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Middle name for Emma…

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Birdiboo · 20/06/2023 18:21

I love the name Emma so much and it’s the only name I can imagine calling our baby if it’s a girl. I keep thinking of others and liking them for a while but going back to Emma.

Anyway, our surname is quite boring one syllable along the lines of Smith so think that a more interesting middle name is needed to liven things up a bit!

Would love to hear your opinions on the below -

Emma Eloise
Emma Valentina
Emma Rosalie
Emma Lavender
Emma Winter
Emma Sophia
Emma Isabella
Emma Primrose

I imagine that my partner will veto half of these 😅

Any other suggestions along these lines?

other names I like are -

Eleni
Olive
Lilah
Marielle
Autumn
Daphne

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fairycupcakes · 21/06/2023 00:45

Emma is a lovely name @Birdiboo! Of your list I like:

Emma Eloise
Emma Valentina
Emma Winter
Emma Sophia
Emma Primrose

You might like:

Emma Catherine
Emma Caroline
Emma Vivienne
Emma Dorothy
Emma Lilian
Emma Juliet
Emma Seren
Emma Persephone
Emma Athena
Emma Ariadne
Emma Calliope
Emma Saskia
Emma Aurora
Emma Willow
Emma Wren

Findyourneutralspace · 21/06/2023 00:41

I’d avoid middle names that start with a vowel. I struggle to say them and end up adding a rogue R, eg. EmmaR Isobel.

I like Emma Sophia best from your list, but Valentina has nice connections for you and also works nicely:

Daisybuttercup12345 · 21/06/2023 00:36

Emma Rose
Emma Jayne
Emma Louise
Emma Sophie
Emma Claire
Emma Victoria
Emma Joanne
Emma Grace
Emma Penelope
Emma Caitlyn
Emma Matilda
Emma Francesca
Emma Juliet
Emma Verity
Emma Bethany
Emma Charlotte
Emma Tabitha
Emma Kirsty
Emma Olivia
Emma xanthe
Emma Harriet

MrsJellycat · 21/06/2023 00:23

Emma Francesca
Emma Francine
Emma Violet
Emma Rosamunde
Emma Lucia

Barleysugar86 · 21/06/2023 00:15

I think you want to be careful not to be too flouncy if your surname is also fairly plain.

I'd love Emma Hermione but that might seem like a nod to Harry Potter.

Emma Lucinda perhaps?

ConstitutionHill · 21/06/2023 00:09

Emma Katarina

alleg · 20/06/2023 23:45

Emma Valentina

continentallentil · 20/06/2023 23:07

Emma’s lovely

I like Emma Sophia - I get the desire for something more unusual, but I think you want to keep it fairly classic -

Emma Alexandra
Emma Annalisa
Emma Caroline
Emma Guinevere
Emma Genevieve
Emma Cecile
Emma Celeste
Emma Charlotte
Emma Frances

LizzieBet14 · 20/06/2023 23:01

Emma Florence 😍

spaghettina · 20/06/2023 22:58

Emma Cecile
Emma Nicole
Emma Lauren

Mumofgirls2017 · 20/06/2023 22:51

I like Eloise, Winter, Rosalie and Primrose! Other soggestions

emma pearl
emma juniper
emma daisy
emma beatrix
emma violet
emma florence
emma willow
emma juliet
emma skye
emma celeste
emma calliope
emma clementine
emma daphne
emma scout
emma honey
emma star
emma rainbow
emma lily

mogtheexcellent · 20/06/2023 22:51

I have an Emma. Shes an Emma Rose as we have very long surname so had to keep them short.

I love all of your suggestions. Sorry not helpful.Grin

Beazlebum · 20/06/2023 22:48

Emma Elizabeth

Catlover1705 · 20/06/2023 22:34

Emma Caroline
Emma Felicity
Emma Georgina
Emma Jasmine

JeandeServiette · 20/06/2023 22:20

Evangeline.
Amaryllis.
Constance.

OopsieeDaisy · 20/06/2023 22:19

I love both Emma Rosalie and Emma Winter.

MissDollyMix · 20/06/2023 19:29

Emma Isabella

OdeToBarney · 20/06/2023 19:28

I really like Emma Winter, but also Emma Jane or Emma Louise are timeless!

Emmamoo89 · 20/06/2023 19:26

Just here to add good choice on Emma 😁

londonmummy1966 · 20/06/2023 19:16

Emma Antonia
Emma Cornelia
Emma Phoebe
Emma Charlotte

Surely2023IsTheYearForMyRainbowBaby · 20/06/2023 18:57

I've always liked Emma Kate

MariaVT65 · 20/06/2023 18:56

Emma is a fairly popular name right now. If you also have a very common surname, i’d try to make her middle name more obscure, so avoid something like sophia.

Shutupyoutart · 20/06/2023 18:53

Emma Valentina flows quite nicely op could be nice as you say she's due around valentines aswell. Also really liked someone else's suggestion of Emma victoria. Or how about Emma Octavia, bit more out there but you did say something a bit more unusual!

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Birdiboo · 20/06/2023 18:46

@FlounderingFruitcake I did wonder about the Jane suggestion as I had asked for more interesting middle names (apologies to anyone called Jane) thank you 😊 they will be due around Valentine’s Day which happens to also be my birthday so I thought it would be fitting!

@Pamalot thank you, I do really like your suggestion of Anastasia

@Denise82 your middle name happens to be my mums name!

@DuchessOfSausage I’m in Northern Ireland and with our accent/dialect we don’t tend to add “R’s” between a name ending in a vowel and a name beginning with one (hope that makes sense)- so I don’t think that would be so much of an issue here but I appreciate where you are coming from.

@Blueroses99 thank you! Surname is 6 letters - one syllable. Quite flat and boring imo - (won’t tell my partner I think that 😅)

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Dildoslag · 20/06/2023 18:40

Emma Cassandra
Emma Viola
Emma Georgette

Emma Rosalie is my favourite from your list