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Middle name for Olive

38 replies

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 13/04/2014 18:42

and please don't suggest Oyl/Oil Grin

It is top of my list if this DC is a DD, but I cannot find a MN I like.

DD1s MN is Alice, and part of me wishes Id not bothered with a MN and kept Alice for dd2, but alas, I did not.

Any suggestions? doesnt necessarily need to flow as DD1 rarely gets both names together, but something along the same sort of genre/era that doesnt jar.

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Wishfulmakeupping · 13/04/2014 18:45

I think a longer name in the middle would work nicely with Olive (which is fab btw)
What about
Olive Joesphine
Olive Victoria
Olive Georgina

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doublethelovedoublethekisses · 13/04/2014 18:47

Olive Grace

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ThinkIveBeenHacked · 13/04/2014 18:48

Ooh I like Georgina.

I was toying with Juliet (as first or MN), would Olive Juliet work?

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Doilooklikeatourist · 13/04/2014 18:51

I like Olive Juliet .
I think you definetely need a long middle name though
Olive Alicia ?

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ThinkIveBeenHacked · 13/04/2014 18:54

I find Alicia an awkward name re pronounciation. id say Aliss-ee-ah where others might say Al-ee-sha. And maybe a bit too similar to dds Alice.

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Wishfulmakeupping · 13/04/2014 18:57

Olive Juliet is lovely yy perfect flows nicely too :)

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LineRunner · 13/04/2014 19:01

Olive Rowena

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PreciousPeach · 13/04/2014 19:03

Olive Clementine
Olive Juniper
Olive Juno
Olive Poppy
Olive Xanthe......this would be FAB!
Olive Harriet
Olive Elsie
Olive Iris
Olive Persephone

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Dinosaursdontgrowontrees · 13/04/2014 19:06

Love Olive Juliet! Such a lovely name!

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FiveExclamations · 13/04/2014 19:10

Olive Alexandra
Olive Bernice
Olive Caroline
Olive Dorinda
Olive Elanor
Olive Felicity
Olive Georgette
Olive Helena
Olive Isabelle
Olive Jocelyn
Olive Kasandra
Olive Lavinia
Olive Marianne
Olive Nancy
Olive Persephone
Olive Phoebe
Olive Rhiannon
Olive Samantha
Olive Tabitha
Olive Ursula
Olive Veronica
Olive Winifred
Olive Xanthe
Olive Yvonne


Tried to work all the way through the alphabet and failed Grin

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patothechiefexec · 13/04/2014 19:15

It is a lovely name but reminds me of Olive from On the Buses.

I am old though...

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iwouldgoouttonight · 13/04/2014 19:20

I want another DD so I can call her Olive Juliet! not going to happen Grin Its classic and pretty, a lovely name.

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ThinkIveBeenHacked · 13/04/2014 19:25

hehe thanks iwould

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Olaffles · 13/04/2014 19:38

I love Olive Eliza - was nearly DD2's name but was too similar to family member's born around the same time. Still wish we'd used it!

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fruitloop84 · 13/04/2014 19:44

Love the name olive was my grandmother's name.

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GimmeDaBoobehz · 13/04/2014 19:50

Olive Eleanor
Olive Beatrice
Olive Anna
Olive Rebecca

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ThinkIveBeenHacked · 13/04/2014 19:56

ooh adding Beatrice to the list. Id never considered eliza, but it sounds good with Olive.

Glad Olive isnt getting a bad reaction.

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EvilHerbivore · 13/04/2014 20:12

I love Olive, especially that its an anagram of "I love"
What about Frances?

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mathanxiety · 13/04/2014 22:41

Olive Emmeline
Olive Annabel
Olive Elspeth
Olive Esme
Olive Estelle
Olive Elfrieda
Olive Eloise
Olive Alexandra
Olive Angelica
Olive Antonia
Olive Elowen

I think a vowel sounds best after Olive.

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NationMcKinley · 13/04/2014 22:42

Olive Penelope
Olive Mary

Fab name Grin

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funnyoldonion · 14/04/2014 19:11

Olive is beautiful, Drew Barrymore has a daughter named this, it's a refreshing change from Olivia x

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blueberrycupcake · 14/04/2014 19:33

Olive Penelope - Olive Pip for short

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zipzap · 14/04/2014 21:01

My d gran was Olive but she hated it - she ws the youngest of several girls, all with pretty names (think lily, rosa etc) and all of whom had pretty middle names (Beatrice, eunice etc)

Apparently her parents were still arguing about what she was going to be called going up the church path to her christening - her dad reached the vicar first and said 'she's Olive and that's it' so she didn't even get a middle name.

Even at 98, when she died, she still resented her plain name and lack of middle name. So I'm biased against the name I'm afraid. But maybe it would be better if both parents have chosen it because they both like it and there's a middle name on it too, rather than being stuck with it as my gran was!

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Thisisimpossible · 15/04/2014 13:22

I know a gorgeous little girl called Olive Joy Smile

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TKKW · 17/04/2014 11:49

We are thinking of Olive Emilia.

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