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The only girl's name me and DH both seem to like - but I can't think of a middle name which works with it. Eg Catherine Rose (my first choice, but DH doesn't like Catherine) works well, but Rose Catherine just doesn't really roll off the tongue. Any suggestions?
Rose Catherine is beautiful and classy and agree that you never really say the whole name after the first few weeks when you're telling people their name anyway.
My DS2's names are lovely but sound a but silly when you use the diminutive of both (like Tommy Johnny ) but we didn't realise that at the time and obviously don't call him that anyway!
Rose is lovely. After a single syllable first name, I think four syllables sound good for a middle name. How about Elizabeth, Olivia, Amelia or Isabella?
My middle name is Rose but I was named after my father's mother whose real name was Rosina. My DF forgot to tell my mother this though which is why I have the shortened version.
Anyway, Rosina Catherine is very pretty imo and you can still call your DD Rose for short.
Rosario? Roisín? We have an Elizabeth Rose in our family. And my DD's second name is Rose - with a 3 syllable first name. Catherine is lovely as Kitty, or Kit, or Catrióna. So Rose Kitty / Catherine sounds lovely. like your MN name! Kitty seems to be a theme?
I love Rose, and I like some of these other cominations suggested here (Rose Elizabeth sounds lovely). However ,don't forget to look at her initials too, especially if you have a middle name starting with a vowel.
Rose Sophia Rose Francesca Rose Ayesha Rose Maya Rose Ella Rose Elena Rose Clara Rose Antonia Rose Alexandra Rose Alicia Rose Beatrice Rose Mae/Maeve Rose Martha Rose Florence Rose Caterina for variation on Catherine?
Possibilities are endless; agree it sounds better with longer middle name
Thank you - glad people like Rose as a first name anyway, was worried it might be a bit, well, short! Funnily enough I had thought Rose Catherine and Rose Elizabeth sounded a bit odd - I must be imagining it as people seem to like them! I quite like Rose Hermione.
I think Rose is a beautiful name. Very under-used as a first name.
Re a middle name for Rose, i think it needs to begin with a vowel:
Rose Isabella Rose Alicia Rose Eliza Rose Amelia Rose Alexandra Rose Elizabeth Rose Alexia Rose Imogen Rose Olivia Rose Antonia Rose Evelyn Rose Arielle Rose Emma Rose Amber Rose Eva
I have an Elana-Rose (all one name and no middle name) and we use it in full nearly all the time, obviously she gets her surname tacked on when she is naughty
ds would have been rose, it is a lovely charming name.
do not understand middle name worries, never use mine nobody knows what it is (apart from half mn who also have jane as middle name). i think it is a good opportunity to use family names and be sentimental.
I use my dd's middle names all the time and to me they are just as important as their first names.
They love their middle names and use them all the time too - they see it as an extention of their first names. In fact, my dd2 went through a spell where she would only respond if you called her by her middle name
Yes fishie, i chose the names with that in mind. They have two names each and their middle names are equally as beautiful as their first names (IMO of course )
They are very comfortable being called by either name, and of course the fact that they love their names is a bonus
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