Which MN with these FNs?

Please let me know which middle name you think should go with each of these first names.
Middle name: [name]Carol[/name] or [name]Caroline[/name]
First names:

[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Nina[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Sadie[/name]
[name]Alaina[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]

Thanks.

[name]Felicity[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Nina[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Sadie[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]

[name]Violet[/name] [name]Carol[/name]
[name]Alaina[/name] [name]Carol[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Carol[/name]

Would love more opinions, if anyone wants to give theirs.

I much prefer [name]Caroline[/name] as the middle name choice, some of my favs from your list are: [name]Violet[/name] [name]Caroline[/name], [name]Fiona[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] and [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]

I really dislike [name]Carol[/name] and would pair them all up with [name]Caroline[/name], which I think is lovely! I dislike [name]Carol[/name] because it seems like a boring, common, un-attractive mom name to me. I knew too many Carols and none of them were nice or likeable. [name]Caroline[/name], on the other hand, is far less common where I live and seems classy and elegant.

[name]Felicity[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] - [name]Renee[/name]

[name]Fiona[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] - [name]Corrine[/name]

[name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] - [name]Violet[/name]

[name]Nina[/name] [name]Carol[/name] - [name]Quinn[/name]

[name]Violet[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] - [name]Gabrielle[/name]

[name]Ruby[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] - [name]Delaney[/name]

[name]Sadie[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] - [name]Marie[/name]

[name]Alaina[/name] [name]Carol[/name] - [name]Violet[/name]

[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Carol[/name] - [name]Morgan[/name]

[name]Felicity Carol[/name]
[name]Fiona Caroline[/name]
[name]Phoebe Caroline[/name]
[name]Nina Caroline[/name]
[name]Violet Caroline[/name]
[name]Ruby Caroline[/name]
[name]Sadie Caroline[/name]
[name]Alaina Carol[/name]
[name]Eliza Caroline[/name]

[name]Felicity[/name] [name]Carol[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name] [name]Carol[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Nina[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Violet[/name] [name]Carol[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Sadie[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Alaina[/name] [name]Carol[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Carol[/name]

Hmm, it seems there are some different opinions about which to use with which FN. I guess we’ll just have to go with what sounds right to us.

The middle name is meant to honor my mom, [name]Carol[/name]. She was randomly murdered last [name]January[/name] by a man with no connection to her whatsoever. It was sudden and violent and horrible. I am still dealing with her being gone. My son was only 6 months old and this baby will never know her. Like another poster, I also like the name [name]Caroline[/name] better than just [name]Carol[/name]. But should we stick with her name exactly as it was or is it ok to change it slightly, e.g. to [name]Caroline[/name]?

[name]Cara[/name] or [name]Caroline[/name] still honors her! Sorry for your loss :frowning:

#1 [name]Felicity[/name]- this is my fave name on your list. It actually flows slightly better with [name]Carol[/name] but I just like the sweetness of [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] or [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Cara[/name].
#2 [name]Fiona[/name]- Ditto. [name]Fiona[/name] [name]Carol[/name] isn’t bad though…
#3 [name]Phoebe[/name]- [name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]!
[name]Nina[/name]- [name]Nina[/name] [name]Caroline[/name].
[name]Violet[/name]- I don’t love this name and don’t care for it with either mn for the repeating long I sounds.
[name]Ruby[/name]- [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Caroline[/name].
[name]Sadie[/name]- [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] is lovely.
[name]Alaina[/name]- [name]Alaina[/name] [name]Carol[/name].
[name]Eliza[/name]- [name]Eliza[/name] [name]Carol[/name] is too heavy and somewhat dated and I don’t care for all the syllables and the long I sounds with [name]Caroline[/name].
Good list!

[name]Felicity[/name] [name]Carol[/name] or [name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] woud get my vote :slight_smile:

Gingerpiper, what a horrible thing to have happen. I am so sorry for your loss.

I am one of those people who thinks that if you think a name honours appropriately, then it does. It’s very subjective, in my opinion, so if you think [name]Caroline[/name] works to honour your mom, then it definitely works. Personally, I do think [name]Caroline[/name] works wonderfully to honour a [name]Carol[/name].

[name]Felicity[/name] [name]Carol[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Nina[/name] [name]Carol[/name]
[name]Violet[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Sadie[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Alaina[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]