Middle names to go with Whitney?

[name]Whitney[/name] is high on our list but we have no inspirations for a middle name. What do you think sounds nice with [name]Whitney[/name]? Only names we cannot use are [name]Kate[/name] and [name]Grace[/name]. Any help is much appreciated!

[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Audrina[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Adriana[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Arianna[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Faye[/name]/[name]Fay[/name]/[name]Fae[/name]/[name]Fey[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Jasmine[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Ursa[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Vivian[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Savannah[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Arielle[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Selena[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Julianna[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Mila[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Lorraine[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Cadence[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Alexandra[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Violette[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Natalia[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Hope[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Lucille[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Isabelle[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Theresa[/name]

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[name]How[/name] do you feel about these?

[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Jordan[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Adrian[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Paige[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Ivonne[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Breanne[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Danielle[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Gretchen[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Penelope[/name]

[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] was my first suggestion!

[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Noelle[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Hanna[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Lillian[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Leigh[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Elaine[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Elena[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Helen[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Elise[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Gwendolen[/name]

Which of these options are jumping out to you? We can maybe direct our efforts that way a little more.
As you may have noted, the general direction people are taking things are to use something frilly, since [name]Whitney[/name] is somewhat unisex.
I’d argue [name]Whitney[/name] might be more unisex now than it was in its heyday, because there aren’t lots of little girls running around using it.
I still think of it as mainly a girls’ name, but I’d be less shocked to meet a baby boy [name]Whitney[/name] now than I would have been in the 80s or 90s (although I did know an adult guy [name]Whitney[/name] in the 90s).

Many of the above suggestions are lovely. I really like [name]Whitney[/name] [name]Natalia[/name], personally.

I think another factor besides frill you may want to consider is something more currently popular or timeless. [name]Whitney[/name] still works to me, but it is a touch of a big sister name / mom name for today’s babies. A few thoughts:

Currently popular: I really like all of these combos
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Sophia[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Isabel[/name]/[name]Isabelle[/name]/[name]Isabella[/name]

Timeless (I liked the [name]Whitney[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] suggestion, maybe like the spelling [name]Whitney[/name] [name]Kathryn[/name] even more?)
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Johanna[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Laura[/name]

All this isn’t to say [name]Whitney[/name] couldn’t work with a short and simple middle, it could. Let us know if that’s more what you were thinking.

Good luck!

There’s a celebrity named [name]Whitney[/name] ([name]Port[/name]) whose middle name is [name]Eve[/name]. I always thought that was a great combo: [name]Whitney[/name] [name]Eve[/name]. But she’s also a fashion designer, and I believe her line is called [name]Whitney[/name] [name]Eve[/name], so maybe that takes it out of contention for you? [name]Whitney[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name], maybe?

Some other suggestions:

[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Eden[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Luna[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Simone[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Therese[/name]

I’m liking [name]Whitney[/name] best with either something short or French for some reason, although I do like the aforementioned [name]Whitney[/name] [name]Katherine[/name], [name]Whitney[/name] [name]Laura[/name], and [name]Whitney[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] as well. Actually, [name]Whitney[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] might just be my overall favorite.

Thank you everyone for your great feedback, especially jesba. To answer your question on which I have been liking they are the following:
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Kathryn[/name] (I like this for a few reasons, but one is that I have a thing with the letter y. It’s weird I know, but I’ve had at least 1 y in all of my names, fn, mn, maiden & married. So with that combo so would my daughter have a y in all 3 of her names. Not that its a requirement by any means, just another reason to like it. Only problem is that my sister just named her daughter [name]Kathryn[/name].)

Also like:
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Alice[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Alexis[/name] (does it sound snobbish though?)
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Alexandra[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Elise[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Gretchen[/name] (sister is [name]Gretchen[/name])
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Hope[/name]
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Leigh[/name] (although [name]Lee[/name] is an old family name so might have to do that spelling. This combo would have great flow with our last name.)
[name]Whitney[/name] [name]Allison[/name] (husband likes [name]Allison[/name])

Does any of this give anyone further ideas or opinions? Thanks for your help! I would love to hear more.
The other top name for us is [name]Molly[/name] if you have any good mn suggestions for it too. :slight_smile:

We named our 2nd daughter [name_u]Whitney[/name_u] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], which seems to fit her perfectly! Of course, that was in 1986 when it was at it’s peak lol.

I know a girl whose name is [name_f]Brittany[/name_f] [name_u]Whitney[/name_u]… I wouldn’t recommend that :stuck_out_tongue: