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Snow

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RightAreYouSure · 03/07/2017 00:25

What are your thoughts on the name Snow (for a middle name)?

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Lonoxo · 07/07/2017 16:31

Middle names can be different and will ensure your child is unique. Plus how many of your friends' middle names do you know? Madeleine Snow is lovely, go for it!

WillRikersExtraNipple · 04/07/2017 14:16

It's a middle name. Nobody will even know what it is, so you can use absolutely anything.

My DH's middle name is Mary.

Chloris33 · 04/07/2017 14:14

Personally not convinced at all, think it just sounds odd. Agree Winter much nicer. But then I also dislike 'Blue' and some of the other word names that are becoming trendy now.

MikeUniformMike · 04/07/2017 12:29

Well done on learning Welsh. It is a shame that they are mispronouncing the name, when the correct way is so pretty.

DeepPuddleHorse22 · 03/07/2017 22:32

Quite awkward that they are pronouncing their daughters name wrong🙈

DeepPuddleHorse22 · 03/07/2017 22:31

I'm not first language Welsh but have learnt it as a second language in South Wales and live in West Wales and always pronounced it Eye-rah. As a first language Welsh speaker I am sure you're correct I have just never heard it pronounced that way, I know two little girls with this name too

GinIsIn · 03/07/2017 20:11

Well, it's a bit silly. It's a drug euphemism. And of course you'll get people doing the whole "you know nothing" thing.

MikeUniformMike · 03/07/2017 20:05

DeepPud, I am a mother tongue welsh speaker. Welsh is phonetic and Eira has only one pronunciation. if it was pronounced Eye-ra it would be spelt Aira. Out of interest, are you a welsh speaker? (not picking a fight, honest)

Eira is a beautiful name but I really don't like the Eye-ra pronunciation - it makes it sound like a Jewish boy's name.

Please don't give Nieve as a middle name, Snow is much prettier.

Elbi · 03/07/2017 19:56

Perhaps I'm in the minority but I think Madeleine Snow is a lovely name, really pretty but quite cool too. No one knows anyone's middle name anyway re school bullying... And if they did, all the other kids are likely to have more unusual names these days too - it's not like she'll be the odd one out amongst hundreds of Sarah Louises as she would have been when I was at school!

VanillaSugar · 03/07/2017 19:52

You know nothing Jon Snow

KatherinaMinola · 03/07/2017 19:50

Madeleine Snow is lovely. I would assume it was a surname used as a middle name (eg mother's maiden name) but that wouldn't bother me. I've known lots of people with surnames as middle names - usually would-be aristocratic types!

BikeRunSki · 03/07/2017 19:42

X post several !

BikeRunSki · 03/07/2017 19:42

Hmmm not sure
Nieve is the Spanish word for snow, and also a name.

MrsRaymondReddington · 03/07/2017 16:50

I like it! My DD has a weather related middle name and it sounds lovely with her first name.

WingMirrorSpider · 03/07/2017 16:38

I like fairly boring traditional names, but I think Madeleine Snow sounds lovely.

Choccyhobnob · 03/07/2017 16:34

I actually like it but like a pp has said I was going to suggest Nieve which is Spanish for Snow.

RiverTam · 03/07/2017 16:32

Oh, I actually think it looks quite daft as a middle name like that. Either go for it properly as a first name or leave it. Though I must admit my first thought was President Snow (Hunger Games). Equally, I do like nature names a lot, haven't seen this one before.

DeepPuddleHorse22 · 03/07/2017 16:29

Oh and I like Snow-who gets bullied for their middle names? They are barely ever used and aren't on registers in schools or anything

DeepPuddleHorse22 · 03/07/2017 16:28

MikeUniformMike we pronounce it Eye-ra in South Wales and the same in West Wales. Are you Welsh? (Interest-not rude!)

Scrumpernickel · 03/07/2017 16:21

'licky boom boom' was my first thought too Grin

FruitTwist2017 · 03/07/2017 14:55

I really like Madeleine Snow. Go for it!

MikeUniformMike · 03/07/2017 14:53

FWIW, the pronunciation of Eira is close to AY-rah (ay as in may) not Ira.

MineKraftCheese · 03/07/2017 09:57

Too Game of Thrones and also makes me think of "special snowflakes".

Snowdrop could possibly work as a middle name?

LostWithoutALight · 03/07/2017 09:52

I wanted the same thing op! I loved it but I got so much flack over it that it just wasn't worth it in the end. It got on my nerves and I only told people during the second half of pregnancy, so I could only imagine how annoyed my dd would get with a lifetime of people's smirks and comments whenever she had to use her full name. Didn't seem fair. sad She was born during the only week we had snow in our area too! I couldn't even have anticipated that.

Honestly I've heard worse names but there you go. I did pick a beautiful less alternative name in the end so it all worked out.

rodeo so sorry you dislike your name but can I just say you sound like a lovely daughter Smile

RodeoDriveBaby · 03/07/2017 09:44

decaf I don't feel I can really, even though I don't like it that's my name IYSWIM.

Also it would break my mum's heart and I love and adore my mum

My middle name is hippy too!!