Middle name for Eloise

[LoopyLoopsBettyBoops]

STILL not decided on a name, any thoughts for the above please? (DH insists it is 1 or 2 syllables).

[wudu]

Hope
Grace
Mary
Marie
Joy
Faye
Clara
Belle
Isla
Kaye
Nicole
Olivia
Rae
Sarah
Thalia
Zoe

[LoopyLoopsBettyBoops]

Thank you. Sadly, DH has vetoed them all...

[wudu]

What names does he like?

[LoopyLoopsBettyBoops]

Juliette (but not with Eloise, his crazy syllable rule)
Hazel

Think that's about it.

My list:
Alice (Dh thinks of the song, who the...)
Happy with Juliette as a middle name
Hazel (but possibly not with a French name)
Matilda (DH doesn't like)

[LoopyLoopsBettyBoops]

(Baby coming in 2 weeks btw)

[EightiesChick]

Something that has a distinct starting sound of its own so the two don't run together when you say them together. So, for example, I'd veto Eloise Isla (though both are nice names) on that basis. Same for anything beginning with S which will need careful pronunciation.

How about

Jane, Jessica, Jennifer, Jemma, Jasmine
Lara, Laura, Lauren
Katherine, Kara
Rachel, Rebecca, Regan, Renee
Tara, Tabitha

[wudu]

Juliette is stunning! ...and goes lovely with Eloise.

In fact it sounds even more lovely the other way round, Juliet Eloise.

What's with the syllable thing?

[EightiesChick]

Sorry, had missed the bit about 1 or 2 syllables so some of the above are out of bounds.

Hazel's OK but wouldn't be in my top choices if I'm honest.

[EightiesChick]

I do think a name starting with J would work well...

[LoopyLoopsBettyBoops]

God knows what his syllable thing is all about.

He thinks if 1st name has 2, 2nd should have 1, if 1st name has 3, 2nd can have 1 or 2, if 1st has 1, 2nd can have 2 or 3. No idea why but he won't budge!

I like Eloise Juliette (not the other way round though, as couldn't abide shortening to Jules or Julie).

[LoopyLoopsBettyBoops]

He also won't use a name of someone we know, so that leaves:

Jane, Jessica, Jennifer, Jemma, Jasmine
Lara, Laura, Lauren
Katherine, Kara
Rachel, Rebecca, Regan, Renee
Tara, Tabitha

then out of those left, Lara is too much like my name, I like Cara (not Kara so much) but won't work with surname, Regan and Renee are a bit American, and his parents have a cat called Tabitha!

[wudu]

:o at the syllable rules

Erm ...
Jenna?
Hannah?
Beth?
Cora?
Mia?

[LoopyLoopsBettyBoops]

Nope, afraid none of those will do, for one reason or another!

Sorry, I'm quite picky too!

[munstersmum]

Tyra
Rose
Willow

[wudu]

Edith
Agatha
Margo

(I've been watching Despicable Me ...)

[wudu]

Margot

[LoopyLoopsBettyBoops]

All no-gos! Sorry!

[LoopyLoopsBettyBoops]

What do we think of Daisy?

[wudu]

It's ok. A little bit twee and lots of them, if that bothers you.

[wudu]

...and very different to Juliette and Hazel :o

[fairieswearboots]

Eloise Clare

Eloise Michelle

Eloise Janine

Eloise Danielle

[LoopyLoopsBettyBoops]

Ah, you may have a point. DTD2's middle name is Rose, DTD1 (stillborn)'s middle name is also Rose, I quite like the flower thing. Any more flowers (of probably only 1 syllable?!!

[fairieswearboots]

Re flower thing

Eloise Jasmine

Eloise Daphne

Eloise Ivy

Eloise Rowan

[LoopyLoopsBettyBoops]

I like Eloise Jasmine :) - will ask DH, thanks. No to Daisy then?

[fairieswearboots]

One syllable

Eloise Fern