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What middle name to honour the grannies?

62 replies

JNGO21 · 24/12/2021 09:36

Hello!
We’re due in July, don’t know the sex but if it’s a girl I’d like to honour all our grannies with a middle name.
The grannies were called June, Joan & Josephine. Can anyone think of a name that honours them all at once?!
Thank you 😊

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MadameFantabulosa · 24/12/2021 15:09

Joanna?

WhoppingBigBackside · 24/12/2021 15:06

Prince George had 3 grannies, 4 if you count his great-grandmother

EvilShmeevil · 24/12/2021 14:54

OP @JNGO21 needs to explain the 3 grannies?
Was there a same sex couple involved?

astoundedgoat · 24/12/2021 14:50

Juno is lovely, but I agree - you can't use a name that is NOT theirs and say you're honouring them.

You just have to keep going til you've had two more girls.

Also curious about the granny who didn't make the cut! Grin

Theoldcuriosityshop · 24/12/2021 14:49

Juno, it's a lovely name.

NdujaWannaDance · 24/12/2021 14:41

Well the obvious one is Juno because it's a combination of all three.

But I'm not sure that you can honour someone by picking a name that isn't actually theirs and merely features some similar letters. I don't think anyone is going to get the connection.

RedRobin100 · 24/12/2021 14:41

JJ

GoodnightGrandma · 24/12/2021 14:40

Juanephine.

Soontobe60 · 24/12/2021 14:36

JJ?

TeaAndStrumpets · 24/12/2021 14:33

Or maybe 2 were called June. Hadn't thought there might be a duplicate!

TeaAndStrumpets · 24/12/2021 14:25

Oh I assumed each parent's grannies? So mum has 2, dad has 2? There's either one grannie missing or one extra, depending which generation. Hmm

WhoppingBigBackside · 24/12/2021 14:16

Most people only have 2 grannies @TeaAndStrumpets

Hohofortherobbers · 24/12/2021 14:15

She might not have 4 grannies?

TeaAndStrumpets · 24/12/2021 13:57

Umm....why only 3 grannies? Is the other one called something awful?

TipseyTorvey · 24/12/2021 13:23

Just use them all. It's not like it costs anything to add them to the birth certificate. Our second ended up with three just as a laugh, but it does give her options later in life.

Comingout0fmycage · 24/12/2021 13:20

Could always go a bit out of the box and just use July as it's a J. But then people might think you can't spell Julie.

Theforest · 24/12/2021 12:18

Maybe just another J. Like Jemima.

SleepingStandingUp · 24/12/2021 12:16

Juno or Juniper

dePfeffel · 24/12/2021 12:15

Jimothy?

SundayGirl86 · 24/12/2021 12:12

Joanna or Juno

SummaLuvin · 24/12/2021 12:12

Unless you are willing to give three middle names you cannot honour them all, using a 4th name not connected to any them doesn't work for that job IMO.

Gartanbou · 24/12/2021 12:08

Joanne? This has letters of each.

They're all really nice names!

alpacacracker · 24/12/2021 12:07

Joy

Lampzade · 24/12/2021 11:58

Joanne

Comingout0fmycage · 24/12/2021 11:56

Joey

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