Probably considered on the "boring" side by most

but which name would you pick? having a second girl in a couple of weeks and still not sure about her name.

juliana paige
emilia belle
juliette kate

the middle name can be any short, one syllable that has the right ring…like eve, drew, faye, jade etc…

do you think juliana is too popular these days?

thanks so much!!!

juliana paige: I love [name]Julia[/name], and while I do like [name]Juliana[/name], I prefer the simple and elegant [name]Julia[/name]. :slight_smile: [name]Paige[/name] is too modern with with the classic [name]Juliana[/name], though. ([name]Juliana[/name] isn’t too popular. [name]Julia[/name] is more popular, but they’re so lovely.)

[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Hope[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Rose[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Tess[/name]

emilia belle: [name]Emma[/name] is ranked number three, but [name]Amelia[/name] is lovely! [name]Emmeline[/name] is great, too!

[name]Amelia[/name] [name]Blythe[/name] is my favorite combo, but any of the above go beautifully, too!

juliette kate: [name]Juliet[/name] is one of my all-time favorites! :slight_smile: The [name]Kate[/name] middle is kind of choppy with [name]Juliet[/name], though.

[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Claire[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] (see list above…)

From your list, I’d go with [name]Juliet[/name] or [name]Julia[/name]. :slight_smile:

I love your names (they’re stunning, not boring!), and you’ll find that the majority of Nameberry posters will, too! (Big classic name fans here!) :slight_smile: Best wishes!

Not boring at all- these are beautiful names!! I love them all but my favorite is [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Paige[/name] - what a pretty, classy name. I like [name]Paige[/name] as a middle name because it is so cheerful sounding.

I actually love [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Page[/name], [name]Julia[/name] [name]Page[/name]. But I don’t like [name]Juliet[/name] [name]Page[/name] as much.
Below is [name]Jill[/name]'s list:
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Blythe[/name] - this is so gorgeous! [name]Love[/name] [name]Blythe[/name] even more than [name]Page[/name]. I like [name]Paige[/name] more than [name]Page[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Kate[/name] - love this, too, but not as much as the [name]Blythe[/name] combo.
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Grace[/name] - I think [name]Grace[/name] is really getting overdone.
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Hope[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Rose[/name] - overdone
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] [name]Tess[/name]
Yeah, my fave combo is with [name]Blythe[/name]. Well done, [name]Jill[/name]!

love [name]Amelia[/name] with [name]Blythe[/name], too!

juliette kate: [name]Juliet[/name] is one of my all-time favorites! :slight_smile: The [name]Kate[/name] middle is kind of choppy with [name]Juliet[/name], though. - I agree!

[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Claire[/name] - this is very pretty, too!
[name]Juliet[/name] (see list above…)

From your list, I’d go with [name]Juliet[/name] or [name]Julia[/name]. :slight_smile: - Me, too!

I love your names (they’re stunning, not boring!), and you’ll find that the majority of Nameberry posters will, too! (Big classic name fans here!) :slight_smile: Best wishes![/quote]

I like [name]Juliana[/name] best from your list and agree that [name]Jill[/name]'s suggested [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Blythe[/name] is gorgeous!

[name]Emilia[/name] just blends into the thousands of Emilys already around and [name]Julienne[/name] reminds of vegtables! (uncapitalise it and julienne is a way to cut veggies!)

Some other suggestions for a one syllable middle for [name]Juliana[/name]:

[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Faye[/name]/[name]Fay[/name]/[name]Fae[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Lourdes[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Love[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] Mirth
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Pax[/name]/[name]Paz[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Sian[/name] ([name]Shaun[/name])
[name]Juliana[/name] Sweet
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Tess[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Viv[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Liv[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Winn[/name]/[name]Wynn[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Wren[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name] [name]Ziv[/name]

I think the names you have chosen are beautiful- far from boring!
I was just wondering- is [name]Juliana[/name] pronounced [name]Julie[/name]-[name]Anna[/name], or [name]Julie[/name]-[name]AH[/name]-na? I hope my phonetic spelling made sense. I love [name]Juliet[/name] and [name]Julia[/name], but I like your idea of [name]Juliana[/name] (however it is pronounced!).

thank you for all the nice responses! i like many of the middle names mentioned so we’re back to the decision board with my hubby. i agree that [name]Emilia[/name] tends to blend in with all the Emilys ot there, so we’re leaning towards [name]Julia[/name] [name]Juliana[/name] or [name]Juliet[/name].

as far as the pronunciation of [name]Juliana[/name], i was hoping people will pronounce it [name]Julie[/name]-[name]AH[/name]-na, especially since there is only one N, but i guess it may not happen this way.

i thought of some other middle names for [name]Juliet[/name] ([name]Kate[/name] is a bit choppy, you are right!):

[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Darcy[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Leigh[/name]

thanks so much again for all the input. i have been reading this site for a long time, but this was my first post.

