Nickname and middle name options?

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] I recently posted about name remorse due to my daughters initials (rightly or wrongly and this post is not about that as i think ive got it covered). As my daughter is two i cannot change her first name but im looking for nickname options and also

I am still ‘considering’ (i may not do anything) with the idea of adding a second middle name if I can find one that sounds amazing (surely this wouldn’t create an issue for her? hopefully we can have a chat when she’s older about why I did it and have a good laugh about it all!)

Re my last 2 threads i just want to Thank you for helping me on this journey berries, you have been thoughtful, considerate, creative and honest. If only I had known about you earlier!

Looking forward to your suggestions and then moving on from all of this (so is my husband!) and if there is another baby to come I will definitely be consulting you all first!

So My gorgeous, Hilarious, been here before little girls name is [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]. I Am looking for Nickname options and ‘possible’ other middle name. Thank you

Honestly, [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] is absolutely beautiful! Two of my favourite names combined. If I had a little [name_f]Emma[/name_f] I’d only call her that; [name_f]Emma[/name_f]'s so lovely, happy, romantic and utterly gorgeous. And [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] is haunting… My favourite [name_f]Emma[/name_f] combos is [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Louise[/name_f].

Good luck!

I would call an [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] (GORGEOUS name, btw) [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_u]Jo[/name_u], [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_u]Josie[/name_u], [name_u]Josie[/name_u], [name_f]Posy[/name_f], [name_f]Em[/name_f].
If I were to add a second middle name, I would go for:
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f]
Best of luck!

[name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] is a gorgeous name.
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_u]Jo[/name_u] is SO super cute.
You could also call her [name_f]Emmy[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_u]Josie[/name_u].

IF I had to add another name to this already gorgeous name,
I’d say [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f], or [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Louise[/name_f].
Then you’d have the option for nicknames of [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f], or [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_u]Lou[/name_u]/[name_f]Emmy[/name_f] [name_u]Lou[/name_u],
which are also both super cute. Good luck to you!

If she is two, I would use a variation of [name_f]Emma[/name_f] for the nickname. Beond the traditional [name_f]Em[/name_f] or [name_f]Emmy[/name_f], what about [name_f]Mea[/name_f] or Meme? You also go with MJ.

As for another middle name, I am confused about how that solves any problem. [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] is beautiful. Adding another name …
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f] or [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Wren[/name_f] … will not change the initials issue were having nor will it make her name more beautiful.

Thank you! I am still struggling with name remorse …it is consuming me and I really wish I could move on. I do know there are many many worse things that can happen in life and I need to be thankful that I have healthy children but I wish I could go back 2 years and call her a name that doesn’t start with an E. It would seem crazy to a lot of people I know and I wish I had the confidence to “unsee” the initials (which are EVL for those of you who don’t know) as bad but I can’t, I feel like a terrible mother! We had all the choices in the world and chose that one. Just so you know also that up until 6 months ago changing her name didn’t even enter my mind. (although Emma wasn’t my first choice but my husband loved it and he didn’t like many or actually “any” others) It wasn’t until 2 people commented on her initials which made me think “hey, this could be a real problem for her” and if she was younger I would not hesitate in changing her first name at all. I would still keep Emma Josephine as two middle names but definitely choose a different FN.

sorry if I’m sounding like a broken record… its nice to be able to ask for suggestions on here as opposed to my friends and family as I think they’d disown me by now!! I will go to them when and if I have a solution or make any changes.

Anyway, still trying to figure it all out. Appreciate any more suggestions…

So I’m guessing [name_f]Louise[/name_f] was a bad suggestion! Haha. Can’t you do a switch-a-roo? [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Emma[/name_f]? [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Emiliana[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]? You can still call her by her middle, lots of people go by their middles. [name_f]Emmy[/name_f]'s a cute nickname, or just [name_f]Emme[/name_f]. [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Prudence[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Clemence[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Florence[/name_f].

For what it’s worth, I changed my daughter’s name a few months after her birth. I know how it feels to have given your baby the wrong name ;).

Thank you! Yes. I do like [name_f]Louise[/name_f] (ha ha!), actually my husband suggested this in the beginning but as his cousin was called [name_f]Louise[/name_f] I said “no”. Oh my…if em was that little bit younger I would not hesitate in changing her name at all. I would keep the [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] but definitely add a new FN. I’m just struggling (in case you hadn’t noticed!) with if I can do it now. What is best for her? I guess if she goes by [name_f]Emma[/name_f] as her middle name anyway why does [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] have to go at the front? Why cant it be [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] “[name_f]Emma[/name_f]” [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] or ? She gets called buttercup so often she probably thinks that’s her real name anyway! She is the most adorable, loveable little girl and I feel so bad that her name has become such an issue. I just want to love it and not worry about it. I know I cant protect her forever and from whatever but the least I can do is get her name right!! So glad you got to change your childs name if you felt it wasn’t right, must have been a relief!

Oh, you are so right. [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] would be sweet. Or anything else. Maybe you could put [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] in the middle and chose a name related to buttercups in the first spot?

Celandine [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] - for the Lesser Celandine
[name_f]Blossom[/name_f] [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
Menyn [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] - Welsh for buttercup
[name_f]Thora[/name_f] [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] - for the [name_f]Thora[/name_f] [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f]

Didn’t people notice her initials when you signed her up for a class or something? If you change her name around and still call her [name_f]Emma[/name_f], her initials on informal paperwork will still be EVL.

Her name hasn’t become an issue. It’s only become an issue to you. I doubt she’ll care at all. Besides, like I said in another thread of yours, EVL is love backwards. EVL aren’t even that bad. If it was A$S, I’d completely understand. But it’s not.

I know a lot of people go by their middle names but I’ve read a few things in the last few weeks saying that it can make things hard if you’re traveling, or need to fill out bureaucratic paperwork for anything.

Is her surname hyphenated or Dutch and VanL----? If it’s the latter, her initials aren’t VL, they’re just V.

[name_m]DON[/name_m]'T feel bad about your daughter’s anitials. There are plenty of kids out there with DUM, _SS, PIG, DOG, SHT, and FAT. [name_f]Do[/name_f] NOT feel bad.