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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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1horatio · 27/06/2016 17:45

I personally feel like you should absolutely go with Eloise Beatrice Angelica. Your DH gets the name he loves and you get to honour your DM, it honestly sounds like the perfect solution to me. And if your children have their dad's last name honouring your family with a middle name is just really nice. Plus, even if that's not the case, Angelica is a really nice name! :)

Frazzledmum123 · 26/06/2016 23:09

Stupid auto spell, that should have said nan not man!!!

Frazzledmum123 · 26/06/2016 23:08

I wanted to honour my man with s middle name for my daughter but wasn't keen on her name so went with something I preferred. I've always regretted it to be honest. They only go by the first name the majority of the time anyway so personally I prefer the very first option xx

calzone · 26/06/2016 22:34

Go with the 2 middle names.

It honours your family but she won't ever use them all until she gets married.

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bradybratpack · 26/06/2016 22:30

The birth certificate clerk took pity on us and agreed to pretend that she'd 'misplaced' the paperwork on order for us to be discharged from hospital without filing the name! We now have until tomorrow (Monday) lunchtime to go back with the finalized name. In the meantime, we're home and two very overexcited little boys are all over their new baby sister... she'll get used to noise and chaos quickly!

DH and I are still flip-flopping between Eloise Angelica and Eloise Beatrice Angelica (he likes one, I prefer the other) so please keep the opinions coming!

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ProfessorPickles · 26/06/2016 21:40

Looking forward to hearing what you went with Smile
Congratulations!

1horatio · 26/06/2016 21:38

Darn it... What the heck did I do here? Time for bed, I think.
Anyhow, all these options are lovely.

1horatio · 26/06/2016 21:36

Eloise Beatrice Angelica is lovely!
Eloise Angelica Beatrice is also really nice.

BretonTop · 26/06/2016 21:33

What did you decide in the end OP?

1horatio · 26/06/2016 17:19

Eloise Beatrice Angelica is nice!
I personally think Eloise Angelice Beatrice flows better, but it's really lovely the other way as well :)

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

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.

Dogolphin · 25/06/2016 20:25

Eloise Beatrice Angelina

LeonoraFlorence · 25/06/2016 20:20

I think Eloise Beatrice Angelica is very pretty.

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?

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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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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.

WankersHacksandThieves · 25/06/2016 17:42

What about something that means birthday?

Natalie
Natasha
Natalia

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?

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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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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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Swearwolf · 25/06/2016 16:16

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

FirstTimeMummyToALittleBoy · 25/06/2016 15:55

My favourite is Eloise Angelica

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.

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?