Anybody have any middle name ideas for [name]Prairie[/name]? Our last name is 2 syllables. We’re not positive [name]Prairie[/name] is the one…it’s definitely near the top, but we are having a really hard time coming up with middle names.
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Elise[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Alma[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Rosamund[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Alessandra[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Gwendolyn[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Ramona[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] is rather sweet! It makes me think of [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Dawn[/name] (is she still on [name]Sesame[/name] [name]Street[/name] these days??)
I would stick to something one syllable for the middle name. Maybe something like [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Grace[/name] or [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Anne[/name]? I don’t know if those are the best picks, but I know I like the two syllable first name, one syllable middle, and two syllable last name combo. Good luck!
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Isabelle[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Jillian[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Quinlyn[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Anneliese[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Ashling[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Adeline[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Cassandra[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Michaela[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Adele[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Beth[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Beverly[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Delilah[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Diana[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Gioia[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Georgette[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Ida[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Jean[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]June[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Laurel[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]May[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Roxana[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Susana[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Simone[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Viola[/name]
Here are a few ideas for you to look at:
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Beth[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Laurel[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Sage[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Adele[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Tess[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Hope[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Renata[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Isobel[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Rose[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Lark[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Faye[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]May[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Rosa[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Finola[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Adair[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Eve[/name]
Thanks!! I really like a lot of these-- I’ll run them by my husband tonight. I tend to agree that either one syllable names or three syllable names work best-- but since [name]Prairie[/name] is unusual I gravitate more toward something one syllable to keep it simple.
Here’s what we have had on our list:
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Lark[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Sky[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Wren[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Dove[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Pine[/name]
My concern is that most of ours are too “hippie-ish.” I don’t mind at all, but don’t want her to get horribly teased-- so we were wondering if maybe we need to give her a more “normal” middle name. Thoughts?
I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Lark[/name]-- great to see someone suggest that!
I love [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Lark[/name]. That’s gorgeous! My first thought was [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Rose[/name], but that might be a little on the nose.
I hate [name]Prairie[/name]! [name]Don[/name]'t use it - it’s terrible!
I kid - it’s my lovely daughter’s name, and I have a fierce devotion to it. I love [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Wren[/name]. We also considered [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Jane[/name], and knew we wanted to use something normal in the middle due to it’s uniqueness. We went with a family name - [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Audra[/name].
I like [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Mae[/name] most from you list of favorite suggestions because it sounds like a girl more than something like [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Lark[/name] which sounds like a type of bird…or a cologne or something. I always almost like double word names until I realize they sound like an [name]Avon[/name] perfume!
I also think that a non-noun name would be best in the middle. [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Lark[/name]/[name]Wren[/name]/[name]Rose[/name]/etc. all sound like things to me, which detracts from [name]Prairie[/name]'s cool factor [name]IMO[/name]. I like it as a name because it’s dissociated from real prairie things and surprisingly found on a person (I don’t know if that makes any sense).
So of your choices I also think [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Mae[/name] might be best. I also like [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Winola[/name], [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Quinn[/name], [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Marilla[/name], [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Alice[/name], or [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Cosette[/name] would all be pretty, as is [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Elise[/name] from a pp.
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Mae[/name] and [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Jane[/name] are cute!
I like [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Jane[/name]. She sounds like an old-timey cowgirl!
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]June[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Lynn[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Jade[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]May[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Lou[/name]
Thanks for the posts! I see what you mean, ellenelle, I’m afraid of the perception that pairing it with other nature names cheapens it somehow or makes is a little more cheesy than cool… that’s my concern too. I do still love [name]Lark[/name] though. I feel like [name]Lark[/name] is becoming so widely accepted as a name that it puts it in a little different category.
I really like [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Quinn[/name] (and one of my cousin’s names is Qui, so [name]Quinn[/name] is kind of nicely reminiscent to me), but my husband wasn’t so sold on [name]Quinn[/name]. It looks like several people have suggested [name]May[/name]/[name]Mae[/name], and that’s definitely a contender. I’m definitely drawn most toward the one-syllable names, with [name]Prairie[/name] already being unusual we don’t want to make it a mouthful too. [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Jane[/name] is definitely cute too!
Oooh! I really like [name]Rue[/name]! It’s slightly wild sounding, and is a cool native plant (although I feel like 95% of the population wouldn’t think of it as being a plant name). [name]Will[/name] run it by my husband and see what he thinks. 
My only concern is the R sound back to back?
I dont think its too hippie-ish but I would worry that a girl named [name]Prairie[/name] would get called prairie dog 
Interesting point-- if the poster ([name]Clover[/name], i think) that named her daughter [name]Prairie[/name] sees this, do have you run into any problems with your daughter getting called [name]Prairie[/name]-dog?
Had another thought-- my husband’s name is [name]Zane[/name], and [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Zane[/name] really works for me. I think it’s kind of cool to share his name.
So:
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Zane[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Rue[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Lark[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Quinn[/name] (although husband is a little questionable about this one)
[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Luna[/name],[name]Prairie[/name] [name]Lilah[/name],or [name]Prairie[/name] [name]Lyra[/name] are my favorites!