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After many years of IVF, we are now expecting 4 daughters. We believe we have chosen there first names, not 100% but pretty close. We are looking for middle name suggestions, although any suggestions are appreciated.

[name_f]Norah[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f]

Also they are all 7 letter names except [name_f]Norah[/name_f] do you think this is a problem?

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[name_m]Hi[/name_m] kaytie. [name_f]Welcome[/name_f] to Nameberry and congratulations on this big big big big blessing! Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy and birth.

I like all of these names and think they make a cohesive set. With multiples of any number, I like for the names to be connected in a subtle way so that each kidā€™s name (and individuality) can shine on its own. Iā€™d try to avoid matching closely in sound, but having the same number of letters is a nice hidden way to tie all the names together.

Maybe you could use [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] for [name_f]Norah[/name_f], and then all the girls would have seven-letter full names. I do think that [name_f]Nora[/name_f] is a more intuitive spelling, and a four-letter nickname exists for the other three names too: [name_f]Addy[/name_f], [name_f]Lili[/name_f], [name_u]Coco[/name_u]/Cosy/[name_f]Etta[/name_f].

I also really really like [name_f]Honora[/name_f], which is only six letters, but is another easy route to [name_f]Norah[/name_f]/[name_f]Nora[/name_f].

Maybe you could swap [name_f]Lilith[/name_f] for [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] then youā€™d have two seven-letter names and two six-letter names. This would also differentiate [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] and [name_f]Lil[/name_f]- more - two different ending sounds.

Lots of ideas about your first names and no suggestions for middle names yetā€¦

  • If you want to use family names, you could use the names of the girlsā€™ aunts, grandmothers, or great-grandmothers.
  • You could connect the sibset by choosing names from the same theme (all nature names, for example).
  • I know one family with four adult children who all have their motherā€™s distinctive surname as their middle name. The oldest daughter now has two (soon to be three!) kids of her own and sheā€™s carried on the tradition.

I hope Iā€™ve given you some helpful ideas! Best of luck with the names!

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I donā€™t think [name_f]Norah[/name_f] being 6 letters is noticeable. I think it works nicely having two two-syllable names and two three-syllable names. If you feel like they need to be unified more, you could do a bit of a theme with middle names.

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_u]Skye[/name_u]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Jade[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Scarlet[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Sienna[/name_f]

And hereā€™s just some other ideas:

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Emily[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u]

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I really like your choices! [name_f]Cosette[/name_f] is especially intriguing ā€“ pretty, interesting and not something you hear every day.

I really donā€™t think it matters that [name_f]Norah[/name_f] has fewer letters than the other names. It feels like a cohesive fit in terms of style.

If youā€™re really hung up on it, [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] jumps out as me as a 7-letter option that seems to fit your style. But I wouldnā€™t ditch a name you otherwise love just for this reason.

@Seedsandstones had some great suggestions for meaningful middles, above.

Here are some flower name ideas:

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]

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I didnā€™t even notice the lenght so I donā€™t think itā€™s a problem.

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Maelys[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Maisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u]

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[name_m]Hi[/name_m] there.

Itā€™s not often that I see groups of quads or more & they all have beautiful names. Well done! [name_f]Norah[/name_f], [name_f]Adeline[/name_f], [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] & [name_f]Cosette[/name_f] are a gorgeous sibling set. I donā€™t think that [name_f]Norah[/name_f] not having seven letters is a huge deal. You could always do [name_f]Lilian[/name_f] instead of [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] to balance it out. I personally prefer the one ā€˜lā€™, but it could be a headache since the two 'lā€™s is more common.

Anyway, on to middle names!

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Abigail[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Cecily[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Cate[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Emily[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_u]Louise[/name_u]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]

[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]

[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]

[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Mirabella[/name_f]

[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]

[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Tallula[/name_f]

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Audrey[/name_f]

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Cate[/name_f]

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f]

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_u]Skye[/name_u]

[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Georgina[/name_f]

[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]

[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]

[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Marigold[/name_f]

[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]

[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_u]Romilly[/name_u]

[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_u]Vivian[/name_u]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps. :slight_smile:

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[name_f]Norah[/name_f], [name_f]Adeline[/name_f], [name_f]Lillian[/name_f], & [name_f]Cosette[/name_f] work quite well together! I donā€™t think [name_f]Norah[/name_f]ā€™s shortness stands out at all. (It helps that [name_f]Cosette[/name_f] is also two syllables.)

I love @katinka 's suggestion with all the flower middle names! That would be such a sweet way to connect all of their names. :slight_smile: I might replace [name_f]Violet[/name_f] with [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], though. Iā€™m not loving the back to back long ā€˜iā€™ sounds in [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f] myself. [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] would be just as sweet, as well as less common.

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[name_m]Just[/name_m] to say loving your first names! As middle names I agree the nature/ flower way of creating a theme is a lovely one.

Another way of connecting would maybe be to use both yours and your partners grandmothers names :slight_smile:

With regards to [name_f]Norah[/name_f], dropping one ā€œlā€ in [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] is probably the easiest way to even things up so you have two six and two seven letter names.

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[name_f]Norah[/name_f], [name_f]Adeline[/name_f], [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] and [name_f]Cosette[/name_f] are beautiful names! I donā€™t think itā€™s a problem that [name_f]Norah[/name_f] has six letters.

Previous suggestions for middle names I love:
Family names

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f]

Some other ideas:
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Luna[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Linnet[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_u]Merle[/name_u]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_u]Dione[/name_u]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Queenie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Reina[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Ava[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Athene[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Pallas[/name_f]

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[name_f]Norah[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f]

The names seem to fit kind of two categories: [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] and [name_f]Cosette[/name_f] both sound sophisticated and [name_u]French[/name_u] and beautiful, and [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] and [name_f]Norah[/name_f] are still really nice but they are more practical and sound less extravagant. This could just be me, but I have to say I might feel a little jealous if I were in the second group. However, like I said, thatā€™s probably just me. Anyway, middle names:

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Britney[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_u]Brook[/name_u]

[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_u]Briar[/name_u]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_u]Brook[/name_u]

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Brynn[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Aviva[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Malia[/name_f]

[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Bloom[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Emily[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_u]Marie[/name_u]

You could try to make up for what I wrote above by giving the more practical names more extravagant middle names and the other two more typical middle names:
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Angeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Wildflower[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Clementine[/name_f]

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Katherina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Bloom[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Poppy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]

[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_u]Clare[/name_u]/[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]

[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Lea[/name_f]

Sets:
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Katherina[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_u]Marie[/name_u]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_u]Brook[/name_u]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Amelie[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Wildflower[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Bloom[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_f]Poppy[/name_f]

[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Angeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u]

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I absolutely love [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] and [name_f]Cosette[/name_f] but like @dogs_books, [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] and [name_f]Norah[/name_f] feel slightly less special. I think because they feel more everyday compared to the other two which are a bit more different, they make a very cute sibset tho!