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Girl's alternative to Mike/Michael?

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RainwildsGirl · 09/10/2015 19:04

We are wanting to honour DH's grandfather who's name is Mike but we have a strong feeling this baby will be a girl.

Are there any other alternatives other than Michelle (which I hate) and Michaela?? It will be a middle name, not first name.

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MeDented · 09/10/2015 19:28

I think Michael makes a lovely middle name for a girl

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RainwildsGirl · 09/10/2015 19:20

hmm....Mika is a possibility I guess. Mia is a nice name but isn't recognisably from Michael/Mike. part of the issue is our other DC have the actual names of the person they are honouring as a middle name, so its obvious why that is their name to the family and I wanted the same this time.

which I guess brings us back to Michaela....which I just don't love that much.

bike if I did that the poor child would be named out of some hideous crime thriller book!!

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BikeRunSki · 09/10/2015 19:19

Shelly?
Leah ? (the end bit of Michael!)

BikeRunSki · 09/10/2015 19:16

Mia ?

BikeRunSki · 09/10/2015 19:14

We had this issue with DD (DF was called Michael) and she ended up named after the title character in his favourite book (it's not actually such a tenuous link to him though, as he spent his life collecting different editions, translations, illustrations of this book; as well as other books by and about the same author, and other memorabilia).

sugar21 · 09/10/2015 19:14

Michaela

SwedishEdith · 09/10/2015 19:11

Some girls are actually called Michael. The actress who played the mum in the Waltons was Michael Learned. And the bass player of the Bangles (but she changed her name to that)

Lweji · 09/10/2015 19:10

Isn't Misha supposed to be a diminutive of Mikhail? Or at least a male name?

wigglesrock · 09/10/2015 19:10

Sorry I meant to add, I know its a Russian boys diminutive for Michael but I know 2 little girls called it.

BreeVDKamp · 09/10/2015 19:09

Bit far removed, but Kayla? I knew one.

BreeVDKamp · 09/10/2015 19:08

Mika/Micah/Micha?

wigglesrock · 09/10/2015 19:06

Misha?