I have a few weeks until my Last [name]Baby[/name] arrives and we don’t have a name. My oldest is [name]James[/name] [name]Ciaran[/name], my middle is [name]Bennett[/name] [name]Jude[/name] and my little girl is [name]Lucia[/name] [name]Rose[/name]. [name]James[/name] goes by [name]James[/name]; the other two go by [name]Ben[/name] and [name]Lucy[/name] most of the time.
My current favorites are [name]Norah[/name], [name]Kate[/name] (but I’m not in love with [name]Katherine[/name]), [name]Mira[/name] and [name]Evie[/name] (not in love with [name]Evelyn[/name] though). The middle name will most likely be [name]Jane[/name]. [name]Moira[/name] is my middle name but there are already 5 people in my family with [name]Moira[/name] in their names (big Irish Catholic family!) and I live in the South so no one will ever pronounce it correctly.
Oh and my dog is [name]Charlotte[/name] otherwise it would be a contender and our niece is [name]Adaline[/name].
[name]How[/name] about [name]Evangeline[/name] or [name]Genevieve[/name] to get [name]Evie[/name]? I think [name]Norah[/name] is stunning with the sibset as well!
[name]Eva[/name] for [name]Evie[/name]? [name]Lucia[/name], [name]James[/name], and [name]Bennett[/name] are so complete and [name]Evie[/name] sounds nicknamey in comparison. I’d suggest [name]Eve[/name], but with [name]Jane[/name] as the middle, [name]Eve[/name] [name]Jane[/name] is pretty abrupt. You face the same challenge with [name]Kate[/name] if you don’t use [name]Katherine[/name] (also, [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Jane[/name] is kind of bland…I mean it’s classic and elegant, but very expected).
Does it matter if people can’t pronounce [name]Moira[/name] if it’s in the middle? People never say the middle name anyway. I mean [name]Jane[/name] is a fine middle name but if you did decide to deal with [name]Katherine[/name] for [name]Kate[/name], [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Moira[/name] is better than [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Jane[/name] to me. Or [name]Kate[/name] [name]Moira[/name]. Although is [name]Rose[/name] a family middle? It seems a little weird to not give the firstborn the family name, unless [name]Rose[/name] is a family name too…
OK, so you like [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Kate[/name], [name]Evie[/name], [name]Adaline[/name], [name]Moira[/name], [name]Jane[/name], [name]Norah[/name], [name]Mira[/name], and you have a [name]James[/name] [name]Ciaran[/name], [name]Bennett[/name] ([name]Ben[/name]) [name]Jude[/name], and [name]Lucia[/name] ([name]Lucy[/name]) [name]Rose[/name] (all lovely by the way!).
First of all [name]Mira[/name] [name]Jane[/name] and [name]Norah[/name] [name]Jane[/name] are both nice (I prefer [name]Nora[/name] spelling but whatever). [name]Mira[/name] echoes [name]Moira[/name]. Either would fit in pretty nicely.
So let’s run through these…I think you might like, and could have a…
Before I read your post, I completed the sibset mentally with [name]Eliza[/name], and after reading further-- [name]Eliza[/name] [name]Jane[/name] would work really well! [name]Norah[/name] is my favorite out of your list (although I too like it with just an A ending). I like a lot of jesba’s suggestions-- especially [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Jane[/name] nn [name]Nora[/name]. A few more possibilities:
[name]James[/name], [name]Bennett[/name] ([name]Ben[/name]), [name]Lucia[/name] ([name]Lucy[/name]), and
Thanks, everyone. [name]Rose[/name] is my husband’s grandmother and [name]Jane[/name] is my lifelong best friend (may as well be a family name). We’ve tossed around [name]Georgia[/name] and [name]Frances[/name] too. My husband is more set on [name]Margaret[/name]/[name]Maggie[/name] but I feel very ‘eh’ about it.
[name]Norah[/name] [name]Jane[/name] sounds classic and lovely. But I have to say I love [name]Evie[/name] (no need to make it [name]Evelyn[/name]!) because it is short and sweet. I’m a big fan of nicknames taking the place of their original (sometimes more classic but in this case dated) forms. [name]Evie[/name] holds a lot of water to me. It has spunk!
To me [name]Lucia[/name] has a different feel then [name]James[/name] and [name]Bennett[/name] and then your girls choices, it is more exotic and frilly. I think [name]Eva[/name] would go well with it and [name]Mira[/name] could work as well. [name]Noemi[/name], [name]Arabella[/name], [name]Isobel[/name], [name]Caterina[/name] were my thoughts. I think something with a more Italian/Spanish vibe rather than an English/Irish one. Best of luck.