Hello everybody,
I’d love your help coming up with a middle name for [name_f]Anna[/name_f]. My husband likes [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] or [name_u]Reagan[/name_u]. Of the two, I prefer [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]. My name is [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], which I think would go well with [name_f]Anna[/name_f] but I feel kind of strange naming my daughter after myself (although it’d be more of a passed-down name, as it was my great-grandmother’s name before it was mine). I do think it’s nice, however, that [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] is somewhat of a derivative of [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]. My husband had a grandmother named [name_f]Katherine[/name_f], which I also think would work. I’d prefer her middle name to have some significance/family meaning, but my husband wasn’t particularly fond of that grandmother.
Thanks for any insights! My biggest concern is finding a name that will be timeless.
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] is timeless. [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Reagan[/name_u] not so much. [name_m]How[/name_m] about…
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Camille[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Coraline[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Emily[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Faith[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Paige[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
Hmm…other forms of [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]/[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]:
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Carole[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Carlotta[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Charlize[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Carline[/name_f]/[name_f]Carlina[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Charline[/name_f]/[name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] Carreen/Carrene
Snna [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] is timeless but [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] is getting very popular.
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Faye[/name_f]
anna [name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Alyse[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Beth[/name_f]
anna [name_f]Belle[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] (my fav)
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
Fell in love with a name I heard [name_f]Ahna[/name_f] [name_f]Brielle[/name_f]. I think [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Brielle[/name_f] is equally beautiful.
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] is so gorgeous!!
A few more ideas you might like:
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] is lovely!!
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Coraline[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Cornelia[/name_f] (same letters as [name_f]Caroline[/name_f])
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Carys[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Cleo[/name_f]
Thank you everyone for your replies! [name_u]Love[/name_u] hearing everybody’s opinions!
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you all think [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] will ever sound dated since it’s so popular right now?
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] are lovely. The flow feels a bit off with [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Reagan[/name_u].
Maybe;
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Bethany[/name_f]
Would it be strange to pass my first name down to her in the middle? Like I said, it was passed down to me from my great grandmother
I don’t think it would be strange, my aunt did that with my cousin
I really like [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] and it would be so sweet to pass on your name. I dont think it’s strange at all. I babysit two little girls who are sisters, the oldest has her mothers middle as her middle name and the younger one has their mothers first as her middle. The only comments their mom gets is “oh that’s so sweet!” And “oh I wish my husband had let me do that!”
Thanks greyblue and oh_sunshine 
I wonder why someone’s husband wouldn’t want them to do that. Such a hard decision, though! I know I’m over-thinking it, I just feel strange naming her “after” myself even though I know it’s more of a passed-down name
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] gets my vote
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] are both gorgeous. I slightly prefer the flow of [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], but I think it is just a question of whether you want to pass down your exact name or just have a close connection. Either one would be lovely and special.
I like [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]. Nothing wrong with passing down your name to your child.
Thanks so much, everyone! I am leaning toward [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] so that it isn’t totally the same. My only concern is [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] being so popular, I don’t want my daughter to have a trendy name!
Thank you to everyone who has helped me in this thread! I have decided that I don’t want to do [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] since it’s the exact same as my name, and am now deciding between [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] ([name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] as a nn) and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]. My husband’s grandma spelled her name [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] but I think I prefer [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]…what do you all think? [name_m]Just[/name_m] stick with [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]?