My husband and I would like to honor his grandma [name]Betty[/name] [name]Lou[/name]. He likes these two names together. We realize that [name]Betty[/name] is a form/nickname of [name]Elisabeth[/name]/Elizaabeth(we prefer the s) so we don’t necessarily have to have both names. But he likes the more direct honoring of the [name]LOU[/name] in [name]Louise[/name] or [name]Louisa[/name]. What do you think? [name]Way[/name] too much or could it work. We wouldn’t be using all three names very often… Our original combo was [name]Claire[/name] [name]Viviana[/name] [name]Danielle[/name]. Any combos that you would prefer using any of these? Thanks for the help.
I’m in the minority but in general I think less is more though I do come up with 2 mn combos sometimes, so basically I’m biased but anyways I think [name]Claire[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Louise[/name] or [name]Claire[/name] [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] would sound best if you do use all three names.
I’m just going to throw some combos out there, please give me input on these.
[name]Claire[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Claire[/name] [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name]
[name]Claire[/name] [name]Isabella[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Claire[/name] [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Ann[/name]
[name]Claire[/name] [name]Ann[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Claire[/name] [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Jayne[/name]
[name]Claire[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Claire[/name] [name]Isabella[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Don[/name]'t know why, but I am not liking [name]Louisa[/name] as a MN for [name]Claire[/name].
[name]Louisa[/name] [name]Claire[/name]- YES
But prefer [name]Louise[/name] as MN with [name]Claire[/name]. Can’t work out why though.
These are my favorites:
#1 [name]Claire[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
#2 [name]Claire[/name] [name]Isabella[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
#3 [name]Claire[/name] [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Ann[/name]
However, my #1 choice would be [name]Claire[/name] [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Jane[/name] (if it was [name]Jane[/name] instead of [name]Jayne[/name]).
I love [name]Claire[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name] [name]Louisa[/name]! It’s such a lovely name and I love that many parents are choosing to have two or more middle names.
Note: I prefer [name]Elizabeth[/name], but that’s my own personal preverance.
Have you considered [name]Beth[/name] or [name]Bethany[/name] instead of [name]Elisabeth[/name]? Or [name]Eloise[/name]?
[name]Bethany[/name] [name]Claire[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Claire[/name] [name]Eloise[/name] - E for [name]Elisabeth[/name] and the suffix for [name]Louise[/name].
I like [name]Claire[/name] [name]Eloise[/name] myself but choosing names if tough…Good luck!!
I think two names are better than three. Three just make for a lifetime of sloppy forms and are completely unneccessary. As a name lover, I know it’s hard to narrow it down. I would keep it simple and go with [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Louise[/name]. Perfection!
Thanks for all the input! We are pretty decided on using two middle names. We like the idea of having a middle name that honors family, but also a special name that we pick just for our child.
[name]Elisabeth[/name] is the Biblical spelling which we prefer and [name]Jayne[/name] is a family spelling, my moms name is [name]Alice[/name] [name]Jayne[/name], so that’s where the “y” comes in. I do think [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Claire[/name] flows better but we really want [name]Claire[/name] to be the first name. It is definitely challenging trying to decide!
I thought of [name]Claire[/name] [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Beth[/name] and [name]Claire[/name] [name]Eloise[/name]. For some reason I find [name]Eloise[/name] doesn’t flow very well when I pronounce it. [name]Bethany[/name] is my neice’s name so I can’t use that one. I’m not sure how I feel about [name]Claire[/name] [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Beth[/name]. Any more thoughts on that combo?