Honoring family....

I have been thinking about this lately, what names could I use that would honor people in my family? I want to honor the following names: [name]Beverly[/name], [name]Jo[/name], [name]Eva[/name], [name]Betty[/name], [name]Lorraine[/name], [name]Rae[/name] (girl), [name]Shirley[/name] (girl) and [name]Grace[/name]; [name]David[/name], [name]Albert[/name], [name]Allen[/name], [name]Charles[/name], and [name]Emery[/name].

Here are the 2 combos that I like the most, can you please suggest another male and female name to go with the following names:

[name]Eva[/name] [name]Lorraine[/name] K.
[name]David[/name] [name]Allen[/name] [name]Emery[/name] K.

Thank you!!!

Fun! :slight_smile:

[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Rae[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]

[name]Joanna[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Joanna[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name]

[name]Emilia[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Emilia[/name] [name]Grace[/name]

[name]Emery[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] (not the best if your last name ends with an ee sound, though)
[name]Emery[/name] [name]Grace[/name]

[name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Grace[/name]

[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] (For [name]Betty[/name])
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Grace[/name]

[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Grace[/name]

[name]Raphaela[/name] [name]Grace[/name] (nn [name]Rae[/name])

[name]Shira[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] (for [name]Shirley[/name])

[name]Albert[/name] [name]Charles[/name]

[name]Charles[/name] [name]Albert[/name]
[name]Charles[/name] [name]Everett[/name] (if you don’t use [name]Eva[/name] on a girl…)
[name]Emmett[/name] [name]Charles[/name]

[name]Everett[/name] [name]Charles[/name]

[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Charles[/name]

Best wishes to you! :slight_smile:

[name]Beverly[/name], [name]Jo[/name], [name]Eva[/name], [name]Betty[/name], [name]Lorraine[/name], [name]Rae[/name] (girl), [name]Shirley[/name] (girl) and [name]Grace[/name]; [name]David[/name], [name]Albert[/name], [name]Allen[/name], [name]Charles[/name], and [name]Emery[/name].
I like both of your top options, but here are some other ideas. My favorite for a boy is [name]Everett[/name] [name]Charles[/name].

Girl:
[name]Bevin[/name] [name]Lorraine[/name]
[name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Everly[/name] [name]Grace[/name] (spelling options: Everlee, Everleigh, [name]Everley[/name]…)
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Eve[/name] (nn [name]Betty[/name] or [name]Betsy[/name])
[name]Joella[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Jocelyn[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Jocelyn[/name] [name]Rae[/name]
[name]Charlie[/name] (for a girl) or [name]Charlotte[/name]/[name]Charleen[/name]/[name]Carlotta[/name]

[name]Beverly[/name]/[name]Eva[/name]… Beva?

Some options :
[name]Beverly[/name] - [name]Beverly[/name], [name]Bevan[/name] (a boy)
[name]Jo[/name] - [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Joseph[/name], [name]Joanne[/name], [name]Joanna[/name], [name]Jody[/name], [name]Jocelyn[/name] (dated)
[name]Eva[/name] - [name]Eva[/name], [name]Eve[/name], [name]Ava[/name], [name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Evadne[/name], [name]Everett[/name]
[name]Betty[/name] - [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Elizabetta[/name], [name]Bettina[/name] (perhaps even [name]Bethany[/name]/[name]Bethan[/name])
[name]Lorraine[/name] (I like the nn [name]Lori[/name]) - [name]Lorraine[/name], Loraina, [name]Laura[/name], [name]Lauren[/name], [name]Lothar[/name] (for a boy, but very close to lothario)
[name]Rae[/name] - [name]Rae[/name], [name]Rachel[/name], [name]Rhea[/name] (contains the letters), Raphaella, [name]Raphael[/name]
[name]Shirley[/name] - [name]Shirley[/name], [name]Shir[/name]/[name]Shiri[/name]/[name]Shira[/name] (for a girl -mean ”song”, ”my song” and ”poetry or singing” in Hebrew, respectively), Shiori (girl - Japanese for ”bookmark”), Shiro/Shirou (Japanese for ”fourth son”)
[name]Grace[/name] - [name]Grace[/name], and other virtue names
[name]David[/name] - [name]David[/name], [name]Davida[/name] and [name]Davina[/name] (for a girl), [name]Dewey[/name] (Welsh form, unfortunately sounds like DUI - Driving Under the Influence. There is also the [name]Dewey[/name] Decimal System of cataloguing in libraries)
[name]Albert[/name] - [name]Albert[/name], [name]Alberta[/name] and [name]Albertine[/name] (for a girl), [name]Victoria[/name] at a stretch
[name]Allen[/name] - [name]Allen[/name], [name]Alanis[/name] and [name]Elaina[/name] (for a girl)
[name]Charles[/name] - [name]Charles[/name], [name]Carla[/name], [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Carlotta[/name], [name]Caroline[/name], [name]Carol[/name]
[name]Emery[/name] - [name]Emery[/name], [name]Emily[/name], [name]Emilia[/name], [name]Emma[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name], [name]Emerald[/name].

Some combinations :
[name]Rachel[/name] [name]Shiri[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Verity[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Evadne[/name]
[name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Davida[/name]
[name]Grace[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Emily[/name]
[name]Carla[/name] Shiori
[name]Laura[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Emily[/name] [name]Rae[/name]
[name]Lauren[/name] [name]Shirley[/name]
Raphaella [name]Bettina[/name]
[name]Emerald[/name] [name]Alberta[/name]

[name]Charles[/name] [name]Everett[/name]
[name]Raphael[/name] [name]Lothar[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Everett[/name]
[name]David[/name] [name]Albert[/name]
[name]Everett[/name] [name]Allen[/name]

Good luck!

I think that you need to step outside the square and bring these rather dated names into the trends for 2009.

I think that [name]Lorraine[/name] could be updated to [name]Laura[/name] or [name]Lauren[/name]
[name]Rae[/name] is a nn for [name]Rachel[/name]
[name]Betty[/name] is a nn for [name]Elizabeth[/name], you could update this to [name]Elise[/name], [name]Eliza[/name] or [name]Ellen[/name]
[name]Jo[/name] is a nn for [name]Josephine[/name] which is very popular and a classic name
[name]Eva[/name] a beautiful name, one to impress
[name]Beverly[/name] is dated but maybe you could use [name]Bevan[/name] for a boy?
[name]Grace[/name] always beautiful
[name]Emery[/name] just a unisex name to me with no oomph to it
[name]David[/name] is a gorgeous, gorgeous name
[name]Charles[/name] another fantastic pick
I would leave [name]Albert[/name] and [name]Alan[/name] alone except to incorporate it in a gorgeous name like [name]Alexander[/name] or [name]Alister[/name].

Boy Suggestions

[name]Bevan[/name] [name]David[/name]
[name]Bevan[/name] [name]Charles[/name]
[name]Charles[/name] [name]Alister[/name]
[name]David[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Charles[/name] [name]Joseph[/name] A handsome combo

Girl Suggestions

[name]Laura[/name] [name]Rachel[/name] [name]Anne[/name] (esp if [name]Jo[/name] is [name]Joanne[/name])
[name]Eva[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Ellen[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Elise[/name] [name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Grace[/name] [name]Eloise[/name] or [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Laura[/name] [name]Josephine[/name]

[name]Do[/name] you like the idea of modifying their names to suit the present naming trends?

PS [name]Just[/name] realised that other posters have been on the same track ie changing [name]Beverly[/name] to [name]Bevan[/name]. I think that [name]Bevan[/name] is highly underused, so it could be a good choice