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A middle name for Winter

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IrishPeaches · 10/02/2020 18:32

Hi all,

Looking for some inspiration for a middle name to go with Winter - we don't know what we are having (due on Wednesday) but would be using this name for a little girl.

Want to avoid any flower names (Rose, Violet, Jasmine, Ivy etc.) as think it makes it sound too much like a plant. Also don't want Grace - over done and also a bit twee with Winter.

I quite like:

Winter Eden
Winter Esme
Winter Isla

Not set on any of them though!

Not looking for opinions on the name please - know it's not everyone's cup of tea and that's OK!!

Thanks in advance all!

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IrishPeaches · 12/02/2020 08:10

@percheron67 sorry for some reason someone suggesting my unborn child would want to grow up and murder me riled me a little...

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AzraiL · 12/02/2020 01:49

Winter Grace
Winter Anne
Winter Paige
Winter Rae
Winter Faun

SnowyRacoon · 12/02/2020 01:43

Sniffles ?

Bluerussian · 12/02/2020 01:42

Fuel?

SnowyRacoon · 12/02/2020 01:37

Omg crying at Sports and Winter Soldier 😂😂😂😂

ldnstb123 · 12/02/2020 01:25

Winter was on my girls list and I like Winter Vivienne and Winter Valentina x

hawaiianturtle · 12/02/2020 00:47

Winter Alexandria
Another vote for Winter Rae

percheron67 · 12/02/2020 00:30

IrishPeaches: Goodness! After reading your comments I do not think it is I who needs to calm down! In no way was my post an attack on any woman - pregnant or not. I wish your baby well, by the way.

Demigoddess90 · 11/02/2020 23:34

@Bunnyfuller Grin thank goodness my parents chose a nicer place for inspiration!

Bunnyfuller · 11/02/2020 23:26

@Demigoddess90

But isn’t Birmingham a boys’ name?

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IrishPeaches · 11/02/2020 23:23

@pallasathena
@percheron67

Thank you so much for your concern for my unborn child.

I refer you to my OP where I stated that opinions on the name were unnecessary as I understand that it's not to everyone's taste and that is OK.

Not every name is liked by everyone. There are "risks" with a lot of names of you look hard enough. Or perhaps we should all just stick to Janes and Johns for fear of offending your narrow minds.

As you can see from this thread a lot of people happen to think it's a beautiful name so hardly going to be that damaging for a child. I suggest you perhaps get off your high horse and calm down with the snobbery. Also - it's 2020, let's try and not attack other women eh? Especially heavily pregnant ones who just happen to have different tastes from you. What made you take time out of your day to comment like that? What hateful urge from inside forced you to suggest my baby, due any day now, is going to resent me and be bullied. Honestly, WTF is wrong with you?

Also, accusing me of "Playing celebrity bingo" doesn't even make sense in this context. We've come across a name in a published UK Baby name book which we happen to like the sound of. It's name that has been used as early as the 18th century for little girls. Groundbreaking. Truly shocking...

PS. I happen to LOVE Winnie as a NN.

Bye.

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Heh1991 · 11/02/2020 22:56

I like Winter but would avoid a middle name like Isla where the end sound is the same “Winter Isla” just doesn’t sound quite right, I think a short, string middle name would sound best.

Winter Wren
Winter Rae
Winter Eve

Demigoddess90 · 11/02/2020 22:31

Winter Sports? Winter Weather? Really, this is not a name - it is a season!! Poor child if it is landed with a name of this ilk

Summer, Autumn and Winter are all known as names for people as well as seasons. Kids are named all sorts these days- I have a really really unusual name which happens to be a place. No doubt you’d disapprove of it as well but I love having an unusual name. Hopefully Winter will feel the same about her name being a season!

katy1213 · 11/02/2020 22:31

Woolly?

pallasathena · 11/02/2020 22:27

Will get shortened to Win or Winnie or even worse, they'll be mocked and called Winter Cold or suchlike.
Not keen on either/or.
Some of these suggestions remind me that one day, this wonderful, innocent, adorable baby will be a fully fledged sophisticated grown-up and very likely seriously, murderously, resentful that their parent played celebrity bingo with their moniker.

percheron67 · 11/02/2020 22:27

Winter Sports? Winter Weather? Really, this is not a name - it is a season!! Poor child if it is landed with a name of this ilk.

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IrishPeaches · 11/02/2020 22:21

Thanks everyone! Amazing job!! I'm glad I came on here and asked.

@nicslackey I actually did laugh at those...Wink

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IrishPeaches · 11/02/2020 22:17

Love it @GordonBennett20 !! Well done and thank you. Let's just see if it's a girl now hehe.

@Whatsyourflava will definitely come back and confirm :-) appreciate your help!! X

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GordonBennett20 · 11/02/2020 22:15

I'm just swooping back in to say I feel proud everyone likes my suggestion of Winter Elizabeth Grin😂

Samhradh · 11/02/2020 22:05

I think you need a three-syllable conventional name to avoid sounding like a paint sample sheet eg Winter Elizabeth, Winter Katherine, Winter Athena, Winter Alexandra, Winter Selena, Winter Victoria, Winter Susannah.

nicslackey · 11/02/2020 21:52

Ohwell
Wintergreen is an ointment for chapped hands?
@elizabethdraper
coat has set me off!!
I like winter fuel payment
winter olympics
winter tyres
winter vomiting bug

so sorry op, it actually is a nice name !

RoseHarper · 11/02/2020 21:44

Winter Elizabeth is gorgeous and I agree a longer, traditional name "grounds" the more unusual first name...i do love Winter Alexandra though...just has a slight edge for me.

foxystoatfoxypig · 11/02/2020 21:30

Winter Maeve

Thefaceofboe · 11/02/2020 20:40

I personally think you need a longer middle name for it to sound right.

Winter Delilah
Winter Elizabeth
Winter Evelyn
Winter Isabelle
Winter Gabriella

Demigoddess90 · 11/02/2020 19:43

Jasmine

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