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Middle name for Willow?

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tilleuls · 02/12/2016 18:48

My baby is due this month but totally stuck on a middle name! What do you think goes well with Willow? At the moment I like Willow Rose but not sure if two nature names is a bit much!!

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canwestart2016again · 03/12/2016 12:44

AutumnalLeaves38 thanks :) I love the baby names game when there's no pressure as it's someone else's baby (DD didn't get a name till she was 2 weeks old!)

Willow Niamh is lovely :)

Neve is "Snow" in Spanish too IIRC so that's winter-themed too.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/12/2016 23:53

Willow Elise
Willow Innes
Willow Florence
Willow Astrid
Willow Mairead

AutumnalLeaves38 · 02/12/2016 23:23

canwestart2016again

Wow. What a brilliant, creative collection! And I like the 'winter' theme.

AutumnalLeaves38 · 02/12/2016 23:19

Longer middle names

Willow Madeleine

Willow Briar

Willow Magdalena

Willow Thalia (Thalia was the "Muse of joyous comedy", so perhaps you'd end up with a happy, nature-loving baby!).

One syllable middle names

Willow Niamh/ Neve

Willow Leigh

Willow Brook(e) (If you do decide on a double nature name!).

Best of luck for a safe and speedy delivery Flowers

canwestart2016again · 02/12/2016 23:18

How about a winter name? (A fair few Celtic ones! Got any Celtic heritage?)

Willow Freya
Willow Estelle
Willow Seren
Willow Esther
Willow Tara
Willow Tana
Willow Hermione
Willow Eira
Willow Aneira
Willow Rhiannon
Willow Biera

Freya = Norse Yule Goddess
Hermione from Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale
Estelle / Seren / Esther / Tara = star (as in the Christmas star)
Tana = Star or Fire Goddess
Eira = snow (Welsh, pronunced AY-ra)
Aneira from Eira (prounouced ann-AY-ra)
Rhiannon - a goddess of the winter solstice
Beira = Scottish Queen of Winter and the mother of all the gods and goddesses in Scottish mythology (pronounced Bair-ra I think)

olliet12345 · 02/12/2016 23:06

Willow Jade?

BlueChampagne · 02/12/2016 21:47

Willow Meredith
Willow Zoe
Willow Juliet
Willow Tamsin
Willow Kerenza

KlingybunFistelvase · 02/12/2016 20:09

Oh I think I love Willow Blythe as suggested. Please use it for me op Grin

kezmarie · 02/12/2016 19:46

Canwestartagain2016...

Louise used to be very popular! Along with Marie & Jane!!
Saying that, my middle name is Marie & my sisters is Jane!

I think we need to be a bit more original ha

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 02/12/2016 19:42

My nan's middle name is May. She is 85. My great aunt was a middle named Dorothy. It's funny to see all these names back in fashion!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/12/2016 19:41

Willow Beth.
Willow Faith
Willow Dawn

Patriciathestripper1 · 02/12/2016 19:41

Tree Grin

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/12/2016 19:39

Willow Blythe
Willow Grace
Willow Frances
Willow Jasmine
Willow Paige

MichaelBuble · 02/12/2016 19:37

Willow Joy is lovely Smile

CockneyViv · 02/12/2016 19:11

To answer the actual question

Willow Rosa
Willow Rosalie
Willow Rosemary
Willow Rosalyn
Willow Maybelle
Willow Maya
Willow Maeve

canwestart2016again · 02/12/2016 19:10

I prefer Willow Rose to Willow May too.

Willow May sounds like the start of a sentence, "Willow may ... do something"

CockneyViv · 02/12/2016 19:09

I believe that if ONS included middle names that Rose would be in the top 10. Cannot recall where I read it though.

It's going to take a while for Rose, Grace and May to die out. How many 70s-mid 90s girls have Jane, Ann(e), Louise or Marie as a middle name?

canwestart2016again · 02/12/2016 19:08

kezmarie they're everywhere! Grin

I have to stop myself posting Bingo every time all three are mentioned on a name thread!

When I was little the popular middle name was Louise. Isn't it weird, you think you're being original but somehow you're part of a trend without you even knowing - how does that happen?!

Amelia's another one - lots of people thought of it as a fairly unusual choice then all of a sudden it's the number one name for three years running.

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KlingybunFistelvase · 02/12/2016 19:05

I prefer Willow Rose to Willow May.

canwestart2016again · 02/12/2016 19:04

Having said that, Willow Rose does sound lovely! If you're not bothered about the popularity of Rose than go for it, I don't think it sounds tom much to have two nature names.

srslylikeomg · 02/12/2016 19:02

My dd has middle name Rose. I thought we were being soooo original til I joined MN!

Sophronia · 02/12/2016 19:01

Willow Kate
Willow Olivia
Willow Jane
Willow Alice
Willow Blythe
Willow Faye
Willow June
Willow Maeve
Willow Joy
Willow Evelyn
Willow Matilda
Willow Hannah
Willow Emily
Willow Frances
Willow Marie
Willow Eliza
Willow Jean
Willow Sarah
Willow Ruth
Willow Sadie

kezmarie · 02/12/2016 19:00

Canwestartagain2016

Your post made me giggle as I have 2 nieces, both with Rose & Grace as middle names!

canwestart2016again · 02/12/2016 18:58

I'd love to find out how many little girls have Rose, Grace or May as a middle name. Been on MN for the best part of a decade and they're still mentioned on nearly every name thread! Nice names I guess but I wouldn't be surprised if more than half of the nation's little girls have one of them as their middle name.

Is there any way to find out I wonder? The ONS just does first names, right?

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