Katherine and Maureen honors?

[name_m]Hi[/name_m]!

Today we were thinking about naming baby after our mothers! (We still haven’t decided though!)

[name_f]My[/name_f] mum’s name is [name_f]Katherine[/name_f], and my mother-in-law is named [name_f]Maureen[/name_f]. We’re not in love with either [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] [name_f]Maureen[/name_f] or [name_f]Maureen[/name_f] [name_f]Katherine[/name_f], so we wanted to know if you could think of a name that would honor them both?

Thank you! xx

Maybe [name_f]Kathleen[/name_f] as a nod to both?

Some related names that could work as honors…

[name_f]Katia[/name_f], [name_f]Katya[/name_f], [name_f]Katja[/name_f]
[name_f]Kate[/name_f], [name_f]Katie[/name_f]
[name_f]Katelin[/name_f] + other spelling variants
[name_f]Kathryn[/name_f] + other spelling variants
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f], [name_f]Katharina[/name_f]
[name_f]Katrin[/name_f]
[name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f]
[name_u]Kitty[/name_u]
[name_f]Katriona[/name_f]

[name_f]Maura[/name_f]
[name_f]Moira[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
Máirín
[name_f]Molly[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Mitzi[/name_f]
[name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Maren[/name_f]

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Karina comes to mind as a mix between the two names! The Kah- sound from Katherine and the -reen sound from Maureen!

Others -
Maxine
Margot
Matilda
Millie
Marina
Kate
Kaia
Camille or Kamille
Cleo or Kleo

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[name_f]Kathleen[/name_f] and [name_u]Marin[/name_u]!

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If want both in first name, Mary-Kate (where Maureen = Little Mary)

Otherwise:

Marion Kitty
Marnie Katherine
Mairin Kari
Katerina / Katrina Maude
Katushka Mary (but Tush/Tooshy might not be ideal)
Kate Maren (so sleek!)
Caitlin Mary Rose
Kasia Manon

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Seconding the suggestion of Kathleen!!

Some other ideas:

[name_f]Katrin[/name_f]
[name_f]Rina[/name_f] (ree-nuh)
Keera/Keira
[name_f]Marine[/name_f]
[name_f]Kolleen[/name_f]
[name_u]Kora[/name_u]
Mary-Kate
[name_u]Mika[/name_u]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f] (ath from [name_f]Katherine[/name_f], -een from Maureen)
[name_u]Erin[/name_u] (since [name_f]Maureen[/name_f] is an [name_u]Irish[/name_u] name, [name_u]Erin[/name_u] means [name_u]Ireland[/name_u] and the letters are included in Katherine?)
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] (mar from [name_f]Maureen[/name_f] and tha from Katherine)
[name_f]Karina[/name_f]

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[name_u]Kora[/name_u], [name_u]Erin[/name_u] & [name_f]Martha[/name_f] are so pretty! Next level suggestions here.

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Thank you for the suggestions! I see lots of [name_f]Kathleen[/name_f], which would have been awesome but we both have bad associations with the name :disappointed:.

@snowmaiden I love [name_u]Marin[/name_u]!

@EloiseT Mary-Kate is really cute! I also really like [name_f]Marnie[/name_f] [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] and [name_f]Kate[/name_f] [name_f]Maren[/name_f] :heart:

@Greyblue [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Martha[/name_f], [name_u]Erin[/name_u] and [name_u]Mika[/name_u]! (Mika would actually be a quadruple honor, my dad and Molly’s grandfather are Michael!)

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[name_f]Kara[/name_f]
[name_f]Mara[/name_f]
[name_f]Karina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Katerina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marta[/name_f]

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[name_u]Love[/name_u] all of these :heart:. Thank you!

[name_f]Karine[/name_f], [name_f]Carine[/name_f], [name_f]Kareena[/name_f], [name_f]Karina[/name_f], [name_f]Carina[/name_f]

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[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cathryn[/name_f]
[name_f]Cate[/name_f]
[name_f]Catie[/name_f]
[name_f]Katie[/name_f]
[name_f]Katy[/name_f]
Katydid
[name_f]Katya[/name_f]
[name_f]Kath[/name_f]
Cath
[name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f]
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
Catalan
[name_f]Kathe[/name_f]
[name_u]Kitty[/name_u]
[name_f]Moira[/name_f]
[name_f]Morag[/name_f]

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[name_f]Catalina[/name_f] is really pretty, thank you :heart:

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