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Middle name order

31 replies

TheBirdintheCave · 01/07/2022 15:14

My husband and I are trying for baby number two. We already have a nineteen month old son, Gilbert.

We plan on calling a future daughter Hero (it's Greek in origin and was used as one of Shakespeare's characters in Much Ado About Nothing which is my husband's favourite play :) ) I know it's not to everyone's taste but we've been set on it for years now.

A lot of my family members have two middle names (my mum has three and my poor cousin has four!). We followed that tradition with our son and plan to do so with our next child.

My husband's mum died before he and I met and we want to honour her if we have a daughter, her name was Jane.

I am the fifth generation in a line of Rose's and I've always wanted my daughter's middle name to be Rose as well.

The problem I have is that all three names (Hero, Rose and Jane) are all very short and don't sound good together in any order. I've played around with a few combinations of Rose extensions but haven't found one that really speaks to me yet. Does anyone have a favourite of these combos? Or can you come up with anything I may not of thought of? I'm not a fan of Rosalind et al. If it helps, our surname is one syllable too and starts with F.

Hero Jane Rosella
Hero Rosanna Jane
Hero Jane Rosemary

Wildcard...

Hero Elizabeth Rose (Jane was actually DMIL's middle name. Her first was a cutesy diminutive of Elizabeth but she really did not like it and no one used it).

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OttersMayHaveShiftedInTransit · 01/07/2022 15:52

I agree that you need the Jane between the Ro at the end of Hero and the Ro at the start of Rose/which ever longer version you decide to go for. How many syllables does the surname have? Does it have any sounds at the start that would repeat/clash or make tongue twisters of any of the options?

fireandpaint · 01/07/2022 15:45

Hero Jane Rose - I would retain the middle names in the way that is important to you as middle names are not often known anyway. I think this sounds nice too.

DramaAlpaca · 01/07/2022 15:43

I love Hero!

Hero Rosanna Jane would be my choice.

mortalprojections · 01/07/2022 15:31

I don't know why it added two Hero's in there sorry! Should read Hero Rosella Jane

mortalprojections · 01/07/2022 15:30

I love the name Hero and Much ado about nothing is my favorite Shakespeare play too. I think Hero Hero Roselle Jane sounds nice. I like Rosella a lot

MunsteadWood · 01/07/2022 15:20

My DD is Rose Elizabeth so I love this name, but I actually think Hero Jane Rose works nicely. The other way round (Hero Rose Jane) doesn't sound quite so good to me as there are too many "ro" sounds close together. Hero is a great name!

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