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Middle name for Edith

31 replies

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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tortoiseonthehalfshell · 29/06/2010 00:27

My daughter is Edith Clare. I think Louisa is lovely, too. I don't think you want a two syllable middle, too bouncy with the two-syllable first and surnames, so Felicity is also good.

And I commend your taste.

SirBoobAlot · 29/06/2010 00:21

My immediate thought is Louisa, after Edith Louisa Cavell. Think Rebecca, Susannah, Julia, Lavinia, and Maria would all work well, too.

cityangel · 29/06/2010 00:14

oops Melissa not Mekussa

cityangel · 29/06/2010 00:13

Harriet, Mekussa, Leona, Lucy, Kathleen, Rebecca, Lauren, Helen

SE13Mummy · 28/06/2010 23:07

I like Mary, Jane, Rachel, Felicity, Claire, Grace, Daisy, Hannah and lots of others with Edith! Personally I think the middle name needs to start with a consonant rather than a vowel and I'd avoid other names that end in 'th' e.g. Ruth.

takethatlady · 28/06/2010 21:54

whoops - brainwave

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