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[name]Hi[/name] [name]Kate[/name]. :slight_smile: (I love your name!)

I pronounce it Joo-lee-ann-uh, not Joo-lee-ah-nuh, but I, and others, could always be corrected. If the pronunciation thing bothers you, though, I’d go with [name]Juliet[/name] or [name]Julia[/name].

[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Darcy[/name]: This is just okay for me. [name]Darcy[/name]'s masculinity robs something from [name]Juliet[/name]'s feminity for me, but it just may be me.

[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Celeste[/name]: [name]Celeste[/name] goes with [name]Julia[/name], but for me, it doesn’t work with [name]Juliet[/name] due to the repetitive “eh” sounds in [name]Juliet[/name] and [name]Celeste[/name].

[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Leigh[/name]: [name]Leigh[/name] is really dated. :frowning:

Of your choices, I’d go with [name]Juliet[/name] [name]Darcy[/name] due to the flow.

I see that you’re open to middle names with two (maybe three?) syllables:

[name]Julia[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] (or [name]Katherine[/name]…would honor you!)
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Daisy[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Faith[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Julia[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name]

[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name]
Juilet [name]Camille[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Cecile[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Daphne[/name] (instead of [name]Darcy[/name])
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Helene[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Mariel[/name]/[name]Marielle[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Mirabel[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Rose[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Rosamund[/name]/[name]Rosamond[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Rosaline[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Simone[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]

Best wishes to you!

I find [name]Juliana[/name] to be gorgeous. I prefer her to [name]Julia[/name] because of popularity issues; [name]Juliana[/name] has more character for me. I’ve heard her pronounced both Ju-li-AN-a and Ju-li-[name]AH[/name]-na, and I think they are both acceptable. I personally prefer the latter pronunciation. [name]Juliana[/name] [name]Blythe[/name] enchants me, I’d go with her (even though [name]Blythe[/name] isn’t one of my favorites). I know a [name]Juliana[/name] whom we used to call Juju when she was a tot. Isn’t that nickname adorable? :smiley: [name]Juliet[/name] is “eh” to me, I much prefer [name]Juliana[/name]. The [name]Shakespeare[/name] character rather deters me from the name, as she was a rather silly girl. I’d rather pick the name of one of his stronger characters, like [name]Emilia[/name] or [name]Rosalind[/name]. I do like [name]Emilia[/name] quite a lot, but I think her name would be spelled [name]Amelia[/name] more often than not, which would be annoying for her.

[name]Emilia[/name] [name]Belle[/name] is adorable! I love it!

I have a three year old [name]Julia[/name] and the pronounciation is a bit tricky. Lots of people say Jool-ya which I don’t care for. My husband and I say Joo-lee-a. When we picked the name I never would have thought it would be an issue but I think Jool-ya is easier to say. She goes by Juju most of the time anyway. [name]Hope[/name] this is helpful.

I would pick [name_f]Juliana[/name_f] [name_f]Paige[/name_f]! I think it’s a beautiful combo.

[name_f]Emilia[/name_f] [name_f]Belle[/name_f]! [name_u]Love[/name_u] it!

I love [name_f]Juliana[/name_f]! Better than [name_f]Julia[/name_f] or [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] in my opinion. But of the 3 listed [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] [name_f]Belle[/name_f] gets my vote. It flows nicely and sounds beautiful. I love the names. Not at all boring.

Your names are not boring at all, hon!! :smiley: I love [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] [name_f]Belle[/name_f]. So cute! (although, I would go for [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], personally)

I don’t think you can really go wrong. My favorite of the ones you’ve listed is [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]. I tend to like [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] and [name_f]Julia[/name_f] better than Juiliana, just personal preference.

[name_f]Emilia[/name_f] is pretty as well. I would spell it [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], just because that is what I am used to.