Honor name for Marilyn

I’m trying to find an honor for my mother without using her actual name as it feels a bit heavy for a baby. She was called [name_f]Mary[/name_f]-[name_u]Lyn[/name_u] as a child which I think is absolutely adorable and would love to have a name that lends itself to the name pet form. [name_f]My[/name_f] fiancé likes [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Lyn[/name_u] on it’s own, but I don’t love how it sounds with the other names were playing around with for other kids. Our favorites all have three syllable first names with two syllable middles and tend to be more ~out there~ (ex [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] [name_f]Primrose[/name_f], [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Winifred[/name_f] working on it). I’ve recently started crushing on [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] which could easily become [name_f]Mari[/name_f], but haven’t settled on a middle. I like [name_f]Linnie[/name_f] but it isn’t quite right. I think [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Lindie[/name_f] is kindof perfect except for the fact that the L and D and N sounds are too much with the surname. Any other thoughts from you berries?

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Love [name_f]Marigold[/name_f]!

Marigold [name_f]Lynnette[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_u]Lyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Linnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Lina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Linda[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_m]Linux[/name_m]

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Marigold is sweet! Another idea is [name_f]Mariposa[/name_f].

Mariposa [name_f]Linley[/name_f] and [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Linnea[/name_f] came to mind as honor names.

Marin
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Malani[/name_f]
[name_f]Malina[/name_f]
[name_f]Maia[/name_f] [name_u]Lynn[/name_u]
[name_f]Mae[/name_f] [name_u]Lynn[/name_u]
[name_f]May[/name_f] [name_u]Lynn[/name_u]
[name_f]Mai[/name_f] [name_u]Lynn[/name_u]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]

Marigold [name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Liesel[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_u]Seren[/name_u]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_u]Lake[/name_u] ([name_u]Lynn[/name_u] means lake),

Mina
[name_f]Minnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Millie[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]

I really like [name_f]Linnea[/name_f]!

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I love [name_f]Marigold[/name_f]! What about [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]? If you want it to be closer to your mum’s name you can also spell it [name_f]Madilyn[/name_f].

Maris
[name_f]Maren[/name_f]
Any [name_f]Mae[/name_f] name, exp. [name_f]Mae[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f]

Mari [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] [name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Lina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Linette[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Mari[/name_f] [name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] [name_f]Linnea[/name_f]

Marion [name_f]Glinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] [name_f]Lenore[/name_f]/Leonora
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_u]Lake[/name_u] - [name_u]Lynn[/name_u] means ‘lake’
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Lenore[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] + your mom’s favorite flower or birth stone or reference to favorite book or movie.
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]/Helena

Luned is a welsh name that the name [name_f]Lynette[/name_f] was derived from and I love it-
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Luned[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] Lunet
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Luneth[/name_f]

Luned, in turn, was derived from [name_f]Eluned[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Eluned[/name_f]

I really like [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] Lunet!

I love [name_f]Marigold[/name_f]! [name_f]Maribelle[/name_f] and [name_f]Mara[/name_f] are other names I thought of.

I second [name_f]Marigold[/name_f], [name_f]Mariposa[/name_f] and [name_f]Maren[/name_f]. I also love [name_f]Maris[/name_f] and [name_f]Marina[/name_f]

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