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Middle name for Daisy

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Mavornia · 07/07/2008 23:30

Not sure if Daisy is a bit too twee - though I do love it

Any ideas for nice middle names to go with it?

I love nature related names but another one in the mn slot might be a bit much (also love slightly hippy names like Skye, Summer, Lark, Rain but don't know that I'd be brave enough to use them)

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Ineedsomesleep · 08/07/2008 20:18

DS was going to be Daisy Blue. Luckily, we decided on a boy's name for him instead

chandellina · 08/07/2008 18:36

i love the name Daisy but no other girly names sound particularly good with it in my opinion. is there a family name (like your maiden name) that you might want to throw in there?

Ellica · 08/07/2008 14:48

Daisy Juliet! ;)

LadyThompson · 08/07/2008 11:43

Daisy Lou sounds like someone drippy from the Deep South, in stained dungarees.

If you like nature names, whaddabout

Daisy Willow
Daisy Iris
Daisy Zinnia (it's a flower)

MinkyChunky · 08/07/2008 11:07

Do not choose May if you do not want cutesy and twee.

Daisy Lou
Daisy May

Gagagagagga twee IMO.

AttillaTheHan · 08/07/2008 10:27

I agree with MsDemeanor, there are sooo many girls under 3 with May/mae as middle name. Our new dd is caled Daisy Ellen. I think Daisy is a very hard name to match middle names with as lots of the combinations end up sounding very dukes of hazzard...

Whatever name you choose she will grow into it.

MsDemeanor · 08/07/2008 10:14

I think May/Mae is becoming a hugely popular/ overused middle name. It's a bit Dukes of Hazzard/Dolly Parton for me.
Why not make someone in your family very happy by picking a family name?

terrier141 · 08/07/2008 10:08

We have a cat called Daisy Maisy or Daisy May (depends what she's up to - sometimes she's Crazy Daisy too!) - not saying thats its a cats name mind you - as all our cats have had human names - we once had a cat called Keith!
Daisy May I would go for if it were me xx

tortoiseSHELL · 08/07/2008 08:58

Daisy Belle
Daisy Faith
Daisy Claire
Daisy Violet (!)

WinkyWinkola · 08/07/2008 08:55

Grace
Mae
Charlotte
Bronwen

AbbeyA · 08/07/2008 08:53

I think that Daisy is fine for an adult name.
I think it goes best with traditional names
Daisy Elizabeth
Daisy Louise
Daisy Katherine

DRAGON30 · 08/07/2008 00:32

Of course it matters!! I only used the Captain of Industry thing as an example. Having a really childish name is bloody embarrassing when you are an adult, particularly when you work in the more 'white collar' jobs. I know of 2 women who changed their names, because they felt that they were just silly, and they didn't want to spend their working lives with names that suited 3yr olds, not professional women. ( They were both formally called Posy, by the way)

zippitippitoes · 08/07/2008 00:23

lol my bro insists on referring to my dds as holly and ivy...she is actualklky rebecca naomi

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Mavornia · 08/07/2008 00:21

Holly Laura is lovely btw

my mum is Ivy though - I can imagine the endless family jokes now should I even consider Holly

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Mavornia · 08/07/2008 00:19

I know DRAGON30 - that's what makes me pause about the name Daisy, much as I love it

The problem with Rosalind is that it's pronounced roz-a-lind and I rather like the "rose" sound. I think I would go with simple but classic Rose or maybe Rosalie if Daisy didn't make it through

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MrsMacaroon · 08/07/2008 00:19

we also liked Coral and Betsy...

zippitippitoes · 08/07/2008 00:18

omg do people project captain of industry and pm into their choice

i dont think it makes a jot

DRAGON30 · 08/07/2008 00:15

Daisy May - or then again, she may not! It's a bit too 'cute', IMO. After all, your daughter will (hopefully) spend 60+ years as an adult, but only a short time as a child. Names like that don't really pass the High Court Judge/ Captain of Industry test, do they? If you like Rose, how about Rosalind - nice for an adult, and she can be Rose/Rosie as well!!

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Mavornia · 08/07/2008 00:11

Some of your suggestions are very fitting, madmarriedNika - my own name contains "Lee" and I'm Irish so Aoife is a nice idea

lots to obsess mull over

oh bugger indeed re Rose - don't want it becoming the next Tilly/Milly/Grace/Isabella bonanza (nice as all those names are)

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LilRedWG · 08/07/2008 00:03

Louise - not nature based but it sprang to mind.

MrsMacaroon · 08/07/2008 00:01

oh bugger, i just called my dd (3 months old) Rose...hence my suggestion.

madmarriedNika · 07/07/2008 23:58

Leigh/Lee
Bree
Kate/Cait/Caitlin
Grace
Mae
Amber
Aoife

Love Rose but it's getting VERY popular now (3 in our toddler group!)- just to warn you!

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Mavornia · 07/07/2008 23:46

I love Rose - dh is insisting that we call any dd this as first name (my fault, I convinced him of how pretty it is years ago and now he won't budge)

Daisy is my back up - or potential name for potential dd2 (I have too much time on my hands tonight...)

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MrsMacaroon · 07/07/2008 23:45

mmm actually, i retract it- too many flowers.

MrsMacaroon · 07/07/2008 23:44

Rose?