Hubby and I would love to honor a wonderful woman from his family, [name_f]Carol[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f]. Double-barrel names are quite common in his family, and he is NOT a fan of the double-barrel name. Right now, we’re TTC, and thinking of a creative way to honor a wonderful woman with a name we’re not too fond of.
We’ve thought of [name_f]Coralie[/name_f] or [name_f]Carolyn[/name_f]. That’s it. We’re also wondering if we can think of any male names to honor her, as we don’t know if we’ll end up with a boy or girl.
While we’re both usually interested in the meaning of the name, we’ve decided to (possibly) let it slide with our (hypothetical) next child.
I picked our daughter’s middle and would not budge. He hated her middle name, but it was absolutely necessary to me to name my first born after my grandmother or grandfather. I let him choose her first name, which had to be something I liked just enough to put on the birth certificate, but was certainly not my first choice. The next time, he gets to choose the middle, and I have more sway on the first name. He has asked me, the name nerd, to give him suggestions for [name_f]Carol[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f].
Maybe something with a similar meaning to [name_f]Carol[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f]? We’ll definitely go for a similar sound. We are very fond of honoring our heritage-- so any names from [name_m]French[/name_m], Slavic, or UK languages would be especially lovely to our ears.
Hoping my fellow berries can make some fine suggestions. The more suggestions, the better. I’m open to any and all suggestions, because we’ve made it a point that we’re set on our first name choices and will not be discussing them with anyone until he or she is born. I like the first and middle to have a nice flow for when he or she is causing trouble, it sounds nice to shout in public places
[name_m]Ciaran[/name_m] is a lovely one for a boy! I really like that it has many of the same letters as [name_f]Carol[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f]. I’m absolutely perplexed on the boys names to honor [name_f]Carol[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f]. You gave me enough ideas to get started.
I’m wondering how far of a “stretch” from [name_f]Carol[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] we can go and still satisfy my husband, lol.
[name_f]Cerys[/name_f] happens to be on my top 10 list of girls names Husband happens to like it, too.
Thanks lilea!
Hoping more berries will chime in with a few gems of suggestions.
For a boy: [name_m]Lorcan[/name_m] (Meaning, origin and history of the name Lorcán - Behind the Name) has all of the letters of [name_f]Carol[/name_f], and end in an “AN” sound. It is somewhat popular in [name_f]Ireland[/name_f], and occasionally ranks on the English/Welsh list. It is currently unranked.
Other boy ideas: [name_m]Carl[/name_m], [name_m]Cale[/name_m], [name_m]Calum[/name_m] / [name_m]Callum[/name_m]
Oh my… [name_m]Lorcan[/name_m], another of my top 10! I never thought it’s like an anagram for [name_f]Carol[/name_f]!
Wow, my berries, you are awesome!
Maybe our honor name has been hiding in plain sight in my “name notebook” this whole time! My name notebook is a journal with notes on my favorite names and why I love them.
[name_f]Carol[/name_f] is a short form of [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]. (It can also come from the surname [name_u]Carroll[/name_u], but let’s stick to it being a short form of [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] for the sake of this.) [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] is the feminine form of [name_m]Carolus[/name_m], which is the Latin form of [name_m]Charles[/name_m]. From there you can get [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] as well.
So for a girl: [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Carolina[/name_f], [name_f]Charlene[/name_f], [name_f]Carrie[/name_f], [name_f]Coral[/name_f], [name_u]Caro[/name_u], [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
And for a boy: [name_m]Charles[/name_m], [name_u]Carroll[/name_u] (if you’re daring), [name_u]Carlisle[/name_u], [name_m]Carl[/name_m], [name_m]Anthony[/name_m], [name_m]Anton[/name_m]
She never married, so her maiden name is the same as ours. Suffice it to say, our last name would sound bizarre as a first name, at least in the US, anyway.
[name_f]Lovely[/name_f] lovely options here.
I was given an honor name myself- in a roundabout way. Sort of like getting [name_m]Charles[/name_m] from [name_f]Carol[/name_f]. In order not to offend my dad’s family, I was named a derivative of my grandmother’s name, and given the same middle initial. My mom’s family knew, but dad’s family never figured it out.
I should also add that I’m not fond of boy names on girls, but I’m super in favor of reclaiming some boy gems from the pink side! [name_u]Emerson[/name_u] is one of my personal favorites for a boy. [name_u]Carroll[/name_u] as a middle for a boy- yeah, I could jive with that.
In my opinion [name_f]Carol[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] is a beautiful name. When I hear that name I think of the cute little girl in Poltergeist, and that is one of my favourite horror films ever. If I was you I would definitely consider the name [name_f]Carol[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] its so sweet and gorgeous.
Husband happens to like it, too.