I swoon when I hear a little girl name [name_f]Jane[/name_f] or [name_f]Marie[/name_f]. [name_f]Nicole[/name_f] is also a super popular middle name as well.
[name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Marie[/name_f], and [name_f]Rose[/name_f] are kinda the go-to middle names and I think they should be used more as firsts!!
I love [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Hope[/name_f], [name_f]Claire[/name_f] and [name_f]Marie[/name_f] from your list. But my all time favourite middle name as a first is [name_f]Mae[/name_f] <3
Thank you for the votes and feedback so far. Yes, I did miss [name_f]Louise[/name_f]. I meant to include that one, too. It’s one of the first ones I tend to think of, to be honest - up there with [name_f]Jane[/name_f], although there is a fair amount of evidence that [name_f]Jane[/name_f] is now being used as a first. [name_f]Marie[/name_f] and [name_f]Anne[/name_f] are underused as firsts, definitely.
[name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Maria[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f], and [name_f]Jane[/name_f] got my vote. (And I agree with the [name_f]Grace[/name_f] suggestion!)
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] seems like every [name_u]Berry[/name_u]'s favorite, but I’m not a huge [name_f]Rose[/name_f] fan, period, so I don’t find it any more refreshing up front than as a middle? I know, I know, slay me. lol. I [name_f]ADORE[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f] (although I traditionally prefer this in a [name_m]French[/name_m] double-barrel like [name_f]Anne[/name_f]-[name_f]Sophie[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f]-[name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f]-[name_f]Louise[/name_f]), and [name_f]Jane[/name_f], though. [name_f]Maria[/name_f] never struck me as a filler middle (although I do think [name_f]Marie[/name_f] is), but I love it regardless.
I voted for [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Marie[/name_f], [name_f]Claire[/name_f], and [name_f]Rose[/name_f]. [name_f]Mae[/name_f]/[name_f]May[/name_f] isn’t on your list, but I think that would be my favorite.
I said [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Maria[/name_f], [name_f]Claire[/name_f] and [name_f]Rose[/name_f]. [name_f]Grace[/name_f] and [name_f]May[/name_f] are also very common middle names that should also be used as a first name.