Middle name for Miranda

General Name Discussion
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Hello, all!

My husband and I found out last week that [name]Charles[/name] and [name]Cora[/name] are going to have a baby sibling! No more C names this time. :wink: We will find out the gender, but that’s a few months away and name discussion goes on even between our pregnancies! So we have two boy names to choose between at the hospital ([name]Marcus[/name] [name]Ebenezer[/name] and [name]Walter[/name] [name]Cornelius[/name]). If it’s a girl, my husband has given his stamp of approval to [name]Miranda[/name]. I need a middle name for her!

I’ve found that all the names I swoon over have something in common - a classic/vintage element combined with an ancient/literary element. Something that could be a child from the turn of the century, combined with something really old and rare (typically Biblical).

[name]Case[/name] in point:

[name]Charles[/name] (classic) [name]Theophilus[/name] (ancient and out there, Biblical)
[name]Cora[/name]/[name]Corinna[/name] (classic/vintage) [name]Melisande[/name] (literary)
[name]Marcus[/name] (classic) [name]Ebenezer[/name] (ancient, and a tad vintage, Biblical)
[name]Walter[/name] (classic) [name]Cornelius[/name] (ancient, Biblical)
[name]Alice[/name] (classic/vintage) [name]Hermione[/name] (literary/ancient)…ohhhh, I wish my husband would agree to [name]Alice[/name] someday!!

But [name]Miranda[/name] breaks the trend with having the literary/“ancient sounding” name in the front. So for middle names I think I need a vintage beauty, or even something older like a heavy Colonial/Puritan name. It should be long (3+ syllables) and work well with a last name that starts with J. Here are some I like, some of which won’t fly for various reasons.

[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] (not sure I like the exact mirroring of initials to my first daughter’s name? - would anyone notice?)
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] (hubby already vetoed, on account of the alliteration)
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] (can’t do because of the J, or I totally would!!)
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Eleonore[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Hermione[/name] (too much?..also 2 ancient/literary and no classic/vintage here)

Thoughts? Suggestions?

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[name]Miranda[/name] is still a literary name. She was the heroine in [name]Shakespeare[/name]'s The [name]Tempest[/name].

I really like [name]Miranda[/name] [name]Felicity[/name]

Other suggestions:

[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Imogene[/name]- [name]Shakespeare[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Rosalind[/name]- [name]Shakespeare[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Evangeline[/name]- Uncle [name]Tom[/name]'s Cabin
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name]- A Room with a View
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Lucille[/name]- On the Road
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]- The [name]Scarlet[/name] Letter

:slight_smile:

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I really like [name]Miranda[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]. [name]Do[/name] you very much prefer this spelling? Because you could always do [name]Katherine[/name] for different initials. I think [name]Miranda[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] looks just as nice.

I think the previous poster went for back to back literary, but most of them are vintage too. Some other ideas:

[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Violette[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name]

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I really like [name]Miranda[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] and I think [name]Miranda[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] is great too!

[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Christiana[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Constance[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Cordelia[/name]

[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Hepzibah[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Lavinia[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Prudence[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Salome[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Verity[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Winifred[/name]