middle name for Julia

Girl Names
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I need help finding middle name ideas for [name]Julia[/name] (see my post under “more name ideas”). [name]Julia[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] seemed like the perfect combo, but my sister just had a baby girl and used [name]Charlotte[/name] for the mn. I also like:

[name]Julia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Clare[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Clara[/name]

Possibly we’d do [name]Julia[/name] [name]Natalie[/name] or [name]Julia[/name] [name]Noelle[/name] to honor a relative, though I don’t love either of those names. I really want something “pretty” like [name]Julia[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] or [name]Julia[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] (which I won’t do bc my name is [name]Caroline[/name]). A “C” name also honors a relative. I also love [name]Julia[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] and [name]Julia[/name] [name]Louise[/name], but we wouldn’t do those because of various relatives with those first names. We also need something that goes with our last name, which begins with a hard “G” (two syllables).

I’m not 100% set on [name]Julia[/name] as the first name, but it’s the one we keep coming back to and feels the most natural. Though I’m despairing because it seems like all the prettiest [name]Julia[/name] combos are out of the running for us for one reason or another. We like classic names such as: [name]Jane[/name], [name]Victoria[/name], [name]Amelia[/name], [name]Georgina[/name], [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Alexandra[/name]. My husband likes [name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Isabel[/name], but they’re too popular for me.

I still have a lot of time–due [name]December[/name] 26th. Thanks in advance for your input!

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I’m so sorry about [name]Julia[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name], but I hope your sister’s baby is doing well! :slight_smile:

From your list, I really love [name]Julia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] and [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name]. :slight_smile:

If you’d like something similar in sound to [name]Charlotte[/name], what about [name]Julia[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name]? (It may be too close to [name]Charlotte[/name], but I thought I’d see.) :slight_smile:

I think that [name]Julia[/name] [name]Claire[/name] is really pretty, but when I say it out loud, I still hear [name]Julie[/name] uh-claire, like “eclair,” the dessert. That’s just me, though. :slight_smile: I just love the name [name]Julia[/name]!

Some more to honor a relative:

[name]Julia[/name] [name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Camille[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Constance[/name]

Good luck, [name]Caroline[/name]! :slight_smile:

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[name]Just[/name] to add to the above:

[name]Julia[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Frances[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Kate[/name]

Good luck! :slight_smile:

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I love [name]Julia[/name] [name]Claire[/name] with the “aire” spelling for [name]Claire[/name]. So lovely! I love it even more than [name]Julia[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name].
Also love [name]Julia[/name] [name]Frances[/name]!

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Thanks for these suggestions, [name]Jill[/name]. [name]Julia[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]/[name]Kate[/name] is gorgeous, but doesn’t work because that’s my sister’s name ([name]Catherine[/name]/[name]Kate[/name]). I don’t love [name]Constance[/name], [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Camille[/name], or [name]Blythe[/name]. A good friend just used [name]Frances[/name] for her daughter’s name, so I also don’t want to use that.

[name]Hence[/name], I’m looking at [name]Julia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name], [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name], [name]Julia[/name] [name]Claire[/name]. [name]Do[/name] you think [name]Julia[/name] [name]Clara[/name] works or do you not like the double “a” ending? What about [name]Julia[/name] [name]Natalie[/name]? I know you’re not a fan of [name]Natalie[/name], and I don’t love it either, but I can’t avoid the nagging feeling that we should be honoring our “N” relative. Or [name]Julia[/name] [name]Nell[/name] (I know, you’re going to say that sounds like [name]Julie[/name] uh-nell!)? Maybe two mn’s is the answer, to get one I love, and one that honors our relative. For example, [name]Julia[/name] [name]Natalie[/name] [name]Violet[/name] or [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Nell[/name]. But not sure I’m into the idea of two mns…

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Thanks for the vote of confidence on [name]Julia[/name] [name]Claire[/name], [name]Susan[/name]. Despite the [name]Julie[/name] Eclair issue (which I’m not sure anyone besides [name]Jill[/name] would think of :), we might well end up going with that!

Why do you prefer the [name]Claire[/name] spelling to [name]Clare[/name] (was there another thread about this recently?). I thought [name]Clare[/name] is English and [name]Claire[/name] is French, so the English spelling would work better with [name]Julia[/name]…

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[name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] and [name]Julia[/name] [name]Clare[/name] are both absolutely beautiful names!
(If I had to choose - which is VERY hard - I think I would pick [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name]; just because it’s middle name and [name]Violet[/name] is the more “fun” or whimsical of the two names and because I think “V” makes an awesome middle initial)

If you really want to use an “N” name, have you considered [name]Julia[/name] [name]Naomi[/name]?

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Thanks! [name]Do[/name] you think [name]Violet[/name] is too trendy, though? I can’t do [name]Naomi[/name]–it’s my other sister’s name!

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Well, you have lots of great names in your family!

[name]Violet[/name] does seem to be getting popular, but I would think it would be less of a concern in the middle.

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I like [name]Julia[/name] [name]Sinclaire[/name]

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[name]Julia[/name] is one of my favorite names! I love both [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] and [name]Julia[/name] [name]Claire[/name], and I think the [name]Claire[/name] spelling looks best. Other ‘C’ middle name suggestions:

[name]Julia[/name] [name]Cordelia[/name] (not the best flow, but I love [name]Cordelia[/name]!)
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Clio[/name] / [name]Cleo[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Cosette[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Coralie[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Celeste[/name] / [name]Celestine[/name]

[name]Julia[/name] [name]Seraphine[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Alice[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Rosalind[/name] / [name]Rosalie[/name] / [name]Rose[/name]

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[name]Julia[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] is pretty, I think.
Also a vote for [name]Julia[/name] [name]Noelle[/name]–I have one in my family and I always thought it sounded so pretty!

