I am due in less than two weeks with a baby girl. We have come to a decision on her first name and one middle but can’t come to an agreement on the second middle.
Her name will be [name_f]Enid[/name_f] [name_f]Emilynn[/name_f]… and then we need a second.
My husband wants to honor his grandfather whose name was [name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_m]Herman[/name_m]. I can’t seem to think of anything to make either of those names feminine (with [name_f]Jacquelin[/name_f] being out of the question).
You could consider [name_f]Jacy[/name_f] ([name_u]Jay[/name_u]-see) or some other spelling of that. [name_f]Jacinth[/name_f] is a [name_m]French[/name_m] name that you could also use or [name_f]Giacintha[/name_f] (its Italian cousin).
For [name_m]Herman[/name_m], you might go with [name_f]Hermione[/name_f]. It’s similar but still very feminine and with lots of history behind it (not just [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]).
I would just use [name_m]Jack[/name_m]. It’s a second middle name, so it’s not like it’s going to be trotted out all that often. [name_f]Enid[/name_f] [name_f]Emilynn[/name_f] [name_m]Jack[/name_m] or even [name_f]Enid[/name_f] [name_f]Emilynn[/name_f] [name_m]Herman[/name_m] sounds find. Otherwise:
[name_f]Enid[/name_f] [name_f]Emilynn[/name_f] [name_f]Hera[/name_f] (instead of [name_m]Herman[/name_m]). Or what about using another “J” name as the initial for [name_m]Jack[/name_m]?
Since you can’t use [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f], I think it will be hard to find another feminine form of [name_m]Jack[/name_m] or [name_m]Herman[/name_m]. You could just go with another J-name.
[name_m]Jack[/name_m] is a short form of [name_m]John[/name_m], so if you don’t like [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f] (which to reassure you, a little girl can wear as a middle name, I have an [name_f]Isadora[/name_f] [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f] [name_u]Winter[/name_u] who is only five), then you could try some female versions of [name_m]John[/name_m] such as
[name_f]Joanna[/name_f], [name_f]Joanne[/name_f], [name_u]Joan[/name_u] or [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f].
Agree with [name_f]Hermione[/name_f] for [name_m]Hermann[/name_m].
[name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f] just wouldn’t go with [name_f]Enid[/name_f] [name_f]Emilynn[/name_f] as the endings of the two middle names are the same sound.
I would actually just use [name_m]Jack[/name_m]. It gives the name a pep that it lacks with so many vowels.
Personally I love the idea of [name_f]Hermione[/name_f]!
I probably do Jaher
Or maybe Jerah or Jareh
Is there another way your husband would feel he was honoring his grandfather?
If it was a maternal grandfather maybe his surname?
The town he was from if that meant a lot to him?
Something to do with his profession or something they did together or something that reminds him of his grandfather?
For example, Marlina if they visited [name_u]Marlin[/name_u] [name_m]Park[/name_m] a lot.
[name_u]Piper[/name_u] if he smoked a pipe.
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] if he played a similar instrument
Thanks everyone, I think I might be leaning towards [name_f]Hermione[/name_f] right now ( guess I’m just a little nervous of the harry potter connection ) I like the idea of getting my husband to think of something that he can connect to his grandfather. He and is grandfather went sailing a lot when he was young. I mentioned this idea to him and he is thinking about names that might have a sailing connection
In that case, I think Mahren / [name_f]Maren[/name_f] is a good choice, as it means ‘star of the sea’ and possesses the same letters as [name_m]Herman[/name_m].
[name_f]Hermina[/name_f] would honor [name_m]Herman[/name_m]. For [name_m]Jack[/name_m], there’s [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f] or any [name_m]John[/name_m] variant.
[name_m]Jack[/name_m] is, traditionally, a nickname for [name_m]John[/name_m].
Female forms of [name_m]John[/name_m] include but are not limited to: [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Johanna[/name_f], [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f], [name_f]Juanita[/name_f], [name_u]Joan[/name_u], [name_f]Sinead[/name_f]… and that’s just the ones I like, as there’s about twenty more.
[name_m]Jack[/name_m] to [name_f]Jane[/name_f] seems the simplest to me? And [name_f]Enid[/name_f] [name_f]Emilynn[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] is quite pleasant on the ear. [name_u]Joan[/name_u] or [name_u]Jean[/name_u] would be similarly streamlined, I think I’d rank them [name_f]Jane[/name_f] > [name_u]Jean[/name_u] > [name_u]Joan[/name_u]?
