A name like Maureen

My middle name is Maureen to (also after her) so i thought it was beautiful to keep that tradition.

It is beautiful.

I don't think you should mess around trying to find something similar or call your daughter after a different person.

Call your baby June Maureen. Or April Maureen. Those are the names you like and it's lovely that it has such a meaning behind it.

Maybe stop telling people in real life about the name to give yourself some time. It's crazy how some people think they can stick their oar in on baby names.

I think it would be sad not to carry on this lovely tradition because of the opinions of others.

Maureen is a beautiful name I would go for it.
I also like Maura, Morgan and Merryn.

Agree, use Maureen.

Maureen is beautiful & fairly timeless & I could see those types of names rising again in future. June & April a lot less so IMHO & are not pretty names & sound "old lady".

Go with Maureen

I like Maureen! I did comment on your other thread, but will comment again that April Maureen is nice!

Use Maureen. Don't 'fix' your Mum's name. Just go with it. In a few years it'll be in fashion again anyway and your dd will be ahead of the curve!

Is Henny short for Henrietta?
What does your mum think? I dislike my name but mumsnet loves it.

Would you consider something along the lines of June Rosemary, which preserves the Mary but changes it just enough to be different?

Rosemary is also a plant associated with remembrance.

Other suggestions:
June Elizabeth Maureen
June Eleanor Maureen
June Sofia Maureen
June Lucille Maureen
June Alicia Maureen
June Francesca Maureen
June Estelle Maureen

Maureen is beautiful op, just like your mum is to you, and the tradition of the name passing down mother to daughter will be to your baby girl.
For what it is worth one of the most inspirational women I knew was a Maureen.
Congratulations on your baby op,

keep Maureen.

@universalHadlt um ''thoughtless hyperbole''. hold up a mirror to your own post I think.

This is a name board, the op is looking for names like Maureen. I gave one. If the op liked the name herself she wouldn't be asking.

Allow others to have an opinion please.

@OwlOne

Disgusting? Really? Up there with stepping in dog muck or seeing someone vomit against a bus stop at 7am on a Sunday after a big night out?

Or is it just a name you don’t really like and you’re employing a bit of thoughtless hyperbole?

OP- use Maureen. It was your mams name, changing it is only half an honour.

Or just Mary?

I would personally just use Maureen, but if you want a different name maybe Mara.

Or you could keep the reen and maybe have something like Shireen.

Or just spell it Mwirren. or Muirren

I think Maureen is disgusting but Muireann is lovely.
I also really love Marianne and Miriam but they're not as close to Maureen

Keep Maureen! My dd has a very dated middle name, in honour of my mum. If I were to ask people’s opinions of it on here, it would get savaged. I’ve even seen it come up in ‘worst name’ threads. But I don’t give two hoots - it was my mum’s name and is very special to me. Dd loves it and is proud of it - she wouldn’t have it any other way (she’s ten). She also has an old lady name as her first name - I think they go together beautifully.

Personally I love April, so think you should go with April Maureen. It’s lovely.

What is the other grandmother called assuming she is around?

April hasn't been used often enough to sound old-fashioned/dated so April Maureen is fine. As pp have said if you want to honour your Mum then you ought to use the name she is known by. Yes Maureen is old-fashioned but in the middle spot hardly anybody will know about it!

The only exception would be if your Mum dislikes her own name and so doesn't want you to use it, or uses a nickname herself - then I'd use the nickname instead. But if Maureen is your middle name too, then I definitely think you should use it - it's a lovely link between 3 generations of women!

If you are absolutely set on June or April (and I agree that they're just awful - so dreary) then put something in between?

April Charlotte Maureen

June Sophie Maureen

I would go with June Maureen.

I also like the idea of another middle name before Maureen.

I'd go for April Maureen. It's a beautiful name.

Maud? Might work OK with April?

But honestly, I don't think it really matters if people think the middle name "sounds odd" with the first name. It's not that you are going to say them together very often are you?

My daughter has Maureen for one of her middles names. Her full name is Scarlett Millie Maureen.
Millie is after my deceased nan and Maureen after my ex Dp deceased nan.
I don't care if people don't like her name it's in memory of our nans who were a big part of our lives and they never got to meet our daughter.
For what it's worth I saw your other thread op and I like June Maureen.

I like the PPA suggestion of June Olivia Maureen

I also quite like June Meredith Maureen, you might find it a bit 'm'y though

June Sophia Maureen?