I am 39 weeks and still hunting for the perfect name. Now I am seriously considering [name_u]June[/name_u] as a first name but need a very feminine middle name to balance it out, especially since we have a one syllable last name. I really would prefer something with meaning in the middle spot but am stuck.
Our mothers names are [name_u]Laurie[/name_u]/[name_f]Laura[/name_f] and [name_f]Moira[/name_f]. An obvious combo of these two would be [name_f]Maura[/name_f] but that doesn’t sound good to me. I need you guys to be creative and come up with some names that could honor both of these women…
Thanks!
I like [name_u]June[/name_u].
[name_u]June[/name_u] ____:
honors [name_u]Laurie[/name_u]/[name_f]Moira[/name_f]: [name_f]Mallorie[/name_f], Morielle/[name_f]Maurielle[/name_f], [name_f]Marlena[/name_f], Malaurie (instead of mallory)
Have you considered two middles, each one could honor each name.
[name_u]Laurie[/name_u]= [name_f]Lauren[/name_f], [name_f]Lara[/name_f], [name_f]Lorena[/name_f], [name_f]Laurel[/name_f], [name_f]Laurelei[/name_f]/[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Moira[/name_f]= [name_f]Moriah[/name_f], [name_f]Mira[/name_f], [name_f]Mara[/name_f], Moriana, [name_f]Aura[/name_f]
Examples: [name_u]June[/name_u] Moriana [name_f]Laurel[/name_f] … [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Mariah[/name_f] [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f] … [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Mariah[/name_f] [name_f]Laurel[/name_f]
Uhm,
This one is really hard! [name_f]Do[/name_f] you really wanna combine it in to one name?
Ore are you als okay with a double name?
Because I would suggest to make combos with the names???
- [name_f]Laura[/name_f] [name_u]Mo[/name_u]ïse
- Lauralie [name_u]Mo[/name_u]ïse
- Maudeline / [name_m]Maurie[/name_m]
- [name_f]Liora[/name_f] / Loira
[name_f]Moira[/name_f]: “star of the sea”
Names with similar meanging:
[name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Maris[/name_f], meaning “star of the sea”.
[name_f]Laura[/name_f] [name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Maris[/name_f]?
Something like that???
[name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Liora[/name_f] / [name_u]Lior[/name_u]?
What about Lyra? Other options could be Leonora, Leona/Liona, Leora//Liora. Both June Lyra and June Leonora sound fabulous!
[name_f]Maura[/name_f] was my first idea, actually–I like it a lot. I’m not sure about [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Maura[/name_f]–it’s quite abrupt–but I think something like [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Maura[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] would be pretty. If not, maybe you could elongate it somehow, like [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f] [name_u]Marian[/name_u]? [name_u]June[/name_u], [name_f]Moira[/name_f], and [name_u]Laurie[/name_u] are all pretty short, so something like [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] or [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f] [name_u]Marian[/name_u] ([name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f] [name_f]Moira[/name_f]?) works better for me. Besides [name_f]Maura[/name_f], I’m not sure how you’d combine them? [name_m]Morrie[/name_m] or [name_m]Maurie[/name_m]? [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_m]Maurie[/name_m] is sort of cute, but I’m not sure how I feel about it. Maybe [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_u]Murray[/name_u]? Sort of has the sound of [name_f]Moira[/name_f] and [name_u]Laurie[/name_u] smooshed, but not quite.
Good luck! Hopefully other Berries have better ideas than me. 
[name_f]Laura[/name_f] means bay laurel in Latin, and [name_f]Moira[/name_f] means bitter and is an Irish variant of [name_f]Mary[/name_f] according to Nameberry.
[name_f]Mara[/name_f] would be a good combination, or Lira ([name_f]Lyra[/name_f] as suggested above?). I know how hard it is to combine names, I’ve been trying to do it for middles as well, so difficult!
Take the first two letters from [name_u]Laurie[/name_u] and the last two from [name_f]Maura[/name_f] – [name_f]Lara[/name_f]!
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maelie[/name_f] - means [name_f]Princess[/name_f] in [name_m]Briton[/name_m]
[name_u]Marley[/name_u]
[name_f]Mila[/name_f]
[name_f]Liora[/name_f]
[name_f]Melora[/name_f]
[name_f]Meliora[/name_f] - means “better” in Latin
It’s a shame you don’t think [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Maura[/name_f] sounds OK, [name_f]Maura[/name_f] came to my mind first and I think it’s cute.
I, for the life of me, cannot come up with another moosh of [name_f]Moira[/name_f] and [name_u]Laurie[/name_u]/[name_f]Laura[/name_f], although I like the idea of having two middle names, so [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Mariah[/name_f] [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f] (to second a PP’s suggestion) or [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Laurel[/name_f].