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[name]Julia[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] could give her the cute JJ nickname if she didn’t like [name]Julie[/name].

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Thanks for these suggestions, [name]Jill[/name]. [name]Julia[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]/[name]Kate[/name] is gorgeous, but doesn’t work because that’s my sister’s name ([name]Catherine[/name]/[name]Kate[/name]). I don’t love [name]Constance[/name], [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Camille[/name], or [name]Blythe[/name]. A good friend just used [name]Frances[/name] for her daughter’s name, so I also don’t want to use that.

[name]Hence[/name], I’m looking at [name]Julia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name], [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name], [name]Julia[/name] [name]Claire[/name]. [name]Do[/name] you think [name]Julia[/name] [name]Clara[/name] works or do you not like the double “a” ending? What about [name]Julia[/name] [name]Natalie[/name]? I know you’re not a fan of [name]Natalie[/name], and I don’t love it either, but I can’t avoid the nagging feeling that we should be honoring our “N” relative. Or [name]Julia[/name] [name]Nell[/name] (I know, you’re going to say that sounds like [name]Julie[/name] uh-nell!)? Maybe two mn’s is the answer, to get one I love, and one that honors our relative. For example, [name]Julia[/name] [name]Natalie[/name] [name]Violet[/name] or [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Nell[/name]. But not sure I’m into the idea of two mns…[/quote]

Your parents named their daughters [name]Caroline[/name] and [name]Catherine[/name]? Wow! I’d like to award them gold medal honors in the Naming Olympics. :slight_smile:

Double a endings don’t bother me (like [name]Francesca[/name] [name]Nora[/name], for example), but between [name]Julia[/name] [name]Claire[/name] and [name]Julia[/name] [name]Clara[/name], I’m going to vote for [name]Julia[/name] [name]Claire[/name] (yes, despite the eclair issue.) :slight_smile:

I really love [name]Julia[/name] [name]Nell[/name], and I don’t think twice about the uh-nell issue, because it’s not a word like eclair. (And like you said, that’s probably just me!) I do think that [name]Julia[/name] [name]Natalie[/name] is pretty, but I personally like [name]Julia[/name] [name]Nell[/name] better (and [name]Julia[/name] [name]Noelle[/name]).

Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! I just saw [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Nell[/name], and I [name]LOVE[/name] it! Wow! I think it’s gorgeous!!! :slight_smile:

I’m totally rambling here, but I really love [name]Julia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] and [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name], too, but like you said, they don’t honor your N relative. Between [name]Julia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] and [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name], I think I’ll vote for [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name], because I’m thinking that [name]Margaret[/name] may sound kind of G heavy with your last name.

I love all of your options, and honestly don’t think you can go wrong! :slight_smile:

I can’t wait to see what you choose! :slight_smile:

Good luck!

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I’m now leaning towards two middle names so I can honor my N relative. Keep in mind that our last name starts with hard G:

[name]Julia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] [name]Nell[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Nell[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Nell[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Natalie[/name] [name]Claire[/name]

What does everyone like best?

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[name]Julia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] [name]Nell[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Nell[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Nell[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Natalie[/name] [name]Claire[/name]

I love all of these! I think my favorites are [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Nell[/name] and [name]Julia[/name] [name]Natalie[/name] [name]Claire[/name]. All four are beautiful, though-- you can’t go wrong with any of them!

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I vote for [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Nell[/name], with [name]Julia[/name] [name]Natalie[/name] [name]Claire[/name] in second place - beautiful names all around!

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[name]Julia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] [name]Nell[/name]: I love this, [name]Caroline[/name]! [name]LOVE[/name] it! :slight_smile:

[name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Nell[/name]: I love this, too! :slight_smile: Wow!

[name]Julia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Nell[/name]: I love all three names, but I think your other choices have an extra something special that this combo doesn’t have. (To me.) :slight_smile:

[name]Julia[/name] [name]Natalie[/name] [name]Claire[/name]: I think this is pretty, but I love your first two options more.

I’m casting my votes for [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Nell[/name] and [name]Julia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] [name]Nell[/name], but with your last name (hard G), I’m thinking that [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Nell[/name] may sound softer because it doesn’t contain [name]Margaret[/name]'s G.

Gorgeous names! :slight_smile:

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I like [name]Julia[/name] [name]Claire[/name]! I’m having a similar problem. We want [name]Julia[/name] as a middle name… but it doesn’t work well with the first names that we are interested in!

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Thanks for all your feedback. One of the reasons I like two middles with [name]Julia[/name] is because I feel like it might be a bit boring with only one middle name. However I’m not 100% sure about doing two mn’s yet. [name]Julia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] is the most fun choice to me, but not my husband’s favorite (though he will do it). [name]Julia[/name] [name]Claire[/name] is the safest, and his favorite, but almost too safe?

Also still mulling other name ideas. I had grown to love [name]Georgina[/name], more than [name]Josephine[/name], but now can’t use it for various reasons. So, back to thinking of [name]Josephine[/name], possibly. Not sure about the suggestions of [name]Julia[/name] [name]Josephine[/name]–I’m not crazy about the JJ initials. Also, I love how [name]Alexandra[/name] [name]Jane[/name] or [name]Alexandra[/name] [name]Violet[/name] look, but don’t really see myself with an [name]Alexandra[/name]. What are some other “pretty” classic names out there that I haven’t thought of…