We’re settled on [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] and desire a simple, classic, one syllable middle name. [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Grace[/name_f] seem too popular, and really like [name_f]Anne[/name_f], or perhaps [name_f]Hope[/name_f].
Question: does [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] sound too much like the word charlatan? They’re technically pronounced differently (char-luht-an vs. char-luh-tn) … but I don’t know. Is this silly?
If not [name_f]Anne[/name_f], how’s [name_f]Hope[/name_f]? Or anything else we’re missing?
Sorry, but it definitely sounds like charlatan to me. Have you consideren [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Anna[/name_f]?
Some other short and simple names:
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwen[/name_f]
[name_u]Lou[/name_u]
[name_f]Sue[/name_f]
[name_f]Faith[/name_f]
[name_f]Fern[/name_f]
[name_u]Kay[/name_u]
[name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_u]Wynn[/name_u]
[name_f]Nell[/name_f]
Thanks for feedback. Like [name_f]Anna[/name_f] as a name, but it’s two syllables. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you think this sounds choppy with the two syllable [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]? Our last name is also two syllables.
I like [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] and the suggestion of [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Gwen[/name_f] and [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Fern[/name_f]. Also, this isn’t short, but if you like [name_f]Rose[/name_f], what about [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]?
I don’t think 2-2-2 combinations sound choppy. Something like [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Anna[/name_f] “[name_m]Adams[/name_m]” would be very pretty.
Thanks! [name_f]Do[/name_f] you think [name_f]Anne[/name_f] is a bad combo due to the reason I mentioned? Or you just simply prefer [name_f]Hope[/name_f] for other reasons?
I don’t necessarily think that [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] sounds bad but it definitely goes right to “charlatan” when I think it/say it. I would maybe go with something a little less popular.
My middle name is [name_f]Anne[/name_f] & I come from the era in which all girls had the middle name of [name_f]Ann[/name_f]/[name_f]Anne[/name_f] or [name_f]Marie[/name_f], so for me it’s not as enticing as other middle names. I can’t say as I would have thought of “charlatan” upon hearing [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f], but now that you’ve mentioned it I can’t “unhear” it.
If you’d like to use a variant of [name_f]Anne[/name_f] but aren’t wild about [name_f]Anna[/name_f], what about [name_f]Anneliese[/name_f] (pronounced An-na-LEES)? [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Anneliese[/name_f] “[name_u]Carter[/name_u]”?
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Hope[/name_f] is very pretty…I also like [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f].
I do hear charlatan with [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f], so not the best combo in my mind. I do like [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Anna[/name_f] and don’t think 3 x 2 syllable names are necessarily a problem.
For 1 syllable names with [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] I love [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] (love this spelling), [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_u]Rain[/name_u] and [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f]. [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Hope[/name_f] works fine, I’m just not a huge fan of [name_f]Hope[/name_f]. I do prefer it over [name_f]Anne[/name_f] though.
Could you go with [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] or [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] instead? I think they’re fun , avoid charlatan and [name_f]Anne[/name_f]'s a fairly standard name if she decides [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] or [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] is not her speed.
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] is too close to charlatan for me. There are some many other pretty one syllable names (I would otherwise go for a 3 syllable one: 2-3-2):