I am looking to honour a couple of people with a single middle name. The names I am looking to honour AndrÉw John and Sį“ndrį“ JÉį“n. While the most obvious option would be JÉį“n for a boy (pronounced zhahn), I canāt use it. My sticking point is that my momās name is Bį“rbį“rį“ JÉį“nnÉ, and she (and her family) would immediately assume itās an honour name for herā¦ and I donāt want to honour her in any way, shape or form.
I have come up with a couple of alternatives, but I donāt know if they work to accomplish the double duty job I want them to do.
Andrį“ ā Boy / Girl option Note: I do have a cousin (momās side) named Anndrį“, but no one expects me to honour her.
Sį“ndrÉ ā Boy option, might work for a Girl
Andras ā Boy option Note: I do have a cousin (momās side) named Anndrį“, but no one expects me to honour her.
Any other ideas or constructive criticism, Iād be happy to hear it.
I think [name_m]Andras[/name_m] is great and so clever! Your other ideas are also wonderful and definitely pull double duty.
Could [name_m]Alessandro[/name_m] / [name_f]Alessandra[/name_f] work for you? It has the initial A and āandrā from [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] and the āsandrā from [name_f]Sandra[/name_f]? It might be better for [name_f]Sandra[/name_f] than [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] but I think it could work for both.
@ricepud I appreciate the listā¦ Iāll have to consider some of them. Strangely, Iām not one to make up names and feel comfortable about it. Also, oddly, I am not afraid to use a rare name despite the difficulty Iāve had with my rare nameā¦ I think most of the time itās the spelling that does it for me. As long as the spelling is intuitive Iām fine, but (as mine is) I canāt do common names with ultra rare spellings that make the name less intuitive to anyone trying to read it. Thank you.
@Alix2016 [name_m]Johan[/name_m] is a great ideaā¦ it may be just enough separation from JÉį“n that it wouldnāt immediately be attributed to my momās name.
@Gingilocks101 I appreciate your insightā¦ itās good to know that someone else can see that they work. [name_m]Alessandro[/name_m] and [name_f]Alessandra[/name_f] are worth looking at ā and Iām all for international variations of names (and I love some international variations more so than the expected variation in my area and family). Again, thank you.
Might I suggest Drewan? I have a friend Drouin but if you spell it Drewan is an anagram of 4ndrew but also includes the āanā from Je@n.
[name_m]Dean[/name_m] - D from 4ndrew and -ean from Je@n
[name_f]Willadean[/name_f] or [name_f]Willodean[/name_f] - W and D from 4ndrew -ean from Je@n
[name_m]Sawyer[/name_m] [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] - S from $andra, W from 4ndrew, -an from both
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m], [name_m]Cassander[/name_m] - S from $andra, -and from both
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] - -and from both
[name_f]Johnna[/name_f] [name_f]Samantha[/name_f] - J0hn and S -an from $andra
[name_f]Kendra[/name_f] [name_f]Johanna[/name_f] - -ndra from $andra and Joh-n from J0hn
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] - R from 4ndrew, O from J0hn, S from $andra, E from Je@n
[name_f]Grace[/name_f] - J0hn (and Je@n) mean āGod is Graciousā
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] - from both, means grace similar to the meaning of J0hn and Je@n
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] [name_f]Melisandre[/name_f] - This feels like some sort of combination of all four names while also being entirely not but might be too similar to Je@nne
[name_m]Charles[/name_m] [name_m]Sandy[/name_m] - means man like 4ndrew, [name_m]Sandy[/name_m] from $andra
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] - means āGod is my strong manā, J0hn means āGod is gracious,ā 4ndrew means manly and $andra is a derivative of [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] which means ādefender of manā
[name_m]Nicandros[/name_m] - means āvictory of a manā, similar to the meanings of $andra and 4ndrew
[name_m]Truman[/name_m] - means ātrue manā similar to the meanings of 4ndrew and $andra
Honoring [name_m]John[/name_m] and [name_f]Jean[/name_f] but not [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] is tough ā but youāre lucky that [name_m]Andr[/name_m]ew and Sandra share that four-letter pattern. [name_f]Any[/name_f] of the three options you listed work perfectly!
I also think any name ending in -ander would work. There are so many good ones, mostly masculine: [name_m]Evander[/name_m], [name_m]Leander[/name_m], [name_m]Cassander[/name_m], [name_m]Leander[/name_m], [name_m]Nicander[/name_m], [name_m]Sander[/name_m]. [name_m]Coriander[/name_m] could work for a fem/neutral option.
@shanade213 Some of these are great. I hadnāt thought of using such a stretch so I will have to consider the idea and see where it falls for me. Thank you.
@mayliss These two are under consideration. Thank you.
@Ehrob1 Iāve add these to my list for consideration. Thank you.