See the results of this poll: Which Name?
Respondents: 92 (This poll is closed)
- Sophia Felicity Loria : 38 (41%)
- Felicity Sophia Loria: 54 (59%)
I like them equally. I didn’t vote yet, because I don’t know which to choose. [name]Loria[/name] is surname, right? I think both are fine, but I think flow isn’t mayor issue.
I know I’m having a hard time too so that’s why I was hoping for more input. Yes [name]Loria[/name] is her surname. I guess I should ignore the flow issue with her last name because one day (I hope) she’ll be married and that won’t matter.
I know I’m having a hard time too so that’s why I was hoping for more input. Yes [name]Loria[/name] is her surname. I guess I should ignore the flow issue with her last name because one day (I hope) she’ll be married and that won’t matter.
As you said, [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Loria[/name] flows better. My brother goes by his middle name and it has never been a problem for him. I doubt too many people even know what his first name is. Still on official documents it will say [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Loria[/name] and that seems so rhyme-y to me. Also, it reminds of of actress [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Loren[/name], but that doesn’t necessarily make it bad.
I still think [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Loria[/name] sounds better. You mentioned that one day she’ll be married and it won’t matter, but what if she chooses to keep her surname as a middle name (it’s so pretty, I would!)?
But then again, [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Loria[/name] is not horrible.
[name]How[/name] old is your daughter? Is everyone used to her being [name]Sophia[/name], or is an option to change that as well? Are you completely sold on [name]Sophia[/name]? I know I wouldn’t want to change the whole name. I feel like I’m just making things more complicated. I’m sorry I couldn’t be of more help. I really hope you find something that you love and works for your family.
If you already call her Phi/[name]Fee[/name] and if she’s not old enough to introduce herself with her full name yet then I think it’s fine.
I have a slew of aunts and uncles that go by their middle name, so I’m not sure you need to do a full on name change unless you want to.
I think [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] sounds lovely!
I’ve known lots of people who go by their middle names, and it never caused much of a problem. The first day of school or work they would have to tell their teachers/boss that they went by their middle names and that was the end of it.
So my vote is for [name]Sophia[/name] Felicty. [name]Just[/name] because it seems less of a major change, and then you can gradually switch to calling her [name]Felicity[/name]. I know if it were me, to get people used to calling her by her middle name, I would start calling her by both names then slowly drop off [name]Sophia[/name]. (I don’t know if that’s really a concern for you just thought I’d give my advice for what it’s worth :P)
I think I had pregnancy brain because at the time to me [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Loria[/name] sounded good, ugh 
Now it’s so rhyme-y and annoys me. So part of me wants to stick [name]Sophia[/name] in the middle name slot and forget it’s there. She’s 3.5 now but goes by Phi/[name]Fee[/name] 99% of the time so the change won’t be too hard. I know it sounds crazy to be doing it now but I have thought about this everyday since she was born and I’ve constantly been on this site admiring all the beautiful well thought out names others have for their children. At this age it’s not an option to delete [name]Sophia[/name] out of her name completely. That way when she gets older if for some wild reason she hates [name]Felicity[/name] she can go by [name]Sophia[/name] instead. Plus all of her baby stuff has [name]Sophia[/name] on it. I just see her as this super happy lively spunky outgoing sweet fun little girl that stands out from all the other kids and deserves a name that suits her better.
I guess another option would be to do [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Grace[/name] [name]Loria[/name]? That’s just a quick example, but to find a one syllable middle name to stick there to break up [name]Sophia[/name] from [name]Loria[/name] on official documents. Thanks I love my married name as well but can you believe it’s such a headache at Dr’s offices, the pharmacy etc. I’m constantly spelling it over and over or saying [name]Lori[/name] with an A on the end lol
You’re right, I think 3.5 is too old to change her name entirely. When she’s older, she’s going to want her baby stuff and if it all says [name]Sophia[/name] but she doesn’t have any attachment to the name anymore, it won’t even feel like her stuff.
I think this could really work for you. It’s something I didn’t really think about before. But it all really depends on how much [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Loria[/name] bothers you. The more I think about it, if it’s already in the middle spot then I wouldn’t worry about it sounding too similar. You could just do like you said “put [name]Sophia[/name] in the middle and forget about it”. It’s still a beautiful name, and one I’m sure your daughter will be proud to have.
Well currently her name is [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Isabel[/name]. So we still have to do the official name change and I thought while we’re at it we could swap the names around.
I like the idea of calling her [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Felicity[/name] then slowly dropping off [name]Sophia[/name]. I really appreciate all the great advice. I knew I could count on some help from other Nameberries 
[name]ITA[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] is a very beautiful name but I hear it so much it’s become plain jane to me. So it’s definitely staying in her name just trying to figure out the best arrangement. Any other one syllable middle names?
[name]Felicity[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Esme[/name] [name]Loria[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Quinn[/name] [name]Loria[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Loria[/name]
Oops somehow my thread got closed so hopefully everyone can comment now.
