Middle name for Evangeline?

Girl Names
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My husband and i are pretty set on naming our little girl [name]Evangeline[/name] with the nn [name]Evie[/name]. I’m having the HARDEST time with a mn though! I really want a name that has meaning from my side of the family but doesn’t sound ridiculous with the first name [name]Evangeline[/name] and the last name a long 3-syllable, hard to spell name beginning with a B.

Names that have meaning that I can work with are:

[name]Cecil[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Maureen[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name]

Any ideas to shorten/change any of these so it sounds good as a mn for [name]Baby[/name] [name]Evie[/name]???

I thought maybe:

[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Cecile[/name] B_______

[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Mae[/name]/[name]May[/name] B_______ (husband thinks this mn sounds too country-ish)

ughh IDK!!!

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I love [name]Evangeline[/name] and especially [name]Evie[/name]! I think it might be a good idea to give her a short middle name, since her first and last names are already long. I like [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]May[/name], and would spell [name]May[/name] with a y. I don’t think it sounds country at all. [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Helen[/name] and [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Maureen[/name] are a little bit rhymy for me. Other suggestions:
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Claire[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Helena[/name] (flows better than [name]Helena[/name])
Best of luck!

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[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]May[/name] was my first instinct as a nn for [name]Margaret[/name]! I don’t think it sounds too country, it’s very melodic and lovely :slight_smile:

Other options, though they may be far fetched…:

[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Bree[/name] ([name]Bridget[/name])
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Elle[/name] ([name]Eleanor[/name] and [name]Helen[/name] have the same origin and meaning and [name]Elle[/name] is a short form of [name]Eleanor[/name]…told you it was a stretch! Lol)
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Nell[/name] (same as above)
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Meg[/name] ([name]Margaret[/name])
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Greta[/name] ([name]Margaret[/name])
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] ([name]Margaret[/name] means [name]Pearl[/name])
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Margot[/name] ([name]Margaret[/name])
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Maisie[/name] ([name]Margaret[/name])
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Mary[/name] ([name]Maureen[/name] is the Irish form of [name]Mary[/name])
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Maura[/name] ([name]Maureen[/name])
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Mary[/name] [name]May[/name] (I thought this was cute and honours two people!)
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Maire[/name] (variation of [name]Maura[/name])

My favs are [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]May[/name], [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Maura[/name] and [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Bree[/name].

Best of luck!!

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I, too, really like [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]May[/name] (this spelling).

[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Celia[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Margo[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Maura[/name]

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[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Celia[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Marie[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Mira[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Mara[/name]

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thanks so much for the input, there are a lot of pretty options here i had not thought of!

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I really love the name [name]Evangeline[/name]!! I like [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Claire[/name] & [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Cecil[/name]. Or even [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Kate[/name] or [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Kae[/name] sound nice. I’m not a lost fan but I actually do love the sound of [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Lily[/name]!