Partner and I are in the very very very early stages of planning to add a new member to the family. We’re pretty set on a boy name, but we’re clueless about girl names. We both love the first name [name_u]Hollis[/name_u], but we’ve gone through lists of possible middle names with no real luck. Our last name is hyphenated and begins with the letter L. We’d prefer a shorter middle name because our last name is so long.
Partner really likes [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] [name_f]Erin[/name_f], but I’m not sold on it.
I like [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] [name_f]Joy[/name_f] and [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] [name_f]Danielle[/name_f]. [name_f]Joy[/name_f] is a family name on my side.
Any suggestions? [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] is a gorgeous name, but it can be a big masculine if paired with a masculine middle name. We’d like something feminine, not too trendy, and short-ish.
Names we won’t/can’t use: [name_f]Katelyn[/name_f], [name_f]Sarah[/name_f], [name_f]Rebekah[/name_f], [name_f]Kayla[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Paige[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Aya[/name_f], [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f], [name_u]Carmen[/name_u], [name_f]Isabel[/name_f], [name_u]Lee[/name_u], [name_f]Jillian[/name_f], [name_u]Eden[/name_u], [name_f]Staci[/name_f]. (There are already children in our families with these names, and we don’t want it to get confusing at family gatherings.)
I agree a very feminine middle name would work well, [name_f]Joy[/name_f] and [name_f]Danielle[/name_f] are beautiful but don’t necessarily have a wow factor imo.
I forgot, my cousin actually used the middle name [name_f]Jane[/name_f] for his daughter so that’s on the list of no-no names, as well. Otherwise, it would be beautiful. Partner really likes [name_u]Rae[/name_u] out of that list, and I’m fond of [name_f]Jewel[/name_f] because it’s also a family name on my side. [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] [name_u]Lane[/name_u] flows really well.
Thank you for the suggestions! I’m hoping we can find one that just 'Wow!'s us both. Partner and I normally agree on pretty much everything, so the fact that we’re disagreeing on a middle name is unusual.
[name_u]Hollis[/name_u] [name_f]Joy[/name_f] is very pretty. [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f] , [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] [name_f]Aria[/name_f] or [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] [name_f]Cora[/name_f] would be pretty