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ok now need a middle name!!

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minkersmum · 21/09/2008 22:45

loving xanthe as a first name. what goes well as a middle name. i like eve and do think we need a one syllable name to go with our surnane (2 syllable).

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tiggerlovestobounce · 21/09/2008 22:46

Rose?
Joy?

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minkersmum · 21/09/2008 22:49

i love joy actually but mentioned it to dp as a first name and he poo pooed it. i love it tho.

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Plonker · 21/09/2008 22:53

Hope
Tess
Cate/Kate
Jean
May
Rae
Sian
Beth
Jesse
Grace

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Megglevache · 21/09/2008 22:53

Eve is perfect.
What about Nina which means girl- as Xanthe means blonde haired?

Toomany Rose, Mays and Graces IMO.

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minkersmum · 21/09/2008 23:01

We considered Nina as a first name but middle name needs to be one syllable.
i do love eve because it means life and shes so precious to us (as im sure all babies r )

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Plonker · 21/09/2008 23:03

How about Hope then? Has lovely connotations

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Aero · 21/09/2008 23:07

Elizabeth

Elise

Can't think of a single syllable name which flows well. Grace maybe?

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minkersmum · 21/09/2008 23:07

like joy, hope and eve so far.

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Megglevache · 21/09/2008 23:07

Faith
Belle
Bea
Brooke
Fleur
Liv
Neve
pearl
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Aero · 21/09/2008 23:08

Oh I like Hope.

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minkersmum · 21/09/2008 23:09

aero put it with a 2 syllable surname.

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minkersmum · 21/09/2008 23:10

i like hope too.

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minkersmum · 21/09/2008 23:11

belle is dd1 middle name!! love it.

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Megglevache · 21/09/2008 23:16

Souds like Hope is the one for you then

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minkersmum · 21/09/2008 23:18

mmmm i'm thinking eve sounds better with our surname.

thanks for everyones help.

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SoMuchToBits · 21/09/2008 23:24

Rose
Grace
Joy
Hope
Eve
Jane
Jean
Joan
Anne
May
Belle
Clare
Elle
Faye
Gail
Jade
Kaye
Ni amh
Pearl
Ruth
Sian

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Katisha · 21/09/2008 23:41

Isn't Xanthe Eve going to be hard to say? Too many "e" sounds?

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Megglevache · 21/09/2008 23:43

I doubt the two names will be used together too often. My dd has three names all of them together sound really odd, lots of assorted strange sounds and then there's our 4 syllable surname.
11 syllables in all. I knew I should've called her Pat.

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differentID · 21/09/2008 23:45

Faye
Jean

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thumbwitch · 21/09/2008 23:49

Claire
Ann
Belle

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minkersmum · 21/09/2008 23:49

i hate choosing names, so bloody hard, wondering now if xanthe slightly pretentious name??

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Plonker · 21/09/2008 23:49

What letter does your surname start with?

The reason i ask is that Xanthe Eve together sounds to me like Xan Thieve, which i guess isn't too bad unless your surname starts with 'S' (Xanthe Eve Summer, for example sounds like Xan thieves summer)

Or do i just think strangely

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Megglevache · 21/09/2008 23:50

LOL at Plonker, No guess not Brad and Ange could have done with you when they named Pilo Shitt LOL.

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thumbwitch · 21/09/2008 23:53

at minkersmum - COURSE it is but if you like it, who cares?

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Plonker · 21/09/2008 23:53

lol - i should offer my naming services to the rich and gorgeous Brad famous

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