[name_u]Donnelly[/name_u] is really growing on me, but people on the internet, not on Nameberry but other name groups I’m in, have been HATING it. But largely because they think it’s purely a surname or masculine if it were to be a given name, but the nicknames [name_f]Donna[/name_f], [name_u]Donnie[/name_u], [name_f]Nell[/name_f], [name_f]Nellie[/name_f], [name_f]Dolly[/name_f], etc vs [name_m]Don[/name_m] and [name_u]Donnie[/name_u], it leans Feminine for me so IDK. Ultimately if [name_u]Sutton[/name_u], McKenzie, etc can be given names and encouraged I don’t see why [name_u]Donnelly[/name_u] shouldn’t.
We already have a [name_f]Donna[/name_f] in the family (not really an honor name for her, she’s great but she’s my partner’s stepsister not the most influential family member) but I do think it can be loose honor name for my grandma who was more of a mom to me, [name_f]Danette[/name_f], because the names share the 1st and 3rd letters and the double letters.
However, I want 2 middles, one’s an honor name for my MIL, her middle name [name_f]Renée[/name_f] and one short 3-4 letters name to “cutesy up” the nickname like example [name_f]Lilliana[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] nn. [name_f]Lilly[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] so can you help fill the blank? I’d prefer not [name_f]Rose[/name_f] or [name_f]Jane[/name_f] or anything too common. Rn [name_f]Jane[/name_f] is all I can think of that sounds good though (Donnelly [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Renée[/name_f] S**ton, nn. [name_u]Nelly[/name_u] Jane)
[name_u]Donnelly[/name_u] ___ [name_f]Renée[/name_f] S**ton