I love [name]Felicity[/name]! I used to have a friend who went by her middle name([name]Gabriella[/name]) because she hated her first name([name]Beatrice[/name]). Most of the time she didn’t have a problem but she constantly had to correct people and tell them to “call me [name]Gabriella[/name]”. She even had some teachers who refused to call her anything but [name]Beatrice[/name] because [name]Beatrice[/name] is what showed up on documents. [name]Gabriella[/name] only showed up as an initial if at all. Idk if she actually did it or not but she was planning to legally change [name]Gabriella[/name] to her first name to escape all of these issues. Honestly I think you should change [name]Felicity[/name] to her first name if you don’t want any problems and if that’s what you plan to call her. I think [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] would be really pretty!
I can understand you wanting to change her name because my name is [name]Jessica[/name] and I’ve always hated having such a common name. It was number 1 the year I was born. I’ve had to go by [name]Jessica[/name] C. or “the other [name]Jessica[/name]” plenty of times. There was even one time when there were 3 other Jessicas in my class so people started calling us “The Jessicas”.
Out of your choices I like [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Quinn[/name]. What about [name]Wren[/name], [name]Eve[/name], [name]Rose[/name], [name]Belle[/name], [name]Claire[/name], [name]Maeve[/name], [name]Jade[/name], or [name]Plum[/name]?
I love all the different insight everyone is giving. I hope your friend was able to legally change her name around because it sounds like it’s been a real headache for her. My biggest fear is [name]Sophia[/name] being the new common [name]Jessica[/name]/[name]Jennifer[/name]. Which both are beautiful names but something about a name being overdone tarnishes it a little bit to me. Ahhhh I’m not loving hindsight right now lol
I agree, I love [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Quinn[/name] the most but it’ll be hard to get my hub on board with [name]Quinn[/name]. I like your suggestions [name]Eve[/name], [name]Rose[/name] and [name]Belle[/name]! I definitely like the idea of adding in the extra middle name to help solve the flow and rhyme-y issue.
First of all, I am so struck by how perfectly [name]Felicity[/name] works out in your situation! I’m so sorry that you had to go through all the stress of not loving her name, but congratulations on finding a great solution! This change sounds like a really great idea for both of you.
It is a very pretty name for her to carry. [name]How[/name] lucky that you already call her Phi! [name]Fee[/name] is just a change in spelling, but it’s so great that she won’t have to get used to a completely “different” sounding name right off the bat. And especially since she’s not in school right now, you won’t even have to worry about conditioning other people to call her something new. It should be a smooth transition.
I also wanted to say that I don’t think it is too “late” for you to change it at this point. My son is almost 3.5 yrs and he absolutely does Not believe me that [name]James[/name] (his middle) is even a part of his name. He goes by [name]Dominic[/name], [name]Dom[/name], or Domi. But if I only mention the middle name he is like “who?” (He can’t pronounce our surname right now so I haven’t even bothered trying to explain that yet lol).
Chances are she probably doesn’t relate herself to [name]Isabel[/name] at all yet, and she will certainly not realize that her last name is ‘rhymey’.
I would vote for keeping [name]Sophia[/name] as the first- for the sake of easing other family members/friends into her new name, and for the personalized baby stuff- and put [name]Felicity[/name] in the middle spot to replace [name]Isabel[/name]. I know plenty of people who have gone their whole lives using their middle names and it is pretty much a non-issue except on legal documents. All it takes is a one-time correction from either you or her to let people/teachers know that she goes by [name]Felicity[/name]. Good luck to you and your daughter! =]
[name]How[/name] old is she?
It’s fine for her to go by her middle name, my brother does. He’s gone by it since birth pretty much, but at the age of two he knew that his frist name was something else, yet was never confused. Kids are smart, they’ll catch on and realise. In school teachers just have to be corrected and the like, but it’s not that much of an issue. It’s so easy to say “Oh I go by my middle.” or something.
I don’t like [name]Loria[/name], it feels filler. [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] is fine on it’s own. [name]Do[/name] you really need to have two middles? It feels superfluous in this case.
[name]Felicity[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] is gorgeous, adding another middle dulls it down a lot imo.
She’s 3.5 now. We’ve been going on and on about this issue for years but I’ve been so embarrassed about it all. So I just finally had the guts to do something about it.
Actually [name]Loria[/name] is her last name. I wanted people to be able to judge her full name and see how it flowed.
The downside is she’s in a part time preschool. So I’m not sure how to go about that? I was thinking it’d be best to wait till she gets used to it and responds to it or maybe it’d be better to go ahead and have them start calling her that so she’ll adjust quicker? This is a strange and unusual predicament to be in. Yet the thought of going the rest of my life and not doing anything about this is more haunting to me.
She’s never once heard the name [name]Isabel[/name] since I’ve never called her that. So that change won’t be hard. Thank you for the genuine response I know it takes some time to read the mounds of responses then give feedback as well.
I voted for [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Felicity[/name]. I think it’s going to be easier to just change her middle name - for her and for you. Since she already goes by Phi/[name]Fee[/name] and that is going to remain her nn I don’t think it’s going to be much of an issue to just pick up her mn as the name you call her by instead.
A pp commented on a friend whose teachers wouldn’t call her by her mn though she preferred it. With [name]Sophia[/name] she can politely ask to go by [name]Felicity[/name] and if they oppose ask for [name]Fee[/name] as a nn for [name]Sophia[/name]. If there are 10 [name]Sophia[/name]'s in the class I think the teachers will be grateful for a nn that isn’t [name]Soph[/name].
Also I think that [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Felicity[/name] flows better than [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Sophia[/name].