~Avonlea (ah-von-[name]LEE[/name]) is a fictional community located on [name]Prince[/name] [name]Edward[/name] Island, [name]Canada[/name], and is the setting of [name]Lucy[/name] [name]Maud[/name] [name]Montgomery[/name]'s novel [name]Anne[/name] of [name]Green[/name] Gables, following the adventures of [name]Anne[/name] [name]Shirley[/name], as well as its sequels, and the television series Road to Avonlea.~
My husband and I are making a list of creative, unique, feminine names for girls Avonlea just stood out to me. My husband likes it - to my surprise. Lol. He thinks people will pronounce it wrong though, ( as in “[name]AVON[/name]” the cosmetics or "[name]LEE[/name]-[name]AH[/name]"so he says we may need to change the spelling.
Also, we are having a hard time with middle names. [name]Grace[/name] is the only one I like so far.
So please help us out by giving different spellings for Avonlea AND a middle name suggestions. THANKS!
I like Avonlea spelled the way it is. I wouldn’t mess with the spelling. People will get it. Some middles:
Avonlea [name]Catherine[/name]
Avonlea [name]Brynn[/name]
Avonlea [name]Adele[/name]
I would stick with the original spelling. [name]Anne[/name] of [name]Green[/name] Gables is such a popular book series that a lot of people (especially females) will know how to pronounce the name. If you change the spelling, then the name just looks ignorant.
Avonlea is so pretty the way it is so I wouldn’t tamper with perfection! Here are some middle name suggestions.
Avonlea [name]Claire[/name]
Avonlea [name]Wren[/name]
Avonlea [name]Bridget[/name]
Avonlea [name]Brynn[/name]
Avonlea [name]June[/name]
Avonlea [name]Rose[/name]
Avonlea [name]Jane[/name]
Avonlea [name]Frances[/name]
Avonlea [name]Joy[/name]
Avonlea [name]Fern[/name]
Avonlea [name]Hope[/name]
Avonlea [name]Faith[/name]
Avonlea [name]Iris[/name]
Avonlea [name]Margot[/name]
Avonlea [name]Dove[/name]
Avonlea Skye
Avonlea Summer
Avonlea Blythe
Avonlea [name]Dune[/name]
Avonlea [name]Paige[/name]
Avonlea [name]Quinn[/name]
My advice would be to stay away from any names that are shared by primary characters in the “[name]Anne[/name]” series ([name]Diana[/name], [name]Rachel[/name], [name]Rilla[/name], [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name] and…[name]Anne[/name]!..to name a few). And maybe avoid names starting with A, since Avonlea starts and ends with an A.
Other than that, I’d say that to choose a more classic name, since Avonlea is a fairly modern choice - as baby names go.
Maybe:
Avonlea [name]Grace[/name]
Avonlea [name]Jane[/name]
Avonlea [name]Elaina[/name]
Avonlea [name]Josephine[/name]
Avonlea [name]Katherine[/name]
Avonlea [name]Eliza[/name]
No brilliant MN suggestions, but I wanted to say YAY for Avonlea!! We seriously considered this for our 3rd daughter, and I adore it! So happy to hear that someone else out there is really going to use it! If we had used it, she would have been Avonlea [name]Victoria[/name].
I think that’s a beautiful name! And just as a note about the pronunciation issue, my daughter is named [name]Ainslea[/name] and we have never had anyone pronounce it Ains-lee-ah. So I think you probably don’t have to worry about it.
I don’t have any really brilliant MN ideas either but I do think Avonlea [name]Victoria[/name] sounds beautiful. (Although I guess its another Canadian place name, if that would be weird?)
I actually think that’d be awesome! [name]One[/name] east-coast and one west-coast name. There’s an Avonlea in Saskatchewan, too, though.
[name]Just[/name] wanted to ETA that it’s pronounced more like “ah-vin-[name]LEE[/name]”, not with an O sound.
I wouldn’t change the spelling. It would loose its charm spelled any other way. Its a very pretty choice.
Avonlea [name]Grace[/name] is a beautiful combo and it flows very nicely.
Here are a few suggestions I think would go great with Avonlea:
Avonlea [name]Jane[/name]
Avonlea [name]Rose[/name]
Avonlea [name]Hope[/name]
Avonlea [name]Mae[/name]
Avonlea [name]Fleur[/name]
Avonlea [name]Clare[/name]
Avonlea [name]Elizabeth[/name]
Avonlea [name]Noelle[/name]
Avonlea [name]Marianna[/name]
^^ to namestory, I love the names of your daughters! [name]Clio[/name] is beautiful!!
Anyway, I also really love Avonlea, and I would suggest these for middle names:
Here are some middle name suggestions.