My brother and sister-in-law are expecting their third child. They are having a baby girl! They have a bit of a theme going as far as names are concerned which is making finding a middle name for baby #3 extremely difficult. They have already chosen the name [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] (after the Greek goddess of justice and innocence) and they are not taking any considerations when it comes to the first name (so please no snide/negative comments about their name choice, I think it is beautiful). Their children are named:
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] [name_u]Skye[/name_u]
[name_f]Azure[/name_f] [name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] -----
The happily expecting parents are looking for a 1-2 syllable middle name that is related to either stars/constellations, planets, nature or the sea. Thank you for all the help!
The first name that came to mind was [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Stella[/name_f], if you don’t mind the repetition of sounds (which I don’t!) And I’ve also seen the gorgeous combo [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f] suggested a few times.
Other suggestions:
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_u]Seren[/name_u] (Welsh for star)
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Ursa[/name_f] (from [name_f]Ursa[/name_f] major/minor)
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Breeze[/name_f]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Alya[/name_f] (means heavens/exalted one)
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Ceres[/name_f] (dwarf planet in our solar system and I think similar enough the [name_f]Cerys[/name_f] to be usable)
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Eris[/name_f] (as above, similar to [name_f]Erin[/name_f])
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Cyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_u]Halley[/name_u]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] Hesper (evening star)
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] Lusine/[name_f]Lucine[/name_f]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_u]Vega[/name_u]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Maia[/name_f]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Shaula[/name_f]
My favourites would be [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f], [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Alya[/name_f], [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Lyra[/name_f], [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] Hesper and [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Shaula[/name_f]… but with such a beautiful first name any middle would sound great hope this helps!
After sharing this thread with my brother and sister-in-law they called a family meeting. After a lot of back and forth helped them to narrow the list down to just two. The most popular choices amongst our family were [name_f]Opal[/name_f] and [name_f]Dawn[/name_f]. My family is extremely appreciative for all the wonderful and creative suggestions that were posted to this thread. Cheers!
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Opal[/name_f] or [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Dawn[/name_f]? Which do you prefer? Please chime in below this post.
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Dawn[/name_f] has a better flow for me. [name_f]Opal[/name_f] is pretty, I just prefer [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] with [name_f]Dawn[/name_f]!
[name_f]Opal[/name_f] is nice but I agree, [name_f]Dawn[/name_f] sounds the best. And it goes beautifully with [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] [name_u]Skye[/name_u].
I agree with the two before me. [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Dawn[/name_f]. It flows better than [name_f]Opal[/name_f], though both are lovely, and I like that it fits in with the sky element of both the constellation [name_u]Orion[/name_u] and the sky itself. Feels more in place than opal would in the pack.
Oops, just saw the post about the family meeting – I would go with [name_f]Dawn[/name_f] as well! It flows well and matches the other girls names perfectly!
[name_m]Just[/name_m] to let you know, [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] is not the greek goddess of justice and innocence. That would be [name_f]Astraea[/name_f]. [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] is the goddess of stars and the daughter of [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] and Coeus.
Other than that, [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] is a beautiful name. My vote is for [name_f]Asteria[/name_f] [name_f]Opal[/name_f].
hope this helps!