be honoring to both grandmas as once. For example:
[name]Grace[/name] (this would make a lovely mn to pair with whichever fn you’d like in order to honor your baby’s grandmas)
[name]Hannah[/name]
Anneta (at first glance, this seems like a combo of [name]Ann[/name] and [name]Janet[/name], but it’s apparently a Czech form of [name]Ann[/name])
[name]Annette[/name] (similar to above, but more common in [name]North[/name] [name]America[/name])
[name]Joanna[/name]
I really really like [name]Sanna[/name] [name]Grace[/name].
I’m another vote for [name]Susannah[/name] [name]Jane[/name] or [name]Jane[/name] [name]Susannah[/name]-- [name]Susie[/name] and [name]Janie[/name] are cute nns!
My favourites from your list are [name]Zanna[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] and [name]Evan[/name] [name]Catherine[/name].
[name]Janet[/name] is a Scottish name related to, among others, [name]Jane[/name], [name]Jean[/name], [name]Sinead[/name], and [name]Shona[/name]. If you wanted to incorporate both of your grandmothers’ names, you could choose a name like [name]Anna[/name] [name]Sinead[/name].
Someone suggested changing the spelling of the original post ([name]Brigid[/name]) to [name]Bridget[/name] like the ending in [name]Janet[/name].
My favorites from this thread are [name]Zanna[/name] [name]Catherine[/name], [name]Fiona[/name] [name]Ann[/name], [name]Bridget[/name] [name]Ann[/name], and [name]Susannah[/name] [name]January[/name]. [name]Love[/name], love, love [name]January[/name] as a middle name and that all three names are included. Best of luck!
