Need help with middle names

Girl Names
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I posted a few weeks back that my husband and I were at logger heads about baby no. 4’s name and that we couldn’t agree on anything. We have about 9 weeks to go and I thought we were really never going to agree. But after some interesting events which I won’t bore with you with, he has agreed on the name [name]Evelyn[/name] (My favourite and a name he originally wouldn’t budge on) So baby girl will be [name]Evelyn[/name] nn [name]Evie[/name]. I realise how popular it is but I love it and it’s the only name that has felt right the whole way along and it now has a fairly strong meaning for us so I’m 99.9% sure we won’t budge now on fn. But we are struggling with middle names now. Contenders so far are.

[name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Iris[/name] (Husband’s grandmother died just before [name]Christmas[/name] and I would really love to use her name as the middle. I’m not sure it flows particularly well though. It sounds a bit clunky to me. Usable or not??)
[name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Mackenzie[/name] (I know most people on here hate [name]Mackenzie[/name], so do I, myself, but it is my husband’s favourite name so I thought it might be a nice compromise seeing as I got my way with the fn)

My mother has suggested making it [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Iris[/name] [name]Mackenzie[/name] or [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Mackenzie[/name] [name]Iris[/name] to help the [name]Iris[/name] flow a lot better. But as none of the other children have double middle names I think this may be a bit of a no no.

Other possible contenders could be.
[name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] (named after a very close family friend who passed 10 years ago. I feel this one is a bit “L” heavy especially with our last name which also has an L
[name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Kathleen[/name] (After my nan who passed away 6 years ago. I’m not a fan of the name [name]Kathleen[/name] however.)

I also like [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] and [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Maeve[/name], but only because I like them, not for any special reason. What does everyone think.

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The repeating vowel sounds at the beginning of [name]Evelyn[/name] and [name]Iris[/name] does present a slight flow issue, but I still find it to be a really gorgeous combo. I think [name]Evelyn[/name] and [name]Mackenzie[/name] sound strange together, and I’m actually one of those nuts who likes the name [name]Mackenzie[/name]. [name]Evelyn[/name] is just so regal and timeless and sweet, and [name]Mackenzie[/name] just doesn’t live up to that.

[name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Maeve[/name] is my favourite of your options in terms of flow, and it’s a bit more original/distinctive than [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name].

I understand what you mean about latching onto a name and not really caring about popularity or whatever. That happened to me, too! [name]Evelyn[/name] is gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.

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I think two middle names would be fine. My little brother is the only one in our family with two middle names, and he likes it. :slight_smile: So [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Iris[/name] [name]Mackenzie[/name] is what I would choose.

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I actually really like [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Iris[/name], especially with the meaning it would have for you.

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I really like [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Iris[/name].

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[name]Glad[/name] people think that [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Iris[/name] is usable even though the flow isn’t perfect. That makes me feel better :slight_smile:

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[name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Iris[/name] flows just fine. It’s beautiful.