I’d like to name my daughter after the Blessed Mother, but I don’t want to name her “[name_f]Mary[/name_f]” or "[name_f]Mary[/name_f]-othername). I’d like something beautiful that is also in honor of her. I’m familiar with [name_f]Virginia[/name_f], [name_f]Regina[/name_f], [name_f]Fatima[/name_f], [name_f]Lourdes[/name_f], [name_f]Maria[/name_f], [name_f]Marie[/name_f], [name_f]Mara[/name_f], and [name_f]Mae[/name_f]. Are there other place names or titles that have been used that you can suggest?
I love the name Imaculee, but my husband isn’t sold on it. Plus it is long, and lends its self to nn which we have avoided with other kids.
(baby girl’s siblings are [name_m]Clark[/name_m] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] and [name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]). In general, I like familiar but not common, easy to spell, obvious to pronounce names.
Thank you!
Almudena (Our Lady of Almudena)
[name_f]Maria[/name_f] [name_f]Stella[/name_f] (Our Lady [name_f]Star[/name_f] of the Sea)
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f] ([name_f]Queen[/name_f] of [name_u]Peace[/name_u])
[name_u]Ivory[/name_u] ([name_m]Tower[/name_m] of [name_u]Ivory[/name_u])
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] (Used to be the symbol of the Virgin [name_f]Mary[/name_f])
I like [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] (it’s said she put her robe on a [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] shrub & that is why it has blue flowers), & [name_f]Magda[/name_f]/[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Maggie[/name_f]?), or you could always just go with [name_f]Grace[/name_f] or something.
[name_f]Mercedes[/name_f] is derived from Our lady of [name_f]Mercy[/name_f], and sometimes pronounced “Mer-Suh-des” rather than “Mer-[name_m]SAY[/name_m]-des”
I’m not too familiar with names like that but I do know of [name_f]Nuria[/name_f] (noo-ree-a).
[name_f]Pilar[/name_f] is one of my current favorites. Soledad is another option.
Sorry for any repeats. You can always go with a name that means star, or sea. Like [name_f]Aster[/name_f], [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_f]Estella[/name_f], [name_f]Astraea[/name_f], [name_u]Vesper[/name_u] and [name_f]Maura[/name_f], [name_f]Maris[/name_f], [name_f]Muriel[/name_f], et cetera. Other suggestions:
[name_u]Carmen[/name_u] {Our Lady of Mt. [name_u]Carmel[/name_u]}
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f] {Our Lady of Sorrows}
[name_f]Lux[/name_f]/[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]/[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] {Our Lady of [name_m]Light[/name_m]}
[name_f]Nieves[/name_f]/[name_f]Neve[/name_f]/[name_f]Nieve[/name_f]/[name_f]Neves[/name_f] {Our Lady of the Snows}
[name_f]Reina[/name_f]/[name_f]Reine[/name_f] and [name_u]Pax[/name_u] {[name_f]Queen[/name_f] of [name_u]Peace[/name_u]}
[name_f]Perpetua[/name_f]
[name_f]Naiara[/name_f]
[name_f]Lourdes[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]/[name_f]Gracia[/name_f]/[name_f]Gratia[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Honor[/name_f]
I love Immaculée <3 Maura is my favorite direct route : ) Good luck!
Thanks everyone! I like that last list. You’ve given me some new ideas!
I don’t like the sound of [name_f]Nuria[/name_f], but I love the meaning! I didn’t know there was a name that mean “fire for the [name_m]Lord[/name_m]” What an awesome name!
Thanks for sharing it.
[name_f]Maura[/name_f]
[name_f]Mari[/name_f]
[name_f]Mara[/name_f]
[name_f]May[/name_f] (the month of Our Blessed Mother)
[name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Miriah[/name_f]
[name_f]Mia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dulce[/name_f] (my favorite)
[name_f]Dulcie[/name_f]
[name_f]Donna[/name_f] (From [name_f]Madonna[/name_f])
[name_f]Maris[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariposa[/name_f]
Maredith
[name_u]Marion[/name_u]
[name_u]Marian[/name_u]
[name_f]Mariam[/name_f]
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_f]Marta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ave[/name_f]
I hope you use just “[name_f]Mary[/name_f]” to me, it’s the purest and most beautiful. She will love it too.
