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smilingserenely · 04/12/2010 09:59

after months of disagreement have finally decided to change dd4 birth cert from felicity cecily arabella to arabella felicity cecily .

the history is felicity was dh's only option but i disliked it . cecily was my prefered option . arabella is a compromise .

problem is i really feel felicity cecily even as a middle name doesn't flow properly , is to much of a tongue twister etc .also i think the initials afc could be a problem.

for these reasons i really want to remove cecily as a third middle but struggling to come up with an alternative .would like a name with a positive meaning

our surname begins with w and is 2 syllable .

options include

clara but initials afc again

octavia as she is dc8 but is this to long with the other 2 names and also initials afo

miriam love the meaning wished for child

rose after a close relative who is a rosalind which i don't want to use . the problem is with our surname itsounds like a stage direction . also is rose just a filler.

rosanna as above

gladys after my grandmother but too old fashioned

or should i stick with cecily

opinions gratefully received and any other suggestions

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smilingserenely · 04/12/2010 12:10

need three because other dcs all have 3 and don't want her to feel as though we'd run out of ideas

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Tortington · 04/12/2010 12:09

rabella felicity octavia cecily

you should have octavia, arabella, felicity, cecily

that spells

OAFC

Oldham athletic football club

GO ON THE LATICS!

smilingserenely · 04/12/2010 12:09

thell i am sorely tempted to use octavia.

i would have loved to use it as her first name but dh refused on the basis it's a skoda !!

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LoopyLoopsOfSparklyFairyLights · 04/12/2010 12:08

Why do you need three?

smilingserenely · 04/12/2010 12:06

i think miriam is my favourite with rose a very close second

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thell · 04/12/2010 12:06

I think Octavia is lovely - how many people actually get to use it for an actual 8th child?!
People hardly ever use all their names anyway.

TheUnmentioned · 04/12/2010 12:03

miriam without a doubt

smilingserenely · 04/12/2010 11:55

unfortunately not as dh loves felicity .have considered arabella felicity octavia cecily but thinkagain might be too much.

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MrsvWoolf · 04/12/2010 11:02

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MentalFloss · 04/12/2010 10:22

I do think Arabella Felicity Cecily is a bit of a mouthful but how often does someone use all their names?

Octavia would have a nice meaning but I do think it would be a bit long

Clara is nice and I think would go well

Miriam is also lovely

Rose would flow nicely and has a nice meaning so IMO wouldn't be a filler for you

I also like:

Anne
Claire
Emma
Eve
Elise
Lucy
Katherine
Lily
Violet

HTH!