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Middle name recommendations

34 replies

devon9 · 25/03/2026 09:17

Looking for recommendations for a middle name for my baby girl. Her name is Sylvia.
I like Sylvia Lynn (my middle name)
Her dad likes Sylvia Marie or Sylvia Jordan.
I personally feel Jordan is more masculine than what we are going for and Marie is his moms middle name and we agree we will never hear the end of it that we “named her after ME” (iykyk)
Looking for something feminine, don’t have a preference on length of name, and her last name will be Middleton. TYIA

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NigellaDelia · 25/03/2026 09:43

I've just read back through my earlier choices ~ please ignore the last one!

Sylvia Caitlin Middleton sounds a bit too alike to Kate Middleton . . .

BoredZelda · 25/03/2026 09:43

Not Marie. There’s a meme going around about why people have middle names and why is it always Marie. When I thought about it, I realised I know so many people with Marie as a middle name - me included!

MissyB1 · 25/03/2026 09:39

Sylvia Mary
Sylvia Anne
Sylvia Lucy
Sylvia Bonnie

Advocodo · 25/03/2026 09:37

I think it’s nice if a middle name is a name after a family member or your middle name, Myself, daughter and grandaughter all have the same middle name,

user2848502016 · 25/03/2026 09:33

Agree about Jordan

Lynn and Marie work but if you can’t agree on one of them it’s probably best to come up with a different option

Sylvia Elizabeth is the first one I thought of
Also Marilyn combines Lynn and Marie!

Did you have any other girls names on your list that would work as a middle name

NigellaDelia · 25/03/2026 09:32

Or would you consider joining Marie & Lynn together ~ Sylvia Marilyn Middleton?

rainbowstardrops · 25/03/2026 09:32

I’d personally go for a one syllable middle name as her first name and surname will both be three syllables each. Each to their own though!

NigellaDelia · 25/03/2026 09:30

Sylvia Ruby Middleton

Sylvia Verity Middleton

Sylvia Dawn Middleton

Sylvia Hazel Middleton

Sylvia Rosanna Middleton

Sylvia Ivy Middleton

Sylvia Zara Middleton

Sylvia Caitlin Middleton

Melsy88 · 25/03/2026 09:28

Agree that Jordan doesn't really go.

Sylvia Camille
Sylvia Rosalind
Sylvia Cordelia
Sylvia May
Sylvia Lucille
Sylvia Rose
Sylvia Juliette
Sylvia Beatrice