I’m so excited, that I just had to post again (plus I do need some help). My husband and I are finally going to have a baby! We’ve been trying to have a baby for a long, long while now. I posted here a couple of times before, and would just like to post one more time to ask for your opinions. We have decided to use either the name [name]Josephine[/name] or [name]Joseph[/name] to honor my grandfather and his good friend. We both still love the names [name]Rose[/name] and [name]Juliet[/name], but [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Joseph[/name] have personal significance to us, whereas [name]Rose[/name] and [name]Juliet[/name], while gorgeous names, do not. I also still like [name]Romy[/name] a lot and have been thinking about using that name for our next dog (if it’s a girl!).
Anyway, here are the combos we like. We’re having a little trouble deciding which one we like the best, and were hoping for your opinions/suggestions (I would make one of those polls, but I don’t know how!). For [name]Josephine[/name] we have:
We like all the middle names equally and none of them have any sort of family tie or other special meaning. Which is your favorite?
For [name]Joseph[/name], the only middle name we like so far is [name]Patrick[/name]. [name]Do[/name] you think that [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] sounds okay? Or do you have any other ideas?
Thanks for your help!
P.S. Our last name is [name]Hayes[/name], if that helps.
I love both [name]Juliet[/name] and [name]Rose[/name]. I’m not as big a fan of [name]Josephine[/name] but I like it fairly. For mns, I love [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] the most (though I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Alice[/name], [name]Ivy[/name] and [name]Violet[/name] as well.) I think that a on-syllable mn would have the best flow with [name]Josephine[/name]. Some 1-syllable suggestions:
I think that [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] sounds very handsome and I adore [name]Joseph[/name]. The nn [name]Joey[/name] is so cute for when he’s younger and can mature into [name]Joe[/name] as he gets older. Some other mn suggestions:
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Lewis[/name] (a bit ‘s’ heavy though)
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Matthew[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Luke[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Charles[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Dashiell[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Finley[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Michael[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Peter[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Noah[/name]
Sorry I’m a little all over the place for [name]Joseph[/name]'s mns but I couldn’t catch your style
My favorite is [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Ivy[/name]!!
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Violet[/name]: This flows wonderfully, but I like others better…
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]: Nice combo, but it doesn’t really do anything for me, plus, [name]Pearl[/name] and [name]Hayes[/name] are both one syllable so it doesn’t really flow right.
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Ivy[/name]: This is so lovely! I think [name]Ivy[/name] spices [name]Josephine[/name] up a little.
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Alice[/name]: I love the name [name]Alice[/name], and it’s a pretty combo, but something seems a little off in the flow. It’s my second favorite, though!
[name]Joseph[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] is okay, but since both names are/were fairly popular, it doesn’t really hold my interest. It doesn’t exactly have great flow, since both names are two syllables. There’s nothing really wrong with it, though, and it’s a handsome name.
[name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Joseph[/name] are great, and I love the family significance! My favorites for you are [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Hayes[/name] or [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Alice[/name] [name]Hayes[/name] (my pick!), as [name]Pearl[/name] is too short and [name]Ivy[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] sounds better to me than [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Ivy[/name]…
For a boy, [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] [name]Hayes[/name] is a strong, masculine, classic name, and I really like it. You could also try [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Benjamin[/name] [name]Hayes[/name], [name]Joseph[/name] [name]William[/name] [name]Hayes[/name], [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Broderick[/name] [name]Hayes[/name], or [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Theodore[/name] [name]Hayes[/name]…
PS I love your idea of using [name]Romy[/name] for a girl dog. You could use [name]Remy[/name] if the dog is a boy. I also have a neighbor with a dog called Reny, short for Renegade
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[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Violet[/name]: I love this SO much, but with your last name, [name]Hayes[/name], [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Hayes[/name] sounds like a violet-colored haze.
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]: I love this, too, but I think a longer middle name would create a better flow with your last name. ([name]Pearl[/name] [name]Hayes[/name] sounds blunt to me.)
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Ivy[/name]: I think this is great!
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Alice[/name]: I like this one a lot, but when I say it out loud, it I hear Josa Finalis.
I’m voting for [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Ivy[/name] [name]Hayes[/name]. (I love [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Violet[/name], but not with [name]Hayes[/name].)
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] also comes to mind.
I love [name]Joseph[/name], and [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] sounds very handsome and [name]Kennedy[/name]-esque to me.
I think a longer middle names sounds great with [name]Hayes[/name], though:
Thanks everyone for replying (and sorry I haven’t checked this in a while). I love all of the suggestions you’ve made and have considered all of your advice. My husband and I just wanted some final advice before we tell everyone in our families what we’re planning on naming this baby! I’m not sure if I mentioned this before, but everyone hates the name [name]Josephine[/name], so we just wanted to have our name choices down for sure before we share them. I think it was [name]Jill[/name] who said that [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Violet[/name] [name]Hayes[/name] makes her think of [name]Violet[/name] [name]Haze[/name] (I agree), but I think that is still our top choice with [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Ivy[/name] close behind. [name]Pearl[/name] doesn’t work with our last name (I really like that name for a first - where it definitely doesn’t work - so that’s why we were thinking of tucking it in the middle). We both still like [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Patrick[/name], though I really like a lot of the other suggestions as well.
Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for the feedback these past few months. We really appreciate it. You’ve helped us a lot!
