Lend me your wonderful ideas: middle name for Elaine?

Girl Names
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[name]Elaine[/name] _____ ?

We love the name [name]Elaine[/name], nn [name]Ellie[/name]/[name]Lainey[/name]/[name]Lane[/name], but are really struggling with a middle name. The unstressed-stressed pattern throws me off completely, and I have no clue where to start. What kinds of middle names do you think flow nicely with names like [name]Elaine[/name]? What kinds of middle names do people with names like [name]Nicole[/name]/[name]Estelle[/name]/[name]Marie[/name] have? :slight_smile: Any help is appreciated!

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[name]Elaine[/name] is beautiful and I love all of the nickname possibilities :slight_smile: ok so middle names:

[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Alice[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Morgan[/name]

Best of luck!

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Some ideas are:

[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Iris[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Camilla[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Seraphina[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Sophie[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]

[name]Hope[/name] that helped :slight_smile:

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[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Juliette[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Angelique[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Antoinette[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Alexandra[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Juliana[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Ariella[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Cassandra[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Dominique[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Miranda[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Kiara[/name]/[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Ciara[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Isidora[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Theodora[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Isabella[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Carina[/name]/[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Karina[/name]

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The reason people typically put [name]Marie[/name], [name]Nicole[/name] and [name]Elaine[/name] in the middle is because of their rare stress pattern. This means that you can put almost any name in the middle.

[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Claire[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Vivian[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Lucille[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Naomi[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Greer[/name]

I’m finding that 3 syllable names tend to have the best flow with [name]Elaine[/name]. Good luck! [name]Elaine[/name] is a gorgeous name and one of my favorites!

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[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Victoria[/name] and [name]Elaine[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] are both lovely.

In response to your question about mns for [name]Marie[/name]/[name]Estelle[/name]/[name]Nicole[/name]…I knew a [name]Marie[/name] [name]Frances[/name] once.
Also, [name]Nicole[/name] Kidman’s middle name is [name]Mary[/name], [name]Nicole[/name] [name]Richie[/name]'s mn is [name]Camille[/name]. I don’t know a [name]Nicole[/name] [name]IRL[/name].

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Thanks so much for your help! I’ll have to sit with some of these. Of the suggestions, I really like the following:

[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Lucille[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Vivian[/name]

I especially want to like [name]Elaine[/name] [name]Victoria[/name], but something about [name]Victoria[/name] has always felt snooty to me. Does anyone have any other ideas? I’d love to pick your brain!

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[name]Elaine[/name] [name]Cadence[/name]?