My husband and I are currently expecting our third child, our second daughter and we’re due in April. We have dismissed lots of names already such as Claire, Isobel, etc. They’re just too boring for our taste and we want something more breathtaking as Evangelina is such a mouthful.
Since my due date is approaching faster and faster, we need to settle on a middle name soon. We have decided on the name Evangelina for her, hubby is very keen on giving her the middle name of his mother’s first name which is Annette, while I think it is a very sweet namesake I am not loving the flow of Evangelina Annette…
We want something that goes good with our other two kids’ names, which are Elliott Alexander (he goes by Eli) and Isla Elisabeth.
I am looking for something shorter as Evangelina is already such a long name and we don’t want to end up with something such as Evangelina Alexandra Galanis or Evangelina Penelope Galanis, so the shorter the better in our case. Names that are also off the list are names of my nieces, Halleigh Grace, Genevieve Adara, and Ruelyn Ami, so please don’t suggest those.
Welcome to nameberry! Is there another option for your husband to honour his mother? Her first name or a variation of it, her birth month, her favourite flower, one of her nicknames, her maiden name… I agree with you that Evangelina Annette doesn’t have the best flow, but it would be sweet if you could find a way around it!
Maybe…
Evangelina Colette
Evangelina Mae
Evangelina Maeve
Evangelina Ruth
Evangelina Kate
Evangelina Maisie
Evangelina Phoebe
Evangelina Sylvie
Evangelina Nora
Evangelina Willow
Evangelina Zara
Evangelina Sadie
Evangelina June
[name_f]My[/name_f] first choice is [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f]. I chose it because it’s similar to [name_f]Annette[/name_f] and it’s short and sweet.
Yes, we have also discussed those options! We have thought of things such as [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_m]August[/name_m] (his mother’s birth month), and things such as [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (her favorite flower), while [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] wasn’t the worst it wasn’t our favorite either.
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] is absolutely enchanting, hubby likes [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] (not super into it, but it could work). We want something more… breathtaking, if it makes sense.
While [name_f]Anne[/name_f] is short and sweet, it’s very similar to [name_f]Annette[/name_f] which was what I thought didn’t flow too well in the first place. [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] is a bit boring to me, but I will go over it with [name_m]Vince[/name_m] and see what he says. Thank you for your suggestion.
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_m]August[/name_m] was very much on the back of my mind, hubs was more into it than I was, but now that I think about it, it does have a very lovely flow. Thank you!
I really like [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_m]August[/name_m] for you, especially since it begins with A and ends with a T sound like [name_f]Annette[/name_f].
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rosette[/name_f] (Rose + the -ette from Annette)
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Roseanne[/name_f] (Rose + [name_f]Anne[/name_f] from Annette)
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Poppy[/name_f] (August’s birth flower)
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Peridot[/name_f] (August’s birthstone)
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Cosette[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
I also noticed that [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f] shares the first few letters of [name_m]Elliott[/name_m], so it might be fun to have Evangelina’s middle names share the first few letters of [name_f]Isla[/name_f].
Wow! Lots of gorgeous name suggestions from you, thank you.
And yeah, DH really likes [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_m]August[/name_m] now that we’ve discussed it.
I am liking [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rosette[/name_f] (it is a bit longer than what I am looking for), but it has a great flow and it sounds very pretty! And someone finally noticed, we did do that intentionally as [name_f]Isla[/name_f] was our first-born, we wanted our son’s name to share the first few letters of her middle name.
Out of all of those suggestions I do really like [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Ismay[/name_f], it sounds very elegant and slightly mysterious. [name_f]My[/name_f] friend already suggested things like [name_f]Isadora[/name_f] (which on top of the first name, the overall tone of the ‘a’ sound, wasn’t growing on me) [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Isaure[/name_f] is also pretty. And [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Hope[/name_f] was on my list, but my cousin recently named her daughter [name_f]Hope[/name_f], although [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Dove[/name_f] is very airy and I like the sound of the names together. [name_m]Will[/name_m] go over these with DH.
We went over names like [name_f]Marie[/name_f], but we weren’t too into it as there are tons of Marie’s in both sides of the family already, his sister is [name_f]Marie[/name_f], my grandma is [name_f]Marie[/name_f], so we didn’t want another double even if the name was beautiful.
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Corinne[/name_f] is cute, but we have a [name_f]Corinne[/name_f] (spelled the exact same way), in my family already. [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Odette[/name_f] is pretty, I’m not the biggest fan of [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Therese[/name_f] but it could work. We prefer shorter names though as [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] is already so long, so things like [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Mae[/name_f], [name_f]Lilly[/name_f], etc. are more preferred. Thank you for your input!
No, no you’re not bothersome at all. The more suggestions, the better!
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Blaire[/name_f] is already on our radar, we like the name and how it sounds, but with our last name, we weren’t very fond of it all together “Evangelina [name_f]Blaire[/name_f] Galanis”, it was a bit ehh.
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Dune[/name_f] is very unique, I don’t think I’ve ever heard that combination before (?), but I kinda like it, it’s sort’ve peculiar in a good way. [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Renae[/name_f] is also pretty, in my opinion and we’ve already discussed both [name_f]Renae[/name_f] (spelled the traditional Renee) and [name_f]Reese[/name_f], but he doesn’t think they’re great options for [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f].
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Lark[/name_f] is a bland for my taste, but hubby likes the nature sounding names so we’ll see where we get with this suggestion. Other things like [name_f]Dream[/name_f], [name_m]Truth[/name_m] and [name_f]Love[/name_f] are a bit too out there for me, while some mom’s love it, I am the complete opposite. But thank you for more suggestions!
I like [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Skye[/name_f], it’s very cutesy and I think it has a good flow. [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Chloe[/name_f] is a good maybe, but we’d probably spell it with a “K” or without the “H”. [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] has also been in the mix, as hubby’s grandma is [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] [name_f]Jean[/name_f], but I would prefer our children don’t have the same names as family members, I want them to have their own, unique name they can treasure.
However incorporating parts of names into a middle name from family members, is fine with me. But altogether don’t like the flow of [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]. Also [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Lisette[/name_f] would be cute, but since our daughter Isla’s middle name is [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Lisette[/name_f] sounds a bit too similar.
All and all these are some good suggestions, thank you!
It’s just really not my taste, I know some people like it. DH really favors [name_f]Annette[/name_f], and his sister thinks [name_f]Anne[/name_f] would sound really pretty but I’m not a big fan of it. Doesn’t flow as nicely as I would like it to, but thank you for your suggestion!
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Nettie[/name_f] is a bit out there for me? [name_f]Nettie[/name_f] sounds incredibly similar to [name_f]Annette[/name_f], which is what I am driving away from.
But it is unique, I just don’t think it flows well with [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f]. I am picturing [name_f]Nettie[/name_f] as more of a nn for [name_f]Annette[/name_f]. But thank you anyways!
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f] is darling, I think it’s a very nice combo. [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Opal[/name_f] is also nice, not a favorite but I will see what DH thinks about it. [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Pepper[/name_f] and [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Fleur[/name_f] are a bit too… borish for me.
