How to combine...?

DH and I are expecting #2 in Nov. DD name is [name]Story[/name] [name]Adrianne[/name], middle name after her daddy. We were originally going to name her [name]Morgen[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] after my 2 sisters ([name]Joanna[/name] [name]Morgen[/name] and [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]), but [name]Morgen[/name] was [name]WAY[/name] to popular for our taste. We don’t like popular names, prefer them to be a bit more unusual.
If we have a boy, we really like Cage Vaden. Vaden is his mom’s maiden name. For a girl, so far the only name that we agree on is Xana, no middle name as of yet.
I would really like to find a way to combine sisters’ names so that if we have another girl, we can name her after them.
So far the only things I’ve come up with are: [name]Jo[/name] [name]Beth[/name] (way tooo country), Katanna (sounds like a sword) and Morbeth (need I say more?)
Any suggestions?

Is Annabeth too plain for your taste? Or there’s Jorine. I actually knew someone with this name, although I think she spelled it Jorene. But spelling it Jorine makes it more obvious that it’s honoring [name]Katherine[/name], too.

What about [name]Katrina[/name] or [name]Catriona[/name] (usually pronounced [name]Katrina[/name])

[name]Morine[/name]
[name]Joelle[/name]
[name]Keagan[/name]

…are the hybrids I can see right off the bat.

Elizanna? pron. [name]Eliz[/name]-anna
[name]Bethanny[/name]- [name]ElizaBETH[/name] [name]JoANNa[/name]
[name]Rhianna[/name]- a little far fetched, [name]KatheRINE[/name] and [name]JoANNA[/name] hahaha

sorry- I tried.

[name]Joanna[/name] [name]Morgen[/name] and [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
(I love making unusual name combinations)

[name]Bethan[/name] (eliza[name]BETH[/name]/jo[name]ANna[/name])
Morkath ([name]MORgen[/name]/[name]KATHerine[/name])
Elija (Like [name]Elijah[/name], combining the start of [name]ELizabeth[/name] and the key letters of [name]Joanna[/name])
Eligen ([name]Elly[/name]-[name]Jen[/name] or Elee-jen(more like elijah) - [name]ELIzabeth[/name]/mor[name]GEN[/name])
Elizagen
Jorgarine ([name]JOanna[/name]/moRGen/katheRINE)
Annarine/Annarina (jo[name]ANNA[/name]/katheRINe)
[name]Annali[/name] (jo[name]ANNA[/name]/e[name]LIzabeth[/name])
[name]Joli[/name]/Joeli ([name]Jo[/name]-lee or [name]Jo[/name]-ly - [name]JOanna[/name]/[name]ELIzabeth[/name])
Annaliza ([name]Anna[/name]-leeza - jo[name]ANNA[/name]/e[name]LIZAbeth[/name])

I really like some of them actually. Especially the last few…
Xana Annarina
Xana [name]Bethan[/name]
Xana Jorgerine
Xana [name]Joli[/name]
Xana Annaliza
Xana [name]Annali[/name]

You can also combine the letters of the first name to make [name]Jorge[/name] ([name]JOanna[/name]/mRGEn) in case you want to keep that for a boy’s middle or something.

While I’m not creative enough to come up with my own combos, I really like Xana [name]Joli[/name], suggested by kiki. [name]Joli[/name]/e means pretty or nice in French (pronounced a bit more like zho-lee, rather than jo-lee), and I think it would be cool to have a name that is after relatives plus has a nice meaning. Since jolie is the feminine form of the adjective, I think you spell it like that.

My vote goes to Xana [name]Jolie[/name]!

it seems like [name]Annelise[/name]/[name]Anneliese[/name]/[name]Annalise[/name] would be a good option - [name]Ann/name from [name]Joanna[/name] and [name]Lise[/name] is a Scandinavian/[name]German[/name] variation/diminuitive of [name]Elizabeth[/name]

Thanks for all the great suggestions! Of course the ones that I really like (ex Jorine) my husband shuddered at. At least we have time to figure it out lol

[name]Hi[/name]!

[name]Joanna[/name] [name]Morgen[/name] and [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]

[name]Muriel[/name] = [name]Morgen[/name] + [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Anneliese[/name] = [name]Joanna[/name] + [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Eliana[/name] = [name]Elizabeth[/name] + [name]Joanna[/name]
[name]Jocasta[/name] = [name]Joanna[/name] + [name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Katya[/name] = [name]Katherine[/name] + [name]Joanna[/name]

Plus, for first names with [name]Story[/name], I really like [name]Afton[/name], [name]Arbor[/name], [name]Tuesday[/name], [name]Wren[/name], [name]Echo[/name], [name]Fable[/name], and [name]Haven[/name].

Good luck!

[name]Lemon[/name] :slight_smile:

Oh! We both really like Xana [name]Elianna[/name] [name]Turner[/name]! And I also really like [name]Wren[/name], [name]Echo[/name] and [name]Fable[/name]! Good to have in case it be twins!

Sisko is a name meaning sister in Finnish.

Oh! We both really like Xana [name]Elianna[/name] [name]Turner[/name]! And I also really like [name]Wren[/name], [name]Echo[/name] and [name]Fable[/name]! Good to have in case it be twins![/quote]

[name]Hi[/name]!

Where is Xana from? I couldn’t find it on NB…

If you throw in [name]Lyric[/name], you could have quite the theme going with [name]Story[/name], [name]Fable[/name], and [name]Lyric[/name], huh? So sweet. Oh, you might also like [name]Lark[/name]!

PS I like [name]Story[/name] [name]Adrienne[/name] with [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Eliana[/name], too!

[name]Lemon[/name] :slight_smile:

Oh! We both really like Xana [name]Elianna[/name] [name]Turner[/name]! And I also really like [name]Wren[/name], [name]Echo[/name] and [name]Fable[/name]! Good to have in case it be twins![/quote]

[name]Hi[/name]!

Where is Xana from? I couldn’t find it on NB…

If you throw in [name]Lyric[/name], you could have quite the theme going with [name]Story[/name], [name]Fable[/name], and [name]Lyric[/name], huh? So sweet. Oh, you might also like [name]Lark[/name]!

PS I like [name]Story[/name] [name]Adrienne[/name] with [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Eliana[/name], too!

[name]Lemon[/name] :-)[/quote]

LOL Found it while searching for mythological creatures! It is a female water spirit. :slight_smile: