I am still tossing up between various different first names for my baby (sex unknown, although I have a strong inkling it’s a girl!), and from day one, I’ve been stuck on two middle names. I am now contemplating hyphenating these middle names but I am worried because the names hyphenating sound a lot like [name]Elizabeth[/name]. My best friend’s name is [name]Elise[/name] and my [name]Nanny[/name]'s name is [name]Beth[/name] (long story, but my [name]Nanny[/name] and I have grown really close during my pregnancy). I am thinking of hyphenating [name]ELISE[/name]-[name]BETH[/name], but I am not sure how people will react to this. I myself rather like it. It’s different and it is honours two very important people in my life.
That said, I am worried it might offend my mum. You see, I am living with [name]Nanny[/name] because my mum kicked me out when I told her I was pregnant and now we’re kind of estranged, because she is treating me badly and making me feel really stressed and pressured, and hasn’t really been there for my during my pregnancy. [name]Nanny[/name], on the other hand, has been there through everything since I moved in with her. I don’t want to get mum further off-side by honouring [name]Nanny[/name] and not her, but I just feel that [name]Nanny[/name] really deserves this and it’s the perfect way to say ‘thank you’ for what she’s done for me.
[name]Elise[/name]-[name]Beth[/name] sounds like a perfect solution for you. Usually I’m hesitant about honoring friends–that’s just me–but [name]Elise[/name]-[name]Beth[/name] is really cute. You could also do something like [name]Beth[/name]-[name]Elise[/name], which I think flows a bit better, since the emphasis on [name]Elise[/name] is the second syllable. I don’t think it’s really a problem to use [name]Elise[/name]-[name]Beth[/name] when it sounds so much like [name]Elizabeth[/name]–you could, also, just do [name]Elizabeth[/name]/[name]Elisabeth[/name], since both [name]Elise[/name] and [name]Beth[/name] are both variations of [name]Elizabeth[/name], or you could even consider [name]Elisabeth[/name] a smoosh of their two names–then you could use a second mn, which could even honor your mother, if you decide you want to.
The reason I am favouring said MN being hyphenated is because with the first name I am leaning strongly towards, the MN makes me thing of one thing and one thing only, and I don’t want that association with my baby. Not that it’s a bad association, but I can only imagine the onslaught of questions I’d be likely to get with [name]Elisabeth[/name] or [name]Elizabeth[/name] as MN, plus I thought that the tribute to my friend and [name]Nanny[/name] was a wonderful way of showing how thankful I am for all they’ve done for me during my pregnancy. I love the sound of [name]Beth[/name]-[name]Elise[/name], too, but I think I’d have to find another way to fit Mum’s name in. Mum’s name is [name]Nicole[/name], [name]Nikki[/name] for short, so I’m not exactly sure how to fit that in, and with my surname being Hennessey, I’m conscious of the fact that the child may never learn to spell her full name lol
I like [name]Elise[/name]-[name]Beth[/name] or [name]Beth[/name]-[name]Elise[/name]. I think you should do it. This is an interesting idea for me b/c I’ve been thinking about doing a double mn for my child, but I worry about the complications. I may think about hyphenating now, so she would still have only one mid initial/name.
I’ve writen it in another thread of yours about the fact that [name]Elise[/name]-[name]Beth[/name] will get misspelled so [name]IMO[/name] [name]Beth[/name]-[name]Elise[/name] is the best choice. You can include [name]Nikki[/name] too, like [name]Nikki[/name] [name]Beth[/name]-[name]Elise[/name], it sounds cute.
