Still not pregnant, still constantly daydreaming about more hypothetical future babies. 
I’ve posted loads recently about loving the combo Etta Jane, but there are so many other gorgeous girls names to play with too. But after discovering that my maternal grandmother’s name was spelled Rhetta (I always thought it was spelled Rita 
, it was pronounced Ree-tuh), the name Etta feels so serendipitous that I really think we would use it if we ever have a daughter. Yes, Etta is pronounced differently than my grandmother Rhetta pronounced her name, but I think the ending spelling is enough to consider it a nod to her.
I am really stuck on the combo Etta Jane. However, I feel like if we do ever have a daughter I would feel guilty if I didn’t include a nod to my mother-in-law or my husband’s grandmother.
Our first son shares a first name with my paternal grandfather and shares a middle name with both my husband and father-in-law, who originally got their middle names as nods to my husband’s paternal grandmother (Patrick for Patricia). Basically, we have a child that has very obvious ties to my paternal side and my husband’s paternal side.
If we had a daughter named Etta, that would be a tie to my maternal side, leaving my husband’s maternal side as the only one without an honor name.
So a). Would two middle names be too bothersome? I was already considering double barreling Etta Jane, but I think it would be easier to have Jane as a middle name and still call her by Etta Jane if we want to. Would it be too much to add a second honor middle name?
And b). The main point of this novel- I would love to see what nameberry’s brainstorming would come up with for honor name options.
My MIL is named St€phani€ Ann€.
Her mother is named C@rolyn.
I’m not super fond of St€phani€ or C@rolyn as-is, and I’m not sure if Etta Jane Ann€ works. I kind of dig but kind of feel like a two or 3 syllable name would work better there.
What sort of honor names would work for St€phani€, C@rolyn, or Ann€?
Etta Jane Annette (Annette = “Grace”)
Etta Jane Annabelle (Would Annebelle be a ridiculous spelling?)
Etta Jane Anneliese
Etta Jane Annalee
Etta Jane Vivianne (too much of a yOuNiQuE spelling?)
Etta Jane Lilianna
Etta Jane Lilianne “Lily; pledged to God”
Etta Jane Annemarie (mine and MIL’s middles, but then that’s technically 3 middle names?)
Etta Jane Annabeth (I feel like the Anna-variants are too much of a stretch for Anne?)
Etta Jane Julianne (just meh about this name, love Juliette, though).
Etta Jane Rhianne (wouldn’t typically be my style, but my farms middle name is Ray, mom’s middle name is Renee, and it sort of feels like a mishmash of Ray+Renee+anne?)
Etta Jane Renee (my mom’s middle, but coincidentally also my husband’s aunt’s name so might seem odd and make also leave out MIL).
Etta Jane Rosalee (my paternal grandmother’s middle name was Lee, so variation to Rosalie to honor her, but still leaves out husband’s maternal side)
