Middle names honouring family?

Girl Names
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Hello!

We recently found out baby is a GIRL! We have been (well, I) sorting through name ideas to present and chat with DH. We want to use a middle name to honour family… But don’t necessarily want to use the same name… Any ideas? Here are some names we want to show respects:

[name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Marsha[/name_f]

Thanks everyone! :slight_smile:

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Congrats!

What names do you like? That might help give us some idea. Here are some names that sound good with the ones you mentioned, though:

[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Natasha[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Patricia[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Luciana[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f] [name_f]Charleen[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Brigitta[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Sofia[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Alaina[/name_f] [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]

[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Calista[/name_f] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarissa[/name_f] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliana[/name_f] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]

[name_f]Sienna[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabelle[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Marissa[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Maddison[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabriella[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]

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Congratulations on your baby girl!! Here are some variations of the names you listed that could work for your sweet daughter’s middle name:

[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]:

[name_m]Valor[/name_m] - listed on Nameberry as a male name but it’s a word name so it would work beautifully for a little girl, especially because it means ‘courage’ :slight_smile:
[name_u]Vale[/name_u]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u] - shares the same meaning as [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]: ‘healthy’. Also incorporates [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]!

[name_f]Charlene[/name_f]:

[name_f]Charlize[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] - shares a meaning with [name_f]Charlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Lena[/name_f] - this works as an honor name for both [name_f]Charlene[/name_f] and [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]

[name_f]Elaine[/name_f]:

[name_f]Elle[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lainey[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Lena[/name_f]

[name_f]Elaine[/name_f] means ‘bright, shining light’; names you could use based on that meaning:

[name_f]Aileen[/name_f]
[name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
[name_f]Edna[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen/name_f
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]

[name_f]Marsha[/name_f]:

[name_f]Marcella[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcheline[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcy[/name_f]

[name_f]Marsha[/name_f] comes from [name_f]Marcella[/name_f], meaning ‘Warlike’; names you could use based on that meaning:

[name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f] - means ‘female warrior’
[name_f]Edith[/name_f] - ‘prosperous in war’
[name_f]Louise[/name_f] - ‘renowned warrior’

[name_f]Do[/name_f] you like any of these names? Good luck deciding!

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I think you have all the suggestions you need with the above posts! I just want to suggest [name_f]Charmaine[/name_f]. :slight_smile:

5

Thank you all!!

For a first name we’re tossing around:

  1. [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
  2. [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
  3. [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
  4. [name_f]Margot[/name_f]

Our last name is long, starts with an R! Any more ideas are great, then I will show DH. :slight_smile:

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Here are some related names.

[name_f]Charlene[/name_f]: [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Charlize[/name_f], [name_f]Carla[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_f]Carolina[/name_f]. Behind the Name has a fairly extensive list of names related to [name_f]Charlene[/name_f] here.
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f]: [name_f]Ellen[/name_f], [name_f]Helen[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Elena[/name_f], [name_f]Eleni[/name_f]. More here.
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]: [name_f]Valeria[/name_f], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], [name_f]Valeska[/name_f]
[name_f]Marsha[/name_f]: [name_f]Marcia[/name_f], [name_f]Marzia[/name_f]

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I really like [name_f]Louise[/name_f] as it honours my dad and husbands mom then (which I didn’t realize!).

Picking a name is tough, there’s so many great options that you can saddle a kid with, we just don’t want to be pretentious with 15 names on one kiddo. Thank you for your suggestions!!