My DH and I have decided on the name [name]Maggie[/name] for our little girl due in late February. No, it won’t be [name]Margaret[/name]. My DH doesn’t like it and I couldn’t change his mind. So, [name]Maggie[/name] it is. Our last name starts with McG (very Irish). We are struggling with a middle name. Here are some ideas we’ve tossed around. Which is your favorite?
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Kate[/name] (too nicknamey?)
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Claire[/name] (sound like a dessert to you?)
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Amelia[/name] (my current favorite, but possibly too many M’s with our last name?)
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Grace[/name] (the name of the actress from LOST…not sure why this bothers me so much)
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Anne[/name] (my DH’s favorite)
I can’t think of any suggestions right now but what would you think about going with a longer middle name? I think it would help balance out the fact that [name]Maggie[/name] is pretty short, and also a nickname, at least in my book. All of your middle names are one syllable except for [name]Amelia[/name], which fits better than the others except that as you mentioned, there are quite a few M’s. The other other name I sort of like with [name]Maggie[/name] is [name]Claire[/name], but I agree I do hear the word eclair, and it still seems way too short to me.
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Kate[/name] (too nicknamey?)- Yes, definitely too nicknamey. [name]Maggie[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] is okay, and [name]Margaret[/name] [name]Kate[/name] is okay, but [name]Maggie[/name] [name]Kate[/name] is just too many nicknames.
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Claire[/name] (sound like a dessert to you?)- It doesn’t sound like a dessert, but it sounds very brief. Too, I don’t know, curt maybe.
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Amelia[/name] (my current favorite, but possibly too many M’s with our last name?)- My favorite as well. I don’t know your exact last name, so I’m filling it in with McG names- McGinley, [name]McGee[/name], etc. and it sounds fine to me.
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Grace[/name] (the name of the actress from LOST…not sure why this bothers me so much)- I think it’s okay. I don’t know about the actress, but I doesn’t sound bad.
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Anne[/name] (my DH’s favorite)- like [name]Maggie[/name] [name]Claire[/name], it seems too brief to me.
So my favorite by a mile is [name]Maggie[/name] [name]Amelia[/name], with [name]Maggie[/name] [name]Grace[/name] a distant second.
My favorite is actually [name]Maggie[/name] [name]Anne[/name]. I think it’s very sweet. And with a nickname for a first name, it’s kind of nice to throw the classic [name]Anne[/name] into the mix.
I think [name]Maggie[/name] [name]Amelia[/name] and [name]Maggie[/name] [name]Grace[/name] as well. But [name]Maggie[/name] [name]Claire[/name] sounds like eclair to me and [name]Maggie[/name] [name]Kate[/name] sounds to blunt.
Good luck!
I agree, also for some longer middle names how about…
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Alexandra[/name] - My personal favorite, on my list as well
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] ([name]Eleanora[/name] sounds better to my ears)
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Georgina[/name]
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] (Overdone, honestly, and it runs together a bit)
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Tallulah[/name]
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Sophia[/name]
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Louise[/name]/ [name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Maggie[/name] [name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Just[/name] wondered what you called her in the end, If i have a little girl i will call her [name]Maggie[/name] also. my great grandmother both my grans my mum and myself all have margaret somewhere in our names… im thinking [name]Maggie[/name] rose or [name]Maggie[/name] [name]May[/name] x
Hi!
Maggie Kate - definately too nicknamey. But you could consider Maggie Catherine / Katherine.
Maggie Claire / Maggie Anne and Maggie Grace- these all sound too short, I think with a 1st name that only has 2 syllables, the middle name should have atleast 3. Plus they are all quite common ‘filler’ middle names.
Maggie Amelia - my favourite! it flows the best of the lot I think, very pretty :).
Woops I didn’t realise how old this post was until i’d pressed enter - sorry!
I know this is an old post, but for people who come to this page with a similar dilemma, I wanted to add my favourite girls name: [name]Maggie[/name] [name]Jean[/name]. I also love [name]Maggie[/name] [name]Rose[/name]!