[name_f]Amara[/name_f]
[name_f]Amaya[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]-marie
[name_f]Annunciata[/name_f]
[name_f]Concetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Concepcion[/name_f]
[name_f]Consuela[/name_f]
[name_f]Luz[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Maisie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mamie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maire[/name_f]
[name_f]Mairi[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Malu[/name_f]
[name_f]Malou[/name_f]
[name_f]Marika[/name_f]
[name_f]Marielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariela[/name_f]
[name_f]Marla[/name_f]
[name_f]Maren[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Marilee[/name_f]
Maryl
[name_f]Maurya[/name_f]
[name_f]Maybeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f]
[name_f]Mehri[/name_f]
[name_f]Milou[/name_f]
[name_f]Mimi[/name_f]
[name_f]Mira[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
What a lovely honor/tribute :).
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Mercedes[/name_f]
[name_f]Maribel[/name_f], [name_f]Maribelle[/name_f], or [name_f]Maribella[/name_f] (a combination of [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and [name_f]Belle[/name_f])
[name_f]Marisol[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianna[/name_f]
I haven’t seen [name_f]Guadalupe[/name_f] mentioned. You could use the nn [name_f]Lupe[/name_f] or [name_f]Lupita[/name_f].
Also I think Imaculee is absolutely beautiful, maybe you could use it for the middle name slot?
Maristela, [name_f]Maris[/name_f], or [name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Maris[/name_f].
I’ve been trying to sell my husband on the name [name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Maris[/name_f]. That title honors Our Lady as [name_f]Star[/name_f] of the Sea. We’ve also considered using [name_f]Grace[/name_f] for Our Lady of [name_f]Grace[/name_f].
[name_u]Marion[/name_u] ([name_m]French[/name_m] spelling) or [name_u]Marian[/name_u], [name_f]Annemarie[/name_f]/[name_f]Annamaria[/name_f], [name_f]Maelys[/name_f], [name_f]Maris[/name_f], [name_f]Maren[/name_f], [name_f]Mara[/name_f], [name_f]Maribeth[/name_f], [name_f]Marigold[/name_f], [name_f]Marilyn[/name_f], [name_f]Mamie[/name_f], [name_f]Maribel[/name_f]/[name_f]Maribella[/name_f], [name_f]Marisa[/name_f]/[name_f]Marise[/name_f], [name_f]Marita[/name_f], Marjana/Marjolein/Marjolane), Marlis/Marlisa, [name_f]Marysia[/name_f], [name_f]Mariska[/name_f], [name_f]Maritza[/name_f], [name_f]Marlene[/name_f], [name_f]Marisela[/name_f], [name_f]Maura[/name_f]/[name_f]Maureen[/name_f], [name_f]Mayra[/name_f], [name_f]Mira[/name_f], [name_f]Mirielle[/name_f]/[name_f]Marielle[/name_f], [name_f]Molly[/name_f], [name_f]Rosemarie[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f], [name_u]Carmel[/name_u]/[name_f]Carmelita[/name_f], [name_f]Virginia[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Alta[/name_f] (‘high grace’), [name_f]Beata[/name_f] (‘blessed’), [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]/[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f], [name_f]Immaculata[/name_f], Annuciacion, [name_f]Assunta[/name_f], Visitacion, [name_f]Delores[/name_f], [name_f]Concepcion[/name_f], [name_f]Consuela[/name_f]/[name_f]Consolata[/name_f], [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f], [name_f]Guadalupe[/name_f]/[name_f]Luz[/name_f]/Lucita/[name_f]Lupe[/name_f]/[name_f]Lupita[/name_f], [name_f]Mercedes[/name_f], [name_f]Mitzi[/name_f], [name_f]Monserrat[/name_f], [name_u]Rosario[/name_u], [name_f]Soledad[/name_f], [name_f]Pilar[/name_f], [name_m]Roc[/name_m]ío (from [name_f]Mar[/name_f]ía del, [name_m]Roc[/name_m]ío, ‘[name_f]Mary[/name_f] of the Dew’), [name_f]Ora[/name_f] (from ‘ora pro nobis’, ‘pray for us’)
