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Middle name for Edith

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takethatlady · 28/06/2010 21:54

Hello. I am being a bit nuts here because DH and I are only ttc, but having disagreed on all names forever tonight we suddenly had a brainwav and agreed that we both like two of the names of our grandparents (neither is alive).

So we thought Sidney for a boy (after my granddad) and Edith for a girl (after his grandmother). Clive would be the middle name for a boy (I know it's unfortunate, but it's DH's dad's name and he has always wanted to have it as a middle name, and I think it's such a nice gesture I agree). But what about for a girl? What goes with Edith?

Our surname has two syllables and begins with B.

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takethatlady · 30/06/2010 11:16

Thanks! Edith May it is (though my friend just had a baby called Ellen May ... but she's moving away so it should be fine).

Edith May and Sidney Clive ... just need to get shagging and bring them into existence now!

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feedmenow · 30/06/2010 11:12

I'd vote for Edith May too!

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takethatlady · 30/06/2010 10:56

No - all comments are good :-) Thanks! We haven't even conceived yet (it's cycle # 3, CD2 today) so all options are interesting atm!

Thanks!
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takethatlady · 30/06/2010 08:27

Thanks vivian, but there are no Stanleys in our family!

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RobynLou · 29/06/2010 12:55

I shall see if DH can be convinced and then mention it to SIL to gauge her reaction!

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takethatlady · 29/06/2010 12:51

Oooh hijack away - I like Meredith! I don't think it's too similar because the stress is not on the 'ee' as it is in Edith, and as it starts with something different it's like a whole different ball park. I say go for it!

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RobynLou · 29/06/2010 12:48

can I do a mini hijack? I LOVE Edith but SIL has a baby called Meredith - Edith is a shortening of Meredith, is it too similar to consider?

letsblowthistacostand · 29/06/2010 12:30

Edith vetoed by DH otherwise DD2 would have been one.

I liked:
Edith Elizabeth
Edith Emily
Edith Sophie
Edith Clare
Edith Emery

Goes with anything really!

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takethatlady · 29/06/2010 10:45

Oh! Possibly. I suppose if we wanted symmetry we could use my mum (so my granddad, his dad, and his grandmother, my mum) - which is Karrie, though I'd soften it to Carrie. Will ponder on that ...

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Hedwig3 · 29/06/2010 10:37

No no, I think Edith is lovely

I meant to use as a middle name, like you have Clive for a boy!

spilttheteaagain · 29/06/2010 10:36

Edith Mary

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takethatlady · 29/06/2010 10:34

Thanks Kathleen, cross-posted there. I love Edith May too. I'm just doing the hoovering before I go to work and Edith May is really growing on me as I push the vacuum round the house! It's my current fave.

I prefer Sid to Sidney, so we're alright there

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takethatlady · 29/06/2010 10:32

There are other family names, of course, but we both like Edith (I'm guessing you don't hedwig ) and it is after my DH's lovely gran who died four months after we got married. Our other grans are called Josie (which we also like, but she's still alive and she's craaaazzzy) and on my side, Iris Winifred and Janet Pamela - none of which we can bear!

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Kathleen123 · 29/06/2010 10:31

Love Edith.

I like Edith May best.

Re Sidney - I like. Although I suspect it will be shortened to Sid? I'm afraid I don't like Sid at all. Just my opinion.

Hedwig3 · 29/06/2010 10:20

Is there not another family name?

flopsy1974 · 29/06/2010 09:21

Edith Rose sounds lovley to me

FiveGoMadInDorset · 29/06/2010 08:28

DD is Edith Eleanor Mary

Mookymoo · 29/06/2010 08:13

I think Edith May is lovely

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takethatlady · 29/06/2010 08:03

PS - I love Matilda but DH not so keen, the other way round for Belle - so they're good options for middle names ...

Lots of ideas here. Thanks!

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takethatlady · 29/06/2010 08:02

Ooh thank you everyone! I really like Edith Felicity - my SIL is called Nicola Joy and I think it was lovely that her parents gave her a middle name that shows how happy they were to have her! (Though Joy was deeply unfashionable in 1987, when she was born!)

I was also thinking of Edith May and Edith Rose. Just got AF after 53 days (was stilling hoping last night I was pg) so on my long and unpredictable post-pill cycles if I was lucky next cycle I'd prob be due in May. Edith Louisa is a good name because of the precedent. Good tip SE13.

And thanks tortoise!

[lol at 'Mekussa' - wondered why i'd never heard of that!]

I'll try these out on DH later

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PadmeHum · 29/06/2010 01:16

Edith Rose Bxxxx
Edith Ann Bxxxxx
Edith Belle Bxxxxx
Edith Ali Bxxxx
Edith May Bxxxx

hester · 29/06/2010 00:46

All the Ediths in my family are Edith Ruth . Also try: Edith Josephine, Edith Lydia, Edith Louisa, Edith Marisa, Edith Naomi...