MN for Sheridan

[name]Hi[/name] Lovelies!

Would love your thoughts on a middle name for [name]Sheridan[/name].

I love the sound of [name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Bea[/name] but am not in love with it when I write it down or type it out. Not girly enough…

Open to any and all suggestions! What would you consider if you were going to name your daughter [name]Sheridan[/name]? Would like a name that has a nice flow and rolls off the tongue.

Her brother is [name]Briggs[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name], if that helps.

THANKS in advance!

I had a college classmate whose name was [name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Bridget[/name]. She was a quiet and shy red head. lovely name!
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Amy[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Tess[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Isabel[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Ramona[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Rachel[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Gabrielle[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Violet[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Lily[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Sabrina[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Rose[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Mae[/name]

[name]Briggs[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name] is lovely!

KarenP - I’m a quiet redhead too! Your association with [name]Sheridan[/name] just made me love that name even more. My husband was born with red hair, so our baby girl could be a little redhead too. :slight_smile: [name]Briggs[/name] isn’t though, so we’ll see. Thank you so much for your list, and your compliment on Briggsy Boy’s name. It’s so him!

From your list, [name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Mae[/name] and [name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Violet[/name] stand out to me…

I’m also thinking long girly-girl names as a MN, like:

[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Mirabelle[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name]

…but they don’t flow as much as I’d like them to. Would love other suggestions.

We could name her [name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Grace[/name]. I like it, and it honors her Grandma [name]Grace[/name]. Only hesitating because [name]Grace[/name] has become a common ‘filler’ MN. But it looks and sounds lovely, and is definitely girly!

Thoughts?

I like [name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Grace[/name]! The filler thing wouldn’t bother me if there was a family tie to [name]Grace[/name], but of course if it does bother you then stay away. I wanted to suggest something related to [name]Anne[/name], since it means [name]Grace[/name], but it sounds a little repetitive after [name]Sheridan[/name]. [name]Johanna[/name] or [name]Jane[/name] or any other names connected to [name]John[/name] would relate to graciousness in the religious sense too, I think, though - [name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Johanna[/name] might be pretty girly? The flow is OK. I think part of why the flow isn’t great (but by no means bad) with some of the other flowier names you’ve been thinking is that the two names are 3-3 together (and I think [name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name] is a little better for breaking that). Here’s a few more 3-4+s…

[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Alexandra[/name] (this may be my favorite of my suggestions)
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Anastasia[/name] (little repetitive on the An thing, but I think [name]Anastasia[/name] is so long it sorta balances)
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Carolina[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Eliora[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Emmaline[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Francesca[/name] (oddly, I’m kind of seeing this!)
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Gabriella[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Graciela[/name] (sort of dissonant, but does allude to [name]Grace[/name]!)
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Isabella[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Josefina[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Juliana[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Julietta[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Katerina[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Luciana[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Mariana[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Natalia[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Olivia[/name] (I like this a lot too! [name]Olivia[/name] feels more unexpected as a middle!)
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Rafaela[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] Rosalena
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Veronica[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Virginia[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Violetta[/name]

Sure there are more! [name]Hope[/name] this helps : D!

Thanks Jesba!

The names you added notes to really stood out to me too. :slight_smile:

[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Francesca[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Olivia[/name]

Wonderful suggestions!!! And [name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Grace[/name] is still high on my list.

This has been so helpful. I wanted to arm myself with a few MN ideas for [name]Sheridan[/name] before bringing that name up to my husband. I have a feeling I’ll have to defend it… and honestly the more I think about it, the more unsure I am if we’ll actually use it. This name really ages well, but I’m having trouble picturing a baby [name]Sheridan[/name], or coming up with a nickname that we’d actually like. ([name]Don[/name]'t want to call her [name]Sheri[/name] or [name]Sher[/name]… Ri-Ri? [name]Rhea[/name]?)

Any other thoughts would be great!

If [name]Grace[/name] seems like a filler mn, I wanted to suggest variants [name]Engracia[/name], [name]Graziella[/name], [name]Grazielle[/name], [name]Gratia[/name], [name]Grania[/name], [name]Arete[/name], . Also, [name]Anna[/name] means grace, so any [name]Anna[/name] related name could honor a relative as well, like [name]Annora[/name], [name]Anona[/name], [name]Anya[/name], [name]Annabel[/name], [name]Hannah[/name]. I am really liking [name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Hannah[/name].

I really like [name]Rhea[/name] as a nn. You could also do something like [name]Reese[/name] or [name]Reed[/name] or [name]Rory[/name]. Also, there is always [name]Dani[/name].

[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Lily[/name]? I think that’s so pretty!

It just dawned on me that [name]Sadie[/name] could really work as a nn! All of the letters for it are in the name. Also, [name]Sally[/name], since its traditionally a nn [name]Sarah[/name], could work. Anything to avoid the dreaded [name]Sheri[/name] nn :smiley: .

You guys rock!

[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Lily[/name] is beautiful! Right to the top of the list. :slight_smile:

And I loooooove the NN [name]Sadie[/name]. Never would have thought of that with [name]Sheridan[/name] and it’s adorable! I love how little [name]Sadie[/name] can grow into [name]Sheridan[/name], and that [name]Sadie[/name] is fairly popular while [name]Sheridan[/name] is not, so we get the best of both worlds. [name]Sadie[/name]'s a name my husband mentioned in the past, so I think he’d be more apt to go with [name]Sheridan[/name] because of this. Perfect compromise. I like names that are more unique; he likes names that are more familiar. Ultimately, she’ll get to choose which one she prefers to go by.

Thank you, thank you, thank you Berries! You may have just helped us choose a name!

My first name is J@nna, and my brother is [name]Dan[/name], so I can’t use [name]Anna[/name] or [name]Dani[/name] or [name]Hannah[/name] and for similarity sake want to avoid names with ‘ann’ in them. They’re great names though! Maybe someone else can use them if they consider [name]Sheridan[/name] and come across this post… :slight_smile:

[name]Sheridan[/name] [name]Lily[/name] nn [name]Sadie[/name] is adorable! Hopefully your husband will get on board!