[name_f]Pilar[/name_f], [name_f]Guadalupe[/name_f], [name_f]Soledad[/name_f], [name_f]Nova[/name_f] [name_f]Eva[/name_f] ([name_m]New[/name_m] [name_f]Eve[/name_f]), [name_u]Carmel[/name_u] / [name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_u]Carmel[/name_u] ([name_f]Flower[/name_f] of [name_u]Carmel[/name_u]), [name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Maris[/name_f] (or any other star + sea name), [name_f]Malu[/name_f], [name_f]Dolores[/name_f], Miziara, [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalene[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalen[/name_f], [name_f]Juno[/name_f] [name_f]Celia[/name_f] / [name_f]Juno[/name_f] [name_f]Celeste[/name_f] (queen of heaven), [name_f]Juno[/name_f] [name_u]Paz[/name_u] (queen of peace), [name_f]Danica[/name_f] (morning star), [name_f]Mercy[/name_f] (Lady of [name_f]Mercy[/name_f]), [name_f]Lola[/name_f], [name_f]Talullah[/name_f] (Lady of Abundance), [name_u]Rosario[/name_u], [name_f]Joy[/name_f] [name_f]Justine[/name_f] ([name_f]Joy[/name_f] of the [name_m]Just[/name_m]), [name_f]Madrona[/name_f] (Mother), Akita (Our Lady of Akita), [name_f]Alba[/name_f] (Our Lady of [name_f]Alba[/name_f] [name_m]Royale[/name_m]), Cana (Our Lady of Cana), [name_f]Clemency[/name_f] (Our Lady of [name_f]Clemency[/name_f]), Edessa (Our Lady of Edessa), [name_f]Faith[/name_f] (Our Lady of [name_f]Faith[/name_f]), [name_f]Martha[/name_f] (lady. Could be used in conjunction with some of the other names, e.g: [name_f]Martha[/name_f] Edessa, [name_f]Martha[/name_f] [name_f]Faith[/name_f], [name_f]Martha[/name_f] [name_f]Clemency[/name_f], etc.), [name_f]Grace[/name_f] (Our Lady of [name_f]Grace[/name_f]), Carolle (Our Lady of La Carolle), Liesse (Our Lady of Liesse), Loreto (Our Lady of Loreto), [name_m]Zell[/name_m] (Our Lady of [name_m]Zell[/name_m]), etc.
Titles of Mary, Mother of God is a good website for searching various titles of [name_f]Mary[/name_f].
People have mentioned many interesting names. Here are other [name_u]Marian[/name_u] names you might like:
[name_f]Amabel[/name_f], Amabilis (Mater Amabilis, “Loving Mother”)
[name_f]Annunziata[/name_f] (Our Lady of Annunciation)
Bethlehem, [name_f]Bel[/name_f]én (Our Lady of Betlehem)
Carmo
Céu (Our Lady of the Heavens/[name_u]Sky[/name_u] —*pronounced “seh-oo”)
[name_f]Clemency[/name_f]
Fátima
Guia (Our Lady of Guidance —*pronounced “ghee-uh”)
[name_f]Honor[/name_f]
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] (Our Lady of [name_f]Hope[/name_f])
[name_f]Immaculata[/name_f]
[name_f]Lourdes[/name_f]
[name_f]Mar[/name_f] (Our Lady of the Sea)
[name_f]Mercy[/name_f]
[name_m]Nazareth[/name_m], Nazaré (Our Lady of [name_m]Nazareth[/name_m])
Nativity
[name_f]Neves[/name_f], [name_f]Nieves[/name_f] (Our Lady of the Snows)
[name_f]Nova[/name_f] ([name_f]Nova[/name_f] [name_f]Eva[/name_f], “new [name_f]Eve[/name_f]”)
[name_f]Prudence[/name_f]
[name_f]Pureza[/name_f] (Our Lady of [name_f]Purity[/name_f])
Remedy, Remedios
Rosary, [name_u]Rosario[/name_u]
Solace
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_f]Victory[/name_f] (Our Lady of the [name_f]Victory[/name_f])
[name_m]Just[/name_m] saw that the name of the day is [name_f]Soledad[/name_f] which I learned honors Our Lady as well.
Thanks everyone. Waaaay back when I posted this, we didn’t even know if we were having a boy or a girl - but now we know she’s a girl!
The top names we are playing with are:
[name_f]Annamarie[/name_f]
[name_f]Annamae[/name_f] (does this make you think Anime? Is it bad?)
[name_m]Zell[/name_m] (my grandmas name, and also a name in honor of Our lady - which I never knew, also St. [name_f]Terese[/name_f] of liseaux’s mom was [name_f]Zelie[/name_f]).
And maybe something else completely different with the middle name [name_f]Mae[/name_f] or maybe [name_f]Rose[/name_f].
I like [name_f]Mae[/name_f] a lot, and [name_f]Rose[/name_f] not as much - but it depends on the first name.
My other kids are [name_m]Clark[/name_m] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] and [name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]. I love their names.
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f], [name_f]Celeste[/name_f], [name_f]Mercedes[/name_f], [name_u]Rosario[/name_u], [name_f]Rosa[/name_f] ([name_f]Rosa[/name_f] Mystica), [name_u]Carmen[/name_u], [name_u]Paz[/name_u], [name_f]Dolores[/name_f] ([name_f]Lola[/name_f])… are all names that have to do with denominations and/or appearances of Our Lady.