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does Elsie-May work?

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strugglingwiththepreteenbit · 18/08/2012 07:57

I'm a bit sad that Elsie has made it into the top 100, but we've used the other family names already! A combination of our grandmothers' names. Does it work?

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Coconutty · 18/08/2012 11:16

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MammaTonic · 18/08/2012 11:13

Oh, as an alternative using your other family names I'd go for Louisa (from Louise) Jean. Louisa Jean is lovely, IMO.

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Mum2Kaison · 18/08/2012 11:12

I like elcee-mae or Elcee-Mai
or LC-Mae or LC-Mai

Fisharefriendsnotfood · 18/08/2012 11:11

I know an Elsie-may and while it's ok on a super cute 3 year old I can't imagine it working on a forty year old professional

MammaTonic · 18/08/2012 11:09

I like it; it's cute and just gorgeous. I like your reason to include both names and to therefore hyphenate.

Both of my girls have hyphenated names. Gets a lot of criticism on MN but I've only ever had genuinely positive responses to their names in RL.

Biggest thing though, is that I love their names Grin

Good luck to you,

MammaT

tara0202 · 18/08/2012 10:56

There is an elsie-may at one of my baby groups. Also an evie-may and a gracie-may.

Step away.from the hypen!

I like ida charlotte. Ida is definitely not overused.

winkle2 · 18/08/2012 10:50

Prefer Elsa.

Don't see the point of hyphenated names.

Bored of seeing May as a middle name.

ponchopink · 18/08/2012 10:48

You have some lovely family names to choose from , I like Elizabeth Mary, or Mary Elizabeth. I have not yet met a little girl or teen called Mary. Elizabeth is very versatile and classic. It would simplify things to choose from a set list.I looked at the current popular names lists just released and played a little game of choose one name in each hundred blocks (i know sad , and even sadder as not at all likely to have any more children, old , you know ) but it was surprisingly easy to narrow down choices. You are lucky to have baby names, I would have loved this section when pregnant and deciding what to go with!

QuickLookUsainBolt · 18/08/2012 09:41

Elsie-May is lovely and I would use it.

From your other family names I like Florence, Louise, Elizabeth, Daisy and Emily.

I think Elizabeth goes with lots of names as a middle name-

Florence Elizabeth
Louise Elizabeth
Daisy Elizabeth
Emily Elizabeth.

matilda101 · 18/08/2012 09:39

Hi, we have a Bessie (Elizabeth) May. I do like Elsie though!

IawnCont · 18/08/2012 09:38

I am also one of the weird ones who think May is to be used on May babies.

I like Elizabeth (and all its shortenings), Katherine, but personally I would go for Margaret. So lovely and underused. And lots of nicknames.

justtryingtodomybest · 18/08/2012 09:30

My immediate reaction on seeing Elsie-May was "what?". And I think she'd get that from kids trying to be funny.
I like Elsie on its own but if your DH doesn't then your list has some great choices - Emily, Bridget, Charlotte are all lovely names.

scarlettsmummy2 · 18/08/2012 09:26

It is quite populist but cute.

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strugglingwiththepreteenbit · 18/08/2012 09:22

lol, I do worry about originality! Not just to be different but because I teach. Even allowing for the names of kids that are associated with hard work, having a child with the same name as a current student feels almost like stalkerish favouritism.

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Plokahontas · 18/08/2012 09:09

I agree with Nurse
Elsie is a lovely name on its own.
If it's originality you're worried about, she'll probably be in the minority with a name like Elsie as all a lot of her peers will be -May -Rose -Grace

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strugglingwiththepreteenbit · 18/08/2012 09:02

No offence taken, I'm enjoying the chat! I'm a bit of a headcase who likes to have names early on. If this is a girl it will be dd3, so a lot of what we like is already taken. Having gone through lists of Biblical/shakespearean/Welsh names we know at least of each already. Family is the next thing we're considering as having meaning.

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PrincessOfChina · 18/08/2012 09:01

Loads of nice names on your list. Just don't spoil them with a hyphen.

mumzy · 18/08/2012 08:57

Elsie-Kate is nicer, more unusual. personally I'd register her as Elspeth (Elizabeth) Katherine so she has a choice of names nn when shes older. My ds wanted us to stop using his nn and call him by his proper name when he was 10.

belgo · 18/08/2012 08:50

You've got some lovely names in your family, but why the need to choose a family name?

NurseBernard · 18/08/2012 08:48

Yes, agree with Hay.

Can you play around with spellings, or are you a family-name purist?

Jeanne, maybe? Louisa, for example is a beautiful name. Catherine is a timeless classic. Loads of lovely names on that list.

MakeHayNotStraw · 18/08/2012 08:44

Most of the above in preference to Elsie-May (sorry Blush don't want to offend but I don't like it).

I'm biased towards Katherine Mary, tis dd's name with a different spelling. Also love Ida but had not realised that till I read it in your list! And my middle name is a shortened form of Bridget, so I like that too. Loads of options there!

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strugglingwiththepreteenbit · 18/08/2012 08:40

hmm, digging deeper into the family tree there would be: Jean, Mary, Doris, Emily, Bridget, Margaret, Minnie, Lucy, Florence, Katherine, Fiona, Elizabeth, Ethel, Maud, Irene, Daisy, Charlotte, Louise and Ida. If you were going to pick a first and middle name combination from that lot what would you go for?

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NurseBernard · 18/08/2012 08:35

Please don't hyphen-May a name - way to ruin a perfectly good name.

Sorry - I don't mean to be harsh, but I just do not GET the need to hyphenate a name and then whack -May or -Rose on the end of it. Confused

If your DH doesn't like Elsie, then find another name. There's zillions out there to choose from. :)

noisytoys · 18/08/2012 08:30

My DD started nursery and about half of the girls (no exaggeration) had first name-May. It's incredibly common around here

JazzAnnNonMouse · 18/08/2012 08:24

I really really like it

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