Ways of honoring 'Maria Louise'

Girl Names
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Right, I’ve been thinking of ways to honour my sister [name]Maria[/name] [name]Louise[/name]. She’s my best friend, biggest support and has been there through some really tough times! But I can’t really think of anything - I don’t want to use [name]Maria[/name], [name]Marie[/name] or [name]Louise[/name] and I don’t want to use [name]Malou[/name] (a pet name of hers). So do you have any ideas?

It doesn’t necessarily need to be overly obvious! She’ll still get it.

Length doesn’t matter, neither does ethnicity.

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What a lovely idea! It’s always so nice to have those extra layers of meaning in a name. Have you thought of ‘[name]Mia[/name]’ - a pretty diminutive or ‘[name]Molly[/name]’ which is sweet, as in [name]Mae[/name]. [name]Louise[/name] could be [name]Louella[/name], [name]Louisa[/name] or [name]Lucy[/name].

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[name]Molly[/name] would be absolutely lovely.
You could also just use the same ML initials?

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[name]Mara[/name]
[name]Miriam[/name] - from which [name]Mary[/name] and [name]Maria[/name] were derived. Mariamne is related.
[name]Mariska[/name]
[name]Ria[/name]
[name]Maria[/name] L. - [name]Mariel[/name], [name]Marielle[/name]?
[name]Marisol[/name]

[name]Mirabel[/name] isn’t related afaik but it’s pretty and has a close sound.

There’s tons of gorgeous L names if you just want to initial match. However, I admit I like the idea of using, instead of an “L-name,” [name]Elle[/name]. [name]Miriam[/name] [name]Elle[/name] sounds good to me.

Have you thought about using her birthstone or birth flower? I suppose that depends what it is.

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It would be as a middle name.

Her birthstone is [name]Diamond[/name], and I don’t really like that as a name. And her birth flower is Sweet Pea, which might be a little weird as a name :stuck_out_tongue: Sweet idea though! Might look into it some more, if it’s possible to honour other family members that way!

Thank you all for the great suggestions. Keep them coming!

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There’s always the beautiful Spanish name Marianela, pronounced like [name]Mary[/name]-uh-[name]NELL[/name]-uh.

Others:

[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Marietta[/name]
[name]Marin[/name]
[name]Rosemary[/name]
[name]Rosemarie[/name]
[name]Lola[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Luisa[/name]
[name]Mary[/name]-[name]Luisa[/name]

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[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Maria[/name]
[name]Miriam[/name]
[name]Maya[/name]
[name]May[/name]
[name]Mia[/name]
[name]Molly[/name]
[name]Mamie[/name]
[name]Malia[/name]
[name]Maureen[/name]
[name]Moira[/name]
[name]Malle[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
Louison
[name]Louisette[/name]
[name]Ludovica[/name]
[name]Lovisa[/name]
Louisanna
[name]Marielle[/name]
[name]Mariella[/name]
[name]Mila[/name]
[name]Meryl[/name] ([name]Meryl[/name] Streep is actually “[name]Mary[/name] [name]Louise[/name]”)
[name]Marla[/name]
[name]Marilou[/name]

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Lots of choices. I like [name]Marin[/name] [name]Louisa[/name].

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Lots of great suggestions already. I’m terrible at this sort of thing, but the one that popped into my mind is [name]Mariella[/name], which is so lovely and gorgeous and unique and seems to honor [name]Maria[/name] [name]Louise[/name] quite well. Good luck!

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I love [name]Mae[/name] and [name]Louisa[/name]. I’ve always thought that [name]Mary[/name] is a beautiful name as well.

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My grandmother’s name is [name]Mary[/name] [name]Louise[/name], lol. I have thought of [name]Marion[/name], [name]Maribel[/name], [name]Marielle[/name], [name]Mirabelle[/name], [name]Miriam[/name], [name]Marianne[/name], [name]Moira[/name] as potential middle names to honor my grandmother.