Middle name for Isabel?

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I prefer Isabel to Isabella, but I'm finding it difficult to come up with a middle name for Isabel. Our surname is two syllables and starts with an Ly (which means names like Lila are soooooo out!)

Any thoughts?

Do you have any family names that you can use? To me thats more important than the name combination as you hardly ever say the full name anyway.

my goodness, i was going to post exactly the same osofc...
for my youngest dd i used a middle name that was the same as an old lady i looked after, which i didnt like the shortend version of.

would you actually use both names??

Isabel Ariane Ly...
Isabel Eleanor Ly

We have an Isabel Frances. We used a family name in the end as I was struggling to find one.

Rose
Grace
Jane
Catherine

There were/are several names that have family connections that I like (in particular Francesca, Catherine and Maddelena), but none of them go particularly well with Isabel as they tend to be 3 syllables and it all gets rather long. I probably won't use both names on a regular basis, but I would like the middle name to add a bit of - um, I don't know, maybe "atmosphere" to the name, if you know what I mean?

I'd like something unusual, pretty, feminine, whimsical even but not particularly old lady-ish.

Rose is out as it was my grandmother's name and she and my mother didn't get along. I also like Grace, but it's already my neice's middle name - not sure how I feel about the duplication. Agree that it doesn't rule it out completely, but if I can find something else, I'd rather.

BabyBaby - Cross posts - I've just mentioned three of the same names!

Grace

Mine lo's is Katie Joy. For family reasons - katie might work but joy with ly could sound all it a bit jolly!

Anything except Grace, Rose or May, as those three must constitute 90% of girls' middle names.

Necessaryonabicycle?

Sorry. Couldn't resist....

Maude?

We have an Isabel Sophie

Isobel Elisabeth Ly...
Isobel Maria Ly...

I wanted Isobella Maria for a girl but i have a boy

Maeve
Ruth
Jude
Francis
Rose
Nicole
Kate
Charlotte
Serena
Victoria
Rebecca
Simone

Isobel was my girls name (never needed it, had boys!) and it would have been
Isobel Florence

Mary

Isobel Ruth
Isobel Grace
Isobel Anne
Isobel Jane

i think its the 3,1,2 pattern that's so attractive

agree that 3 syllable middle name is a bit much, however lovely

NB i think we have the same surname - it ruled out so many of the names we liked

My Isabelle's middle name is Rose

Jane
Mary
Anne

Isabel Enda

Kristina too funny! I don't think it's the same, as ours isn't very common - but it's such a shame there are lots of names that I absolutely love - Lila, Maya, Mariah, Layla - that are totally out because they're total tongue twisters! It sounds like such an unoffensive surname at first until you start to try to name your child!

ours is extremely unusual. otherwise i would just post it . it least i know that you are not one of my SILs as none of them are pg!!

we liked lewis and lily

unfiortunatly i have a first name that doesnt work AT ALL with Dhs surname. i use my own name professionally and socially i use my own name as a middle name

so that rather than being layla ly i am layla robertson ly*. its a slight improvement

Had ds been a girl he would have been Isabel Zara

Grace popped into my mind instantly and it seems that others have had the same thoughts!

My dd was almost Isabelle Hope