I’ve been hardcore crushing on simple, sweet [name_f]Anna[/name_f] lately, and I’ve begun to wonder about adding her to my list! For some reason I’ve been opposed for years–although I can’t seem to comprehend my logic behind it anymore. [name_f]Anna[/name_f]'s so lovely!
What middle names would you pair with her? I’m rather stumped. I’m trying out [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] right now, but I’m not sure I’m as wowed by her as I’d like to be. I’m mostly not a huge fan of alliteration with [name_f]Anna[/name_f], but otherwise, I’m fairly wide open! I’m trying to go for something a little more interesting in the middle, and have wondered about [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f], [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_u]Juniper[/name_u], and [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f], too.
I love the suggestions of [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]. I would add:
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Colette[/name_f]
Anna Cecilia and Anna Juniper are beautiful combos, particularly Anna Juniper - she’s perfectly spunky and sweet. Not sure I can improve on that, but . . .
Anna Juliot
Anna Kerensa
Anna Thérèse
Anna Pomeline
Anna Mercy
Anna Georgina
Anna Cassidy
Anna Haven
Anna Leontine
Anna Silvia
Anna Bethany (maybe not ‘more interesting’)
Anna Cloelia
Anna Sidony
I absolutely love sweet, timeless [name_f]Anna[/name_f]. I’ve had [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u], [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Juniper[/name_u], and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] all on my list at some point. I really like [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Juniper[/name_u]. [name_u]Juniper[/name_u] provides the perfect amount of spunk to balance out sweet [name_f]Anna[/name_f].
My grandmother’s name was [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] so while I may be a bit bias, I do think that it is a lovely combo.
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] is very pretty too (I much prefer [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] to [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]; it just looks better [name_f]IMO[/name_f])
I think [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] is sweet too and I also like [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Noelle[/name_f].
The great thing about [name_f]Anna[/name_f] is that it sounds good with most any middle name… I picture it most with longer traditional names… or perhaps virtue names…
I find [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] a bit difficult to say, to be honest, they blend into each other a bit. I tend to say [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] as uh-van-ge-leen though; if you’re saying ee-van-ge-leen it’d flow better. I love the idea of [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] or [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] but the repeating endings are a bit singsongy. [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Cecile[/name_f] or [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] would be lovely though.
Some more to think about:
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] (this was [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_m]Roosevelt[/name_m]'s birth name)
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Bronwyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Verity[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Clemency[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Capucine[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Katharine[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f] (I like this with the ay-lee-sa-bet pronunciation)
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Mazarine[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]/[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Celestine[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Cecily[/name_f] (maybe? Sounds a wee bit better than [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]…)
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] (not sure about how I’d get there, but I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_f]Anna[/name_f]-[name_f]Kate[/name_f] as a nn. Or maybe even just [name_f]Kate[/name_f] as a second middle for one of these?)
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Leonore[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Mirabel[/name_f] (although I’m usually not too keen on the [name_f]Mirabel[/name_f] family, so who knows? I do slightly prefer [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f] or [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Mirabella[/name_f]…)
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Sofia[/name_f]/[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] (Although I’d hardcore want to call her [name_f]Anna[/name_f]-[name_f]Sofia[/name_f] rather than just [name_f]Anna[/name_f]…)
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Winter[/name_u]
I think [name_u]Winter[/name_u], [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f], [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f], [name_f]Calliope[/name_f], and maybe [name_f]Clover[/name_f] are my favorites, though… thoughts/comments/further suggestions?
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Anna[/name_f] too! Lots of good suggestions already so my two cents is that I’d opt for a consonant-starting middle. To me, for eg, [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Frances[/name_f] or [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] sounds better than [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] or [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f].