Middle name for Autumn baby born in her waters?

[monkeymiss]

I like to choose names for a reason as well as liking them of course!

DD2 is 9 days old and I'm still thinking about a middle name (just one). DD2's first name is a family name, and I was thinking about a seasonal name as a middle name. 'Autumn' came to me yesterday, and I'm pleased to see from the internet that it is actually used as a girl's name (never come across in RL!). But DH is unconvinced. Need further inspiration as my brain isn't very good at this sort of thing! I can't think past Blackberry and Conker...

Another idea was to have something water-related, as DD2 was born in her sac.

Any ideas much appreciated!

Congratulations on the birth of your baby!

Willow - a tree that grows beside water? Or Lily?

How about something that means 'lucky'? Being born in the sac is supposed to bring good fortune :)

Maybe Esther (after Esther Williams!!)

Esther is lovely! Don't get the link with water/autumn though?

I know I wouldn't want a reference to the mechanics of my birth in my name. Sorry, but think teens.

Okay, I think this is a lovely idea!

Autumn names come in a few categories:

Autumn flowers:
Aster
Belle
Dahlia
Iris
Ivy
Juniper
Poppy
Rose
Susan
Zinnia

Autumn colours:
Amber
Ginger
Hazel
Sienna

Birthstones:
Sapphire
Opal

Harvest goddesses:
Ceres (Roman)
Demeter (Greek)
Persephone (daughter of Demeter)
Rhea (Greek)

Then, there are lots of water names:
Coral
Coralie (Coral)
Assana (Waterfall)
Brooke (Water)
Kendra (Clear water)
Lynn (Waterfall)
Nixie (Little Water Sprite)
Tallulah (Leaping water)
Ianthe (Sea nymph)
Maria (star of the sea)
Rosemary (dew of the sea)

How about

Acquanetta - water
Brenna - little drop of water
or my favourite
Naida - water nymph

Congratulations on your DD. My DD was born in her waters too

What a lovely idea, congratulations on the birth of DD2!

Nadia is great. what's her first name?

Belgo - Esther Williams was a very famous and glamourous film star in the 1940s or 50s who always did beautiful swimming scenes

Ocean
Ocianna
but I would go with Autumn I love that name

Autumn is a lovely name. Didn't Peter Phillips (princess Ann's son) just marry someone called Autumn?

ellen after that woman who sailed around the world (sorry can't think of her other name!)

McCArthy

Yes Peter Phillip's wife is an american lady called Autumn.

Medi is Welsh for September, and would have been my September born DS' name if he had been a DD

Felicity means lucky.

Wow what a response! :) Thank you all. Amber and Sapphire are the ones that jump out at me, though Amber is less obviously autumnal. I do think Naida is lovely, but I don't think it goes with her first name which is Emilia.

Emilia Autumn
Emilia Amber
Emilia Sapphire
Emilia Naida

Didn't know about Peter Phillips' wife. From what I read, Autumn is quite a popular girls name in the US. I guess as their usual vocabulary word is 'fall' that plays a part.

Medi is lovely but I don't have any Welsh connection!!

BuntyPenfold - I know what you mean, but I don't think I'd let that put me off, it's only part of their life and they don't have to share the details behind the name!

I also like Ianthe, which does also have a family connection, but have been put off by wikipedia as one of the legendary Greek Ianthe's basically married a transsexual! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ianthe

I was thinking of Amber when I read your op.

Emilia Amber... sounds lovely, I think.

Congratulations, btw!

Congratulations! Born in her waters is awesome. I can't beat MentalFloss's brilliant contribution, but just wanted to add Ariel for your water connexion, as in, The Little Mermaid. (Though I suppose being a washing powder also gives it a water vibe! :))

Nixie was on my list for our baby due any day, MentalFloss, but DH said no. I love it though!

monkeymiss, please let us know what you've chosen!

How about Pearl? A friend's waterbirth DD has Pearl as a middle name in reference to the water.

Talise - means lovely water - well I guess it was lovely water with your daughter born inside

Or Zarya water priestess and protector of warriors

A rather tenuous water connection perhaps but how about Miriam? She was the elder sister of Moses who placed him in the basket amongst the reeds...?

Beware Emilia Autumn, there's a well known gothic musician called Emilie Autumn

www.emilieautumn.com/.

Lots of other lovely suggestions though, congratulations!

Marnie? Apparently related to marine's, water etc.

Also, my DD is so named (that should sway you!) and she was (coincidently) born in water.

Being born in the cowl is supposed to be very lucky, especially in south east England I think.

wow more posts!

nixies are those sort of creatures that lure men in to drown apparently, so i'm not so keen

dh would never allow ariel on grounds of washing powder!

pearl - i like :)

talise is native american indian origin so a no for me

zarya is slavic apparently so fits with my ethnicity, but not sure on it

miriam no for me as biblical

emilie autumn gothic musician - not sure i should worry about this. she might not be around in 10 years anyway. arguably a plus as the name (presumably her stage name) is quite now

marnie - not really for me

of course will post what we choose!