My husband and I are in search of a middle name for our first child, a daughter we are expecting in 3 weeks. Her first name will be [name_f]Elle[/name_f] and I’ve searched message boards for ideas. We like how melodic the following names are, yet I am not sold on them: [name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f], [name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], [name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Aria[/name_f] and [name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f] sound. We are also looking for names that mean light, life or water/ocean. If anyone has any ideas, we would be so grateful.
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] is really pretty! It is my favorite of your options.
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] has the meaning you want, but [name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] sounds nicer to my ear. If a meaning related to the sea is really important to you, you could use [name_f]Muriel[/name_f] nn [name_f]Elle[/name_f].
I also added some names that don’t match the syllable count but do match unique and meanings. I also tried to stay away from names that started with [name_u]Mel[/name_u]-, Hel- as they felt odd with [name_f]Elle[/name_f] as a first, at least to me.
[name_m]Light[/name_m] or [name_u]Bright[/name_u] meaning and add sun ones here as they felt similar in meaning
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Kalinda[/name_f] - Means ‘[name_f]Sun[/name_f]’
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Sunniva[/name_f] - Means ‘[name_f]Sun[/name_f] Gift’
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Leocadia[/name_f] - Means ‘Splendid Brightness’
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Luciana[/name_f] - Means ‘[name_m]Light[/name_m]’
Life Meaning
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Viveca[/name_f] - Means “alive, life; place of refuge”
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Zoey[/name_f] - Means ‘Life’
Water/[name_u]Ocean[/name_u] Meaning
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Tallulah[/name_f] - Means “lady of abundance, or leaping water”
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Oceane[/name_f] - Means “[name_u]Ocean[/name_u]”
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Araluen[/name_f] - Means ‘water lilies’ or ‘place of the water lilies’
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] Kaimana - Means “the power of the ocean”
Other
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] - My current name crush - Means “eighth”
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Callista[/name_f] / [name_f]Callisto[/name_f] - Means ’ Most Beautiful’
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] Alessandra - Means ‘Defending Men’
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Amalia[/name_f] - Means ‘Work’
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Demetria[/name_f] - No meaning - alternate form of [name_u]Demeter[/name_u], goddess of fertility
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] - No Meaning - [name_f]Flower[/name_f] Name
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Mariposa[/name_f] - Means ‘[name_f]Butterfly[/name_f]’
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Philomena[/name_f] - Means ‘Lover of Strength’
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_u]Rosario[/name_u] - Means ‘Rosary’
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] - Means “ardent; fiery”
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] - Mean - “resolute protection”
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] - Means “she who brings happiness; blessed”
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Araminta[/name_f] - Means “defender”
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] - Means “gazelle”
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Odessa[/name_f] - No Meaning - Place Name
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] - Means “dove”
I like [name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Aria[/name_f]! When you say it out loud the two names sound almost like one name, Ellaria.
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you plan to call her by her first and middle name both, or call her [name_f]Elle[/name_f] and just have the middle name for formal usage? If you want to call her by two names, I think the middle name should start with L- or a vowel so that it flows easily with [name_f]Elle[/name_f].
Middle names that start with L- or vowel that I think are easy to say together with [name_f]Elle[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] Inara
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Leda[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Lara[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Leora[/name_f]
Middle names that start with a hard consonant. To me these names are lovely but too long and formal for everyday use.
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_m]Brooks[/name_m]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Vita[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f] [name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
