We have pretty much cemented [name_u]Clyde[/name_u] as a first name for our second son due the first week of [name_u]February[/name_u].
Now we are struggling to find a middle name we love with it.
We had talked about [name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], but aren’t sure if flows super well. I think [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] sounds nice with [name_u]Clyde[/name_u] and with our last name, it just might be a lot to spit out, considering I say “Warren Patrick!” to my toddler approximately 500 times a day.
One of the common critiques we’ve gotten for the name [name_u]Clyde[/name_u] is that it reminds people of Clydesdale horses. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband’s grandfather (whom he lived with part of his childhood and is close to) is named [name_u]Dale[/name_u]. I JOKINGLY said, “We could use [name_u]Dale[/name_u] as a middle name and then we’d really have a Clydesdale.”.
Now my husband wants to name our child [name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Dale[/name_u]. He likes that it would honor his grandpa, but I think that would look like we were trying to make a joke of our child’s name. His grandpa’s first name is actually [name_u]Robert[/name_u] and he goes by his middle name [name_u]Dale[/name_u], but we can’t use the name [name_u]Robert[/name_u] for various reasons.
[name_f]My[/name_f] dad’s middle name is [name_u]Ray[/name_u], and I think [name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Raymond[/name_m] doesn’t sound terrible? As a nod to him. We don’t love [name_u]Ray[/name_u] or [name_m]Raymond[/name_m] though.
Help! What middle would you suggest to go with the first name [name_u]Clyde[/name_u]?
Here is a very long list of randoms that were jotted in my notes while up in the middle of the night with a fussy toddler. I haven’t had a chance to cull through them yet, so they might be horrendous and only written in a sleep-deprived state.
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Anderson[/name_u] (Anderson is my mother-in-law’s maiden name, but it is also my brother-in-law’s middle name, so I feel like he gets dibs on [name_u]Anderson[/name_u] and has mentioned wanting to use it some day).
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Gideon[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Arden[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Edward[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] (god is my strength)
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Russell[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Timothy[/name_u] (honoring god)
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Dale[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Cooper[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Murphy[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Murray[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Van[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Ray[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Nolan[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Grady[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Augustine[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Franklin[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Maxwell[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Ives[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] finch
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Fischer[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Hayes[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Pierson[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Carlisle[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]David[/name_u] (husband’s name)
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Daley[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Godfrey[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Clifford[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] hughes
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Clifton[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Leland[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Calloway[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Bradley[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] campbell
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Crosby[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Alden[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_m]Obadiah[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] [name_u]Calder[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u] collins