I have one DD
. Her middle name was a name we liked anyway but had the added advantage of being the name of her great grandmother on DH's side - and the only one of her four great grandmothers not to have still been around to meet her. So DD is not exactly named after her great grandmother, but the coincidence was part of the reason we loved the name, IYSWIM.
We will be ttc soon. If we're lucky enough to conceive again, and if it's a boy, he will (probably) be named Alfred (nn Fred) Clive. Clive is DH's dad's name. DH's dad is the loveliest man alive, and he and DH are very fond of one another but don't always express it very loudly, so DH has always wanted to use his dad's name as a kind of roundabout tribute to him. I'm happy for this.
For a girl we both like Daisy, and would like something a bit more grown-up and solid-sounding for the middle name. But not only can we not think what that would be, but I KNOW that my family will be wanting us to use something from their family tree to level things out. Also, it would be kind of nice to have all names from somewhere in our children's family trees, at least since we've sorted of started this now.
BUT - my nan's name is Janet which I think is cute but she hates it with an absolute passion, and my other nan's name is Iris, and Daisy Iris is a bit too flower-power for us!
A bit further back my mum's grandmother was called Alice, and her mother Alice Martha. DH loves the name Alice, but I think Daisy Alice a bit twee. I like Daisy Alice Martha, but our surname begins with B so then the initials spell 'DAMB', which seems a bit wrong.
Ha ha. As I type this, I realise I am WAY overthinking. But what do you think?
Daisy Alice
Daisy Alice Martha
Daisy Iris
Daisy Janet
Daisy something else entirely - and what?!