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LavenderHills · 2022-01-30T09:47:50+00:00

We've definitely decided on Eileen, but are stuck for a middle name that sounds nice with it. Any ideas, please?

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JessicaJacket · 30/01/2022 23:32

@ThePennyJustDropped

Another vote for Eileen Joy. Lovely.

Also the more times I've read Eileen on this thread the more I'm liking it. Plus the song is brilliant, so even if (minuscule possibility) the kids at school in 2030 are familiar with it and tell her to come on, well it's not insulting at all is it!

In fact if I had an Eileen I'd probably call her Talulah as a pet name in homage.

Yes!!! I'm so glad it isn't just me who thinks this is genius

merrymouse · 30/01/2022 23:30

@Santahasjoinedww

Come on Eileen... Years and years of this. Poor kid.

Probably not from anyone under 40 though.

ThePennyJustDropped · 30/01/2022 23:29

Another vote for Eileen Joy. Lovely.

Also the more times I've read Eileen on this thread the more I'm liking it. Plus the song is brilliant, so even if (minuscule possibility) the kids at school in 2030 are familiar with it and tell her to come on, well it's not insulting at all is it!

In fact if I had an Eileen I'd probably call her Talulah as a pet name in homage.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 30/01/2022 23:16

If you don't have another family name you want to use for the middle, I'd personally pick something "softer" or more modern sounding that has been trendier this last decade or two for a nice contrast with retro, "stronger" sounding Eileen (it would also help differentiate her from some of the much older Eileen's if that's what she wanted, more than a classic/traditional middle name like Elizabeth, Frances etc would). Something like:

Eileen Arabella
Eileen Sophia
Eileen Isabelle
Eileen Freya
Eileen Willow
Eileen Maya

JessicaJacket · 30/01/2022 23:16

For the record, I made a hilarious Dexy joke, while also engaging with your question and saying multiple times how much I like the name. I'm also Irish 🇮🇪. But it is a good tune and nothing to put you off using the name at all! My name is in songs and I love it

GoudaVonCrumb · 30/01/2022 23:06

I don't think you can use Helen - too similar!

Eileen Joy is lovely! I also really like Eileen Miranda as suggested by a PP.

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LavenderHills · 30/01/2022 22:58

@milliemd

Joy! My Grandma is Eileen Joy and it's such a lovely name. I hope to use Joy as a middle name if I have a daughter!

Joy is quickly becoming a front-runner!

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DontTellThemYourNamePike · 30/01/2022 22:58

@Yeshkimesh

Something nice. So she can use it when she gets laughed at for being called Eileen

You're lovely, aren't you?🙄

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LavenderHills · 30/01/2022 22:56

For those asking about the surname, you can use Hamilton as a proxy. Her surname will suit any combination of first and middle names that would also sound nice with Hamilton

And to the posters who have mentioned using a family name as the middle name, Eileen IS the family name. There are other family names we could use, but sadly they won't really go with Eileen.

I'd quite like to use Eileen Helen, but I think they're actually different versions of the same name? Would that be a bit silly?

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blyn72 · 30/01/2022 22:53

@Santahasjoinedww

Come on Eileen... Years and years of this. Poor kid.

When I was a youngster, people's mothers and aunties were called Eileen, the woman serving in the bakery or the receptionist at the doctors.

I had no idea it was making a come back.

milliemd · 30/01/2022 22:46

Joy!
My Grandma is Eileen Joy and it's such a lovely name.
I hope to use Joy as a middle name if I have a daughter!

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LavenderHills · 30/01/2022 22:42

Oh dear. I had hoped that writing "we've definitely decided on Eileen" in my OP would be enough to prevent posters wasting their time by weighing in with dire warnings and/or hilarious Dexy's jokes, but apparently there will always be a few!

So here is my definitive defence of Eileen:

It has enormous sentimental significance; we love it and are using it.

I love that song! What a banger! The wonderful Eileens on both sides of the family have loved it as well, and happily sung along (or tapped their walking sticks along, because as has been helpfully pointed out, they are VERY old ladies.)

@JurgensCakeBabyJesus I adore your suggestion about "far too young and clever" and will file it away for future use!

I raise my eyebrows a bit when English "granny chic" names are all the rage but Irish ones provoke such a strong reaction. There were two previous Eileen threads on this board when I searched, with comments from more than one poster about Eileen being a name for a middle aged cleaning lady with a fag hanging out the side of her mouth

We do not live in an area where she will be teased about the name Eileen. I am absolutely confident of this.

Now, to the vast majority of posters who have engaged with my actual question, thank you! There are some wonderful suggestions here. I really like:

Eileen Joy
Eileen Elizabeth
Eileen Alice
Eileen Rose
Eileen Mary
Eileen Frances

I agree with @SE13Mummy that it probably works best with a middle name that isn't too "vowel-y."

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Yeshkimesh · 30/01/2022 22:40

Something nice. So she can use it when she gets laughed at for being called Eileen

DoNotIron · 30/01/2022 22:35

80 and 90 year olds are called Eileen

@Luredbyapomegranate Well, how very dare you?😀😀 I'm an Eileen in her fifties. You're not wrong though - as per my post upthread!!

Derrymum123 · 30/01/2022 22:25

Eileen Mary
Eileen Matilda
Eileen Grace
Eileen Faith
Eileen Hope

JugglingJanuary · 30/01/2022 22:23

@Alexaplaysomething

Dover

Beat me to it!!

@LavenderHills we need an idea of your surname, for a random name! Don't you have a family name you want to use?

ladygindiva · 30/01/2022 22:22

Eileen Theresa
Eileen Matilda
Eileen jennifer
Eileen Mae
Eileen Lois
Eileen Ruby
Eileen Tamsin
Eileen Kara
I like it x

Thirtytimesround · 30/01/2022 22:21

Eileen Kay
Eileen Amy
Eileen Rosa

TabithaHazel · 30/01/2022 22:21

Eileen is not a pretty sounding name, so I'd suggest something prettier as a middle name so she could use that instead if she wishes. How about:
Eileen Willow
Eileen Cordelia
Eileen Sylvie
Eileen Aurelia
Eileen Lucinda

WeasilyPleased · 30/01/2022 22:20

Eh? Its not particularly my cuppa but I can't see massive teasing potential. For a mn, I think Eileen Matilda is cute.

BrennieGirl · 30/01/2022 22:18

@JurgensCakeBabyJesus

I really like Eileen , it's not hate from me, I bloody love that song. I'd also ensure a teenage Eileen has access to a badge/patch for a bag/oversized stonewashed denim jacket that says 'far too young and clever'. Embrace it

She’d love that!

AmbushedByTheCake · 30/01/2022 22:08

I have seen what kids can do to each other's names, and what they do in the reports etc they have. A name like that is going to be hard to carry and easy for fellow students to adapt and use to tease if they choose.

But then so are other names I suppose. And it is my opinion to at least have a good alternative nickname.

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JurgensCakeBabyJesus · 30/01/2022 22:03

I really like Eileen , it's not hate from me, I bloody love that song. I'd also ensure a teenage Eileen has access to a badge/patch for a bag/oversized stonewashed denim jacket that says 'far too young and clever'. Embrace it

BrennieGirl · 30/01/2022 21:54

My 14 year old Eileen's second name is Nora after her great granny. We rarely hear the song but when we do she's loves it!!

Obviously I love the name. I really don't understand all the hate.