To break tradition or not?!

[meANDwee]

Hello all,

Everyone in our family has an 'E' name...
My name is Effie
DH: Matthew Elias
DS1: Cody Eugene
DS2: Ethan Alexander (goes by Xander as often as Ethan)

And I didn't think choosing another 'E' name would be a problem, but...I have been in love with the two names Lucy and Phoebe since I found out it was a girl. So much so that instead of choosing between them, I have combined the two and started calling her Lucy Phoebe. At first I didn't think it flowed well, but now I REALLY like it!! DH defers to me in name choices, but is stuck on wanting her to have another 'E' name. What to do?

So I have narrowed my choices down to:

Lucy Phoebe
Phoebe Evaine (from Stardust)

Just curious which do you prefer?? Any thoughts welcome.

[calzone]

Lucy Phoebe Evaine works really well.

[Littlef00t]

But phoebe may not start with an e, but sounds so 'e' - feeeebeeee! Does that not count?!

Well maybe not, but don't lump a child with a name even you don't particularly like just for being part of a club.

[Rosie29]

I immediately thought the same as Lttlefoot, that the eee sound in Phoebe is enough! I personally think Phoebe Lucy is better than Lucy Phoebe.

[SunshineAndShadows]

The star in Stardust is spelled Yvaine iirc so I'm afraid it's not an E name either!

I'm sure the majority of people won't notice your 'pattern' because middle names are so seldom used. Pick names you like, not random E names

[timelyreminder]

Lucy Phoebe is a lovely name. I don't really like Evaine, but how about Evie? It starts with an E and has a similar rhythm to Phoebe.

[meANDwee]

Lttlef00t and Rosie29,

Funny you should say that...my nn growing up was Miss Fi and I thought it would be great to call her Miss Phee...haha. So Ya, I think it counts!!

[meANDwee]

SunshineAndShadows,
Yep, when I looked up the name I just liked the E spelling better.

As for the tradition (?), the trend was purely coincidental. It wasn't until after our DS2 that DH even noticed, but now he loves the idea.