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Middle name for Stormi?

458 replies

astyr · 02/12/2022 07:08

Having a hard time choosing. I like Autumn and DH likes Rose. But not keen on either as it sounds like a description rather than a name. Open to any and all suggestions

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VisitingThem · 02/12/2022 09:05

If Stormi is short for Stormageddon, you could shorten it to Meghan instead?

Guiltycat · 02/12/2022 09:05

Misty?

It’s not fantastic but still miles better than ‘Stormi’.

HolidaysAreComin · 02/12/2022 09:03

Stormi night, Stormi Sea is also a nice idea I see someone already suggested it.

fancyacuppatea · 02/12/2022 09:02

BuryingAcorns · 02/12/2022 09:00

Portia/Porsche

Stormi-Mercedes
Stormi-Volvo
Stormi-Lamborghini
Stormi-Vauxhall
Stormi-Ferarri
Stormi-Honda
Stormi-Pagani-Zonda
Stormi-Smart-Car
Stormi-Backofatransit

Gloschick · 02/12/2022 09:01

Sorry you are being given a hard time OP. Stormi is cute, but there will be people who will judge, so you will need to grow a thick skin if you want to use it.
Out of your choices I think Stormi Rose works well, not keen on Autumn.

DogInATent · 02/12/2022 09:00

@astyr - Stormi doesn't lend itself to any middle name because it will always sound like an adjective. It will also have issues with any surname that sounds like a noun. It will work as a middle name with a much wider range of first names. But it's not unusual for someone to be known by their middle name. I think your best option with Stormi is to have it as the middle name on legal documents, but also use it as their day-to-day name if that's your wish.

AllOfThemWitches · 02/12/2022 09:00

I've read your 'everyone is being horrid' comments and I still think it's a bloody awful name, especially with the 'i' and she will 100% hear Kardashian references throughout her life. That's not a good thing.

BuryingAcorns · 02/12/2022 09:00

Portia/Porsche

PeekAtYou · 02/12/2022 09:00

Hope your surname isn't Webster

BoffinMum · 02/12/2022 08:59

It's a name of dubious quality IMVHO, unless you are a pop star, in which case it will be expected and then your child will change their name upon reaching adulthood.

RandomMusings7 · 02/12/2022 08:59

Why would you give your precious innocent daughter a misspelled stripper name?

KirstenBlest · 02/12/2022 08:59

@JustAWeirdoWithNoName , Gail is a real name and means Joy, it's not from a different spelling of a weather description

fancyacuppatea · 02/12/2022 08:59

Stormi-Saviour?

Stormi-Myparenthateme?

Emotionalsupportviper · 02/12/2022 08:58

KittensNotMittens · 02/12/2022 08:43

My sister has an unusual name. It’s a real name but rare. Yes she has had people say to her face ‘that’s a stupid name’ so good knows what they say begins her back. .

There's unusual and "unusual".

I once worked with a woman called Waverley. I thought it was lovely and asked where it was from. It's a river going through the Norfolk Broads - her parents loved the area.

To me that is an unusual but "normal" (for want of a better word) I really liked it, but she said that she had no end of bullying at school because of it. She'd often wanted to change it as a child, but didn't when she grew up firstly because she knew it would upset them, and secondly because she got used to it.

I defy anyone to get used to something like "Stormi".

TheGander · 02/12/2022 08:58

Alondra · 02/12/2022 08:38

Alba
Laia
Nahia
Ainhoa
Amaia
Nerea

Except for Alba, the rest are traditional Basque names for women.

Those are beautiful names. Is it true that Old Testament names are also traditional in the Basque Country?

1983Louise · 02/12/2022 08:57

I can't believe you're naming your child after a Karcrashian kid, think of your child as she grows up, are you mad.

fancyacuppatea · 02/12/2022 08:57

Stormi-Clouds Brewing is an excellent name.

or Stormi-Ocean.

Stormi-Weather is so last year.

Fleurdaisy · 02/12/2022 08:57

Berlinlover · 02/12/2022 07:30

Stormi is a porn star name. Please do not do this to your child.

Reiterate this. Please don’t let your child grow up with this name —- teased at school, hit on as a teen. And if she wants to be a barrister, doctor ? Sorry but a chav / Kardashian name will really count against her.
If you really insist on using it, make it the middle name and give your child a regular first name that will suit her in all walks of life.

DrMarciaFieldstone · 02/12/2022 08:57

asblackasyoursoul · 02/12/2022 08:45

Lightening would be lovely I think. Can be shortened to Lighty too 😊

Lighti with an i though

FeelWellEnoughToTellYou · 02/12/2022 08:57

Nyte
Intervals
Norman

I'm sat at work laughing so hard! Brilliant!!

Seriously op,don't do it. I
know you are going to have a very cute baby but she won't be your baby forever. Don't do that to another human.

RainyReadingDay · 02/12/2022 08:56

You might want to think about how a name will sound in different professions, for when Stormi grows up. Would they be taken seriously or might they begin to feel embarrassed by their name and want to change it.

If it was me, I'd have Stormi as the middle name. So then you could choose a more conventional first name and then she can choose what to be known as.

Billslills · 02/12/2022 08:56

Storm is pretty cool. ‘Stormi, with an I’ not so much. Please call her Storm and nickname her stormy if you must.

TiddleyWink · 02/12/2022 08:56

Basically, if you want your daughter to have any chance of a professional career - don’t call her Stormi.

caitlinrose · 02/12/2022 08:56

JustAWeirdoWithNoName · 02/12/2022 08:46

For those mocking, is Stormy/Stormi really that different to Gail? My friend was named Gail because she was born on a stormy night!

I'm absolutely obsessed with PP's suggestion of Autumn Storm and also suggest adding Summer Storm into the mix. Doesn't even have to be a first/middle name - it could be a double first name like they do in the Southern US states!

No, it's really not. People are being terrible here.

Stormy is not any worse than Dale or Skye or Brooke or Misty or Dawn or Summer or Autumn or River or any of the 125000 word names that were popular in the past or are now.

A child named Stormy won't stand out between Skye, Summer, Brooke, Willow, Winter (is getting popular), Juniper or Wren (also getting popular).

I like nature names in general but it's just what we're used to that defines whether we think something is odd or not. Stormy actually sounds more name-like than Willow thinking about it but we are used to Willow so people won't pick on it as much.

I can't believe that some people here wouldn't let their child play with another kid called Stormy just because of her name. How cruel would someone have to be? Says a lot more about that person than anyone else.

FlamingJingleBells · 02/12/2022 08:56

I've said this on another name thread and I'll repeat it here as well. Please have a bit of compassion for your child when you name her. She has to go through life from cradle to grave experiencing all the prejudices and comments.

I went to a kids party last wk & there was a kid called Tyger-Lulah there. The entertainer chose her to be his assistant & she was embarrassed telling people her name. I felt so sorry for her and people were sniggering and whispering. Why put a child through that to satisfy your desire and ego to be unique.