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Baby girl has arrived...

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bradybratpack · 25/06/2016 06:34

And we have to finalise her name by tomorrow (hospital regs here!)

She arrived on my mum's birthday Smile so I thought it would be nice to somehow honour my mum with her middle name? This is slightly complicated by the fact that mum strongly dislikes her name (Angela), and my DN has Angela as her MN, so we thought a similar but not identical MN might work? Would love your thoughts...

Eloise Angeline
Eloise Angelica
Or avoiding grandma's name entirely and going with:
Eloise Beatrice

Opinions very gratefully received!

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miwelaisjacydo · 25/06/2016 06:35

I like the third name but sorry to be thick how do you pronounce the first name?

CarlGrimesMissingEye · 25/06/2016 06:38

Ell-oh--eese (the last bit like cheese).

I like Eloise Beatrice too

Rhubardandcustard · 25/06/2016 06:39

How about 2 middle names? Eloise Beatrice Angelica. I did two middle names for my dd.

miwelaisjacydo · 25/06/2016 06:40

Thanks 😀
I thinks that's a lovely name.
Oh and congratulations

BretonTop · 25/06/2016 06:41

Congratulations! I agree with two middle names;

Eloise Beatrice Angelica

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HopeArden · 25/06/2016 06:41

I like the first one.
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Queenofthebrae · 25/06/2016 06:49

Congratulations! Personally I love option 1 x

IslaMann · 25/06/2016 06:53

Eloise Angeline is beautiful. My second choice would be Beatrice. I don't like Angelica I'm afraid. My baby DD has 3 names. It's a bit of a mouthful but we wanted to honour a beloved member on both sides

Raines100 · 25/06/2016 06:55

Love two middle name idea.

Otherwise I'd go with Angelica over Angeline simply because I think you've got a lot of soft sounds and you need the harder sound that the C provides to break it up.

babyblabber · 25/06/2016 07:45

Eloise Angeline is beautiful.

But Eloise Angela is even nicer, I can't see why the niece having the same middle name is relevant at all and as for your mum not liking her name, my mum is the same but was delighted when we gave it to DD as a middle name.

Bex134 · 25/06/2016 08:03

I think angeline too, you may find the hospital only need first name as you only legally agree the name when registering which may give you more time to have a think about middle name?

Pemba · 25/06/2016 15:42

Eloise Angel? I know Angel can be used as a name. It could be seen as bit twee maybe, but I think it has a nice sound, and has apparently been used for hundreds of years.

FirstTimeMummyToALittleBoy · 25/06/2016 15:55

My favourite is Eloise Angelica

Swearwolf · 25/06/2016 16:16

Does your mum have a middle name you could use instead?

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bradybratpack · 25/06/2016 17:13

Thanks for all the responses so far. DH and I are leaning towards the two middle name option... Eloise Beatrice Angelica. Is that too much of a mouthful??? And does it matter that our older kids only have one middle name each?

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bradybratpack · 25/06/2016 17:13

Three hours until discharge and they want the full name before then!!

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Whizzyloofah · 25/06/2016 17:17

Could you give your mum the option of choosing a middle name that she loves? So not necessarily one linked to her name, but one she has had input into may be quite special?

WankersHacksandThieves · 25/06/2016 17:42

What about something that means birthday?

Natalie
Natasha
Natalia

BikeRunSki · 25/06/2016 17:45

Eloise Angelica is lovely.

I have nothing against 2 middle names (me, my sister and my DC all have 2) but Eloise Beatrice Angelica is a bit of a mouthful.

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bradybratpack · 25/06/2016 18:46

A couple of hours to go before discharge... please keep the thoughts coming! DH is quite set on Beatrice, but can't decide if Eloise Beatrice Angelica is too much or quite pretty! I'm so exhausted from the birth I can't think straight and don't want to get it wrong on the birth certificate!

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TheWordOfBagheera · 25/06/2016 19:04

They're all lovely.

My favourite is the first, but you can't go wrong really. Do you think you might regret not including a name to honour your mum?

LeonoraFlorence · 25/06/2016 20:20

I think Eloise Beatrice Angelica is very pretty.

Dogolphin · 25/06/2016 20:25

Eloise Beatrice Angelina

Pemba · 26/06/2016 17:10

Are you not in the UK, brady? I remember when mine were born we had several weeks to go to the Registry Office and register the names on the birth certificate.

BackforGood · 26/06/2016 17:16

I would leave the 'Angela' variations, especially as your Mum doesn't even like her name.
She'll always have that special bond of sharing her birthday anyway.

I've just been filling in some forms for my dc, which need all their names. I wasn't half glad by the end of it that they only have 1 middle name, and all their names are 5 or 6 letters long Grin

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