I am not pregnant, but I want a name to honor my mum for my next daughter. Her name is [name]Terri[/name] - not [name]Theresa[/name], simply [name]Terri[/name]. The problem: I don’t really like the name, and my mom was named for her mum’s brother who died in infancy, so she herself doesn’t even like it. Her middle name is [name]Denise[/name], which I like even less.
It means “of the earth”, so maybe there is a name that correlates in that way? Help!
What about [name]Eartha[/name] as a middle name? It’s one of my guilty pleasures, too much for a first name but i think it’d make a neat middle. Or of course [name]Tara[/name]/[name]Terra[/name].
You could use something with a similar meaning.
Meaning of [name]Dhara[/name]: “the earth”
Meaning of [name]Ilesha[/name]: “earth lord”
Meaning of [name]Kaia[/name]: “earth”
Meaning of [name]Terra[/name]: “earth”
Meaning of [name]Hadley[/name]: “heathery field”
Meaning of [name]Avalon[/name]: “island of apples”
Meaning of [name]Delia[/name]: “born on the island of [name]Delos[/name]”
Meaning of [name]Ellery[/name]: “island with elder trees”
Meaning of [name]Sylvia[/name]/[name]Sylvie[/name]: “from the forest”
Meaning of [name]Carmel[/name]: “garden”
Meaning of [name]Georgia[/name]: “farmer”
Meaning of [name]Amma[/name]: “mother”
Meaning of [name]Madrona[/name]: “mother”
Meaning of [name]Maia[/name]: “mother”
Or, since your mom was named after someone special…
Meaning of [name]Arella[/name]: “messenger from God, angel”
Meaning of [name]Gwyn[/name]/[name]Gwyneth[/name]: “fair, blessed, happy”
Meaning of [name]Macaria[/name]: “blessed”
Meaning of [name]Celine[/name]: “heaven”
Meaning of [name]Talia[/name]: “gentle dew from heaven”
Meaning of [name]Ora[/name]: “prayer”
I love the suggestion of [name]Tara[/name]/[name]Terra[/name]
You could go with [name]Theresa[/name] itself or a variant of it here are some of my favorites:
[name]Tereson[/name]
[name]Terenia[/name]
[name]Terez[/name]
[name]Terezie[/name]
[name]Tesa[/name]
To honour a [name]Terri[/name], I think I’d either expand it to [name]Theresa[/name]/[name]Teresa[/name] or else use the related name [name]Tessa[/name]/[name]Tess[/name].