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Middle name help

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TashP92 · 05/11/2020 20:12

We aren't finding out the gender of our final baby, but we have shortlisted first names. However we're really struggling with middle names 🙃 Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated - and opinions on the first names we've chosen (we haven't decided on the top name for both genders!)

Our shortlisted first names are:

Girls
Beatrix (Trixie)
Nox
Reign

Boys
Bexley
Knox
Huxton

Thanks in advance 😁

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MikeUniformMike · 05/11/2020 21:29

Baxter would be better than Bexley.

mathanxiety · 05/11/2020 21:25

Raine would also be nice as a mn for Beatrix.

mathanxiety · 05/11/2020 21:24

Beatrix is lovely.
For a middle name -
Christabel
Kathryn
Annabel
Alicia
Emily
Abigail
Melisande
Mirabel

The rest of the names are a case of letting the letter X run away with you, I feel.

There are several names with an X in them that would be far nicer than the ones you list for boys:

Hendrix
Alexander
Axel
Xavier

33goingon64 · 05/11/2020 21:14

Beatrix or Knox. The others don't seem real to me (Nox?? Bexley???). Have you thought of Xanthe for a girl? Or Xander for a boy?

user495275 · 05/11/2020 21:12

Sorry OP but I really dislike them all. The only one I'd actually deem ok is Raine, spelt this way.

If you like names with x in them, how about:

Alexandra
Alexis
Lexi/Lexie

Maxwell/Max
Alexander/Alex
Axel

diddlediddle · 05/11/2020 21:11

When I see Nox and Knox it makes me think of Amanda Knox, and that whole sorry business is not something I'd want to be associated with... not to mention they're not very nice names (especially Nox for a girl!)

Beatrix is nice. Would prefer Rain, Raina, or Reina to Reign.

Bexley is a slightly crap town in Kent / south east London, don't call him that!

Huxton is probably the best of the bunch... Huxley is a real name I think? I prefer that.

God knows for middle names... the first names are quite interesting enough on their own!!

formerbabe · 05/11/2020 21:04

Reign is a boys name isn't it...I'd have spelt it Raine for a girl. It's nice.

I like Huxton for a boy. Please don't call your baby Bexley...it's a place on the London/Kent borders.

MikeUniformMike · 05/11/2020 21:01

Beatrix (Trixie) - fine. Trixie sounds like tricksy.
Nox - Nox Ious
Reign - Offiah as a mn? Raine is a better spelling.

Bexley - Heath as a middle name
Knox - County as a mn
Huxton - Huxley is better

DramaAlpaca · 05/11/2020 21:00

You like names with 'x' in them, that's for sure.

Oneandabean · 05/11/2020 20:59

The only one that seems like an actual name to me is Beatrix which is lovely, the rest seem made up.

Firebird83 · 05/11/2020 20:52

The only one I like is Beatrix. Nox just makes me think of noxious.