Second middle name ideas

General Name Discussion
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My husband and I would like to choose baby names that are meaningful to us. While we are decided on a first and middle name for a boy or a girl, we would like advice on options for a second middle name:

Boy: [name]Jasper[/name] [name]Gray[/name] (nickname: “[name]Jaz[/name]”)

Girl: [name]Savannah[/name] [name]Rayne[/name] (nickname: “[name]Annie[/name]”)

BOY

[name]Jasper[/name] [name]Gray[/name] [name]Sutherland[/name]

[name]Jasper[/name] [name]Gray[/name] [name]Hemingway[/name]

GIRL

[name]Savannah[/name] [name]Rayne[/name] Mandalay

[name]Savannah[/name] [name]Rayne[/name] [name]Ophelia[/name]

[name]Savannah[/name] [name]Rayne[/name] Sutherland

[name]Savannah[/name] [name]Rayne[/name] [name]Maple[/name]

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I like [name]Jasper[/name] [name]Gray[/name] Sutherland and [name]Savannah[/name] [name]Rayne[/name] Mandalay. Not only are they both full of meaning, but they flow well and go well together if you want to use them for siblings. :slight_smile:

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While I agree that [name]Jasper[/name] [name]Gray[/name] Sutherland is a winner among the boys’ names, you already have a family name in the trio ([name]Gray[/name]). I like the idea of using the second middle name to pay homage to something that is important to you, like an author, character, or a place (esp. when you might want to make Sutherland another child’s middle name down the road?). Anyway, that’s why I feel [name]Savannah[/name] [name]Rayne[/name] Mandalay and [name]Savannah[/name] [name]Rayne[/name] [name]Ophelia[/name] are gorgeous: they flow well, they honor a side of the family with [name]Rayne[/name], and they creatively allude to a place or piece that you love.

I wish [name]Gray[/name] and [name]Hemingway[/name] didn’t rhyme at the end, or I might have gone in that direction. Perhaps [name]Jasper[/name] [name]Gray[/name] [name]Ernest[/name] or [name]Jasper[/name] [name]Gray[/name] [name]Adams[/name] (the last name of one of [name]Hemingway[/name]'s [name]Nick[/name] [name]Adams[/name]) might work? I also like [name]Jasper[/name] [name]Gray[/name] [name]Beckett[/name] (for the many literary Becketts out there) a great deal, too.