Honoring family with middle nmae

My older sister’s name was [name_f]Monica[/name_f]. She was my best friend and unfortunately, she had to leave us way too soon. So naturally, now that I’m expecting my first daughter, I want her middle name to honor my sister. My husband also has an older sister named [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]. The two of them are the absolute best of friends in the most adorable way and

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Anyway, to make a long story short, we want to honor both [name_f]Monica[/name_f] and [name_f]Lizzy[/name_f] with our baby girl’s middle. We love [name_f]Elise[/name_f] or [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] for [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], but we’re having trouble with figuring out [name_f]Monica[/name_f]. We don’t love the way [name_f]Monica[/name_f] flows with any of our first name ideas, and we’re considering [name_f]Monique[/name_f] but aren’t sure how we feel about it yet. I think [First Name] [name_f]Monique[/name_f] [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] [Last name] might be cool but again, not sold on it. Her middle name, [name_u]Lynn[/name_u], is an option too but she never really liked her middle name. She always thought it was “boring” and I’m sure if it were up to her she’d choose [name_f]Monique[/name_f] over [name_u]Lynn[/name_u].

We’d really appreciate any feedback or suggestions! Thanks!

I was either thinking [name_f]Mona[/name_f] or [name_f]Monet[/name_f], they are slightly similar. If you want a similar sound to [name_f]Monica[/name_f] then you could go for [name_f]Veronica[/name_f].

Are you wanting to stick with “M” or just names similar to [name_f]Monica[/name_f] in sound etc?

I really like [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] [name_f]Monet[/name_f] (surname).

Perhaps [name_u]Dominique[/name_u] ?

[name_u]Dominique[/name_u] [name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_u]Dominique[/name_u] [name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_u]Dominique[/name_u] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_u]Dominique[/name_u] [name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_u]Dominique[/name_u] Elsabeth

Also thought [name_f]Danica[/name_f] [name_f]Molly[/name_f] or [name_f]Annika[/name_f] [name_f]Beth[/name_f] would be a nice fit

[name_f]Mona[/name_f]
[name_f]Nica[/name_f]
[name_f]Minnie[/name_f]

Or combine [name_f]MOnica[/name_f] and [name_u]LYnn[/name_u] into [name_f]Molly[/name_f]

& I personally think [name_f]Elise[/name_f], [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Beth[/name_f] work better than [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] as honour name for [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]

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